The person behind the name
Tom McClintock has held elected office in California for most of the years since 1982, first in Sacramento and since 2009 in Congress.
McClintock is the U.S. representative for California’s 5th Congressional District. The Clerk of the House lists him as a Republican from Elk Grove. He finished first in the June 2, 2026 primary with 61.3% of the vote. The Secretary of State’s certified list names him and Democrat Michael Masuda as the two candidates for the seat on November 3. [1][4][6]
Education and early life
Ballotpedia’s reference biography reports that McClintock was born in 1956 in Bronxville, New York, and received a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1978. His official House biography does not describe his education, his family or any work outside elected office. [2][3]
Twenty-two years in Sacramento
The official biography says McClintock served 22 years in the California Legislature. Ballotpedia lists Assembly service from 1982 to 1992 and from 1996 to 2000, followed by the State Senate from 2000 to 2008. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that he represented a Thousand Oaks state Senate district when he was elected to Congress in 2008. [2][3][7]
The official biography adds that he twice received the Republican nomination for state controller, “narrowly missing election in 2002 by 23/100ths of one percent,” and that he ran for governor in the 2003 recall election. [2]
Congress and committee work
McClintock entered the U.S. House in 2009 for the 4th District and has represented the 5th District since January 3, 2023. He chairs the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement and sits on the Natural Resources and Budget committees. On Natural Resources he chaired the water subcommittee from 2011 to 2015 and the Federal Lands subcommittee from 2015 to 2018. [2][3][4]
His office’s legislation page lists the bills he has carried in the current Congress. They include immigration measures that passed the House or the Judiciary Committee, two forest bills approved by the Natural Resources Committee, a tribal land transfer that passed the House by voice vote, and a budget-process bill introduced in April 2026. [8]
A note on the district’s lines. McClintock’s district number and boundaries have changed more than once. The Secretary of State’s June 2026 primary report lists twelve counties in the 5th District: Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Fresno, Inyo, Madera, Mariposa, Mono, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Tuolumne. The campaign website’s biography still lists eight counties, and its homepage describes a district reaching Lake Tahoe. The Modesto Focus describes a 12-county district and quotes Masuda as saying “Prop. 50 made it a little bit more Republican by voter registration.” The campaign site’s descriptions do not match the Secretary of State’s current county list. [6][9][10][11]
Life & public service
Election records, roll calls and official biographies mark the main steps from the California Assembly to a ninth term in Congress.
Born in New York
Born in Bronxville, New York, according to Ballotpedia’s biography. [3]
UCLA degree
Received a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles. [3]
California Assembly
Served his first period in the Assembly, representing District 36. [3]
Statewide campaigns
Lost the 2002 race for state controller by what his official biography calls 23/100ths of one percent, then ran for governor in the 2003 recall election. [2]
Natural Resources subcommittee chairman
Chaired the water subcommittee from 2011 to 2015 and the Federal Lands subcommittee from 2015 to 2018. [2]
Accomplishments, in the record
Legislation and official documents establish the following work. Outcomes are described at the level supported by those records, with shared credit where other officials were principal authors.
Chairing the immigration subcommittee
McClintock’s official biography identifies him as chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement. On April 17, 2023 he introduced H.R. 2640, the Border Security and Enforcement Act of 2023, for himself and Representative Biggs. Its stated purpose was “to provide for reform of the asylum system and protection of the border.” [2][15]
On May 11, 2023 the House passed H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act, 219–213, and the Clerk recorded McClintock as Yea. These records document introduction and a House vote. They do not show how much of H.R. 2640 was carried into H.R. 2, and they do not show enactment. [16]
In the current Congress his office reports that H.R. 176, the No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act, passed the House by voice vote on December 1, 2025. His Consequences for Social Security Fraud Act was folded into H.R. 1958, a bill the release attributes to Representative Taylor, which the office says passed the House on March 18, 2026 and went to the Senate. H.R. 7640, his Shut Down Sanctuary Policies Act, cleared the Judiciary Committee in March 2026. The releases report committee and House action, not enactment. [8][22][23]
Two forest bills clear committee
His office reported on July 23, 2025 that the House Natural Resources Committee had passed H.R. 178, the Put Out the Fire Act, and H.R. 179, the “Proven Forest Management Act.” Under the first, the release says, “Within 24 hours of detecting wildfire in an area of jurisdiction, the Forest Service must use all available resources to extinguish the wildfire.” [24]
The release says the second bill “expands throughout the National Forest System the categorical exclusion for forest management projects that was secured for the Tahoe Basin” and signed into law in 2016. It gives no committee vote count. Committee approval is not enactment. [24]
A Miwok land transfer passes the House
H.R. 2302, the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025, passed the House by voice vote, his office reported on December 9, 2025. The release says the bill “transfers 80 acres of BLM land and 185 acres of fee simple land already owned by the tribe into trust as part of the reservation for housing.” It says the bill went next to the Senate. [21]
H.R. 1 and a budget-process bill
McClintock sits on the House Budget Committee. On July 3, 2025 the Clerk recorded him as Aye when the House agreed, 218–214, to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. [2][20]
On April 22, 2026 he introduced H.R. 8380. His office describes it as “legislation to reform the congressional budget process by ensuring timely consideration of annual appropriations bills and reducing the risk of government shutdowns.” Introduction is the only action the release records. [8][25]
Two Natural Resources subcommittee chairmanships
The official biography describes him as a senior member of the House Natural Resources Committee. It records that he chaired the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries from 2011 to 2015 (the campaign biography calls it Water and Power) and the Subcommittee on Federal Lands from 2015 to 2018. The Clerk’s profile lists his current seats on both panels. [2][4][9]
Results in the 5th District
The Secretary of State’s report on the November 5, 2024 general election credits McClintock with 227,643 votes, or 61.8%, and Democrat Michael J. “Mike” Barkley with 140,919, or 38.2%. [19]
In the June 2, 2026 primary the official report credits McClintock with 129,653 votes, or 61.3%. Democrat Michael Masuda received 51,418 (24.3%), Barkley 19,349 (9.1%) and Democrat Dan Stroud 11,122 (5.3%). Under California’s top-two primary, all candidates appear on one ballot and the two with the most votes advance regardless of party preference. The certified list for November 3 names McClintock and Masuda. [1][6][26]
The Cook Political Report lists the race as “Solid R,” a rating last updated February 6, 2025, with a partisan index of R+10 updated November 17, 2025. [27]
What the FEC filings show
The Federal Election Commission lists McClintock for Congress as his principal campaign committee. Its July Quarterly report, covering May 14 to June 30, 2026, shows $108,769.14 in receipts for the period and $201,471.98 in cash on hand at the close. The FEC’s candidate page reports $928,787.61 in total receipts from January 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. The filing figures are the committee’s own. [28][29]
Family & community
McClintock’s official House biography and his campaign biography describe his offices, committee work and campaigns. Neither describes his family or a religious affiliation, and this profile makes no claim about either. [2][9]
The Clerk of the House lists his hometown as Elk Grove. [4]
His mission for California
The conservative leader who never stops fighting for us.
The following summarizes the issue pages and a recent post on McClintock’s official campaign website. Several issue pages reproduce speeches from 2010 to 2015. These are stated positions, not completed accomplishments. [10]
01Water storage
The water page argues for new dams and reservoirs and for an overhaul of the environmental rules that, in his words, are making “their construction cost-prohibitive.” The page draws on speeches from 2011 and 2014. [30]
02Forest management
The forest page calls for removing excess timber from federal forests and cites the Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2015, H.R. 2647. “Excess timber comes out of the forest one way or the other,” it says. [31]
03Debt and the budget
The fiscal page calls the national debt the greatest peril to the nation. It proposes a balanced budget amendment, annual review of mandatory spending and a bar on appropriations not authorized by law. [32]
04Health care
The health page calls for “complete repeal” of the health law it calls Obamacare and lists market-based alternatives, among them expanded health savings accounts and changes to malpractice litigation. The page is built on an October 2010 speech. [33]
05Taxes and regulation
The economic page argues that “Whenever we have reduced the tax and regulatory burdens on the economy, it has thrived and expanded.” Its text is dated August 13, 2015. [34]
06Defense and war powers
The defense page says the military should have “the latest technology and best equipment our nation can produce.” It also argues that “Before our troops are placed in harm’s way, the Constitution requires a declaration of war,” a line from a 2010 speech. [35]
07November 2026 ballot measures
A September 2026 campaign post recommends Yes on Propositions 39, 41, 42, 43 and 45 and No on nine others. He describes Proposition 39 as requiring voter ID and ties Proposition 45 to the California Environmental Quality Act. [36]
How to assess a proposal. A campaign plan states an intention. Enactment, implementation costs, replacement revenue, and measured results are separate questions. These priorities should be read alongside the documented record above.
The fuller record
A useful profile includes policy tradeoffs, the limits of a claim, and responses to material criticism.
Two Nay votes on impeaching Mayorkas
The Clerk’s tallies show McClintock was one of four Republicans recorded as Nay when the House turned down H. Res. 863 by 214–216 on February 6, 2024, and one of three when it passed 214–213 on February 13. Axios reported on February 6 that a McClintock memo called it “delusional to believe the Senate will vote to remove Mayorkas on the grounds laid out.” In floor remarks that day he said Mayorkas was “guilty of maladministration of our immigration laws on a cosmic scale” but argued that Cabinet secretaries “can be impeached for committing a crime relating to their office, but not for carrying out presidential policy.” [17][18][37][38]
The 2020 election: a brief, then two Nay votes
A Supreme Court filing dated December 10, 2020 lists McClintock among the House members who joined an amicus brief in Texas v. Pennsylvania. The brief asked the Court to “uphold the plenary authority of the state legislatures to establish the manner by which electors are appointed.” Forbes reported that day that 106 House Republicans had signed; the corrected filing on the Court’s docket is labeled a brief of 126 representatives. Forbes quoted a Republican critic, Representative Denver Riggleman: “this stuff is preposterous.” The House history office records that objections to Electoral College votes were lodged in 2021 and that the House and Senate rejected them. The Clerk recorded McClintock as Nay on both House votes “On Agreeing to the Objection,” late on January 6 and early on January 7, 2021; the objections were defeated 121–303 and 138–282. The Clerk’s pages do not name the states, and this review did not open a statement from McClintock explaining either action. [12][13][14][39][40]
Where the congressman lives
The Clerk of the House lists McClintock’s hometown as Elk Grove. The San Francisco Chronicle, covering a Democratic challenge for his former 4th District seat, reported that “McClintock doesn’t live in his district” and that he “lives in Elk Grove in Sacramento County.” That report predates the 5th District, which he has represented since 2023. Sacramento County is not among the twelve counties in the Secretary of State’s 2026 primary report for the 5th District. The Turlock Journal, by contrast, labels him “R-El Dorado Hills”; El Dorado is one of the twelve counties. At a Modesto Focus-moderated debate before the June primary, Masuda said: “I’m the only candidate in this race between Democrats or Republicans that lives in the district.” The Constitution’s qualifications clause requires that a representative be “an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen”; the clause does not mention districts. The sources disagree on the town, none is a residency record, and this review did not find a response from McClintock in the sources it could open. [3][4][6][7][11][41][42]
A challenger’s criticism and a debate invitation
Masuda told the Turlock Journal in a campaign interview: “You need to hear from the people, and I think not being around is his biggest shortcoming.” The Modesto Focus reported that three of the four candidates on the primary ballot committed to a debate it moderated and that McClintock “did not respond to invitations.” The Sheet, a Mammoth Lakes weekly, reported on March 26, 2026 that Masuda said McClintock “hasn’t held a single Town Hall meeting since 2017”; the report does not verify that claim. These are an opponent’s criticisms and outlets’ accounts, not findings. This review found no published response from McClintock to any of them. [11][42][47]
Ratings, and dated claims on the campaign site
The campaign biography says McClintock “chairs the Subcommittee on Federal Lands” and cites taxpayer-group ratings from 2014 and 2015. The official biography dates that chairmanship to 2015–2018 and says the National Taxpayers Union “rated him the best vote for taxpayers in the House four times, most recently in 2020.” Heritage Action’s scorecard shows a 92% score for the current session and 88% lifetime. The League of Conservation Voters gives him 3% for 2025 and 3% lifetime. Each score reflects the priorities of the group that issues it. [2][9][43][44]
A Republican Yea on the MORE Act
The Clerk’s tally for December 4, 2020 shows McClintock was one of five Republicans recorded as Yea when the House passed H.R. 3884, the MORE Act, 228–164. The bill’s long title begins “To decriminalize and deschedule cannabis.” The roll call records the vote, not his reasons, and this review did not open a statement from him about it. [45][46]
Questions & answers
Who is Tom McClintock?
What office is Tom McClintock running for in 2026?
He is running for another term as U.S. representative for California’s 5th Congressional District. The Secretary of State’s certified list of candidates names him, with a Republican party preference, for the November 3, 2026 general election. [1]
Who is Tom McClintock running against?
When is the election?
The general election is November 3, 2026. The Secretary of State says county officials begin mailing ballots by October 5 and that October 19 is the last day to register online. [5]
What are Tom McClintock’s main campaign priorities?
What has Tom McClintock done in office?
He chairs the House Judiciary subcommittee on immigration and earlier chaired two Natural Resources subcommittees. His office reports that two of his bills passed the House by voice vote in December 2025. In February 2024 he was recorded as Nay on both votes to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. [2][8][17][18]
Does Tom McClintock live in the 5th District?
The Clerk of the House lists his hometown as Elk Grove, which the San Francisco Chronicle places in Sacramento County. That county is not among the twelve in the Secretary of State’s 2026 report for the district. The Turlock Journal labels him “R-El Dorado Hills.” The Constitution requires a representative to live in the state, not the district. [4][6][7][41][42]
The sources behind the story
Primary government documents anchor the record. Official biographies establish attributed background; original reporting supplies election results and scrutiny. Campaign materials are used for the candidate’s own priorities and claims.
- 01Certified List of Candidates for the November 3, 2026, General ElectionCalifornia Secretary of State · Aug. 27, 2026
Official candidate list. For U.S. Representative, District 5, it names two candidates: Tom McClintock, Republican, and Michael Masuda, Democratic.Government / regulatory record - 02BiographyOffice of U.S. Representative Tom McClintock · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Official House biography: committee roles, subcommittee chairmanships with years, 22 years in the California Legislature and past statewide candidacies. It is the office’s own account and omits education and family.Government / regulatory record - 03Tom McClintockBallotpedia · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Independent reference biography used for birth year and place, the 1978 UCLA degree and the years of earlier offices. Election totals in this profile come from the Secretary of State instead.Independent analysis / professional record - 04Member profile: Tom McClintock, California 5thOffice of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
House Clerk’s profile lists party, district, hometown (Elk Grove), the January 3, 2025 oath of office and current committee assignments.Government / regulatory record - 05General Election – November 3, 2026California Secretary of State · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Official election page: November 3 voting deadline, October 19 online registration deadline, ballots mailed by October 5. Links to the certified candidate list.Government / regulatory record - 06Statement of Vote, June 2, 2026, Primary Election: United States RepresentativeCalifornia Secretary of State · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Official primary totals by county. District 5: McClintock 129,653 votes (61.3%), Masuda 51,418 (24.3%), Barkley 19,349 (9.1%), Stroud 11,122 (5.3%).Government / regulatory record - 07California Dems target Tom McClintock’s House seat for flippingSan Francisco Chronicle · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
John Wildermuth’s report on a Democratic challenge for the former 4th District seat. States that McClintock lives in Elk Grove, outside the district; the page showed no date and no reply from him.Independent reporting - 08Issues: LegislationOffice of U.S. Representative Tom McClintock · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Office’s running list of releases on bills he has carried in the 119th Congress, with committee and House action. It reports no enactments.Government / regulatory record - 09About Tom McClintockMcClintock for Congress · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Campaign biography. Lists eight counties and a Federal Lands chairmanship that the official biography dates to 2015–2018; rating claims are the campaign’s.Campaign source - 10Tom McClintock for Congress: campaign homepageMcClintock for Congress · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Campaign’s own slogans, district description, list of ten issue pages and social links. Its district description predates the current map.Campaign source - 11Facing uphill climb against entrenched incumbent, Michael Masuda makes his case for the US HouseThe Modesto Focus · May 1, 2026
Report by Garth Stapley and Victor A. Patton on a Modesto Focus-moderated primary debate, updated August 6, 2026. Says McClintock did not respond to invitations; describes the 12-county district.Independent reporting - 12Texas v. Pennsylvania, No. 155, Original: motion for leave to file and brief amicus curiae of U.S. RepresentativesSupreme Court of the United States (docket filing) · Filed Dec. 10, 2020
Court filing that lists McClintock, then representing the 4th District, among the amici; the docket file is labeled a corrected brief of 126 representatives. It states the signers’ argument and is not a ruling.Government / regulatory record - 13Roll Call 10: On Agreeing to the ObjectionOffice of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Jan. 6, 2021
Official tally, 11:08 p.m.: objection defeated 121–303, Republicans 121–83. McClintock is recorded as Nay. The page does not name the state concerned.Government / regulatory record - 14Roll Call 11: On Agreeing to the ObjectionOffice of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Jan. 7, 2021
Official tally, 3:08 a.m.: objection defeated 138–282, Republicans 138–64. McClintock is recorded as Nay. The page does not name the state concerned.Government / regulatory record - 15H.R. 2640, Border Security and Enforcement Act of 2023 (introduced text)U.S. Government Publishing Office (govinfo) · Introduced Apr. 17, 2023
Official bill text: introduced by McClintock for himself and Mr. Biggs and referred to Judiciary and three other committees. Introduced text only; it does not show later action.Government / regulatory record - 16Roll Call 209: H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act, on passageOffice of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · May 11, 2023
Official tally: passed 219–213. McClintock is recorded as Yea. A House passage vote, not enactment.Government / regulatory record - 17Roll Call 37: H. Res. 863, impeaching Alejandro Nicholas MayorkasOffice of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Feb. 6, 2024
Official tally: the resolution fell short, 214–216. McClintock is recorded as Nay, one of four Republicans so recorded.Government / regulatory record - 18Roll Call 43: H. Res. 863, impeaching Alejandro Nicholas MayorkasOffice of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Feb. 13, 2024
Official tally: the resolution passed 214–213. McClintock is recorded as Nay, with Republicans Buck and Gallagher.Government / regulatory record - 19Statement of Vote, November 5, 2024, General Election: United States RepresentativeCalifornia Secretary of State · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Official 2024 general-election totals. District 5: McClintock 227,643 votes (61.8%), Michael J. “Mike” Barkley 140,919 (38.2%).Government / regulatory record - 20Roll Call 190: H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, motion to concur in the Senate amendmentOffice of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · July 3, 2025
Official tally: passed 218–214, with Republicans 218–2. McClintock is recorded as Aye.Government / regulatory record - 21Miwok Land Transfer Bill Passes House UnanimouslyOffice of U.S. Representative Tom McClintock · Dec. 9, 2025
Office release on House passage of H.R. 2302 by voice vote: 80 acres of BLM land and 185 acres of tribal fee land into trust. Says the bill goes next to the Senate.Government / regulatory record - 22“Consequences for Social Security Fraud Act” Folded into HR 1958 and Passed by the House of RepresentativesOffice of U.S. Representative Tom McClintock · Mar. 18, 2026
Office release: his measure was incorporated into H.R. 1958 (Taylor), which the House passed; the bill goes next to the Senate. No tally is given.Government / regulatory record - 23House Judiciary Committee Passes Landmark McClintock Immigration Legislation, Shut Down Sanctuary Policies ActOffice of U.S. Representative Tom McClintock · Mar. 5, 2026
Office release on committee passage of H.R. 7640. “Landmark” is the office’s word; the release gives no vote count and reports no floor action.Government / regulatory record - 24McClintock Led Forest Management Bills Pass CommitteeOffice of U.S. Representative Tom McClintock · July 23, 2025
Office release: H.R. 178 and H.R. 179 passed the House Natural Resources Committee. Committee action only; no vote count is given.Government / regulatory record - 25Rep. McClintock Introduces H.R. 8380 to Restore Fiscal Order and End Appropriations GridlockOffice of U.S. Representative Tom McClintock · Apr. 22, 2026
Office release on introduction of a budget-process bill. Introduction is the only action it records.Government / regulatory record - 26Primary Elections in CaliforniaCalifornia Secretary of State · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Explains the top-two primary for voter-nominated offices, which include U.S. congressional offices: all candidates on one ballot, and the top two advance regardless of party preference.Government / regulatory record - 27California CA-05 House 2026: race ratingThe Cook Political Report with Amy Walter · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Independent handicapper’s listing: “Solid R” rating last updated February 6, 2025; partisan index R+10 updated November 17, 2025. A forecast, not a result.Independent analysis / professional record - 28McClintock, Thomas: candidate for House, California District 5 (H8CA04152)Federal Election Commission · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
FEC candidate page: incumbent status, principal campaign committee McClintock for Congress (C00446815) and the agency’s two-year totals through June 30, 2026.Government / regulatory record - 29McClintock for Congress: FEC Form 3, July Quarterly reportFederal Election Commission · Filed July 15, 2026
Committee’s own filing for May 14 to June 30, 2026: $108,769.14 in receipts for the period and $201,471.98 cash on hand at close.Government / regulatory record - 30Water PolicyMcClintock for Congress · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Campaign issue page built on 2011 and 2014 speeches: new dams and reservoirs, and changes to environmental rules on construction.Campaign source - 31Forest PolicyMcClintock for Congress · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Campaign issue page built on a September 2015 speech about thinning federal forests and the Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2015.Campaign source - 32Fiscal Reform and the National DebtMcClintock for Congress · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Campaign issue page: balanced budget amendment and annual review of mandatory spending. Its $19 trillion debt figure shows the text is several years old.Campaign source - 33Healthcare and ObamacareMcClintock for Congress · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Campaign issue page built on an October 25, 2010 speech: repeal of the health law and market-based alternatives.Campaign source - 34Economic GrowthMcClintock for Congress · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Campaign issue page with text dated August 13, 2015 on taxes, regulation and growth.Campaign source - 35National DefenseMcClintock for Congress · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Campaign issue page on military readiness and war powers, including a March 18, 2010 Cato Institute speech.Campaign source - 36McClintock on the Propositions – November 2026McClintock for Congress · Sept. 14, 2026
Campaign post with McClintock’s recommendations on the November 2026 state ballot measures. Opinions and figures in it are his own.Campaign source - 37House Republican slams GOP’s “delusional” Mayorkas impeachmentAxios · Feb. 6, 2024
Andrew Solender’s report on McClintock’s memo opposing the Mayorkas impeachment, with quotations from it. Notes that Rep. Ken Buck was also opposed.Independent reporting - 38House Floor Remarks: The Case Against the Impeachment of DHS Secretary Alejandro MayorkasOffice of U.S. Representative Tom McClintock · Feb. 6, 2024
His own floor remarks, as posted by his office: criticizes Mayorkas’s administration of immigration law while arguing that maladministration is not grounds for impeachment.Government / regulatory record - 39106 House Republicans Support Trump-Backed Lawsuit To Overturn ElectionForbes · Dec. 10, 2020
Report on the first filing of the House amicus brief and Republican criticism of it. It does not name McClintock; his participation comes from the court filing.Independent reporting - 40Electoral College Fast FactsU.S. House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
House history office page. Records that objections to Electoral College votes were lodged in 1969, 2005 and 2021 and rejected by both chambers; it gives no tallies.Government / regulatory record - 41The Constitution of the United States: A TranscriptionNational Archives · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Article I, Section 2 sets age, citizenship and state-inhabitancy requirements for representatives. The clause does not mention districts.Government / regulatory record - 42Democrat Masuda seeking to unseat McClintock for CA-5Turlock Journal · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Local interview with the Democratic challenger: his background and his criticism that the incumbent is rarely present. The criticism is Masuda’s, not a finding. The report labels McClintock “R-El Dorado Hills”; the page showed no byline or date.Independent reporting - 43Scorecard: Rep. Tom McClintockHeritage Action for America · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Conservative advocacy group’s scorecard: 92% for the current session, 88% lifetime. Scores reflect the group’s chosen votes.Independent analysis / professional record - 44National Environmental Scorecard: Tom McClintockLeague of Conservation Voters · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Environmental advocacy group’s scorecard: 3% for 2025 and 3% lifetime. Scores reflect the group’s chosen votes.Independent analysis / professional record - 45Roll Call 235: H.R. 3884, MORE Act, on passageOffice of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Dec. 4, 2020
Official tally: passed 228–164. Five Republicans are recorded as Yea: Gaetz, McClintock, Mast, Riggleman and Young.Government / regulatory record - 46H.R. 3884, Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2020 (engrossed in House)U.S. Government Publishing Office (govinfo) · 2020
Official text of the House-passed bill, used for its long title: to decriminalize and deschedule cannabis and provide for expungement of certain offenses.Government / regulatory record - 47Congressional Candidate Masuda Visits EastsideThe Sheet (Mammoth Lakes) · Mar. 26, 2026
Local report on a Masuda campaign visit. It relays Masuda’s claim about McClintock’s town halls; it does not verify the claim and carries no response from McClintock.Independent reporting
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