Representative · CA-27 · Democrat · since Jan 2025

George Whitesides

Bills authored 15Missed votes 14 of 524Party unity 54% derived

Counted from 524 roll calls and 90 sponsorship records on file.

Provisionalunreviewed: stated positions

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Who they are · every sentence carries its source

Before the votes, a life.

George Thomas Whitesides was born in Massachusetts in 1974 and raised in Newton.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: George T. Whitesides} He earned a bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1996 and a master's degree from King's College, Cambridge.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: George T. Whitesides} Whitesides worked in the space sector, serving as executive director of the National Space Society and later as chief of staff at NASA.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: George T. Whitesides} He subsequently served as the CEO of Virgin Galactic for a decade.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: George T. Whitesides}

In 2023, Whitesides announced his candidacy for California's 27th congressional district.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: George T. Whitesides} He won the 2024 election by approximately 8,000 votes.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: George T. Whitesides} Taking office in 2025, his committee assignments include the Armed Services Committee and the Science, Space, and Technology Committee.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: George T. Whitesides}

In their own words

“I rise today to call for the reauthorization of the Community Oriented Policing Services Program, better known as the COPS Program, an effort I am proud to lead alongside my colleagues Representatives Harder and Rutherford.”

Congressional Record · May 14, 2026 · Source

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The path here

1996
Earned a bachelor's degree from Princeton University.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: George T. Whitesides}
2004-2008
Served as executive director of the National Space Society.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: George T. Whitesides}
2009-2010
Served as chief of staff at NASA.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: George T. Whitesides}
2010-2021
Served as CEO of Virgin Galactic.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: George T. Whitesides}
2025-Present
Serving as U.S. Representative for California's 27th congressional district.^{Source 1: George Whitesides — Biographical Directory of the United States Congress}^{Source 3: Wikipedia: George T. Whitesides}

Next election: Nov 3, 2026general · in 51 days

97.33% attendance · all roll calls we have ingested

2 sources

1George Whitesides — Biographical Directory of the United States Congressbioguideopen source
3Wikipedia: George T. Whitesideswikipediaopen source archived copy

Full record card

The record card · sourced from Bioguide, the Clerk and the FEC

1.7YRS

In office · 1st term · since Jan 2025

7,990VOTES

2024 margin of victory · 2.66%

Certified result

97.33%

Attendance

house median 97.9% (431 members)

NOV'26

Next election · general

in 51 days

Figures cover all roll calls we have ingested.

Before Congress

1996 Earned a bachelor's degree from Princeton University.
2004-2008 Served as executive director of the National Space Society.
2009-2010 Served as chief of staff at NASA.
2010-2021 Served as CEO of Virgin Galactic.
2025-Present Serving as U.S. Representative for California's 27th congressional district.

House Committee on Armed ServicesHouse Committee on Science, Space, and TechnologyHouse Committee on Armed Services · Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation subcommitteeHouse Committee on Armed Services · Seapower and Projection Forces subcommitteeHouse Committee on Science, Space, and Technology · Space and Aeronautics subcommitteeHouse Committee on Armed Services · Strategic Forces subcommittee15 bills authored · 0 enacted

Says vs. does · 72 issues in 6 clusters

Stated position vs. voting record.

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SaysDoes

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The stats, cluster by cluster

6 clusters · 72 issues · sorted by gap size

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Receipts · recent votes on passage

How they voted.

Money & ties

Who's behind them.

How complete is this money picture?

46%of the money categories we track are publicly disclosed for this member, counting those that lawfully lag.

Campaign financeThrough Jun 30, 2026Current · 34%
Corporate-PAC shareNot yet derived · 22%
Disclosed tradesLagged · 12%
Lobbyist meetingsNot disclosed · 32%

Disclosed by the FEC; we have not built the honest derivation — same for every member.

Members must disclose trades within 45 days; this picture is always at least that far behind.

A gap in the disclosure system, not a statement about this member — lobbyist meetings are not federally disclosed for any member of Congress.

Weights are fixed product-wide and disclosed, so this percentage is comparable across members.

Who funds them · 2026 cycle · FEC through Jun 30, 2026

$4.0MTotal raised · 1 ▪ = $100.0K · 40 units, rounded up

PAC contributions$629.1K · 15.9%
Itemized individual$2.4M · 61.7%
Small-dollar (≤$200)$359.9K · 9.1%
All other$528.4K · 13.3%

FEC filing totals ↗

Disclosed trades

We hold no disclosed-trade filings for this member. That is a gap in what we have loaded; it does not mean none were filed.

FEC OpenFEC · disclosed trades: House Clerk / Senate filings.

Ideology placement

Economic (dim 1)-0.203

Social (dim 2)0.095

Voteview DW-NOMINATE · retrieved Sep 7, 2026 — an external attributed reference, shown as context.

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