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Ken Calvert

R Republican · Representative, California 41st district
30
Moderate self-dealing
5/6 components have data
#45 of 193 scored

Ken Calvert (R-CA-41), a representative since 1993 and current chairman of the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, has a comparatively clean record on individual-stock trading; his wealth is concentrated in real estate rather than equities, so STOCK Act concerns are minimal. The most substantive accountability questions center on earmarks (Community Project Funding) he has directed to infrastructure projects located near rental and commercial properties he owns, which prompted a 2022 Office of Congressional Ethics complaint by End Citizens United and LA Times reporting noting properties he allegedly failed to disclose. As defense appropriations chair he is also a top recipient of defense-industry PAC money, a classic correlation (not proof) of money-influence overlap. His missed-vote rate is near the chamber median, and no campaign personal-use or family-lobbying findings surfaced in public records.

Public record

In Congress since
1993
Committees
Appropriations
Missed votes, 119th Congress
0.3% (2 of 674; median member 1.9%)
Campaign money, 2025–26 cycle
$6.1M raised · 22% from PACs & committees · $1.5M cash on hand FEC ↗

The stock-trading ban

H.R. 7008 passage, Jul 22, 2026
Yes
Cosponsored a ban bill
None

H.R. 7008 bans new stock purchases by members, spouses and dependents; it doesn't force sales of existing holdings. The Senate vote was on the version paired with the SAVE Act, which is why no Democrat voted yes. Full breakdown →

Disclosed stock trades

No periodic transaction reports on file since 2024. That's the norm: most members don't trade individual stocks, or hold them in blind trusts and diversified funds.

Amounts are the ranges members must report, not exact values. The STOCK Act requires a report within 45 days of a trade; "late" counts days past that deadline, measured to the filing date.

How the score breaks down

Stock self-trading
25% weight
8
No notable record of active individual-stock trading; Calvert's reported wealth is concentrated in real estate, not equities. Congressional-trade trackers maintain a profile but show negligible STOCK Act trade activity, so direct insider-timing concerns are minimal.
Quiver Quantitative maintains a Calvert trading/net-worth profile; his disclosed assets are real estate-weighted with no significant individual-stock trade volume flagged.Data aggregatorquiverquant.com ↗Capitol/Congress trade trackers cover all House members under the STOCK Act; Calvert is not among the active individual-stock traders highlighted.Reference databaseopensecrets.org ↗
Net-worth enrichment in office
15% weight
45
Estimated net worth ~$22.9M (2026), ranking among the wealthier members. Much is pre-existing/real-estate based (not scored), but LA Times reporting and an OCE complaint allege he directed federal earmarks to projects near his own properties, raising questions about office-linked appreciation of those holdings.
Quiver estimates Calvert worth ~$22.9M (May 2026), 56th-highest in Congress.Data aggregatorquiverquant.com ↗LA Times reporting raised questions about the extent to which Calvert personally benefits from earmarks he secured near his real estate.News reportingdccc.org ↗
Money → action alignmentcorrelation, not proof of any quid-pro-quo
20% weight
60
Correlation, not proof. As chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, Calvert is a top recipient of defense-industry PAC money (Misc Defense #2, Defense Electronics #3 in 2021-22) and was the single biggest defense-PAC recipient among GOP election objectors, while controlling the bill that funds those same contractors.
Defense PACs ramped donations; Calvert, top Republican on the Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, was the biggest defense-PAC recipient among lawmakers who voted against certifying the 2020 election.News reportingthehill.com ↗OpenSecrets industry data ranks defense sectors among Calvert's top donor industries (Misc Defense #2, Defense Electronics #3, 2021-22).Reference databaseopensecrets.org ↗
Campaign-fund personal useno data
15% weight
—
No public records found documenting use of campaign or leadership-PAC funds for personal benefit. Absence of findings is not treated as a violation.
FEC committee filings for Ken Calvert For Congress are publicly available; no personal-use enforcement findings surfaced in searches.Official recordfec.gov ↗
Revolving door & family
15% weight
30
No documented family-lobbying or staff-to-lobbyist pipeline. However, an OCE complaint and reporting allege conflicts where Calvert directed earmarks toward infrastructure projects near rental/commercial properties he personally owns (e.g., Corona Transit Center near seven of his parcels; I-15 and Magnolia Ave projects near undisclosed properties), a private-benefit conflict tied to his office.
End Citizens United filed an OCE complaint alleging Calvert failed to disclose properties and steered earmarked funds to boost their value.News reportingadmin.endcitizensunited.org ↗Washington Post/LA Times reporting tied $1.2M for the Corona Transit Center to a site near seven Calvert-owned parcels, and recent CPF earmarks near undisclosed properties.News reportingdccc.org ↗
Skips the job to fundraise
10% weight
5
Missed only 512 of 20,947 roll-call votes (2.4%) from 1993 to June 2026, on par with the 2.1% chamber median. No evidence of heavy paid-speech income displacing legislative duties.
Calvert missed 2.4% of votes (512/20,947) over his career, near the chamber median.Reference databasegovtrack.us ↗

Sources behind this score: 2 data aggregator · 3 reference database · 4 news reporting · 1 official record. Score = weighted average of the components that have data; the 1 without sourced evidence are excluded, never counted against the member. Methodology →

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