Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), a long-serving member representing Silicon Valley, states she has never personally traded individual stocks; her only STOCK Act issues stem from late disclosure of her husband's adviser-managed retirement-account trades, which she reported tardily in 2022. Her most substantive accountability concerns are about influence and family ties: she is a top congressional recipient of tech-industry money (Google/Alphabet over $400K, Cisco over $300K lifetime), opposed several 2021-2022 Big Tech antitrust measures while her daughter works as corporate counsel at Google, prompting a conflict-of-interest letter from the Revolving Door Project. Her campaigns also paid roughly $350,000 to law firms operated by her husband during the 2004-2008 cycles, and former staffers have moved into tech-sector government-affairs roles. These items are correlation-based and contested; no formal finding of wrongdoing has been established, and her personal trading record is clean.
Public record
In Congress since
1995
Committees
Science, Space, and Technology (Ranking Member) Judiciary
Missed votes, 119th Congress
1.5% (10 of 674; median member 1.9%)
Campaign money, 2025–26 cycle
$1.7M raised · 25% from PACs & committees · $643K cash on hand FEC ↗
The stock-trading ban
H.R. 7008 passage, Jul 22, 2026
No
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
2trades since Jan 2025
0buys
2sells
0filed past 45 days
$101K–$265Kdisclosed value range
Traded
Filed
Owner
Asset
Type
Amount
Dec 11, 2025
Jan 6, 2026
Joint
California State Public Works Board Lease Revenue Bonds, Ser. D [GS]
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-tradinghousehold / spouse
25% weight
8
Lofgren states she has never personally traded individual stocks. The only activity is her husband's adviser-managed retirement-account trades (e.g., Deskworks $100K-250K, Expedia $1K-15K), which she disclosed late, violating STOCK Act deadlines. No personal trading, no committee-timed pattern; score reflects only the disclosure lapse on spousal holdings.
Available disclosures show an estimated net worth around $3.8M (2018), composed largely of real estate, bond funds, and retirement accounts. No sourced analysis isolates growth beyond salary plus market returns over tenure; pre-office wealth is not scored. Insufficient data to attribute enrichment.
Money → action alignmentcorrelation, not proof of any quid-pro-quo
20% weight
52
CORRELATION, NOT PROOF. Lofgren is a top recipient of tech-industry money (Internet #3, Electronics #5 in 2021-22; Google/Alphabet >$400K, Cisco >$300K lifetime). She opposed 2021 bipartisan Big Tech antitrust bills and was among 16 Democrats voting against the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act, aligning with her largest donors. The concentration plus aligned votes is notable but no quid pro quo is established.
Lofgren's campaigns paid roughly $350,000 over the 2004-2008 cycles to two law businesses operated by her husband (Collins and Day; John Marshall Collins P.C.). Paying a spouse's firm for campaign services is legal if for bona fide work at market rate, but routes campaign funds to household benefit. No FEC finding of violation; data is dated.
Lofgren's daughter Sheila Collins is corporate counsel at Google (a top donor and antitrust subject), prompting a Revolving Door Project conflict letter. Former staffers moved to tech government-affairs roles: a chief of staff to the Information Technology Industry Council (Amazon/Apple/Google) and an aide to Apple. Family/staff-to-tech pipeline is documented; allegations of any office-driven favoritism remain unproven.
Reporting notes Lofgren tends to miss more votes during reelection years, attributed to personal, family, or medical matters. No sourced data shows an extreme missed-vote rate or paid speech income coinciding with heavy fundraising. Low score reflects a modest, unquantified attendance signal.
Sources behind this score: 2 news reporting · 1 data aggregator · 6 reference database. 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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