Kiley backed Trump’s Big LieVoted with Trump’s recommendationsSupported cuts to health care and food assistanceOpposed abortion-rights protections Kiley backed Trump’s Big LieVoted with Trump’s recommendationsSupported cuts to health care and food assistanceOpposed abortion-rights protections

The Kiley Record

“Independent”?
He votes with Trump
98% of the time.

From backing Trump’s Big Lie to supporting health-care cuts, opposing abortion-rights protections, and embracing anti-vaccine rhetoric, Kevin Kiley’s record tells a clear story.

Public record briefingCalifornia’s 3rd District

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Rep. Kevin KileyCalifornia representative · “Independent”

The Paper Trail

2016

Republican

Elected to the California State Assembly as a Republican.

2022

Republican

Elected to the U.S. House on the Republican line.

2026

"Independent"

Switches his party affiliation. The political agenda he supports does not change.

2026

With Trump

After the switch, his record remains aligned with Trump and the MAGA-led GOP.

2026

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The Score

With President Trump210 of 214 scored votes

98%

With the MAGA-led GOP203 of 214 scored votes

95%

The Record

The 2020 election

He backed Trump's Big Lie

For years, Kevin Kiley declined to denounce Trump's false claims that the 2020 election was stolen. That record belongs in any accounting of the politics he chose to embrace.

Health care

Cuts with real consequences

Kiley supported Trump’s budget bill, which would take health care from nearly 44,000 people and cut food assistance for more than 41,000 households in the old CA-06. He also aligned himself with anti-vaccine MAGA rhetoric and opposed science-based public-health policy.

Retirement security

Higher costs for seniors

In 2024, Kiley helped shape a Republican budget that would raise Social Security’s retirement age and shift more Medicare costs onto seniors.

Abortion rights

Opposed Proposition 1

Kiley opposed Proposition 1, the 2022 ballot measure that explicitly protected abortion and contraception in California’s constitution.

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