J. Luis Correa

Biography

Overview

J. Luis Correa is a Democratic U.S. Representative from California's 46th district, serving since 2017. His district includes most of the majority-Hispanic areas of Orange County, including Anaheim, Santa Ana, and parts of Orange. Before Congress, Correa worked as an investment banker, real estate broker, and college instructor. He previously served in the California State Senate (2006–2014) and California State Assembly (1999–2006).

Career

Correa has championed immigration and border security issues throughout his career. He was named to a bipartisan task force investigating the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in 2024. During the January 6 Capitol attack, he sheltered in the House gallery and was subsequently harassed at an airport. He opposed Trump's impeachment acquittal and called for invoking the Twenty-fifth Amendment. Earlier, he served on the Orange County Board of Supervisors as the first Democrat since 1987 and chaired multiple committees in the California State Assembly. He maintains 100% ratings from abortion rights organizations.

Prior political experience

Correa was first elected to Congress in 2016, winning the primary with 43.7% of the vote and the general election with 69.9%. In 2020, he was reelected with 157,803 votes (68.8%). Earlier, he won a California State Senate seat in 2006 by a narrow 1,392-vote margin, was reelected in 2010, but lost a 2015 special election for Orange County Board of Supervisors by 43 votes.

Biographical material adapted from the Wikipedia article (retrieved April 29, 2026), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ideology

Liberal–Conservative (DW-NOMINATE dim 1)

Liberal

Conservative

119th Congress-0.284

Secondary axis (DW-NOMINATE dim 2)(?)

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+0.171

Source: Voteview DW-NOMINATE · 324 scored votes

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Officeholding history

Term	Seat	Term dates	Termination	Predecessor	Successor
5th	U.S. House CA-46	2025–present	In progress	J. Luis Correa	—
4th	U.S. House CA-46	2023–2025	Term ended	J. Luis Correa	J. Luis Correa
3rd	U.S. House CA-46	2021–2023	Term ended	J. Luis Correa	J. Luis Correa
2nd	U.S. House CA-46	2019–2021	Term ended	J. Luis Correa	J. Luis Correa
1st	U.S. House CA-46	2017–2019	Term ended	—	J. Luis Correa

Committee assignments

Border Security and Enforcement
HouseRanking Member· 2025–present
House Committee on Homeland Security
House· 2025–present
Counterterrorism and Intelligence
House· 2025–present
The Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust
House· 2025–present
Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement
House· 2025–present
House Committee on the Judiciary
House· 2025–present

Current term legislation

Bills sponsored this term10

Bills cosponsored this term10

Elections

Year	Seat	Result	Vote share	Field
2020	U.S. House CA-46	Won	68.75%	J. Luis Correa68.75% James S. Waters31.25%