{"title": "Senator", "district": 15, "division_id": "ocd-division/country:us/state:ca/sldu:15", "org_classification": "upper"} · state

Dave Cortese

{"title": "Senator", "district": 15, "division_id": "ocd-division/country:us/state:ca/sldu:15", "org_classification": "upper"} since — · re-elected
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David Dominic Cortese is an elected official from San Jose, California. He is currently serving in the California State Senate, representing District 15, which encompasses a majority of Santa Clara County. Before being elected to the California State Senate, Cortese served on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors for 12 years, as a Councilmember and Vice Mayor for the City of San Jose for eight years, and for eight years as a trustee for the East Side Union High School District in San Jose. Cortese ran for mayor of San Jose and won the primary, losing the general election to District 3 councilmember Sam Liccardo.

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Profile · Contact

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Section · ML signals

Position & sentiment, modelled

Derived from article analysis, vote records, and public statements. All methods deterministic — keyword matching and statistical classification. No LLM inference.
Sentiment forecast

Improving · ↑0.00 over 30d

85% confidence
↑ Improving over last 90d
method: 7-day MA + linear regression · src/ml/sentiment_prediction.rs
Stance · Housing

Neutral

92% confidence
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Based on keyword analysis of public statements and voting records. Consistency: 89% across 312 votes.
method: keyword stance scoring · src/ml/stance_classification.rs
Topics discussed most

Housing dominant · 38%

all articles
method: keyword match · 100 keywords across 10 topics · src/ml/topic_modeling.rs
Profile · Staff

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Profile · Voting History

Complete Voting Record

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Profile · Endorsements

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Profile · Stock Act

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Profile · Lobbying

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Profile · Network

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