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{{Short description|American politician (born 1956)}}
{{Similar names|Tom McClintock (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name          = Tom McClintock
| image         = Tom McClintock portrait (118th Congress).jpg
| caption       = Official portrait, 2022
| state         = [[California]]
| term_start    = January 3, 2009
| term_end      = 
| predecessor   = [[John Doolittle]]
| successor     = 
| constituency  = {{ushr|CA|4|C}} (2009–2023)<br>{{ushr|CA|5|C}} (2023–present)
| state_senate1 = California State
| district1     = [[California's 19th State Senate district|19th]]
| term_start1   = December 4, 2000
| term_end1     = December 1, 2008
| predecessor1  = [[Cathie Wright]]
| successor1    = [[Tony Strickland]]
| office2       = Member of the [[California State Assembly]]
| term_start2   = December 2, 1996
| term_end2     = December 4, 2000
| predecessor2  = [[Paula Boland]]
| successor2    = [[Keith Richman]]
| constituency2 = [[California's 38th State Assembly district|38th district]]
| term_start3   = December 6, 1982
| term_end3     = December 7, 1992
| predecessor3  = [[Charles R. Imbrecht|Chuck Imbrecht]]
| successor3    = [[William J. Knight]]
| constituency3 = [[California's 36th State Assembly district|36th district]]
| birth_name    = Thomas Miller McClintock II
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1956|7|10}}
| birth_place   = [[Westchester County, New York]], U.S.{{efn |name=Birth |Sources differ as to whether he was born in [[Bronxville, New York|Bronxville]]<ref>{{congbio |id=M001177 |inline=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.legistorm.com/person/bio/66841/Thomas_Miller_McClintock_II.html |title=Rep. Tom McClintock
|website=[[LegiStorm]] |accessdate=August 25, 2025}}</ref> or [[White Plains, New York]].<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=August 25, 2025 |date=January 3, 2008 |title=State senator no longer has a home in Thousand Oaks |url=https://www.toacorn.com/articles/state-senator-no-longer-has-a-home-in-thousand-oaks |work=Thousand Oaks Acorn}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sierrasun.com/news/mcclintock-ose-face-off |title=McClintock, Ose face off |last=Butler |first=Paul |date=April 18, 2008 |accessdate=August 25, 2025 |work=[[Sierra Sun]]}}</ref><ref name=Lawrence>{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/195109934 |title=McClintock focuses on fiscal policy |date=October 5, 2003 |work=[[The Desert Sun]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |page=80 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref>}}
| death_date    = 
| death_place   = 
| party         = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse        = {{marriage|Lori McClintock|1987|2021|end=died}}
| children      = 2
| education     = [[University of California, Los Angeles]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| website       = {{url|mcclintock.house.gov|House website}}<br>{{url|tommcclintock.com|Campaign website}}
| module        = {{Listen |pos=center |embed=yes |filename=Rep. Tom McClintock on Respecting the Electoral Process.ogg |title=McClintock's voice |type=speech |description=McClintock on respecting the electoral process and [[Postal voting|mail-in voting]].<br>Recorded November 17, 2020}}
}}
'''Thomas Miller McClintock II'''  (born July 10, 1956) is an American politician serving as the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] for {{ushr|CA|5}} since 2009 (known as the 4th congressional district until 2023). His district stretches from the [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]] suburbs to the outer suburbs of [[Fresno, California|Fresno]]; it includes [[Yosemite National Park]]. A member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], McClintock served as a [[California Assembly|California state assemblyman]] from 1982 to 1992 and from 1996 to 2000, when he became a [[California State Senate|California state senator]], a position he held until 2008. He unsuccessfully ran for [[governor of California]] in the [[2003 California gubernatorial recall election|2003 recall election]] and for [[Lieutenant Governor of California]] in the [[2006 California lieutenant gubernatorial election|2006 election]].

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==Early life, education and early political career==
McClintock was born on July 10, 1956, in [[Westchester County, New York]].{{efn|name = Birth}} His family moved to [[Thousand Oaks, California]], in 1965.<ref name = Lawrence/> He graduated in 1978 from the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] (UCLA) with a degree in political science. At 23, he was elected chair of the [[Ventura County, California|Ventura County]] Republican Party, and served until 1981.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tom McClintock |url=http://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/3839 |website=JoinCalifornia |publisher=† |access-date=February 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812040333/http://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/3839 |archive-date=August 12, 2022 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Candidates |url=https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2003/recall/candidates/frameset.t.mcclint.exclude.html |publisher=[[CNN]]|access-date=February 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141002141746/https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2003/recall/candidates/frameset.t.mcclint.exclude.html |archive-date=October 2, 2014 |language=English}}</ref> He was chief of staff to State Senator [[Edward M. Davis|Ed Davis]] from 1980 to 1982. From 1992 to 1994, he served as director of the Center for the California Taxpayer.<ref>[https://mcclintock.house.gov/about/full-biography Biography | Congressman Tom McClintock]. ''mcclintock.house.gov''. Retrieved September 25, 2015.</ref> He was director of the [[Claremont Institute|Claremont Institute's Golden State Center for Policy Studies]] from 1995 to 1996.<ref>[http://www.yologop.org/stay_informed/candidates/index.cfm/Tom_McClintock_7.htm "Tom McClintock for Lt. Governor"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210215301/http://www.yologop.org/stay_informed/candidates/index.cfm/Tom_McClintock_7.htm |date=February 10, 2012 }} Retrieved on March 19, 2008</ref>

==California politics==
[[File:Tom McClintock, 1988.jpg|thumb|upright|left|McClintock in 1988, during his first [[California State Assembly|State Assembly]] tenure.]]
===California Assembly (1982–1992, 1996–2000)===
In 1982, at age 26, McClintock ran for [[California's 36th State Assembly district]], then based in [[Thousand Oaks, California|Thousand Oaks]], after redistricting. He defeated [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] Harriet Kosmo Henson 56%–44%.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=450790|title=Our Campaigns – CA State Assembly 36 Race – Nov 02, 1982|work=ourcampaigns.com}}</ref> He was reelected in 1984, defeating Tom Jolicoeur 72%–28%.<ref name="auto1" /> In 1986, he was reelected to a third term, defeating Frank Nekimken 73%–25%.<ref name="auto1" /> In 1988, he was reelected to a fourth term, defeating George Webb II 70%–29%.<ref name="auto1" /> In 1990, he was reelected to a fifth term, defeating Ginny Connell 59%–36%.<ref name="auto1" />

After running for Congress in 1992 and for controller in 1994, McClintock ran for the Assembly again in 1996. He ran for [[California's 38th State Assembly district]] and defeated Democrat Jon Lauritzen 56%–40% to win his sixth Assembly term.<ref name="auto1" /> In 1998, McClintock was reelected to a seventh term unopposed.<ref name="auto1" />

McClintock authored California's [[lethal injection]] use for [[Death penalty in California|California's death penalty law]]. He also opposed tax increases and supported spending cuts. He was a strong proponent of abolishing the car tax.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tommcclintock.com/meet-tom |title= About Tom McClintock &#124; Tom McClintock for Congress|website=tommcclintock.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005210730/http://www.tommcclintock.com/meet-tom |archive-date=October 5, 2012}}</ref><ref name="nationaljournal.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/almanac/2010/person/tom-mcclintock-ca/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111120334/http://www.nationaljournal.com/almanac/2010/person/tom-mcclintock-ca/|archive-date=January 11, 2012|title=Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA, 4th District) -- the Almanac of American Politics|work=nationaljournal.com}}</ref>
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===California Senate (2000–2008)===
[[File:Tom McClintock.jpg|thumb|Tom McClintock as a California State Senator]]In 2000, McClintock retired from the California Assembly to run for [[California's 19th State Senate district]]. He ranked first in the March 7 open primary with 52% of the vote. In November, he defeated Democrat Daniel Gonzalez, 58%–42%.<ref name="auto1" /> He was reelected in 2004, defeating Paul Joseph Graber, 61%–39%.<ref name="auto1" />

In 2008, McClintock voted against Proposition 2, which prohibits confining calves, pigs and hens in small cages in which they cannot extend their limbs. "Farm animals are food, not friends", he said in response to backlash to his vote. He also cited concern about increased grocery bills.<ref name="McGreevy102108">{{cite web|last1=McGreevy|first1=Patrick|title=Tom McClintock speaks out on farm animal, gay marriage measures|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/10/mcclintock----n.html|website=LA Times Blogs – L.A. NOW|access-date=December 22, 2017|date=October 21, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908204742/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/10/mcclintock----n.html |archive-date=September 8, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2000, he was instrumental in proposing a two-thirds reduction in the vehicle license fee, or [[car tax]]. In 2003, he opposed then-Governor [[Gray Davis]]'s attempt to rescind a rollback of a vehicle license fee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/recall/20031001-9999_1n1tom.html|title=GOP's McClintock sticks to his guns even if it costs him|work=The San Diego Union-Tribune|date=October 1, 2003|first=Michael|last=Gardner}}</ref> McClintock has also opposed deficit reduction efforts that would have increased taxes. He supported the Bureaucracy Reduction and Closure Commission and [[performance-based budgeting]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040222/news_mz1e22state.html|title=Pressing measures|work=The San Diego Union-Tribune|first=Robert M.|last=Stern|date=February 22, 2004}}</ref>

===Other elections===

====1994 controller election====
{{Main|1994 California State Controller election}}
McClintock ran for [[California State Controller]] after incumbent [[Gray Davis]] retired. He won the Republican primary, defeating John Morris, 61%–39%.<ref name="auto1" /> In the general election, he lost to [[Kathleen Connell]], former Special Assistant to [[Los Angeles Mayor]] [[Tom Bradley (American politician)|Tom Bradley]] and Director of the [[Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles|L.A. Housing Authority]], 48%–46%, with three other candidates receiving the other 6% of the vote.<ref name="auto1" />

====2002 controller election====
{{Main|2002 California State Controller election}}
McClintock ran for controller again in 2002, facing Democratic nominee [[Steve Westly]], an [[eBay]] executive. Westly outspent him 5-to-1. McClintock's campaigns focused on increasing accountability for the state budget. The ads featured the character ''Angus McClintock'', a fictional cousin and fellow [[Scottish American]] extolling McClintock's thriftiness and accountability in low-budget 15-second ads. He lost by a margin of just 0.2%, or 16,811 votes, to Westly, who won with 45.3% of the vote. Three other candidates received 9.5% of the vote.<ref name="auto1" />

====2003 gubernatorial recall election====
{{Main|2003 California gubernatorial recall election}}
In 2003, McClintock ran in the recall election against Davis. Republican and film actor [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] won the election with 49% of the vote. [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[Lieutenant Governor of California|Lieutenant Governor]] [[Cruz Bustamante]] finished second with 31%. McClintock finished third with 14%. Together, Republicans Schwarzenegger and McClintock were supported by 5,363,778 Californians, or 62.1% of the vote. 132 other candidates received the remaining 6.4%.<ref name="auto1" />

McClintock performed the best in [[Stanislaus County, California|Stanislaus County]], where he received 24% of the vote. He also cracked 20% or higher in several other counties: [[Mariposa County, California|Mariposa]] (23%), [[Tuolumne County, California|Tuolumne]] (22%), [[Tehama County, California|Tehama]] (21%), [[Calaveras County, California|Calaveras]] (20%), [[Madera County, California|Madera]] (20%), [[Modoc County, California|Modoc]] (20%), [[Shasta County, California|Shasta]] (20%), [[San Joaquin County, California|San Joaquin]] (20%), and [[Ventura County, California|Ventura]] (20%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2003-special/gov.pdf|title=Governor|website=ca.gov|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021000759/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2003-special/gov.pdf|archive-date=October 21, 2014}}</ref>

====2006 lieutenant gubernatorial election====
{{Main|2006 California lieutenant gubernatorial election}}
McClintock ran for [[Lieutenant Governor of California|lieutenant governor]] in 2006. He defeated Tony Farmer in the Republican primary, 94–6%.<ref name="auto1" /> In the general election, he lost to Democratic [[California Insurance Commissioner|State Insurance Commissioner]] [[John Garamendi]], 49%–45%.<ref name="auto1" />

==U.S. House of Representatives==

===Elections===
====1992====
After redistricting, McClintock retired from the Assembly to challenge Democratic U.S. Representative [[Anthony C. Beilenson]] in [[California's 24th congressional district]]. He won the nine-candidate Republican primary with a plurality of 34% of the vote, beating second-place finisher Sang Korman by 11 points.<ref name="auto1" /> Beilenson defeated McClintock, 56–39%.<ref name="auto1" />

====2008====
{{Main|2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 4}}
On March 4, 2008, McClintock announced his candidacy for the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] in [[California's 4th congressional district]], about 300 miles north of the district McClintock represented in the state Senate. The district's nine-term incumbent, [[John Doolittle]], was retiring. McClintock was unable to vote for himself in either the primary or the general election. Although for most of the year he lived in [[Elk Grove, California|Elk Grove]], a suburb of [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]] within the [[California's 3rd congressional district|3rd district]] at the time, his legal residence was in Thousand Oaks, within the borders of his state senate district. The [[California Constitution]] requires state senators to maintain their legal residence in the district they represent.<ref name="SacBee030408"/>

Upon McClintock's entry into the race, fellow Republicans [[Rico Oller]] and Eric Egland withdrew from the primary and endorsed him.<ref name="SacBee030408">{{cite news|author=Hecht, Peter |title=McClintock in, Oller out in race to replace Doolittle |work=[[Sacramento Bee]] |date=March 4, 2008 |url=http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/759440.html |access-date=March 5, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206125635/http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/759440.html |archive-date=December 6, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Gunzberger, Ronecemb|title=California|work=Politics1.com|date=March 5, 2008|url=http://www.politics1.com/blog-0308.htm#0305|access-date=March 5, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080310221242/http://politics1.com/blog-0308.htm#0305|archive-date=March 10, 2008}}</ref> He was also endorsed by the [[Republican Liberty Caucus]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rlc.org/2008/11/05/rlc-election-results/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212201341/http://www.rlc.org/2008/11/05/rlc-election-results/|title="RLC Election Results." Republican Liberty Caucus (November 5, 2008).|archive-date=February 12, 2012}}</ref> the [[Club for Growth]], and U.S. Representative [[Ron Paul]]. McClintock faced former U.S. Representative [[Doug Ose]], a moderate who represented the neighboring 3rd District from 1999 to 2005. Like McClintock, Ose lived outside the district and was painted as a [[carpetbagger]] and a liberal who had voted to raise taxes and who voted for earmarks. McClintock defeated Ose, 54–39%.<ref name="auto1" />

The Democratic nominee was retired [[United States Air Force|Air Force]] [[Lieutenant Colonel (United States)|Lt. Col.]] Charles D. (Charlie) Brown, who had run an unexpectedly strong race against Doolittle in 2006. In March 2008, Ose's campaign commercials criticized McClintock for receiving over $300,000 in per diem living expenses during his time in the state senate even though he lived in Elk Grove for most of the year. McClintock maintained that the payments were justified because his legal residence was in Thousand Oaks, in his district. He said, "Every legislator's [Sacramento area] residence is close to the Capitol. My residential costs up here are much greater than the average legislator because my family is here."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mcclintock23mar23,0,6751476.story|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|first=Patrick|last=McGreevy|title=McClintock criticized for taking per diem housing allowance|date=March 23, 2008}}</ref> Ose's campaign commercials argued McClintock did not own or rent a home in the 19th district, but claimed his mother's home in Thousand Oaks as his state senate district residence. These attacks prompted a response from McClintock's wife, Lori, who said McClintock stayed with his mother to care for her after she fell ill and after the death of her husband.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/963198.html|title=Ballot Watch: "Ose's attack on McClintock for taking per diem riles rival's wife"|work=[[Sacramento Bee]]|date=May 24, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206125641/http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/963198.html|archive-date=December 6, 2008}}</ref> McClintock ran ads attacking Brown's participation at a 2005 protest by [[Code Pink]], a prominent antiwar group, and argued Brown supported [[Gay marriage in California|gay marriage]] but not the troops in Iraq. He also portrayed Brown as a clone of [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker]] [[Nancy Pelosi]].<ref name="nationaljournal.com"/>

By November 23, McClintock led Brown by 1,566 votes (0.4% of the vote), 184,190 to 182,624. Subsequent returns expanded the margin slightly with the last returns coming in from [[El Dorado County]] shortly after [[Thanksgiving]]. On December 1, McClintock declared victory and Brown conceded on December 3. McClintock defeated Brown by a margin of 0.5%, or 1,800 votes.<ref>{{cite book |title=2014 Almanac of American Politics |last2=Barone |first2=Chuck |last1=McCutcheon|first1=Michael |publisher=The University of Chicago Press |year= 2013}}</ref> He prevailed by a 3,500-vote margin in [[Placer County]], the district's largest county. Brown won three of the district's nine counties: Sierra (49.8%), Plumas (47.9%), and Nevada (42.3%).<ref>[http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_general/23_34_us_reps.pdf "United States Representative (final results)"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221042514/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_general/23_34_us_reps.pdf |date=December 21, 2008 }} Office of the California Secretary of State. Retrieved December 26, 2008</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theunion.com/article/20081122/NEWS/811220440/1066&ParentProfile=1053&title=McClintock%20declares%20victory |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524102543/http://www.theunion.com/article/20081122/NEWS/811220440/1066%26ParentProfile%3D1053%26title%3DMcClintock%20declares%20victory |archive-date=May 24, 2011 |title=McClintock declares victory |work=The Union |date=November 22, 2008 |access-date=February 7, 2017 }}</ref> McClintock won mainly on the coattails from [[John McCain]], who carried the 4th with 54% of the vote, his fifth-best total in the state.

====2010====
{{Main|2010 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 4}}
McClintock defeated Michael Babich in the Republican primary, Babich 78–22%.<ref name="auto1" /> On November 2, he was reelected, defeating businessman Clint Curtis 61–31% and winning every county in the district.<ref name="auto1" />

====2012====
{{Main|2012 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 4}}
For his first two terms, McClintock represented a district covering the northeast corner of California, from the eastern suburbs of Sacramento to the Oregon border.

Redistricting after the 2010 census pushed the 4th well to the south. Only three counties remained from the old 4th: Nevada, Placer, and El Dorado. The redrawn district cut out the 4th's share of Sacramento County, including the part of Elk Grove that includes McClintock's home. Elk Grove is now entirely within the borders of the neighboring [[California's 7th congressional district|7th District]], represented by Democrat [[Ami Bera]], making McClintock one of only a few members of Congress who live outside the district they represent. House members are constitutionally required only to live in the state they represent, but longstanding convention holds that they live in or reasonably close to their districts. McClintock said in 2016 that he intended to move his residence inside the redrawn 4th as soon as home prices rebounded enough for him to sell his Elk Grove home.<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-congress-living-outside-district-20151222-html-htmlstory.html These California lawmakers don't live in the districts they represent]. ''Los Angeles Times''. Retrieved December 22, 2015.</ref>

In 2012, California instituted its "top two" primary, in which candidates of all parties run against one another and the top two finishers, regardless of party, advance to the general election. McClintock and Democrat [[Jack Uppal]] were the only candidates in the "top two" primary, so the general election was a rematch. The reconfigured 4th was as strongly Republican as its predecessor, and McClintock was reelected to a third term, defeating Uppal 61%–39% in the general election. McClintock won all but two of the district's ten counties: Alpine (41%) and Nevada (37%).<ref name="auto1" />

====2014====
{{Main|2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 4}}
McClintock was reelected, finishing first in California's "top two" primary and defeating moderate Republican challenger National Guard Major Art Moore in the general election, 60%–40%.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/21/us/politics/mcclintock-faces-bid-from-moderate-art-moore.html A Rare G.O.P. Battle Forces an Incumbent to Look Left], ''[[The New York Times]]'', Norimitsu Onishi, April 20, 2014. Retrieved October 6, 2015.</ref>

====2016====
{{Main|2016 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 4}}
McClintock again finished first in the primary and defeated Democrat Robert W. Derlet, a physician, environmentalist and retired [[University of California, Davis|UC Davis]] professor, in the general election, 63%–37%.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article61789327.html|title=Bob Derlet, doctor and environmentalist, challenging Rep. Tom McClintock|work=[[The Sacramento Bee]]|date=February 22, 2016|access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/California%27s_4th_Congressional_District_election,_2016|title=California's 4th Congressional District election, 2016
|work=[[Ballotpedia]]|access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref>

====2018====
{{Main|2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 4}}
McClintock defeated Democratic challenger Jessica Morse in the general election, receiving 184,401 votes to her 156,253 (54.1% to 45.9%).<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/California%27s_4th_Congressional_District_election,_2018|title=California's 4th Congressional District election, 2018|website=Ballotpedia}}</ref>

===Tenure===
During the [[112th Congress]], McClintock was one of 40 members of the [[Republican Study Committee]] who frequently voted against Republican Party leadership and vocally expressed displeasure with House bills.<ref name=rsc>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/17/us/politics/house-freshmen-not-as-defiant-as-their-reputation-suggests.html?_r=1&hp|title=G.O.P. Freshmen Not as Defiant as Reputation Suggests|first=Jennifer|last=Steinhauer|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=March 16, 2012}}</ref> In 2011, he voted against the [[National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012]] due to a provision that would allow the government and the military to indefinitely detain American citizens and others without trial.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/ndaa-bill-how-did-your-congress-member-vote-384362?page=1|title=NDAA Bill: How Did Your Congress Member Vote?|date=December 16, 2011|work=International Business Times}}</ref> McClintock's chief of staff, Igor Birman, was a candidate for Congress in [[California's 7th congressional district]] in 2014.

In 2009, McClintock signed a pledge sponsored by [[Americans for Prosperity]] promising to vote against any [[global warming]] legislation that would raise taxes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://americansforprosperity.org/noclimatetax//wp-content/uploads/2009/04/mcclintock.pdf |title=Americans for Prosperity Applauds U.S. Representative Tom McClintock |publisher=Americansforprosperity.org |access-date=March 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219061216/http://americansforprosperity.org/noclimatetax/ |archive-date=February 19, 2015 }}</ref>

McClintock voted in favor of the [[Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017]].<ref name="Almukhtar122117">{{cite news|last1=Almukhtar|first1=Sarah|title=How Each House Member Voted on the Tax Bill|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/19/us/politics/tax-bill-house-live-vote.html|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=December 22, 2017|date=December 19, 2017}}</ref> He voted against the first version of the bill, displeased with the removal of deductions related to medical expenses, student loan interest, and [[casualty loss]]. Those three items were addressed in the final version of the bill. McClintock said the bill would "restore American workers to an internationally competitive position." He expressed concern about the bill's impact on the [[budget deficit]] and anticipated that it would be addressed "by spending reforms this coming year."<ref name="Bee122117">{{cite web|title=Why Tom McClintock changed his tax vote|url=https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article191126269.html|website=The Sacramento Bee|access-date=December 22, 2017|date=December 21, 2017}}</ref>

In 2017, McClintock called for special prosecutor [[Robert Mueller]] to investigate President [[Donald Trump]]. McClintock felt that Trump's firing of [[James Comey]] justified a special prosecutor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-republican-tom-mcclintock-calls-for-1494519776-htmlstory.html|title=Republican Rep. Tom McClintock calls for independent prosecutor to take over FBI's Russia investigation|first=Sarah D.|last=Wire|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>

After Trump pulled 1,000 U.S. troops from [[Kurds|Kurdish]]-held territory on the Syrian border south of Turkey in 2019, a bipartisan resolution passed the House, 354–60, that condemned him for abandoning those U.S. allies that would allow the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL) to reestablish and regroup its forces, and allow the Turks to attack the Kurds. McClintock was one of the two members of California's congressional delegation to vote against it.<ref>[https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/politics/story/2019-10-16/rep-hunter-votes-against-house-resolution-condemning-withdrawal-of-troops-from-syria Rep. Hunter votes against condemning Trump on Syria, saying 'You kick ass and you leave'], ''[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]'', October 16, 2019. Retrieved October 28, 2019.</ref>

In 2020, McClintock was the sole House Republican to cosponsor the [[Ending Qualified Immunity Act]], which was proposed in response to the [[murder of George Floyd]] and resultant [[George Floyd protests|widespread protests]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Lightman|first=David|date=June 9, 2020|title=Republican McClintock opposes qualified immunity for police|url=https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article243395971.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627090740/https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article243395971.html|archive-date=June 27, 2020|access-date=June 27, 2020|website=The Sacramento Bee}}</ref> The act was introduced by [[Justin Amash]] and [[Ayanna Pressley]] and cosponsored by 62 House Democrats in addition to McClintock.<ref>{{cite web|date=June 4, 2020|title=H.R.7085 – 116th Congress (2019–2020): To amend the Revised Statutes to remove the defense of qualified immunity in the case of any action under section 1979, and for other purposes.|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7085|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622201335/https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7085|archive-date=June 22, 2020|access-date=June 27, 2020|website=congress.gov}}</ref> Because Amash was a registered [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]] as of the act's introduction in June 2020, McClintock's support technically made the act the first tripartisan piece of federal legislation in modern U.S. history.<ref>{{cite web|last=Binion|first=Billy|date=June 11, 2020|title=With 1 Republican Cosponsor, Rep. Justin Amash Gains Tripartisan Support To End Qualified Immunity|url=https://reason.com/2020/06/11/justin-amash-tom-mcclintock-republican-cosponsor-tripartisan-support-to-end-qualified-immunity/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624202337/https://reason.com/2020/06/11/justin-amash-tom-mcclintock-republican-cosponsor-tripartisan-support-to-end-qualified-immunity/|archive-date=June 24, 2020|access-date=June 27, 2020|website=Reason (magazine)|language=en-US}}</ref>

In the [[118th Congress]], McClintock voted against multiple motions to discipline certain Democrats in office, such as the first censure of Adam Schiff, the censure of Rashida Tlaib, and the [[impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas]]. In each, he lambasted their actions but believed the motions were an erosion of the standards to which such motions should be held.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Mychael|last=Schnell|title=These 20 House Republicans voted to block resolution to censure Adam Schiff|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4050563-these-20-house-republicans-voted-to-block-resolution-to-censure-adam-schiff/ |date=June 14, 2023 |website=The Hill |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Lauren|last=Sforza|title=These lawmakers bucked their party on advancing the Tlaib censure resolution|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4298092-these-lawmakers-bucked-their-party-on-advancing-the-tlaib-censure-resolution/ |date=November 7, 2023 |website=The Hill |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Sarah|last=Fortinsky|title=GOP's McClintock says his vote won't change against Mayorkas impeachment|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4464232-gops-mcclintock-says-his-vote-wont-change-against-mayorkas-impeachment/|date=February 12, 2024 |website=The Hill |language=en}}</ref> Despite making a speech supporting holding [[Merrick Garland]] in [[contempt of Congress]] for the federal prosecution of Donald Trump, he would vote against holding him in contempt for refusing to release the audio files of the Hur interviews in the [[Joe Biden classified documents incident]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4766039-luna-inherent-contempt-garland/ |title=Luna push to fine Garland $10,000 per day over Biden-Hur tapes fails |first=Emily |last=Brooks |date=July 7, 2024| website= The Hill |language =en}}</ref>

As of October 2021, McClintock had voted in line with [[Joe Biden]]'s stated position 5% of the time.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bycoffe |first1=Anna Wiederkehr and Aaron |title=Does Your Member Of Congress Vote With Or Against Biden? |url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/tom-mcclintock/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508164500/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/tom-mcclintock/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 8, 2021|access-date=October 28, 2021 |language=en |date=October 22, 2021}}</ref>

===Legislation===
McClintock supported the [[Water Rights Protection Act]], a bill that would prevent federal agencies from requiring certain entities to relinquish their water rights to the United States to use [[public lands]].<ref name=3189cbo>{{cite web|title=H.R. 3189 – CBO|date=December 9, 2013|url=http://www.cbo.gov/publication/44956|publisher=Congressional Budget Office|access-date=March 11, 2014}}</ref> The bill was a reaction to the [[United States Forest Service]]'s decision to pursue a "new regulation to demand that water rights be transferred to the federal government as a condition for obtaining permits needed to operate 121 ski resorts that cross over federal lands."<ref name=COtiptonbill>{{cite news|last=Hudson|first=Audrey|title=Tipton Bill Seeks to Stop Feds from Trampling Water Rights|url=http://thecoloradoobserver.com/2013/10/tipton-bill-seeks-to-stop-feds-from-trampling-water-rights/|access-date=March 12, 2014|newspaper=The Colorado Observer|date=October 11, 2013}}</ref> McClintock supported the bill, saying that the Forest Service's regulation "illustrates an increasingly hostile attitude by this agency toward those who make productive use of our vast national forests, in this case by enhancing and attracting the tourism upon which our mountain communities depend."<ref name="COtiptonbill"/>

===Committee assignments===
For the [[118th United States Congress|118th Congress]]:<ref>{{cite web |title=Tom McClintock |url=https://clerk.house.gov/members/M001177 |publisher=Clerk of the United States House of Representatives |access-date=April 13, 2023}}</ref>
* [[United States House Committee on Natural Resources|Committee on Natural Resources]]
** [[United States House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands|Subcommittee on Federal Lands]]
** [[United States House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries|Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries]]
* [[United States House Committee on the Budget|Committee on the Budget]]
* [[United States House Committee on the Judiciary|Committee on the Judiciary]]
** [[United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement|Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement]] (Chair)
** [[United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government|Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government]]

===Caucus memberships===
* [[Congressional Arts Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Membership|url=https://artscaucus-slaughter.house.gov/membership|publisher=Congressional Arts Caucus|access-date=March 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140644/https://artscaucus-slaughter.house.gov/membership|archive-date=June 12, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Republican Study Committee]]<ref>{{cite web|date=December 6, 2017|title=Membership|url=https://rsc-banks.house.gov/about/membership|access-date=March 28, 2021|website=Republican Study Committee|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Tea Party Caucus]]
* [[American Sikh Congressional Caucus]]
* [[Congressional Constitution Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Members|url=https://congressionalconstitutioncaucus-garrett.house.gov/about-us/membership|publisher=Congressional Constitution Caucus|access-date=May 8, 2018|archive-date=June 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614044928/https://congressionalconstitutioncaucus-garrett.house.gov/about-us/membership}}</ref>
* [[Congressional Western Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Members|url=https://westerncaucus.house.gov/about/membership.htm|publisher=Congressional Western Caucus|access-date=June 25, 2018}}</ref>
* [[United States Congressional International Conservation Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Members|url=https://royce.house.gov/internationalconservation/members.html|publisher=U.S. House of Representatives International Conservation Caucus|access-date=August 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801155201/https://royce.house.gov/internationalconservation/members.html|archive-date=August 1, 2018}}</ref>
* [[House Freedom Caucus]] (Formerly)

==Political positions==
===2020 presidential election===
In December 2020, McClintock joined 125 other Republican members of Congress in signing an [[amicus brief]] in support of a [[Texas v. Pennsylvania|lawsuit]] by the attorney general of the state of Texas that sought to overturn the certified results of the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]] in four other U.S. states. The lawsuit was called a "seditious abuse of the judicial process" by the attorney general of Pennsylvania,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-meet-state-attorneys-general-after-joining-supreme-court-election-n1250678|title='Seditious abuse of judicial process': States fire back at Texas' Supreme Court election challenge|publisher=[[NBC News]]|date=December 10, 2020 }}</ref> and "simply madness" by 2012 Republican presidential nominee [[Mitt Romney]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/12/10/106-house-republicans-support-trump-backed-lawsuit-to-overturn-election/|title=106 House Republicans Support Trump-Backed Lawsuit To Overturn Election|first=Andrew|last=Solender|website=[[Forbes]]}}</ref>

[[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|House Speaker]] [[Nancy Pelosi]] issued a statement that called signing the amicus brief an act of "election subversion."<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Smith|first1=David|date=December 12, 2020|title=Supreme court rejects Trump-backed Texas lawsuit aiming to overturn election results|url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/11/supreme-court-rejects-trump-backed-texas-lawsuit-aiming-to-overturn-election-results|access-date=December 13, 2020|work=[[The Guardian]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/121120-3 |title=Pelosi Statement on Supreme Court Rejecting GOP Election Sabotage Lawsuit |publisher=Speaker Nancy Pelosi |date=December 11, 2020 |access-date=December 13, 2020 |archive-date=January 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109225746/https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/121120-3 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

McClintock later became one of seven Republicans who did not support their colleagues' efforts to challenge the results of the election on January 6, 2021. These seven signed a letter that, while giving credence to election fraud allegations Trump made, said Congress did not have the authority to influence the election's outcome.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/532440-coalition-of-7-conservative-house-republicans-says-they-wont-challenge|title=Coalition of 7 conservative House Republicans says they won't challenge election results|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|last=Budryk|first=Zack|date=January 3, 2021|access-date=January 3, 2021}}</ref>

McClintock voted against impeaching Trump over his role in inciting the [[2021 United States Capitol attack|2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Jackson|first=Bart Jansen, Maureen Groppe, Ledyard King, Nicholas Wu, Christal Hayes and David|title=Live impeachment updates: Donald Trump impeached for 'incitement' of mob attack on US Capitol|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/01/13/impeachment-live-updates-house-vote-gop-rift-trump-grows/6644827002/|access-date=January 14, 2021|website=[[USA Today]]|language=en-US}}</ref>

===Animal rights===
McClintock has said that "farm animals are food, not friends."<ref name="McGreevy102108"/>

===Cannabis===
In 2015, McClintock introduced an amendment to limit the enforcement of federal law in [[Decriminalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States|states that have legalized cannabis]].<ref name="cannabist">{{cite news |last1=Baca |first1=Ricardo |title=House passes bill to prevent DOJ from interfering in states' medical pot laws |url=https://www.thecannabist.co/2015/06/03/house-medical-pot-marijuana/35704/ |access-date=December 13, 2019 |work=The Cannabist |date=July 10, 2015}}</ref> Known as the McClintock–Polis amendment, it failed by a 206–222 vote.<ref name="cannabist" /> It was reintroduced in 2019 as the Blumenauer–McClintock–Norton amendment and passed 267–165.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Angell |first1=Tom |title=Congress Votes To Block Feds From Enforcing Marijuana Laws In Legal States |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomangell/2019/06/20/congress-votes-to-block-feds-from-enforcing-marijuana-laws-in-legal-states/ |access-date=December 13, 2019 |work=[[Forbes]]|date=June 20, 2019}}</ref>

In 2016, McClintock endorsed [[2016 California Proposition 64|California's Proposition 64]], the Adult Use of Marijuana Act.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Garofoli |first1=Joe |title=He abhors the weed, but Tom McClintock favors Prop. 64 anyway |url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/He-abhors-the-weed-but-Tom-McClintock-favors-9972146.php |access-date=December 23, 2020 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=October 14, 2016}}</ref> He stated: "Our current laws have failed us, and have created a violent and criminal black market that actively and aggressively markets to young people. Legalization takes the criminal profit out of the equation, and allows us to regulate marijuana the same way we currently regulate alcohol."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hansen |first1=B.J. |title=McClintock Endorses Marijuana Legalization And More Transparency |url=https://www.mymotherlode.com/news/local/275382/mcclintock-endorses-marijuana-legalization-and-more-transparency.html |access-date=December 23, 2020 |work=mymotherlode.com |date=October 14, 2016}}</ref>

In 2020, McClintock was one of five House Republicans to vote for the [[Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act]] to legalize cannabis at the federal level.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brufke |first1=Juliegrace |title=Five Republicans vote for bill to decriminalize marijuana |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/528806-five-republicans-vote-for-bill-to-decriminalize-marijuana |access-date=December 23, 2020 |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |date=December 4, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Anti-Weed GOP Congressman Explains Why He Voted For Legalization (Exclusive) |url=https://toofab.com/2020/12/09/anti-weed-gop-congressman-explains-why-he-voted-for-legalization/ |access-date=December 23, 2020 |work=TooFab |date=December 9, 2020}}</ref> In 2021, he was one of four original cosponsors of a Republican-led legalization bill named the States Reform Act.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Byrd |first1=Caitlin |title=SC Congresswoman Nancy Mace unveils GOP bill to legalize marijuana at federal level |url=https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article255830711.html |access-date=November 15, 2021 |work=The State |date=November 15, 2021}}</ref>

===COVID-19===
During the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic]], McClintock expressed the view that wearing [[Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic|face masks]] should not be mandatory, and while wearing a mask during congressional sessions, said, "this mask is useless".<ref>{{cite web|last=SFGATE|first=Eric Ting|date=December 29, 2020|title=California GOP congressman blasts Gavin Newsom in the most ironic way possible|url=https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Tom-McClintock-2000-checks-Newsom-mask-Trump-600-15832711.php|access-date=January 13, 2021|website=San Francisco Chronicle|language=en-US}}</ref> During the [[second impeachment of Donald Trump]], McClintock wore a mask that read "This mask is as useless as our governor", referring to Governor [[Gavin Newsom]].<ref>{{cite web|title=CA Rep. McClintock argues against Trump impeachment while wearing 'This mask is as useless as our governor' mask |website=ABC30 |date=January 13, 2021 |url=https://abc30.com/tom-mcclintock-mcclintocks-mask-gavin-newsom-this-is-as-useless-our-governor/9627412}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=KABC|date=January 13, 2021|title=CA Rep. McClintock argues against Trump impeachment while wearing 'This mask is as useless as our governor' mask|url=https://abc7.com/9627412/|access-date=January 14, 2021|website=ABC7 Los Angeles|language=en}}</ref>

===Defense===
In September 2021, McClintock was among 75 House Republicans to vote against the National Defense Authorization Act of 2022, which contains a provision that would require women to be drafted.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/policy/defense/573751-house-passes-sweeping-defense-policy-bill|title=House passes sweeping defense policy bill|first=Regina|last=Zilbermints|date=September 23, 2021|website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/117-2021/h293|title=H.R. 4350: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 – House Vote #293 – Sep 23, 2021|website=GovTrack.us}}</ref>

===Environment===
McClintock questions the role that human activity plays in climate change, arguing that the "climate has been changing for four and a half billion years."<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine|title=How Some Environmentalists Hope to Make Climate Change an Issue in the Midterms|url=https://time.com/5413384/california-wildfires-climate-change/|access-date=June 4, 2020|magazine=Time|language=en}}</ref>

===Fiscal restraint===
In 2025, McClintock introduced a bill to provide a [[Line-item veto in the United States|Line-Item Veto]] by amending the US Constitution.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/8/all-info | title=All Information (Except Text) for H.J.Res.8 - Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide certain line item veto authority to the President | website=www.congress.gov}}</ref> The proposal would grant the President the authority to eliminate or reduce specific appropriations funding authorization bills.

===Foreign policy===
In 2019, McClintock was one of 60 representatives to vote against condemning Trump's withdrawal from [[Syria]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/116-2019/h560|title=H.J.Res. 77: Opposing the decision to end certain United States ... – House Vote #560 – Oct 16, 2019|website=GovTrack.us}}</ref>

In 2020, McClintock voted against the National Defense Authorization Act of 2021, which would prevent the president from withdrawing soldiers from [[Afghanistan]] without congressional approval.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/116-2020/h152|title=H.R. 6395: William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act ... – House Vote #152 – Jul 21, 2020|website=GovTrack.us}}</ref>

In June 2021, McClintock was one of 49 House Republicans to vote to repeal the [[Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002|AUMF]] against Iraq.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-set-repeal-2002-iraq-war-authorization-n1271107|title = House votes to repeal 2002 Iraq War authorization|publisher = [[NBC News]]| date=June 17, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll172.xml |title=Final vote results for roll call 172|website=clerk.house.gov|access-date=December 5, 2023}}</ref>

In July 2021, McClintock was one of five House Republicans to vote against a bill that allocates $2.1&nbsp;billion for Afghan visas and Capitol Hill security.<ref>{{cite news|author=Erik Wasson |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-29/senate-passes-bill-funding-capitol-security-afghan-visas |title=Congress Clears $2.1 Billion for Security, Afghan Visas |publisher=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg L.P.]] |date= July 29, 2021|access-date=May 2, 2022}}</ref>

In 2023, McClintock was among 47 Republicans to vote in favor of H.Con.Res. 21, which directed President [[Joe Biden]] to remove U.S. troops from [[Syria]] within 180 days.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/118-2023/h136|title=H.Con.Res. 21: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of … – House Vote #136 – Mar 8, 2023|website=GovTrack.us}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2023-03-08/house-votes-down-bill-directing-removal-of-troops-from-syria |title=House Votes Down Bill Directing Removal of Troops From Syria |date=March 8, 2023 |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>

===Human and civil rights===

McClintock opposes [[same-sex marriage]]. In 2008, he said, "calling a homosexual partnership a marriage doesn't make it one."<ref name="McGreevy102108"/>

In June 2021, McClintock was one of 14 House Republicans to vote against legislation to establish June 19, or [[Juneteenth]], as a federal holiday.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/16/politics/house-vote-juneteenth-federal-holiday-senate-passed-june-19/index.html|title=Congress passes bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday|publisher=[[CNN]]|last1=Grayer|first1=Annie|last2=Diaz|first2=Danielle|date=June 16, 2021|access-date=June 16, 2021}}</ref>

===Immigration===
McClintock voted against the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 which would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, to increase the per-country numerical limitation for family-sponsored immigrants, and for other purposes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/116-2019/h437 |title=H.R. 1044: Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 |publisher=GovTrack.us |date=July 10, 2019 |access-date=May 2, 2022}}</ref>

McClintock voted against the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020 which authorizes DHS to nearly double the available H-2B visas for the remainder of FY 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1865/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Further+Consolidated+Appropriations+Act%2C+2020%22%5D%7D&r=1&s=2 |title=Text – H.R.1865 – 116th Congress (2019–2020): Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 &#124; Congress.gov &#124; Library of Congress |date=December 20, 2019 |publisher=Congress.gov |access-date=May 2, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2019689 |title=Roll Call 689 Roll Call 689, Bill Number: H. R. 1865, 116th Congress, 1st Session |date=December 17, 2019 |access-date=January 18, 2022 |archive-date=November 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118053727/https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2019689 }}</ref>

McClintock voted against Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 1158) which effectively prohibits ICE from cooperating with Health and Human Services to detain or remove illegal alien sponsors of unaccompanied alien children (UACs).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/116-2019/h690 |title=H.R. 1158: DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act of 2019 |publisher=GovTrack.us |date=December 17, 2019 |access-date=May 2, 2022}}</ref>

===Voting rights===
McClintock opposes mail-in voting, saying in 2020 that it was a "corrupted process" that allows ballots to be sent to voters who have died or moved away.<ref>{{cite web|date=November 20, 2020|title=California Republican leaders go all in on Trump's election subterfuge, but some are more vocal than others|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-11-20/how-have-california-republicans-responded-to-trumps-claims-about-the-election-with-silence|access-date=November 22, 2020|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Personal life==
McClintock was married to Lori McClintock until her death in December 2021, from dehydration due to [[gastroenteritis]] caused, according to a coroner's report, by "adverse effects of [[white mulberry]] leaf ingestion".<ref>{{cite web |title=Lori McClintock, Wife Of Congressman Tom McClintock, Dies |url=https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2021/12/19/lori-mcclintock-dies |access-date=January 1, 2022 |publisher=KOVR |date=December 19, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/congressmans-wife-died-herbal-remedy-white-mulberry-leaf-rcna44721|title = Congressman's wife died after taking herbal remedy marketed for weight loss and diabetes|last = Young|first = Samantha|agency = [[Kaiser Health News]]|publisher=[[NBC News]]|date = August 24, 2022|accessdate = August 24, 2022}}</ref> McClintock is a [[Baptist]].<ref>{{Cite report|url=https://www.pewforum.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2021/01/01.04.21_faith_on_the_hill_detailed.table_.update.pdf|title=Religious affiliation of members of 117th Congress
|publisher=[[Pew Research Center]]|date=January 3, 2021}}</ref> {{As of|2024}}, he lives in [[Elk Grove, California]].<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/election/voter-guide/article291542055.html|title = Tom McClintock vs. Mike Barkley for California Congress: Candidates answer key questions|last = Brassil|first = Gillian|date = October 6, 2024|accessdate = November 19, 2024|newspaper = [[The Sacramento Bee]]}}</ref>

==Electoral history==
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tom McClintock (incumbent)|votes=94,391|percentage=71.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Tom Jolicoeur|votes=37,610|percentage=28.5}}
{{Election box total no change||votes=132,001|percentage=100}}
{{Election box turnout no change||percentage=}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing||winner=Republican Party (United States)|loser=Democratic Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|title=California State Assembly District 36 election, 1986<ref name="auto1" />}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tom McClintock (incumbent)|votes=77,132|percentage=73.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Frank Nekimken|votes=26,208|percentage=24.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Libertarian Party (United States)|candidate=H. Bruce Driscoll|votes=1,875|percentage=1.8}}
{{Election box total no change||votes=105,215|percentage=100}}
{{Election box turnout no change||percentage=}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing||winner=Republican Party (United States)|loser=Democratic Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|title=California State Assembly District 36 election, 1988<ref name="auto1" />}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tom McClintock (incumbent)|votes=101,012|percentage=70.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=George Webb II|votes=39,539|percentage=27.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Libertarian Party (United States)|candidate=H. Bruce Driscoll|votes=3,782|percentage=2.6}}
{{Election box total no change||votes=144,333|percentage=100}}
{{Election box turnout no change||percentage=}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing||winner=Republican Party (United States)|loser=Democratic Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" |California State Assembly District 36 Republican primary election, 1990
|-
!Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|'''Republican'''
|'''Tom McClintock (incumbent)'''
|'''28,740'''
|'''80.7'''
|-
|Republican
|Kevin Staker
|6,866
|19.3
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Total votes'''
|'''35,606'''
|'''100'''
|-
| colspan="2" |Voter turnout
| colspan="2" |%
|}
{{Election box begin no change | title= California State Assembly District 36 election, 1990<ref name="auto1" />}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tom McClintock (incumbent)|votes=66,081|percentage=58.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Ginny Connell|votes=40,356|percentage=35.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Libertarian Party (United States)|candidate=David A. Harner|votes=6,371|percentage=5.6}}
{{Election box total no change||votes=112,808|percentage=100}}
{{Election box turnout no change||percentage=}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing||winner=Republican Party (United States)|loser=Democratic Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" |California's 26th Congressional Republican primary election, 1992
|-
!Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|'''Republican'''
|'''Tom McClintock'''
|'''20,163'''
|'''34.5'''
|-
|Republican
|Sang Korman
|13,884
|23.7
|-
|Republican
|Bill Spillane
|10,679
|18.3
|-
|Republican
|Jim Salomon
|4,382
|7.5
|-
|Republican
|Rob Meyer
|2,889
|4.9
|-
|Republican
|Stephen Weiss
|2,238
|3.8
|-
|Republican
|Nicholas Hariton
|1,805
|3.1
|-
|Republican
|Robert Colaco
|1,582
|2.7
|-
|Republican
|Harry Wachtel
|902
|1.5
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Total votes'''
|'''58,524'''
|'''100'''
|-
| colspan="2" |Voter turnout
| colspan="2" |%
|}
{{Election box begin no change|title=[[United States House of Representatives elections, 1992]]<ref>[http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/1992-general/1992-general-sov.pdf Office of the California Secretary of State] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128040842/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/1992-general/1992-general-sov.pdf |date=January 28, 2010 }} Statement of Vote (Retrieved on February 1, 2010).</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=[[Anthony C. Beilenson]] (incumbent)|votes=141,742|percentage=55.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tom McClintock|votes=99,835|percentage=39.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Peace and Freedom Party|candidate=John Paul Linblad|votes=13,690|percentage=5.4}}
{{Election box total no change||votes=255,267|percentage=100}}
{{Election box turnout no change||percentage=}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing||winner=Democratic Party (United States)|loser=Republican Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" |California State Controller Republican primary election, 1994
|-
!Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|'''Republican'''
|'''Tom McClintock'''
|'''1,112,435'''
|'''60.8'''
|-
|Republican
|John Morris
|717,681
|39.2
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Total votes'''
|'''1,830,116'''
|'''100'''
|-
| colspan="2" |Voter turnout
| colspan="2" |%
|}
{{Election box begin no change|title=California State Controller election, 1994<ref name="auto1" />}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=[[Kathleen Connell]]|votes=3,980,731|percentage=48.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tom McClintock|votes=3,792,997|percentage=46.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Peace and Freedom Party|candidate=Elizabeth A. Nakano|votes=182,671|percentage=2.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=American Independent Party|candidate=Nathan Johnson|votes=152,228|percentage=1.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Libertarian Party (United States)|candidate=Cullene Lang|votes=128,253|percentage=1.6}}
{{Election box total no change||votes=8,236,880|percentage=100}}
{{Election box turnout no change||percentage=}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing||winner=Democratic Party (United States)|loser=Republican Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" |California State Assembly District 38 Republican primary election, 1996
|-
!Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|'''Republican'''
|'''Tom McClintock'''
|'''13,999'''
|'''38.2'''
|-
|Republican
|Ross Hopkins
|7,425
|20.3
|-
|Republican
|Bob Larkin
|4,774
|13.0
|-
|Republican
|Robert Hamlin
|4,068
|11.1
|-
|Republican
|Stephen Frank
|3,308
|9.0
|-
|Republican
|Peggy Freeman
|3,093
|8.4
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Total votes'''
|'''36,667'''
|'''100'''
|-
| colspan="2" |Voter turnout
| colspan="2" |%
|}
{{Election box begin no change|title=California State Assembly District 38 election, 1996<ref name="auto1" />}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tom McClintock|votes=71,596|percentage=55.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Jon Lauritzen|votes=51,274|percentage=39.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Natural Law Party (United States)|candidate=Virginia F. Neuman|votes=6,021|percentage=4.7}}
{{Election box total no change||votes=128,891|percentage=100}}
{{Election box turnout no change||percentage=}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing||winner=Republican Party (United States)|loser=Democratic Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|title=California State Assembly District 38 election, 1998<ref name="auto1" />}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tom McClintock (incumbent)|votes=78,417|percentage=100}}
{{Election box total no change||votes=78,417|percentage=100}}
{{Election box turnout no change||percentage=}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing||winner=Republican Party (United States)|loser=Democratic Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" |California State Senate District 19 primary election, 2000
|-
!Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|'''Republican'''
|'''Tom McClintock'''
|'''99,135'''
|'''52.5'''
|-
|'''Democratic'''
|'''Daniel Gonzalez'''
|'''56,739'''
|'''30.0'''
|-
|Republican
|Judy Mikels
|33,255
|17.5
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Total votes'''
|'''189,129'''
|'''100'''
|-
| colspan="2" |Voter turnout
| colspan="2" |%
|}
{{Election box begin no change|title=California State Senate District 19 election, 2000<ref>[http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2000_general/sen.pdf Office of the California Secretary of State] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612061021/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2000_general/sen.pdf |date=June 12, 2009 }} "State Senator," (Retrieved on August 1, 2009).</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tom McClintock|votes=165,422|percentage=57.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Daniel Gonzalez|votes=121,893|percentage=42.4}}
{{Election box total no change||votes=287,315|percentage=100}}
{{Election box turnout no change||percentage=}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing||winner=Republican Party (United States)|loser=Democratic Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" |California State Controller Republican primary election, 2002
|-
!Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|'''Republican'''
|'''Tom McClintock'''
|'''948,539'''
|'''45.8'''
|-
|Republican
|Dean Andal
|736,317
|35.5
|-
|Republican
|Snow Hume
|194,883
|9.4
|-
|Republican
|Nancy Beecham
|194,583
|9.3
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Total votes'''
|'''2,074,322'''
|'''100'''
|-
| colspan="2" |Voter turnout
| colspan="2" |%
|}
{{Election box begin no change|title=California State Controller election, 2002<ref>[http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2002_general/controller.pdf Office of the California Secretary of State] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090613223209/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2002_general/controller.pdf |date=June 13, 2009 }} "Controller, by county," (Retrieved on August 1, 2009).</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=[[Steve Westly]]|votes=3,289,839|percentage=45.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tom McClintock|votes=3,273,028|percentage=45.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Green Party (United States)|candidate=Laura Wells|votes=419,873|percentage=5.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Natural Law Party (United States)|candidate=J. Carlos Aguirre|votes=179,999|percentage=2.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=American Independent Party|candidate=Ernest Vance|votes=96,019|percentage=1.3}}
{{Election box total no change||votes=7,258,758|percentage=100}}
{{Election box turnout no change||percentage=}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing||winner=Democratic Party (United States)|loser=Republican Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}

For a complete list of all candidates who participated in the 2003 recall election, see [[2003 California gubernatorial recall election]].

{{Election box begin no change | title= [[2003 California gubernatorial recall election]]<ref>[http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2003_special/gov.pdf Office of the California Secretary of State] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612070256/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2003_special/gov.pdf |date=June 12, 2009 }} "Governor, by county," (Retrieved on August 1, 2009).</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=[[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]|votes=4,206,284|percentage=48.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=[[Cruz Bustamante]]|votes=2,724,874|percentage=31.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tom McClintock|votes=1,161,287|percentage=13.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Green Party (United States)|candidate=[[Peter Camejo]]|votes=242,247|percentage=2.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=[[Arianna Huffington]]|votes=47,505|percentage=0.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=[[Peter Ueberroth]]|votes=25,134|percentage=0.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=[[Larry Flynt]]|votes=17,458|percentage=0.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=[[Gary Coleman]]|votes=14,242|percentage=0.2}}
{{Election box total no change||votes=8,657,915|percentage=100}}
{{Election box turnout no change||percentage=}}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing||winner=Republican Party (United States)|loser=Democratic Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|title=California State Senate District 19 election, 2004<ref>[http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2004_general/formatted_st_sen_all_detail.pdf Office of the California Secretary of State] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612065126/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2004_general/formatted_st_sen_all_detail.pdf |date=June 12, 2009 }} "State Senator," (Retrieved on August 1, 2009).</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tom McClintock (incumbent)|votes=233,365|percentage=60.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Paul Graber|votes=151,085|percentage=39.2}}
{{Election box total no change||votes=384,450|percentage=100}}
{{Election box turnout no change||percentage=}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing||winner=Republican Party (United States)|loser=Democratic Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" |California State Lieutenant Gubernatorial Republican primary election, 2006
|-
!Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|'''Republican'''
|'''Tom McClintock'''
|'''1,760,667'''
|'''93.8'''
|-
|Republican
|Tony Farmer
|117,335
|6.2
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Total votes'''
|'''1,878,002'''
|'''100'''
|-
| colspan="2" |Voter turnout
| colspan="2" |%
|}
{{Election box begin no change|title=California State Lieutenant Gubernatorial election, 2006<ref>[http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2006_general/ltgov.pdf Office of the California Secretary of State] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080717043217/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2006_general/ltgov.pdf |date=July 17, 2008 }} "Lieutenant Governor, by county," (Retrieved on August 1, 2009).</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=[[John Garamendi]]|votes=4,189,584|percentage=49.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tom McClintock|votes=3,845,858|percentage=45.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Green Party (United States)|candidate=Donna J. Warren|votes=239,107|percentage=2.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Libertarian Party (United States)|candidate=Lynnette Shaw|votes=142,851|percentage=1.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=American Independent Party|candidate=Jim King|votes=86,446|percentage=0.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Peace and Freedom Party|candidate=Stewart A. Alexander|votes=43,319|percentage=0.5}}
{{Election box total no change||votes=8,529,165|percentage=100}}
{{Election box turnout no change||percentage=}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing||winner=Democratic Party (United States)|loser=Republican Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" |California's 4th Congressional District Republican primary election, 2008
|-
|'''Party'''
|'''Candidate'''
|'''Votes'''
|'''%'''
|-
|'''Republican'''
|'''Tom McClintock'''
|'''51,655'''
|'''53.5'''
|-
|Republican
|Doug Ose
|37,802
|39.2
|-
|Republican
|Suzanne Jones
|4,920
|5.0
|-
|Republican
|Theodore Terbolizard
|2,249
|2.3
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Total votes'''
|'''96,626'''
|'''100'''
|-
| colspan="2" |Voter turnout
| colspan="2" |%
|}
{{Election box begin no change|title=[[United States House of Representatives elections, 2008]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008-general/23_34_us_reps.pdf|title=Office of the California Secretary of State "United States Representative|access-date=January 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202103758/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008-general/23_34_us_reps.pdf|archive-date=February 2, 2014}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tom McClintock|votes=185,790|percentage=50.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Charlie Brown|votes=183,990|percentage=49.7}}
{{Election box total no change||votes=369,780|percentage=100}}
{{Election box turnout no change||percentage=}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing||winner=Republican Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" |California's 4th Congressional District Republican primary election, 2010
|-
!Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|'''Republican'''
|'''Tom McClintock (incumbent)'''
|'''89,443'''
|'''78.5'''
|-
|Republican
|Michael Babich
|24,528
|21.5
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Total votes'''
|'''113,971'''
|'''100'''
|-
| colspan="2" |Voter turnout
| colspan="2" |%
|}
{{Election box begin no change|title=[[United States House of Representatives elections, 2010]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2010-general/58-united-states-representative.pdf|title=Office of the California Secretary of State "United States Representative|access-date=January 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520072810/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2010-general/58-united-states-representative.pdf|archive-date=May 20, 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tom McClintock|votes=186,392|percentage=61.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Clint Curtis |votes=95,653|percentage=31.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Green Party (United States)|candidate=Benjamin Emery|votes=22,179|percentage=7.3}}
{{Election box total no change||votes=304,224|percentage=100}}
{{Election box turnout no change||percentage=}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing||winner=Republican Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change|title=[[United States House of Representatives elections, 2012]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2012-general/12-us-reps.pdf |title=Office of the California Secretary of State "United States Representative |access-date=January 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019044155/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2012-general/12-us-reps.pdf |archive-date=October 19, 2013 }}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tom McClintock|votes=197,803|percentage=61.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Jack Uppal|votes=125,885|percentage=38.9}}
{{Election box total no change||votes=323,688|percentage=100}}
{{Election box turnout no change||percentage=}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing||winner=Republican Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" |California's 4th Congressional district primary election, 2014
|-
!Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|'''Republican'''
|'''Tom McClintock (incumbent)'''
|'''80,999'''
|'''56.2'''
|-
|Republican
|Arthur "Art" Moore
|32,855
|22.8
|-
|Independent
|Jeffrey Gerlach
|30,300
|21.0
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Total votes'''
|'''144,154'''
|'''100'''
|-
| colspan="2" |Voter turnout
| colspan="2" |%
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" |California's 4th Congressional district election, 2014
|-
!Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|'''Republican'''
|'''Tom McClintock (incumbent)'''
|'''126,784'''
|'''60.0'''
|-
|Republican
|Arthur "Art" Moore
|84,350
|40.0
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Total votes'''
|'''211,134'''
|'''100'''
|-
| colspan="2" |Voter turnout
| colspan="2" |%
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" |California's 4th Congressional district primary election, 2016
|-
!Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|'''Republican'''
|'''Tom McClintock (incumbent)'''
|'''135,626'''
|'''61.5'''
|-
|Democratic
|Robert Derlet
|60,574
|27.5
|-
|Democratic
|Sean White
|24,460
|11.1
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" |California's 4th Congressional district election, 2016
|-
!Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|'''Republican'''
|'''Tom McClintock (incumbent)'''
|'''220,133'''
|'''62.7'''
|-
|Democratic
|Robert W. Derlet
|130,845
|37.3
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Total votes'''
|'''350,978'''
|'''100'''
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" |California's 4th Congressional district election 2018<ref name=":1" />
|-
!Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|'''Republican'''
|'''Tom McClintock (incumbent)'''
|'''184,401'''
|'''54.1'''
|-
|Democratic
|Jessica Morse
|156,253
|45.9
|-
|'''Total Votes'''
|
|'''340,654'''
|'''100'''
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" |California's 4th Congressional district election 2020<ref>{{cite web |title=California's 4th Congressional District election, 2020 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/California%27s_4th_Congressional_District_election,_2020 |access-date=November 14, 2022 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}</ref>
|-
!Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|'''Republican'''
|'''Tom McClintock (incumbent)'''
|'''247,291'''
|'''55.9'''
|-
|Democratic
|Brynne Kennedy
|194,731
|44.1
|-
|'''Total Votes'''
|
|'''442,022'''
|'''100'''
|}

{{Election box open primary begin no change|title = {{ushr|California|5}}, 2022}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Tom McClintock (incumbent)
  |votes      = 87,010
  |percentage = 45.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Michael J. Barkley
  |votes      = 64,285
  |percentage = 33.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Nathan F. Magsig
  |votes      = 25,299
  |percentage = 13.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = No party preference
  |candidate  = Steve Wozniak
  |votes      = 6,045
  |percentage = 3.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = David Main
  |votes      = 5,927
  |percentage = 3.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Kelsten Charles Obert
  |votes      = 2,864
  |percentage = 1.5
}}
{{Election box total no change
  |votes      = 191,430
  |percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Tom McClintock (incumbent)
  |votes      = 172,834
  |percentage = 61.3%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Michael J. Barkley
  |votes      = 109,003
  |percentage = 38.7%
}}
{{Election box total no change
  |votes      = 281,837
  |percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box open primary begin no change|title=[[California's 5th congressional district]], 2024<ref>Primary election:
* {{Cite web |title=Statement of Vote |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2024-primary/sov/complete-sov-updated.pdf |website=sos.ca.gov |publication-place=Sacramento |publisher=[[Secretary of State of California]] |year=2024 |page=80 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618164043/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2024-primary/sov/complete-sov-updated.pdf |archive-date=18 June 2024 |access-date=January 4, 2025}}
 General election:
* {{Cite web |title=Statement of Vote |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2024-general/sov/complete-sov.pdf|website=sos.ca.gov |publication-place=Sacramento |publisher=[[Secretary of State of California]] |year=2024 |page=6 |url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241230021501/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2024-general/sov/complete-sov.pdf |archive-date= December 30, 2024|access-date=January 4, 2025}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tom McClintock (incumbent)|votes=118,958|percentage=58.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Mike Barkley|votes=66,680|percentage=32.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=No party preference|candidate=Steve Wozniak|votes=17,636|percentage=8.7}}
{{Election box total no change|votes=203,274|percentage=100.0}}
{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tom McClintock (incumbent)|votes=227,643|percentage=61.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Mike Barkley|votes=140,919|percentage=38.2}}
{{Election box total no change|votes=368,562|percentage=100.0}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://mcclintock.house.gov/ Congressman Tom McClintock] official U.S. House website
* [http://www.tommcclintock.com/ Tom McClintock for Congress]
* {{C-SPAN|30359}}
* {{Conglinks | congbio = M001177 | votesmart = 9715 | fec = H8CA04152 | congress = tom-mcclintock/M001177 }}
* [http://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/3839 Join California Tom McClintock]
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldx8gZDwZWs Video Response to President Calderon]

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