Katie Porter

Porter was born on January 3, 1974, in Fort Dodge, Iowa. She grew up on a farm in southern Iowa.{{cite news |last1=Pasley |first1=James |title=The life of Rep. Katie Porter: How a self-proclaimed 'minivan-driving mom' is holding Wall Street and Facebook to the fire |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/katie-porter-bio-life-photos-california-democratic-congresswoman-2019-10#katie-moore-porter-was-born-in-fort-dodge-iowa-in-1974-when-she-was-two-her-family-moved-to-a-farm-in-the-southern-part-of-the-state-her-family-lived-through-a-farming-crisis-in-the-1980s-when-commodity-prices-plunged-she-saw-bankruptcies-and-reeling-communities-that-never-fully-recovered-it-was-the-worst-depression-in-the-midwest-since-the-great-depression-1 |website=Business Insider |access-date=November 21, 2020 |date=October 24, 2019 |archive-date=November 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119211139/https://www.businessinsider.com/katie-porter-bio-life-photos-california-democratic-congresswoman-2019-10#katie-moore-porter-was-born-in-fort-dodge-iowa-in-1974-when-she-was-two-her-family-moved-to-a-farm-in-the-southern-part-of-the-state-her-family-lived-through-a-farming-crisis-in-the-1980s-when-commodity-prices-plunged-she-saw-bankruptcies-and-reeling-communities-that-never-fully-recovered-it-was-the-worst-depression-in-the-midwest-since-the-great-depression-1 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |url=https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/katie-porter-battles-right-wing-republican-in-californias-orange-county/ |title=Katie Porter Battles Right Wing Republican in California's Orange County |last=Gordon |first=Eric A. |date=September 11, 2018 |work=People's World |access-date=November 14, 2018 |archive-date=November 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115112938/https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/katie-porter-battles-right-wing-republican-in-californias-orange-county/ |url-status=live }} Her father, Dan Porter, was a farmer and banker.{{Cite news |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/candidate-survived-domestic-abuse_n_5af47e3ce4b0859d11d15299 |title=Katie Porter Survived Domestic Abuse, Only To Have It Used Against Her In Her Campaign |last=Bassett |first=Laura |work=HuffPost |publisher=BuzzFeed |date=May 11, 2018 |access-date=April 26, 2020 |archive-date=March 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328170119/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/candidate-survived-domestic-abuse_n_5af47e3ce4b0859d11d15299 |url-status=live }} Her mother, Liz, was a founder of Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting.

After graduating from Phillips Academy,{{Cite web |title=Phillips Academy Order of Exercises at Exhibition, 1992 |url=http://www.noblenet.org/paarchives/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Commencement1992.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920101438/https://www.noblenet.org/paarchives/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Commencement1992.pdf |archive-date=September 20, 2021 |access-date=December 27, 2018}}{{cite news |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/katie-porter-bio-life-photos-california-democratic-congresswoman-2019-10 |title=The life of Rep. Katie Porter: How a self-proclaimed 'minivan-driving mom' is holding Wall Street and Facebook to the fire |last1=Pasley |first1=James |website=Business Insider |date=October 24, 2019 |access-date=October 31, 2019 |archive-date=October 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028232434/https://www.businessinsider.com/katie-porter-bio-life-photos-california-democratic-congresswoman-2019-10 |url-status=live }} Porter attended Yale University, where she majored in American studies, graduating in 1996.{{cite web |url=https://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/porter/ |title=Faculty Profile: Katherine Porter |website=UCI Law |access-date=November 14, 2018 |archive-date=October 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002222743/https://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/porter/ |url-status=live }} Her undergraduate thesis was titled The Effects of Corporate Farming on Rural Community.{{cite news |last1=Arosen |first1=Gavin |title=Former Iowa Law Professor Katie Porter Elected to Congress in California |url=http://iowainformer.com/politics/2018/11/former-iowa-law-professor-katie-porter-elected-to-congress-in-california/ |access-date=December 17, 2018 |newspaper=Iowa Informer |date=November 16, 2018 |archive-date=December 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218055947/http://iowainformer.com/politics/2018/11/former-iowa-law-professor-katie-porter-elected-to-congress-in-california/ |url-status=live }} She was a member of Grace Hopper College (then called Calhoun College) at Yale.{{Cite news|last=Belli|first=Brita|date=2018-08-16|title=Ready to lead: Yale alumni women are running for office|url=https://news.yale.edu/2018/08/16/ready-lead-yale-alumni-women-are-running-office|access-date=2020-12-03|website=YaleNews|language=en|archive-date=November 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125025324/https://news.yale.edu/2018/08/16/ready-lead-yale-alumni-women-are-running-office|url-status=live}} Porter also interned for Chuck Grassley during this time.

Porter later attended Harvard Law School, where she was the notes editor for the Harvard Women's Law Journal and a member of the Board of Student Advisers.{{Cite web|title=Rep. Katie Porter - D California, 47th, In Office - Biography |website=LegiStorm |url=https://www.legistorm.com/person/bio/307578/Katherine_Moore_Porter.html|access-date=2021-11-03 |language=en}} She studied under bankruptcy law professor and future U.S. senator Elizabeth Warren, and graduated magna cum laude with her Juris Doctor in 2001.

Porter was a law clerk for Judge Richard S. Arnold of the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit in Little Rock, Arkansas. She practiced with the law firm of Stoel Rives LLP in Portland, Oregon, and was the project director for the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges' Business Bankruptcy Project.{{cite journal |date=1994 |title=Searching for Reorganization Realities |last1=Warren |first1=Elizabeth |author-link1=Elizabeth Warren |last2=Westbrook |first2=Jay Lawrence |author-link2=Jay Westbrook |publisher=Washington University in St. Louis |url=https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1753&context=law_lawreview |journal=Washington University Law Quarterly |volume=72 |issue=3 |page=1257 |access-date=2020-05-02 |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125032424/https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1753&context=law_lawreview |url-status=live }}Elizabeth Warren & Jay Lawrence Westbrook, Financial Characteristics of Businesses in Bankruptcy, 73 AM. BANKR. L.J. 499 (1999){{cite journal|title=Financial Characteristics of Businesses in Bankruptcy|first1=Elizabeth|last1=Warren|first2=Jay Lawrence|last2=Westbrook |journal=American Bankruptcy Law Journal|date=2000-01-01|doi=10.2139/ssrn.194750|ssrn=194750|s2cid=152694691}}

Porter was an associate professor of law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Law.{{Cite web|url=https://library.law.uiowa.edu/katherine-porter|title=Katherine Porter – Faculty Bibliography|publisher=Law Library – University of Iowa College of Law|access-date=2020-05-02|archive-date=June 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615045358/https://library.law.uiowa.edu/katherine-porter|url-status=live}} In 2005, she joined the faculty of the University of Iowa College of Law as an associate professor, becoming a full professor there in 2011.{{Cite web|url=https://law.uiowa.edu/faculty/katie-porter.php|title=Katherine M. Porter – Faculty – The University of Iowa College of Law – College of Law – The University of Iowa|date=2011-07-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110702213956/https://law.uiowa.edu/faculty/katie-porter.php|access-date=2020-05-02|archive-date=July 2, 2011}} Also in 2011, she became a tenured professor at the University of California, Irvine School of Law.{{cite web |title=California Rep. Katie Porter Schools Congress With a White Board |date=August 6, 2020 |url=https://time.com/5876593/katie-porter-congress/ |access-date=6 August 2020 |ref=45 |archive-date=March 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330002604/https://time.com/5876593/katie-porter-congress/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/05/elizabeth-warrens-congress-katie-porter-california-orange-county/ |title=Elizabeth Warren's Protégée Is Running for Congress in Orange County—and Might Actually Win |website=Mother Jones |date=May 29, 2018 |access-date=November 14, 2018 |archive-date=November 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114100600/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/05/elizabeth-warrens-congress-katie-porter-california-orange-county/ |url-status=live }}

In 2008, Porter testified before the House Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit alongside then-Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren on a proposed Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights, which was later signed into law.{{Cite web |title=Spring 2021 – Katie Porter |url=https://cattcenter.iastate.edu/2021/03/01/spring-2021-katie-porter/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250312003501/https://cattcenter.iastate.edu/2021/03/01/spring-2021-katie-porter/ |archive-date=2025-03-12 |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=cattcenter.iastate.edu |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=HLS News |title=Warren, Levitin, and Porter testify before Congress about Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights |url=https://hls.harvard.edu/today/warren-levitin-and-porter-testify-before-congress-about-credit-cardholders-bill-of-rights/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250312003511/https://hls.harvard.edu/today/warren-levitin-and-porter-testify-before-congress-about-credit-cardholders-bill-of-rights/ |archive-date=2025-03-12 |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=Harvard Law School |language=en-us}}

In March 2012, California attorney general Kamala Harris appointed Porter to be the state's independent monitor of banks in a nationwide $25 billion mortgage settlement.{{cite news |title=California AG says mortgage servicers slow to adopt settlement changes |url=https://www.housingwire.com/articles/california-ag-says-mortgage-servicers-slow-adopt-settlement-changes |access-date=December 17, 2018 |website=Housing Wire |date=August 16, 2012 |archive-date=June 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608044347/https://www.housingwire.com/articles/california-ag-says-mortgage-servicers-slow-adopt-settlement-changes |url-status=live }} As monitor, she oversaw the banks' implementation of $9.5 billion in settlement reforms for Californians.{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-senate-harris-banks-20161016-snap-story.html |title=$25-billion foreclosure settlement was a victory for Kamala Harris in California, but it wasn't perfect |last=Willon |first=Phil |date=October 16, 2016 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=November 14, 2018 |archive-date=July 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712063845/https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-senate-harris-banks-20161016-snap-story.html |url-status=live }} In 2015, Porter consulted for Ocwen.{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/17/katie-porter-big-banks-history-00106460|title=The corporate gig Katie Porter erased from her whiteboard|first=Christopher|last=Cadelago|work=Politico|date=July 17, 2023|accessdate=February 26, 2024}} Porter's 2016 textbook Modern Consumer Law addresses consumer laws in light of Dodd–Frank and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160617185154/http://www.aspenlawschool.com/books/porter_consumerlaw/default.asp Modern Consumer Law (Aspen Casebook)] (2016), Wolters Kluwer {{isbn|978-1454825036}}

Porter served as one of three co-chairs of Elizabeth Warren's 2020 presidential campaign.{{cite web |title=What Elizabeth Warren's Campaign Cochairs Have Learned on the Trail |url=https://www.glamour.com/story/elizabeth-warren-campaign-co-chairs-interview |website=Glamour |first=Mattie |last=Kahn |access-date=26 August 2021 |date=11 February 2020 |archive-date=March 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305175540/https://www.glamour.com/story/elizabeth-warren-campaign-co-chairs-interview |url-status=live }}

{{see also|2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 45}}File:Katie Porter, official portrait, 116th Congress.jpg]]In April 2017, Democrat Katie Porter announced her candidacy for Congress in California's 45th congressional district against two-term Republican incumbent Mimi Walters.{{cite web |first=Sarah D. |last=Wire |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-uc-irvine-law-professor-to-challenge-1491180370-htmlstory.html |title=UC Irvine law professor to challenge Rep. Mimi Walters in Orange County's 45th District |work=Los Angeles Times |date=April 30, 2017 |access-date=November 14, 2018 |archive-date=September 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911231106/http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-uc-irvine-law-professor-to-challenge-1491180370-htmlstory.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=http://iowainformer.com/politics/2018/11/former-iowa-law-professor-katie-porter-elected-to-congress-in-california/|title=Former Iowa Law Professor Katie Porter Elected to Congress in California|first=Gavin|last=Aronsen|date=2018-11-16|access-date=2020-05-02|archive-date=December 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218055947/http://iowainformer.com/politics/2018/11/former-iowa-law-professor-katie-porter-elected-to-congress-in-california/|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2017/04/03/all-the-facts-on-katie-porter-challenger-to-rep-mimi-walterss-re-election-bid/ |title=All the facts on Katie Porter, challenger to Rep. Mimi Walters's re-election bid |date=April 3, 2017 |work=Orange County Register |access-date=November 14, 2018 |archive-date=December 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215201817/https://www.ocregister.com/2017/04/03/all-the-facts-on-katie-porter-challenger-to-rep-mimi-walterss-re-election-bid/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Dayen |first=David |date=2017-04-04 |title=An Enemy of the Wall Street Foreclosure Machine Is Running to Unseat a GOP Lawmaker in California |url=https://theintercept.com/2017/04/04/an-enemy-of-the-wall-street-foreclosure-machine-is-running-to-unseat-a-gop-lawmaker-in-california/ |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=The Intercept |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Pathé |first=Simone |date=2017-04-03 |title=Democrats Gear Up To Take on California’s Mimi Walters |url=https://rollcall.com/2017/04/03/democrats-gear-up-to-take-on-californias-mimi-walters/ |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Roll Call |language=en-US}} In May 2018, Politico reported that Democrats were confident they would oust Walters, given that Hillary Clinton carried the 45th District in 2016, with Porter stating that "Orange County families are very concerned about what Donald Trump is doing" and "Mimi Walters votes with Trump over and over and over again."{{Cite web |last=Bade |first=Rachael |date=2018-05-14 |title=A GOP surprise: House midterm hope in California |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/14/california-republicans-midterms-walters-584289 |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=POLITICO |language=en}} Porter advanced to the primary in June 2018.{{Cite web |last=Custodio |first=Thy Vo, Spencer |date=2018-09-08 |title=Obama Stumps for Orange County Democrats |url=https://voiceofoc.org/2018/09/obama-stumps-for-orange-county-democrats/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250330201006/https://voiceofoc.org/2018/09/obama-stumps-for-orange-county-democrats/ |archive-date=2025-03-30 |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Voice of OC |language=en-US}}

Katie Porter faced off against Walters in the general election on November 6, 2018. Walters led at the end of election night, but in the following days, as more ballots were tabulated, Porter gained votes and eventually overtook Walters. Walters alleged unsubstantiated voter fraud by Democrats, claiming they sought to “steal” her seat.{{Cite web |last=Hiltzik |first=Michael Hiltzik |date=2018-11-30 |title=Republicans have figured out how they got swamped in California: Dastardly state let voters vote |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-voters-cal-20181130-story.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181130202527/https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-voters-cal-20181130-story.html |archive-date=2018-11-30 |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Finnegan |first=Michael |date=2018-11-15 |title=Republicans Walters and Kim adopt Trump tactic of charging vote fraud with no evidence of wrongdoing |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-me-pol-walters-kim-fraud-claims-20181115-story.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211217164537/https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-me-pol-walters-kim-fraud-claims-20181115-story.html |archive-date=2021-12-17 |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Panetta |first=Grace |title=California Rep. Mimi Walters' campaign accuses Democrats of planning to 'steal' her seat as her opponent takes the lead in tough reelection bid |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/mimi-walters-accuses-democrats-steal-her-seat-vote-tampering-2018-11?r=US&IR=T |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250330203614/https://www.businessinsider.com/mimi-walters-accuses-democrats-steal-her-seat-vote-tampering-2018-11 |archive-date=2025-03-30 |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}

On November 15, 2018, the Associated Press called the race for Porter, marking the first Democratic victory in the district since its 1953 creation.{{Cite web |date=2018-11-16 |title=Democrat Katie Porter flips U.S. House seat in California's Reagan country, beats GOP incumbent Mimi Walters |url=https://apnews.com/ea379b7d1e9641a18537ea14c27125a9 |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=AP News |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Lightman |first=David |date=January 24, 2023 |title=Can Orange County's Katie Porter win a U.S. Senate seat? |url=https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/election/california-elections/article271425827.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230508044658/https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/election/california-elections/article271425827.html |archive-date=May 8, 2023 |access-date=2024-03-07 |publisher=The Sacramento Bee}} Following her win, Porter pledged to reform campaign finance laws and highlighted her refusal of corporate PAC donations in her campaign.{{Cite news |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2018/11/16/congresswoman-elect-katie-porter-will-take-aim-at-campaign-finance-and-voting-rights-backs-pelosi-for-speaker |title=Congresswoman-elect Katie Porter will take aim at campaign finance and voting rights; backs Pelosi for speaker |last=Graham |first=Jordan |date=November 16, 2018 |work=Orange County Register |access-date=November 19, 2018 |archive-date=November 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118144148/https://www.ocregister.com/2018/11/16/congresswoman-elect-katie-porter-will-take-aim-at-campaign-finance-and-voting-rights-backs-pelosi-for-speaker/ |url-status=live }} Porter's win contributed to a wave for Democrats in Orange County that saw them flip four seats centered in the county, resulting in Democratic control of all seven seats including the historically Republican County.{{Cite news |last=Keith |first=Tamara |date=2018-11-20 |title=Democrats Demolish The 'Orange Curtain' In Orange County |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/20/669330214/democrats-demolish-the-orange-curtain-in-orange-county |work=NPR}}{{cite news |last1=McMillan |first1=Rob |title=Democrat Katie Porter flips longtime Republican district in Orange County |url=https://abc7.com/politics/democrat-katie-porter-flips-longtime-oc-republican-district/4703453/ |access-date=January 4, 2019 |publisher=KABC-TV |date=November 18, 2018 |archive-date=January 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104231136/https://abc7.com/politics/democrat-katie-porter-flips-longtime-oc-republican-district/4703453/ |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |last1=Goodyear |first1=Dana |title=Katie Porter's Quest to Turn Orange County, California, Blue |date=3 November 2018 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/katie-porters-quest-to-turn-orange-county-california-blue |magazine=The New Yorker |access-date=January 4, 2019 |archive-date=December 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210111456/https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/katie-porters-quest-to-turn-orange-county-california-blue |url-status=live }}File:116th United States Congress H. Res.4663 (1st session) - Freedom from Price Gouging Act.pdf

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Porter ran for reelection to a second term. She advanced from the top-two primary in first place and faced off against the second-place finisher, Republican Mission Viejo mayor Greg Raths, in the general election. Porter won with 53.5% of the vote to Raths's 46.5%.{{cite web|title=November 3, 2020, General Election – United States Representative|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2020-general/sov/24-us-reps.pdf|publisher=California Secretary of State|access-date=December 22, 2020|archive-date=January 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110052917/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2020-general/sov/24-us-reps.pdf|url-status=live}}

{{see also|2022 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 47}}

Porter was reelected in California's 47th congressional district,{{cite web |title=Certified List of Candidates for the June 7, 2022, Primary Election |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/statewide-elections/2022-primary/cert-list.pdf |access-date=March 31, 2022 |archive-date=March 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331194849/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/statewide-elections/2022-primary/cert-list.pdf |url-status=live }} defeating Republican nominee Scott Baugh with 51.6% of the vote to Baugh's 48.4%.{{Cite web |title=Progressive favorite Katie Porter wins re-election after days of counting |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/katie-porter-wins-election-california-rcna57343 |access-date=2022-11-20 |date=18 November 2022 |publisher=NBC News |language=en |archive-date=November 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120230210/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/katie-porter-wins-election-california-rcna57343 |url-status=live }}

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On January 10, 2023, Porter announced her candidacy in the 2024 election for the U.S. Senate from California. The announcement came before the incumbent, Dianne Feinstein, had announced whether she would seek reelection.{{Cite news |last=Hooper |first=Kelly |date=10 January 2023 |title=Katie Porter launches Senate campaign for Feinstein's seat |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/10/katie-porter-senate-campaign-feinstein-00077210 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111180629/https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/10/katie-porter-senate-campaign-feinstein-00077210 |archive-date=January 11, 2023 |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=Politico |language=en}}{{cite web |date=January 10, 2023 |title=Feinstein, 89, Faces Pressure on 2024 as Porter Enters Race |url=https://about.bgov.com/news/porter-candidacy-puts-pressure-on-californias-senior-senator/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228234432/https://about.bgov.com/news/porter-candidacy-puts-pressure-on-californias-senior-senator/ |archive-date=February 28, 2023 |access-date=10 January 2023 |ref=54}} Porter's timing was viewed as disrespectful.{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=Lauren Giella National |date=2023-01-10 |title=Katie Porter's Senate bid sparks debate over timing: "Disrespectful" |url=https://www.newsweek.com/katie-porter-senate-bid-sparks-debate-timing-disrespectful-1772795 |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Newsweek |language=en}} Porter raised over $1 million in donations in the 24 hours after announcing her candidacy, with an average donation of $38.{{Cite news |last=Greenwood |first=Max |date=2023-01-11 |title=Porter rakes in $1.3M in first 24 hours of Senate bid |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3808858-porter-rakes-in-1-3m-in-first-24-hours-of-senate-bid/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111172330/https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3808858-porter-rakes-in-1-3m-in-first-24-hours-of-senate-bid/ |archive-date=January 11, 2023 |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}{{cite tweet |number=1613206602584297472 |user=LindsayReilly_ |title=NEWS: @katieporteroc raised a whopping $1.3 MILLION in her first 24 hours as Senate candidate, with an average donation of $38.23. Donors spanned all 58 California counties. Porter continues to refuse money from corporate PACs, Big Pharma/Big Oil execs, and federal lobbyists. |first=Lindsay |last=Reilly |date=January 11, 2023 |access-date=January 16, 2023 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112220239/https://twitter.com/LindsayReilly_/status/1613206602584297472 |archive-date=January 12, 2023 |url-status=live}} Her supporters formed a super PAC called Women Have Initiative To Elect, Boost, and Organize for A Real Democrat (WHITEBOARD).

Her major opponents in the campaign were Democrat Adam Schiff, a centrist congressman, Republican Steve Garvey, a former professional baseball player, and Democrat Barbara Lee, a progressive congresswoman.{{Cite news |last1=Beckett |first1=Lois |last2=Levin |first2=Sam |date=March 6, 2024 |title=California election results: Adam Schiff and Republican Steve Garvey advance to November Senate race |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/06/adam-schiff-california |access-date=March 6, 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

During the campaign, Porter's campaign offered her extensive fundraising list of phone numbers and email addresses for sale to interested parties.{{Cite web |last=Caldelago |first=Chris |date=February 23, 2024 |title='You must act fast': Katie Porter is selling her fundraising list — at a discount |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/23/porter-list-fire-sale-00143018 |website=Politico}}

Porter failed to advance from the March 5 nonpartisan primary, finishing third;{{cite news|url=https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article286878125.html|title=Katie Porter regrets calling primary election rigged. 'I wish I had chosen a different word'|first=Andrew|last=Sheeler|website=Sacramento Bee|date=March 20, 2024|accessdate=March 26, 2024}} Schiff and Garvey advanced to the November general election. With at least 99% of votes counted, Porter trailed Schiff and Garvey by between 800,000 and 1.2 million votes, with Porter failing to lead in any county.{{cite news |title=California Senate Special Primary |url=https://apnews.com/projects/election-results-2024/california/?r=81993 |access-date=May 25, 2024 |work=Associated Press News |date=May 9, 2024}}{{cite news |title=California Senate Primary |url=https://apnews.com/projects/election-results-2024/california/?r=8589 |access-date=May 25, 2024 |work=Associated Press News |date=May 9, 2024}} The loss ensured that Porter, who did not seek reelection to her House seat, would leave Congress by January 2025.{{cite news|url=https://rollcall.com/2024/03/06/katie-porter-loses-bid-for-senate-in-california/|title=Katie Porter loses bid for Senate in California|first=Daniela|last=Altimari|website=Roll Call|date=March 6, 2024|accessdate=March 26, 2024}}

After her loss in the primary, Porter said the election had been "rigged" against her.{{Cite web |last=Gligich |first=Daniel |date=2024-03-07 |title=Katie Porter claims election was rigged |url=https://sjvsun.com/news/politics/katie-porter-claims-election-was-rigged/ |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=The San Joaquin Valley Sun |language=en-US}} She claimed that the "rigging" criticism referred to Schiff's campaign and allies raising and spending $11 million in the nonpartisan primary to boost a Republican candidate and knock her out of the general election.{{cite news |last1=Lightman |first1=David |title=Katie Porter continues to claim billionaires 'rigged' California Senate primary |url=https://www.aol.com/news/katie-porter-continues-claim-billionaires-185034019.html |access-date=13 March 2024 |work=The Sacramento Bee |date=March 8, 2024}}{{Cite news |last=Reston |first=Maeve |date=2024-02-29 |title=Why two Democratic Senate hopefuls are boosting Republican rivals in Calif. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/02/29/adam-schiff-katie-porter-steve-garvey-california-senate-race/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240904233356/https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/02/29/adam-schiff-katie-porter-steve-garvey-california-senate-race/ |archive-date=2024-09-04 |access-date=2024-09-18 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}} Her use of the word "rigged" triggered backlash from some Democrats, who condemned her language for echoing former president Trump's refusal to accept his 2020 loss.{{Cite web |last=Durkee |first=Alison |date=2024 |title=Rep. Katie Porter Doubles Down After Slamming California Senate Race As 'Rigged' By Billionaires |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2024/03/07/rep-katie-porter-doubles-down-after-slamming-california-senate-race-as-rigged-by-billionaires/ |website=Forbes |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=White |first=Jeremy |date=2024-03-07 |title=Katie Porter pulled a Trump move after losing. Democrats are livid. |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/07/katie-porter-senate-race-rig-california-00145660 |work=Politico}} Porter later expressed regret, saying, "I wish I had chosen a different word." She made clear that her assertions about the "rigging" were not related to counting of votes or the election process, which she called "beyond reproach". Porter said: "That is a dishonest means to manipulate the outcome. I said 'rigged by billionaires' and our politics are in fact manipulated by big dark money. Defending democracy means calling that out."{{Cite web |last=Mueller |first=Julia |date=2024-03-07 |title=Porter doubles down on claims California Senate race was 'rigged by billionaires' after loss |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4515806-katie-porter-calls-california-senate-race-rigged-billionaires/ |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}

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On March 11, 2025, Porter announced that she would be entering the gubernatorial race to become California's next governor. In her announcement [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dJwT7V9_TA video] Porter stated, “I first ran for office to hold Trump accountable. I feel that same call to serve now to stop him from hurting Californians."{{Cite news |last=Koseff |first=Alexei |date=2025-03-11 |title=Fiery Katie Porter to run for California governor |url=https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/03/katie-porter-california-governor/ |access-date=2025-04-22 |work=CalMatters |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2025-03-11 |title=Former Rep. Katie Porter launches run for California governor |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/former-rep-katie-porter-launches-run-california-governor-rcna195721 |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=NBC News |language=en}}

===House of Representatives ===

In June 2019, Porter became one of the first Democrats in a swing district to support an impeachment inquiry following Robert Mueller's Special Counsel investigation.{{Cite news |last1=Fandos |first1=Nicholas |last2=Davis |first2=Julie Hirschfeld |date=2019-06-18 |title=Democrat in Competitive California District Joins Call for Impeachment Inquiry |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/17/us/politics/katie-porter-impeachment.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423081450/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/17/us/politics/katie-porter-impeachment.html |archive-date=April 23, 2021 |access-date=2021-04-23 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news |last=Waldman |first=Paul |date=June 18, 2019 |title=Opinion: Why support for an impeachment inquiry is growing |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/06/18/why-support-an-impeachment-inquiry-is-growing/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126110035/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/06/18/why-support-an-impeachment-inquiry-is-growing/ |archive-date=November 26, 2020 |access-date=April 23, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post}} She voted for both the first and second impeachments of Donald Trump.{{Cite web |date=January 14, 2021 |title=Here's how California's Democratic and Republican representatives in Congress voted on impeachment |url=https://www.abc10.com/article/news/politics/national-politics/how-california-democratic-and-republican-representatives-voted-impeachment/103-645aad37-3e5f-4c9e-b7bb-e61f581f447d |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423081453/https://www.abc10.com/article/news/politics/national-politics/how-california-democratic-and-republican-representatives-voted-impeachment/103-645aad37-3e5f-4c9e-b7bb-e61f581f447d |archive-date=April 23, 2021 |access-date=2021-04-23 |website=KXTV |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2019-12-13 |title=California Rep. Porter: 'I will vote yes' for impeachment |url=https://apnews.com/article/c5f9edb4e31ce85b89824744ddbe2392 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423081451/https://apnews.com/article/c5f9edb4e31ce85b89824744ddbe2392 |archive-date=April 23, 2021 |access-date=2021-04-23 |work=Associated Press News}}

In January 2021, Porter was removed from the Financial Services Committee after opting to serve instead on the House Natural Resources and House Oversight committees.{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/policy/finance/534335-porter-loses-seat-on-house-panel-overseeing-financial-sector|title=Porter loses seat on House panel overseeing financial sector|date=January 14, 2021|access-date=January 16, 2021|archive-date=January 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116181722/https://thehill.com/policy/finance/534335-porter-loses-seat-on-house-panel-overseeing-financial-sector|url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/16/katie-porter-is-off-house-financial-services-committee-were-all-worse-off-it/ |title=Opinion: Katie Porter is off the House Financial Services Committee. We're all worse off for it. |first=Helaine |last=Olen |orig-date=January 16, 2021 |date=January 19, 2021 |newspaper=the Washington Post |access-date=January 18, 2021 |archive-date=January 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118114354/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/16/katie-porter-is-off-house-financial-services-committee-were-all-worse-off-it/ |url-status=live }} On the Oversight committee, Porter participated in an investigation into the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)'s test standards for children's car seats and boosters side-impact.{{Cite web |last=Callahan |first=Patricia |date=2020-11-19 |title=House Subcommittee Says Proposed Booster Seat Safety Rules Fall Short |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/house-subcommittee-says-proposed-booster-seat-safety-rules-fall-short? |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=ProPublica |language=en}}

{{as of|June 2022}}, Porter had voted in line with Joe Biden's stated position 98.2% of the time.{{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/katie-porter/ |access-date=1 June 2022 |language=en |date=2021-10-22 |archive-date=May 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503200517/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/katie-porter/ |url-status=dead }}

During Trump's first presidency, Porter gained notice for her pointed questioning of public officials and business leaders during congressional hearings, often using visual aids such as whiteboards.{{cite news |last1=Shure |first1=Natalie |title=The Congresswoman Who Has Gone Viral for Embarrassing the Worst of the 1 Percent |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/katie-porter-came-to-washington-to-go-to-war-with-wall-street-v26n4/ |access-date=March 14, 2020 |work=Vice |date=November 18, 2019 |language=en |archive-date=February 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215062803/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pa74wk/katie-porter-came-to-washington-to-go-to-war-with-wall-street-v26n4 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Bassett |first1=Laura |title=Katie Porter Grilling the CDC Chief Is the Leadership We Desperately Need |url=https://www.gq.com/story/katie-porter-grilling-cdc-chief |access-date=March 14, 2020 |work=GQ |date=March 13, 2020 |language=en |archive-date=March 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314151607/https://www.gq.com/story/katie-porter-grilling-cdc-chief |url-status=live }} In March 2019, she questioned Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan, arguing that he contradicted his lawyers' "corporate puffery".{{cite news |last1=Merle |first1=Renae |title=The newest threat to Wall Street is a House freshman you've probably never heard of |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/03/14/wall-streets-newest-threat-is-house-freshman-youve-probably-never-heard/ |access-date=March 14, 2020 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=March 14, 2019 |language=en |archive-date=April 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420211640/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/03/14/wall-streets-newest-threat-is-house-freshman-youve-probably-never-heard/ |url-status=live }} In April 2019, she questioned JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon.{{cite news |last1=Bobic |first1=Igor |title=How Freshman Rep. Katie Porter Puts Wall Street In The Hot Seat |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/katie-porter-wall-street-dimon_n_5cb6470be4b0ffefe3b889db |access-date=March 14, 2020 |work=Huffington Post |date=April 21, 2019 |language=en |archive-date=March 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314030316/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/katie-porter-wall-street-dimon_n_5cb6470be4b0ffefe3b889db |url-status=live }} In May 2019, she asked Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson about "REOs", real estate owned properties.{{cite news |first=Caroline |last=Kelly |title=A lawmaker asked Carson about foreclosure properties. He thought she was talking about Oreos. |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/21/politics/ben-carson-katie-porter-oreo/index.html |access-date=March 14, 2020 |website=CNN |date=May 21, 2019 |archive-date=May 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506022217/https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/21/politics/ben-carson-katie-porter-oreo/index.html |url-status=live }} She questioned Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Kathy Kraninger on basic math problems about annual percentage rates on payday loans, which Kraninger declined to answer. In March 2020, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Robert R. Redfield committed to free COVID-19 testing during questioning by Porter.

At an August 24, 2020, congressional hearing, Porter questioned Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. He admitted to her that he did not know the cost of mailing a postcard or a smaller greeting card, the starting rate for U.S. Priority Mail, or how many Americans voted by mail in the 2016 elections.{{cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/postmaster-general-louis-dejoy-cost-to-mail-a-postcard-2020-8|title=Postmaster General Louis DeJoy admits he doesn't know how much it costs to mail a postcard|website=BusinessInsider|last=Panetta|first=Grace|date=August 24, 2020|access-date=October 20, 2021|language=en|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021105611/https://www.businessinsider.com/postmaster-general-louis-dejoy-cost-to-mail-a-postcard-2020-8|url-status=live}} In a December 2020 House hearing, she questioned United States Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin over COVID-19 relief funding.{{cite news |last1=Slisco |first1=Aila |title=Katie Porter Spars With Mnuchin At Hearing: 'Ridiculous You're Play Acting… You Have No Legal Degree' |url=https://www.newsweek.com/katie-porter-spars-mnuchin-hearing-ridiculous-youre-play-acting-you-have-no-legal-degree-1551944 |access-date=3 December 2020 |work=Newsweek |date=2 December 2020 |archive-date=December 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205232944/https://www.newsweek.com/katie-porter-spars-mnuchin-hearing-ridiculous-youre-play-acting-you-have-no-legal-degree-1551944 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Harvey |first1=Josephine |title=Katie Porter Pummels Mnuchin At Hearing After He Calls Her Question 'Ridiculous' |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/katie-porter-steve-mnuchin-coronavirus-stimulus_n_5fc8070bc5b602f567989e6e |access-date=3 December 2020 |work=Huffington Post |date=2 December 2020 |archive-date=December 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206045735/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/katie-porter-steve-mnuchin-coronavirus-stimulus_n_5fc8070bc5b602f567989e6e |url-status=live }}

In January 2023, Politico reported on criticism that Porter was "allegedly a terrible—according to some accounts, abusive and racist—boss."{{Cite web |last=Fossett |first=Katelyn |date=January 13, 2023 |title=Katie Porter and the 'bad boss' problem |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/women-rule/2023/01/13/katie-porters-bad-boss-problem-00077874 |access-date=February 27, 2024|website=Politico|language=en}} The accusations include allegations that she used racist language and "ridiculed people for reporting sexual harassment".{{Cite web |last=Keene |first=Houston |date=December 30, 2022 |title=Rep. Katie Porter used racist language, 'ridiculed people for reporting sexual harassment,' ex-staffer claims |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rep-katie-porter-used-racist-language-ridiculed-people-reporting-sexual-harassment-ex-staffer-claims |access-date=March 6, 2024 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}

The Washington Post interviewed eight former employees on condition of anonymity about their experiences working for Porter.{{Cite news |last=Zak |first=Dan |date=September 20, 2023 |title=Katie Porter and the politics of real life |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/2023/09/20/katie-porter-senate/ |access-date=February 27, 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post |language=en}} The staffers described her as domineering and recounted multiple examples of her mistreatment of staffers, including instances where she berated staffers until they cried. In response to the allegations that she created a toxic workplace, Porter defended herself on The View in April 2023 by comparing herself to women of color who are discriminated against.

For the 116th Congress:

• Committee on Oversight and Reform{{Cite web |date=2021-01-02 |title=Membership - 116th Congress {{!}} The Committee on Oversight and Accountability Democrats |url=https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/about/members/membership-116th-congress |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=oversightdemocrats.house.gov |language=en}}
• Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy and Regulatory Affairs

For the 117th Congress:

• Committee on Natural Resources
• Committee on Oversight and Accountability

For the 118th Congress:{{cite web |title=Katie Porter |url=https://clerk.house.gov/members/P000618 |access-date=18 September 2024 |publisher=Clerk of the United States House of Representatives}}

• Committee on Natural Resources
• Subcommittee on Federal Lands
• Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries
• Committee on Oversight and Accountability
• Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services (Ranking Member)
• Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs
• Joint Economic Committee

• Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus{{Cite web |date=December 4, 2022 |title=117th Congress Membership |publisher=Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) |url=https://capac-chu.house.gov/members |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111004708/https://capac-chu.house.gov/members |archive-date=November 11, 2022 |access-date=December 4, 2022}}
• Congressional Progressive Caucus{{Cite web|title=Caucus Members|url=https://progressives.house.gov/caucus-members|access-date=2021-03-29|publisher=Congressional Progressive Caucus|language=en|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114215407/https://progressives.house.gov/caucus-members|url-status=live}}
• Congressional Caucus for the Equal Rights Amendment{{cite web|title=Membership|author=|url=https://bush.house.gov/era/about/membership|format=|publisher=Congressional Caucus for the Equal Rights Amendment|date=|accessdate=19 September 2024|archive-date=September 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240918182046/https://bush.house.gov/era/about/membership|url-status=dead}}
• Rare Disease Caucus{{cite web|title=Rare Disease Congressional Caucus|author=|url=https://everylifefoundation.org/rare-advocates/rarecaucus/rarecaucus-members/|format=|publisher=Every Life Foundation for Rare Diseases|date=|accessdate=20 December 2024}}

During her 2024 Senate campaign, Porter blamed the housing crisis on "Wall Street".{{Cite web |last=Zavala |first=Ashley |date=2024-01-24 |title=Get the Facts: A look at California US Senate debate claims on housing, jobs and health care |url=https://www.kcra.com/article/california-us-senate-debate-fact-check-housing-jobs-and-health-care/46522875 |website=KCRA |language=en}} She argued that federal government investment in housing is needed in response to California's housing crisis.{{Cite web |last=Neely |first=Christopher |date=2023-09-01 |title=Housing crisis takes center stage as Senate race comes to Santa Cruz County |url=http://lookout.co/housing-crisis-takes-center-stage-as-senate-race-comes-to-santa-cruz-county/ |website=Lookout Santa Cruz |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |date=2023 |title=We need new ideas.' Rep. Katie Porter discusses immigration, Israel, housing, Trump |url=https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article283794193.html |work=McClatchy}} She supports increased funding for section 8 vouchers and an increase in the low-income housing tax credit.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-13 |title=How do California Senate candidates plan on tackling housing affordability? |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2023/11/13/how-do-california-senate-candidates-plan-on-tackling-housing-affordability/ |website=Orange County Register |language=en-US}}

Porter has a 100% rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America and an F rating from the Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America for her abortion-related voting history.{{cite web |title=Katie Porter |url=https://www.prochoiceamerica.org/representative/katie-porter/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628224530/https://www.prochoiceamerica.org/representative/katie-porter/ |archive-date=June 28, 2022 |access-date=28 June 2022 |publisher=NARAL Pro-Choice America}}{{cite web |title=Katie Porter |url=https://sbaprolife.org/representative/katie-porter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628225011/https://sbaprolife.org/representative/katie-porter |archive-date=June 28, 2022 |access-date=28 June 2022 |publisher=SBA Pro-Life America}} She opposed the overturning of Roe v. Wade.{{cite web |date=2 May 2022 |title=Rep. Katie Porter: Potential Roe ruling is 'terrible' for America |url=https://www.yahoo.com/now/rep-katie-porter-potential-roe-035512037.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628224530/https://www.yahoo.com/now/rep-katie-porter-potential-roe-035512037.html |archive-date=June 28, 2022 |access-date=28 June 2022 |website=MSNBC}}

Porter was a co-sponsor of the Equality Act. During her tenure in congress she voted in favor of the act. In 2019 and 2021, she voted in favor of [https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5 H.R. 5], which passed in the house, but failed in the senate.{{Cite web |last=Killough |first=Ashley |date=2019-05-17 |title=Houses passes Equality Act |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/17/politics/houses-passes-equality-act/index.html |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=CNN |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Sonmez |first=Felicia |last2=Schmidt |first2=Samantha |date=2021-02-25 |title=House votes to pass Equality Act, prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/congress-sexual-orientation-civil-rights-gender/2021/02/25/1351bea4-7779-11eb-8115-9ad5e9c02117_story.html |access-date=2025-04-20 |work=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}

On Jan 13, 2022, Porter urged the Food and Drug Administration to end a discriminatory policy that prevents members of the LGBTQ+ community, from giving blood donations.{{Cite web |last=Frazier |first=Kierra |date=2022-01-13 |title=Democratic Reps, LGBTQ advocates call on FDA to revise blood donation policy for gay men |url=https://www.axios.com/2022/01/13/democratic-reps-fda-blood-donation-policy-gay-men |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=Axios |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-01-13 |title=Critics call to end three-month celibacy requirement for gay, bisexual men amid blood shortage |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/national-blood-crisis-reignites-calls-fda-end-gay-donor-restrictions-rcna11918 |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=NBC News |language=en}} In 2022, Porter supported and voted in favor for the Respect for Marriage Act.{{Cite web |last=Quinn |first=Melissa |date=2022-11-29 |title=Senate passes landmark Respect for Marriage Act in bipartisan vote - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/respect-for-marriage-act-senate-vote-marriage-equality-bill/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221129235824/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/respect-for-marriage-act-senate-vote-marriage-equality-bill/ |archive-date=2022-11-29 |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=CBS News |language=en-US}}

In 2023, Rep. Katie Porter joined writers in solidarity on the picket line during the WGA strike at The Culver Studios in Los Angeles. Addressing the crowd Porter said, “One of the things I love about this movement is that you guys are in it to stand up to corporate power and set an example for all of your brothers and sisters who are workers, who are unionized, and who are struggling to have labor rights.” While speaking to Deadline Hollywood, Porter stated that “corporations are using innovation and technology as an excuse to bust unions, and it’s absolutely unacceptable,... So this strike is about the entertainment industry, but it’s also about so much more.”{{Cite web |last=Campione |first=Rosy Cordero,Katie |date=2023-05-12 |title=Rep. Katie Porter Says WGA Strike Is “About So Much More” Than Writers As She Joins Culver Studios Picket Line |url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/rep-katie-porter-wga-strike-labor-unions-corporations-1235365384/ |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=Deadline Hollywood |language=en-US}} Porter also joined the SAG-AFTRA, WGA picket line outside Paramount Studios in August 2023. She stated, “I’m here today to stand with the SAG-AFTRA workers to listen and to learn from them and to make it clear that workers have the right to bargain.”{{Cite web |last=Carpenter |first=Susan |date=2023-08-11 |title=Rep. Porter joins SAG-AFTRA, WGA picket line outside Paramount Studios |url=https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/southern-california/politics/2023/08/11/katie-porter-joins-sag--wga-picket-line-outside-paramount-studios?cid=share_clip |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=spectrumnews1.com |language=en}}

Porter is a vocal supporter of Medicare for All.{{Cite web |date=2020-07-27 |title=The Nation and Rep. Katie Porter |url=https://www.thenation.com/events/katie-porter-covid-politics/ |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=The Nation |language=en-US}}

In March 2019, Porter introduced the "Help America Run Act" (H.R.1623), a bill that would allow people running for the House or Senate to use campaign contributions to pay for healthcare premiums, elder care, child care and dependent care. The bill passed the House in October 2019{{cite news |last=Shugerman |first=Emily |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/rep-katie-hill-blasts-misogynistic-culture-in-exit-speech-on-house-floor |title=Rep. Katie Hill Blasts 'Misogynistic Culture' in Exit Speech |work=The Daily Beast |date=2019-10-31 |access-date=2019-10-31 |archive-date=July 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723115434/https://www.thedailybeast.com/rep-katie-hill-blasts-misogynistic-culture-in-exit-speech-on-house-floor |url-status=live }} but was not taken up by the Senate.{{Cite web |date=December 4, 2022 |title=H.R.1623 - Help America Run Act |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1623/all-actions |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104041625/https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1623/all-actions |archive-date=November 4, 2021 |access-date=December 4, 2022 |website=Congress.gov}}

In 2020, Rep. Katie Porter accused UnitedHealth of "putting profits before patients and providers" during the Covid-19 pandemic. Porter sent a congressional letter to UnitedHealth Group CEO David Wichmann, accusing the healthcare provider of reducing their provider networks and decrease reimbursement rates.{{Cite web |title=Rep. Katie Porter Accuses UnitedHealth of 'Putting Profits Before Patients and Providers' in Midst of Pandemic {{!}} Common Dreams |url=https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/05/29/rep-katie-porter-accuses-unitedhealth-putting-profits-patients-and-providers-midst |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=www.commondreams.org |language=en}}

In 2020, Porter voted for the No-Surprise Act, which prohibited medical providers from billing patients for costs denied by insurance companies.{{Cite news |last=Vandevelde |first=Mark |date=2022-12-20 |title=Bitter medicine: private equity moves into hospital ERs |url=https://www.ft.com/content/5673a288-f55b-4cfd-aa76-0ebb30b029a6 |access-date=2025-04-22 |work=Financial Times}}

In an interview with Yahoo Finance in 2022, Porter criticized pharmaceutical companies for investing more money in stock buybacks than in research and development. She also addressed the high price of pharmaceuticals, saying, “Everybody should want us to have innovative care, but it doesn’t do any good to develop those drugs if they’re priced out of reach.” Porter stated that “there is simply no set of facts that supports that allowing the government to negotiate drug prices would reduce innovation” and that the government should have the power to negotiate drug prices and it would help create a more competitive market.{{Cite news |title=Why Big Pharma's main argument about drug prices doesn't hold up, according to Rep. Katie Porter |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/big-pharma-argument-drug-prices-rep-katie-porter-183743891.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230324071739/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/big-pharma-argument-drug-prices-rep-katie-porter-183743891.html |archive-date=2023-03-24 |access-date=2025-04-22 |work=Yahoo Finance |language=en-US}}

Porter has supported instituting more-stringent codes of conduct for the Supreme Court justices. In 2023, Demand Justice, an organization devoted to court reform and expansion, organize a statewide bus tour where Porter attended and put her support behind legislation that would expand the court to 13 justices.{{Cite web |last=Oreskes |first=Benjamin |date=2023-08-02 |title=Expanding the Supreme Court is a longshot. Why California's Senate candidates support it |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-02/how-californias-senate-candidates-want-to-transform-the-supreme-court |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}

Porter voted for both the first and second impeachments of Donald Trump In an interview with the Santa Barbara Independent, Porter talked about the reasons for her decision. She stated that "Trump has repeatedly broken the law and put his personal interest and his political interest ahead of this country’s interest."{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Jerry |date=2019-10-14 |title=Katie Porter Talks Trump |url=https://www.independent.com/2019/10/14/katie-porter-talks-trump/ |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=The Santa Barbara Independent |language=en-US}}

Since 2018, Porter has not accept campaign donations from corporate political action committees. She supported H.R.1 through the House of Representatives, which would undo the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision.{{Cite web |last=Graham |first=Jordan |date=2018-11-17 |title=Congresswoman-elect Katie Porter will take aim at campaign finance and voting rights; backs Pelosi for speaker |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2018/11/16/congresswoman-elect-katie-porter-will-take-aim-at-campaign-finance-and-voting-rights-backs-pelosi-for-speaker/ |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=Orange County Register |language=en-US}}

After the June 2024 presidential debate, Porter said that the White House “clearly fumbled” with its response to the fallout from President Biden’s debate performance. In an interview with CNN, Jake Tapper asked Porter, if Biden was capable of holding an hour and a half press conference. Porter responded by saying, “Like most Americans, I actually don’t have that information,”she also stated that she hadn't personally seen the president in about a year. Porter suggested that a change in direction could include a change in advisers or a change in campaign strategy.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/03/politics/video/rep-katie-porter-biden-team-clearly-fumbled-this |title=Rep. Porter: Biden admin ‘clearly fumbled this’ {{!}} CNN Politics |date=2024-07-03 |last=Ley |first=Matthew |language=en |access-date=2025-04-22 |via=www.cnn.com}}{{Cite news |last=Nazzaro |first=Miranda |date=2024-07-03 |title=Katie Porter: White House has ‘clearly fumbled’ response to debate |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4754615-katie-porter-white-house-clearly-fumbled-response-debate/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240704022757/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4754615-katie-porter-white-house-clearly-fumbled-response-debate/ |archive-date=2024-07-04 |access-date=2025-04-22 |work=The Hill |language=en-US}}

In February 2023, Porter, on the House floor, called for the Biden administration to immediate end the blockade and to end all U.S. military assistance to Azerbaijan. She stated, "American taxpayers shouldn't be subsidizing Azerbaijan's constant aggression against the Armenian people." Porter also stated "Azerbaijan's goal is clear: to force the ethnic Armenians of Artsakh from their homeland by imposing conditions that make life impossible. We must hold Azerbaijan accountable for its aggression."{{Cite web |last=Habeshian |first=Sareen |date=2023-02-03 |title=U.S. lawmakers warn of brutal consequences if Azerbaijan doesn't end Karabakh blockade |url=https://www.axios.com/2023/02/03/us-lawmakers-azerbaijan-karabakh-blockade |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=Axios |language=en}}

In 2023, Porter voted against H.R. 21, which directed President Joe Biden to remove U.S. troops from Syria within 180 days.{{cite news |date=March 8, 2023 |title=House Votes Down Bill Directing Removal of Troops From Syria |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2023-03-08/house-votes-down-bill-directing-removal-of-troops-from-syria |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310180601/https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2023-03-08/house-votes-down-bill-directing-removal-of-troops-from-syria |archive-date=March 10, 2023 |access-date=March 10, 2023 |agency=Associated Press}}{{cite web |title=H.Con.Res. 21: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of … -- House Vote #136 -- Mar 8, 2023 |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/118-2023/h136 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310180559/https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/118-2023/h136 |archive-date=March 10, 2023 |access-date=March 10, 2023}}

In December 2023, Porter called for a ceasefire in the Gaza war after Hamas is removed "from operational control of Gaza" and blamed Hamas for the "shortages of food, clean water, fuel and medicine" over the years in Gaza.{{cite news |first=Ali |last=Harb |title=How Gaza ceasefire became a focal point in Barbara Lee's US Senate campaign |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/5/how-gaza-ceasefire-became-a-focal-point-in-barbara-lees-us-senate-campaign |work=Al Jazeera |date=5 March 2024}}

Porter voted for the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on November 5, 2021.{{Cite web |date=November 5, 2021 |title=Roll Call 369, Bill Number: H. R. 3684 |url=https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2021369 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106052611/https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2021369 |archive-date=November 6, 2021 |access-date=November 6, 2021 |website=clerk.house.gov}} In 2023, Porter was among the 46 House Democrats who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act.{{Cite web |last=Gans |first=Jared |date=May 31, 2023 |title=Republicans and Democrats who bucked party leaders by voting no |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4029522-republicans-and-democrats-who-bucked-party-leaders-by-voting-no/ |access-date=June 6, 2023 |work=The Hill}}

Porter is a supporter of the Green New Deal.

Porter has been a supporter of the National Park Service’s Every Kid Outdoors program. In 2021, Porter pushed for additional funding for the program to increase children’s access to national parks.{{Cite news |last=Budryk |first=Zack |date=2021-04-30 |title=Porter urges increased budget for children’s National Parks program |url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/551166-porter-asks-appropriations-to-increase-budget-for-childrens/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221206121130/https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/551166-porter-asks-appropriations-to-increase-budget-for-childrens/ |archive-date=2022-12-06 |access-date=2025-04-22 |work=The Hill |language=en-US}}{{cite web |date=2025-03-21 |title=Katie Porter rolls out climate plan in bid for Senate |url=https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2024/02/20/katie-porter-rolls-out-climate-plan-in-bid-for-senate-00142179 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20250321044232/https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2024/02/20/katie-porter-rolls-out-climate-plan-in-bid-for-senate-00142179 |archivedate=2025-03-21 |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=Politico Pro}} She endorsed the Biden administration’s 2023 “America the Beautiful” initiative.{{Cite web |title=Biden admin. outlines plan to conserve 30% of U.S. lands, waters by 2030 |url=https://spectrumlocalnews.com/us/national/news/2021/05/06/biden-america-the-beautiful-conservation-land-water |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=spectrumlocalnews.com |language=en}}

In September 2023, during an interview with Fox 5 San Diego, Porter stated, “California is going to need to continue to have an ‘all of the above’ energy approach but we’re also going to need to make that transition,... And as we do, the question is can we make sure as we transition, slowly, away from fossil fuels to greener energy that we don’t leave any workers behind.”{{cite web |last=Porter |first=Jacque |last2=Wallace |first2=Eytan |date=2025-04-22 |title=Katie Porter says government, unions are key to protecting public fro… |url=https://fox5sandiego.com/news/politics/porter-says-government-unions-are-key-to-protecting-public-from-corporations/ |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20250422030907/https://fox5sandiego.com/news/politics/porter-says-government-unions-are-key-to-protecting-public-from-corporations/ |archivedate=2025-04-22 |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=KSWB-TV}}

In February 2024 during her Senate campaign, in a debate, Porter called for decommissioning the Diablo Canyon Power Plant.{{Cite news |last=Ayestas |first=Jonathan |date=2024-02-21 |title=California's US Senate candidates debated tonight. Get a recap here |url=https://www.kcra.com/article/watch-california-us-senate-debate-kcra/46873994 |website=KCRA |language=en}}

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Barbara Lee|votes=717,129|percentage=9.82%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Eric Early|votes=242,055|percentage=3.32%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=James Bradley|votes=98,778|percentage=1.35%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Christina Pascucci|votes=61,998|percentage=0.85%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Sharleta Bassett|votes=54,884|percentage=0.75%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Sarah Sun Liew|votes=38,718|percentage=0.53%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=No party preference|candidate=Laura Garza|votes=34,529|percentage=0.47%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Jonathan Reiss|votes=34,400|percentage=0.47%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Sepi Gilani|votes=34,316|percentage=0.47%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Libertarian Party (United States)|candidate=Gail Lightfoot|votes=33,295|percentage=0.46%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Denice Gary-Pandol|votes=25,649|percentage=0.35%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=James Macauley|votes=23,296|percentage=0.32%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Harmesh Kumar|votes=21,624|percentage=0.30%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=David Peterson|votes=21,170|percentage=0.29%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Douglas Pierce|votes=19,458|percentage=0.27%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=No party preference|candidate=Major Singh|votes=17,092|percentage=0.23%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=John Rose|votes=14,627|percentage=0.20%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Perry Pound|votes=14,195|percentage=0.19%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Raji Rab|votes=13,640|percentage=0.19%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=No party preference|candidate=Mark Ruzon|votes=13,488|percentage=0.18%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=American Independent Party|candidate=Forrest Jones|votes=13,140|percentage=0.18%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Stefan Simchowitz|votes=12,773|percentage=0.17%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Martin Veprauskas|votes=9,795|percentage=0.13%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=No party preference|candidate=Don Grundmann|votes=6,641|percentage=0.09%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=No party preference|candidate=Michael Dilger (write-in)|votes=7|percentage=0.00%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Carlos Guillermo Tapia (write-in)|votes=5|percentage=0.00%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=No party preference|candidate=John Dowell (write-in)|votes=3|percentage=0.00%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Danny Fabricant (write-in)|votes=3|percentage=0.00%}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=7,301,317|percentage=100.0%}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Steve Garvey|votes=2,455,115|percentage=33.25%}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Adam Schiff|votes=2,160,171|percentage=29.25%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Katie Porter|votes=1,272,684|percentage=17.24%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Barbara Lee|votes=866,551|percentage=11.74%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Eric Early|votes=451,274|percentage=6.11%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Christina Pascucci|votes=109,867|percentage=1.49%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Sepi Gilani|votes=68,497|percentage=0.93%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=No party preference|candidate=Michael Dilger (write-in)|votes=27|percentage=0.00%}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=7,384,186|percentage=100.0%}}

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In 2022, Porter Received the Outdoors Alliance for Kids Award.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-03 |title=California Rep. Katie Porter Receives Outdoors Alliance for Kids Award {{!}} Sierra Club |url=https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2022/08/california-rep-katie-porter-receives-outdoors-alliance-for-kids-award |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=www.sierraclub.org |language=en}}

In 2003, Porter married Matthew Hoffman, with whom she has three children. Porter filed for divorce in 2013. Their divorce was contentious, and both Hoffman and Porter sought help for anger management.{{cite news |last1=Oreskes |first1=Benjamin |title=How Katie Porter harnesses her blunt style and single-mom experience in her Senate campaign |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-02-02/katie-porter-pins-her-senate-hopes-on-calling-out-the-bs-in-washington |access-date=26 February 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=2 February 2024}} Her daughter, Betsy, is named after Elizabeth Warren.{{cite web |last1=Adler |first1=Kayla Webley |title=Being Everywoman Is Katie Porter's Superpower |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/a33406349/katie-porter-interview/ |website=ELLE |access-date=November 21, 2020 |date=August 3, 2020 |archive-date=November 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121091323/https://www.elle.com/culture/a33406349/katie-porter-interview/ |url-status=live }} Hoffman lives outside of California, and Porter is the main caregiver for their children.

Porter lives in a four-bedroom residence on the University of California, Irvine, campus that she purchased in 2011.{{Cite web |date=2022-09-09 |title=Rep. Katie Porter's university housing deal draws scrutiny |url=https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-california-congress-university-of-irvine-dcfd583bdfde38b029a473311435810f |access-date=2024-01-24 |website=AP News |language=en}} UC Irvine has a faculty and staff housing community, University Hills, that was designed as "a way to compensate for high Orange County housing costs that can keep a recruit from accepting a job at the university".{{citation|title=University Hills: UCI's tenure tract|first1=Imran|last1=Ghori|first2=Sherri|last2=Cruz|newspaper=Orange County Register|date=May 19, 2014|url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/university-614797-hills-uci.html}}. Porter's residence's price was $523,000, in line with norms in that community for university faculty and staff. In 2022, the Associated Press reported that the median price of a residence in Irvine was $1,300,000. Porter paused her teaching in 2018 after being elected. The university then continually granted Porter no-pay leave, as is the norm for faculty providing service to the nation such as NSF Program officer or member of Congress, allowing her to keep her residence on campus during her congressional tenure. A post-marriage relationship with a live-in boyfriend ended when Porter obtained a restraining order to keep him away from Porter, her home, and her children.[https://www.ocregister.com/2024/11/27/katie-porter-granted-temporary-restraining-order-against-an-ex-after-ongoing-threats-and-harassment/ Katie Porter granted temporary restraining order against an ex after ‘ongoing threats and harassment], Orange County Register, Kaitlin Schallhorn, Sean Emery, November 27, 2024. Retrieved December 1, 2024.

The Pew Research Center reported in 2023 that Porter is an Episcopalian.{{cite web|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2022/12/PF_2023.01.03_congress_LIST.pdf|title=Religious affiliation of members of 118th Congress|publisher=Pew Research Center|date=January 3, 2023}}

• Modern Consumer Law (Aspen Publishing, May 27, 2016) {{ISBN|978-1-4548-6085-3}}.
• The Law of Debtors and Creditors: Text, Cases, and Problems (8th ed.). (Aspen Publishers. November 01, 2020) {{ISBN|978-1-4548-9351-6}} . (Co-authored with Jay Westbrook, Elizabeth Warren, John Pottow)
• Broke: How Debt Bankrupts the Middle Class (Stanford University Press, 2012) {{ISBN|978-0-8047-7700-1}}
• I Swear: Politics Is Messier Than My Minivan (Crown, April 11, 2023) {{ISBN|978-0-593-44398-9}}

• [https://ssrn.com/abstract=2925899 'No Money Down' Bankruptcy] (March 1, 2017). 'Foohey, Pamela and Lawless, Robert M. and Porter, Katherine M. and Thorne, Deborah, Southern California Law Review, 2017, Forthcoming, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2017-12, University of Illinois College of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 17-19.
• [https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/faculty_scholarship/3672/ Cracking the Code: An Empirical Analysis of Consumer Bankruptcy Outcomes], 101 Minnesota Law Review 1031-1098 (2017) (with Sara Greene and Parina Patel).
• Katherine Porter, [https://brooklynworks.brooklaw.edu/bjcfcl/vol7/iss1/3 The Complaint Conundrum: Thoughts on the CFPB's Complaint Mechanism, 7] Brook. J. Corp. Fin. & Com. L. (2012).
• [https://repository.law.umich.edu/articles/1687/ "Did Bankruptcy Reform Fail? An Empirical Study of Consumer Debtors."] Katherine Porter et al., co-authors. Am. Bankr. L. J. 82, no. 3 (2008): 349-405.

• List of Harvard University politicians
• Women in the United States House of Representatives
• Progressivism in the United States

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• [https://porter.house.gov/ Congresswoman Katie Porter] official U.S. House website
• [https://www.katieporter.com/ Katie Porter for Congress] campaign website
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