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Josh Gottheimer

U.S. Representative, NJ-5

Democratic New Jersey since Jan 3, 2025

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Representative, NJ-5 current
New Jersey
Democratic Jan 3, 2025 Jan 3, 2027 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-5
New Jersey
Democratic Jan 3, 2023 Jan 3, 2025 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District NJ-5
United States
Democratic Jan 3, 2023 Jan 3, 2025 openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District NJ-5
United States
Democratic Jan 3, 2021 Jan 3, 2023 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-5
New Jersey
Democratic Jan 3, 2021 Jan 3, 2023 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District NJ-5
United States
Democratic Jan 3, 2019 Jan 3, 2021 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-5
New Jersey
Democratic Jan 3, 2019 Jan 3, 2021 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-5
New Jersey
Democratic Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2019 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District NJ-5
United States
Democratic Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2019 openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.165, social dim. 0.218. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (583 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
HR 275 — Special Interest Alien Reporting Act of 2025 Nay Jun 26, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 875 — Jeremy and Angel Seay and Sergeant Brandon Mendoza Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act of 2025 Yea Jun 26, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Jun 25, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Jun 25, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Jun 25, 2025 Agreed to U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 519 — Condemning the attacks on Minnesota lawmakers in Brooklyn Park and Champlin, Minnesota, and calling for unity and the rejection of… Yea Jun 25, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
On Motion to Adjourn Not voting Jun 24, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 530 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3944) making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs… Nay Jun 24, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 530 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3944) making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs… Nay Jun 24, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 537 — Impeaching Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. Yea Jun 24, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3422 — Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act Yea Jun 23, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3394 — Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act Yea Jun 23, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1998 — Sanction Sea Pirates Act of 2025 Yea Jun 23, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2056 — District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act of 2025 Nay Jun 12, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2056 — District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act of 2025 Yea Jun 12, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
On Motion to Adjourn Yea Jun 12, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025 Nay Jun 12, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025 Yea Jun 12, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 331 — HALT Fentanyl Act Yea Jun 12, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 499 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4) to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages… Not voting Jun 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 499 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4) to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages… Not voting Jun 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 884 — To prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the… Not voting Jun 10, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2096 — Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency Act Not voting Jun 10, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 489 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 884) to prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in… Not voting Jun 10, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 489 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 884) to prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in… Not voting Jun 10, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,009 recorded contributions totalling $5,683,249. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 885 of 1009 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Big donor 707 $2,377,900 42%
Corporate PAC 168 $2,376,757 42%
Super PAC 9 $485,592 9%
Party 1 $24,000 0%
Unclassified 124 $419,000 7%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$116,397 FAIRSHAKE Super PAC Sep 25, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$116,397 FAIRSHAKE Super PAC Sep 25, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$115,103 PROTECT PROGRESS Super PAC May 28, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$115,103 PROTECT PROGRESS Super PAC May 28, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$76,921 MORGAN STANLEY JOSH FOR JERSEY Corporate PAC Aug 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$76,774 MORGAN STANLEY JOSH FOR JERSEY Corporate PAC Sep 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$75,981 MORGAN STANLEY JOSH FOR JERSEY Corporate PAC Oct 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$75,732 MORGAN STANLEY JOSH FOR JERSEY Corporate PAC Dec 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$75,294 MORGAN STANLEY JOSH FOR JERSEY Corporate PAC Nov 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$75,190 MORGAN STANLEY JOSH FOR JERSEY Corporate PAC Jun 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$75,174 MORGAN STANLEY JOSH FOR JERSEY Corporate PAC Jul 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$70,909 MORGAN STANLEY JOSH FOR JERSEY Corporate PAC Jun 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$67,946 MORGAN STANLEY JOSH FOR JERSEY Corporate PAC May 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$65,685 MORGAN STANLEY JOSH FOR JERSEY Corporate PAC Apr 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$62,813 MORGAN STANLEY JOSH FOR JERSEY Corporate PAC Mar 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Sponsored legislation (5 as lead sponsor)

Social media

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