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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 7726 — Stop Child Care Scams Act of 2026 Yea Jun 3, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2860 — Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2025 Yea Jun 3, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1333 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8646) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration… Nay Jun 3, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1333 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8646) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration… Nay Jun 3, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 254 — ARTIST Act Yea Jun 3, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7618 — American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2026 Yea Jun 3, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6047 — Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026 Yea May 21, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1041 — Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act Nay May 21, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1041 — Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act Yea May 21, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1329 — Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act Nay May 21, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1329 — Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act Yea May 21, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1300 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1041) to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs… Nay May 20, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1300 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1041) to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs… Nay May 20, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2616 — Stopping Indoctrination and Protecting Kids Act Nay May 20, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2616 — Stopping Indoctrination and Protecting Kids Act Yea May 20, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1993 — 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act Yea May 20, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1003 — Lulu’s Law Yea May 20, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2393 — Fiscal Year 2025 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act Yea May 20, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5317 — Community Bank Deposit Access Act of 2025 Yea May 20, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4544 — American Access to Banking Act Yea May 20, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3234 — Keeping Deposits Local Act Yea May 20, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1299 — Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6644, with amendment. Yea May 20, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 8469 — Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending… Yea May 15, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 8469 — Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending… Nay May 15, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 8365 — Monitor Accountability Act Nay May 14, 2026 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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