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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 26 — Protecting American Energy Production Act Yea Feb 7, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 27 — HALT Fentanyl Act Yea Feb 6, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 27 — HALT Fentanyl Act Yea Feb 6, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 93 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 27) to amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related… Nay Feb 5, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 93 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 27) to amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related… Nay Feb 5, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 776 — Nutria Eradication and Control Reauthorization Act of 2025 Not voting Feb 4, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 43 — Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025 Not voting Feb 4, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 21 — Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act Nay Jan 23, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 21 — Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act Yea Jan 23, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 471 — Fix Our Forests Act Nay Jan 23, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 375 — Continued Rapid Ohia Death Response Act of 2025 Yea Jan 23, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 5 — Laken Riley Act Yea Jan 22, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 165 — Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act Yea Jan 22, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 53 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 471) to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest… Not voting Jan 22, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 53 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 471) to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest… Not voting Jan 22, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 187 — MAPWaters Act of 2025 Not voting Jan 21, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 186 — Hershel Woody Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act Not voting Jan 21, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 30 — Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act Yea Jan 16, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 30 — Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act Yea Jan 16, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 33 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for the taxation of certain residents of Taiwan with income from… Not voting Jan 15, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 144 — Tennessee Valley Authority Salary Transparency Act Not voting Jan 15, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 164 — POWER Act of 2025 Not voting Jan 15, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 28 — Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 Nay Jan 14, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 28 — Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 Yea Jan 14, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 153 — Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act Yea Jan 14, 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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