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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 4593 — SHOWER Act Yea Jan 13, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2312 — Tipped Employee Protection Act Yea Jan 13, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2270 — Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act Yea Jan 13, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2262 — Flexibility for Workers Education Act Nay Jan 13, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2262 — Flexibility for Workers Education Act Yea Jan 13, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 988 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2988) to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to specify requirements… Nay Jan 13, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 988 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2988) to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to specify requirements… Nay Jan 13, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6504 — Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act Yea Jan 12, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6500 — AGOA Extension Act Yea Jan 12, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2683 — Remote Access Security Act Yea Jan 12, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5184 — Affordable HOMES Act Not voting Jan 9, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1834 — Breaking the Gridlock Act Yea Jan 8, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 780 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1834) to advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock. Yea Jan 8, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 131 — Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act Yea Jan 8, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 504 — Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act Yea Jan 8, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Jan 8, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Jan 8, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Jan 8, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 780 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1834) to advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock. Yea Jan 7, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 977 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4593) to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to revise the definition of showerhead… Nay Jan 7, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 977 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4593) to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to revise the definition of showerhead… Nay Jan 7, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Call of the House Not voting Jan 6, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 498 — Do No Harm in Medicaid Act Nay Dec 18, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 498 — Do No Harm in Medicaid Act Yea Dec 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 845 — Pet and Livestock Protection Act Nay Dec 18, 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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