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Sarah Elfreth

U.S. Representative, MD-3

Democratic Maryland 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, MD-3 current
Maryland
Democratic Jan 3, 2025 Jan 3, 2027 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District MD-3 current
United States
Democratic Jan 3, 2025 Jan 1, 2030 openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.371, social dim. -0.098. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (583 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
HJRES 42 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy… Nay Mar 5, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 61 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental… Nay Mar 5, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 177 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 42) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5… Nay Mar 4, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 177 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 42) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5… Nay Mar 4, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 758 — Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act of 2025 Yea Mar 3, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 856 — Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing Act Yea Mar 3, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 20 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy… Nay Feb 27, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 35 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental… Nay Feb 26, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 695 — Medal of Honor Act Yea Feb 26, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HCONRES 14 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary… Nay Feb 25, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 804 — Rural Small Business Resilience Act Yea Feb 25, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 788 — DOE and SBA Research Act Yea Feb 25, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 161 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 20) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5… Nay Feb 25, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 161 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 20) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5… Nay Feb 25, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 818 — SPUR Act Yea Feb 24, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 832 — Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act of 2025 Yea Feb 24, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 825 — Assisting Small Businesses Not Fraudsters Act Yea Feb 24, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 35 — Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act Nay Feb 13, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 77 — Midnight Rules Relief Act Nay Feb 12, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 77 — Midnight Rules Relief Act Yea Feb 12, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 122 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 77) to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for en bloc consideration… Nay Feb 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 122 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 77) to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for en bloc consideration… Nay Feb 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 736 — Protect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025 Yea Feb 10, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 692 — China Exchange Rate Transparency Act of 2025 Yea Feb 10, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 26 — Protecting American Energy Production Act Nay Feb 7, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,068 recorded contributions totalling $10,782,738. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 386 of 1068 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Super PAC 68 $8,755,340 81%
Big donor 318 $933,129 9%
Unclassified 682 $1,094,269 10%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$799,616 UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP') Super PAC Apr 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$799,616 UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP') Super PAC May 7, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$799,616 UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP') Super PAC Apr 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$799,616 UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP') Super PAC May 7, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$600,000 UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP') Super PAC Apr 2, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$600,000 UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP') Super PAC Apr 2, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$445,069 UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP') Super PAC Apr 9, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$445,069 UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP') Super PAC Apr 9, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$445,069 UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP') Super PAC Apr 16, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$445,069 UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP') Super PAC Apr 16, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$400,867 UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP') Super PAC Apr 23, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$400,867 UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP') Super PAC Apr 23, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$175,000 PRO-CHOICE MAJORITY 2024 Super PAC May 10, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$175,000 PRO-CHOICE MAJORITY 2024 Super PAC May 10, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$160,028 UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP') Super PAC Apr 5, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules

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

Sponsored legislation (1 as lead sponsor)

Social media

Recent posts

  • Incredible storytelling, exhibits, resources, food, and more — the Howard County Juneteenth Block Party and Community Day had it all!
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  • It’s not every day I get to celebrate some real environmental wins — and nerd out about whole watershed restoration with people equally as passionate about preserving the Chesapeake Bay!
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  • This year may be only the sixth time we’ve celebrated Juneteenth as a federal holiday – but it's a culmination of over a century and a half of pushing for recognition and years of work preserving our history, even in its darkest moments.
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  • After 14 servicemembers' lives were lost and untold billions of taxpayer dollars were spent, I would hope that America is better off than we were before the President’s war. But that is simply not the case.
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  • 161 years ago today, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, with the news of President Lincoln’s nationwide abolition of slavery – over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued.
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  • As a proud member of the @laborcaucus.house.gov and daughter of a union rail worker, I’ve been fighting to protect the rights and benefits of our union workers since day one. I’m incredibly proud to have received a perfect score on @ibewinternational.bsky.social’s Vote Scorecard!
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  • Greater mental health support, expanded community schools, fostering partnerships between Head Start and our community colleges to both increase childcare opportunities AND educate the next generation of early childhood educators: just a few topics brainstormed at yesterday’s…
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  • The Constitution gives Congress the sole power to declare war. Despite the latest news of the President’s deal with Iran, President Trump’s reckless war with Iran has now been waged for over 100 days.
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  • Let’s be clear: President Trump’s UFC fight had nothing to do with patriotism and everything to do with corruption. The Trump Administration used government land to host the fight, knowing President Trump held shares in both UFC and Paramount.
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  • Happy Islamic New Year 🌙 The new Hijri year and the month of Muharram symbolize a time for spiritual renewal, reflection, and growth. For all those who celebrate in #MD03 and beyond, may this new year bring peace and prosperity to you and your loved ones.
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  • Just last week, Senate Republicans voted to strike down an expansion of health care coverage for military families’ fertility treatments – even though this provision was supported bipartisanly in the last two NDAAs.
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  • 📱Are you a middle or high schooler in #MD03 with a creative idea for an app? Our 2026 Congressional App Challenge is officially open! Submit your app by October 26th for a chance to present your app here in Washington.
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