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U.S. Representative · New Jersey 5th District
Josh Gottheimer
DemocratDistrict D+2119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score83#8 of 431 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Josh Gottheimer’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office106 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3005
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Republicans · 6 signals
- StrongBroke with Democrats on 47 of 299 recorded votes on tracked billsVoted against the majority of House Democrats on 47 of the 299 recorded yea/nay votes they cast on tracked bills (16%). The median House Democratic broke on 4%; this member ranks 10 of 214 by break rate.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 5334 Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 7008 Stop Insider Trading Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 6955 Main Street Capital Access Act
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.Con.Res. 108 Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities in Lebanon.
- Sponsored or cosponsored:
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 9.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Financial ServicesMinority · 12th in seniority
- Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions
- Subcommittee on Capital Markets
- Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence
- House Permanent Select Committee on IntelligenceMinority · 8th in seniority
- Subcommittee on National Security Agency and CyberRanking Member
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
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Gottheimer← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.165 is 0.23 to the right of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress7House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v2 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 151–200 of 1962 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 9339Affordable Innovation for the Grid ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | No recorded vote | 83 | Swing |
| H.R. 9436Northeast Lobsterman Protection Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov |