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1st term · 1.7 years in office: 0 full terms completed, 1 in progress.

Representative · MI-7 · Republican · since Jan 2025

Tom Barrett

Bills authored 30Missed votes 5 of 524Party unity 81% derived, how we compute this

Counted from 524 roll calls and 103 sponsorship records on file.

Provisionalunreviewed: stated positions
Stray indexpending review

Who they are · every sentence carries its source

Before the votes, a life.

Born in Southfield, Michigan, in 1981, Barrett graduated from Western Michigan University with a degree in political science.Source 3: Wikipedia: Tom Barrett (Michigan politician) He served in the United States Army and the Michigan Army National Guard for twenty-one years, deploying to South Korea, Guantanamo Bay, Kuwait, and Iraq.Source 3: Wikipedia: Tom Barrett (Michigan politician) Before entering public office, he worked as an analyst for the Michigan Department of Treasury.Source 3: Wikipedia: Tom Barrett (Michigan politician)

Barrett served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019 and the Michigan Senate from 2019 to 2023.Source 3: Wikipedia: Tom Barrett (Michigan politician) After an unsuccessful congressional campaign in 2022, he won election to the United States House of Representatives in 2024 to represent Michigan's 7th district.Source 1: Tom Barrett — Biographical Directory of the United States CongressSource 3: Wikipedia: Tom Barrett (Michigan politician)

In their own words

“I personally experienced this myself when trying to get scheduled for a routine audiology appointment. I got called by a VA scheduler, then they had to call a number of providers, then they called me back, and when they actually set the appointment, it was on a date that I was here in Washington and not back home in Michigan. I had to reschedule the entire thing and start all over again.”

Congressional Record · May 19, 2026 · Source

One rule for every member: their most recent dated, linkable statement about themselves.

The path here

  1. 2015-2019

    Served in the Michigan House of Representatives.Source 3: Wikipedia: Tom Barrett (Michigan politician)

  2. 2019-2023

    Served in the Michigan Senate.Source 3: Wikipedia: Tom Barrett (Michigan politician)

  3. 2022

    Retired from the Michigan Army National Guard as a Chief Warrant Officer 2.Source 3: Wikipedia: Tom Barrett (Michigan politician)

  4. 2025-Present

    Serving as the U.S. Representative for Michigan's 7th congressional district.Source 1: Tom Barrett — Biographical Directory of the United States CongressSource 2: Official website of Tom BarrettSource 3: Wikipedia: Tom Barrett (Michigan politician)

Next election: Nov 3, 2026general · in 51 days

99.05% attendance · all roll calls we have ingested

3 sources

  1. 1Tom Barrett — Biographical Directory of the United States Congressbioguideopen source
  2. 2Official website of Tom Barrettofficial profileopen source
  3. 3Wikipedia: Tom Barrett (Michigan politician)wikipediaopen source archived copy
Full record card

The record card · sourced from Bioguide, the Clerk and the FEC

1.7YRS

In office · 1st term · since Jan 2025

16,763VOTES

2024 margin of victory · 3.72%

Certified result

99.05%

Attendance

house median 97.9% (431 members)

NOV'26

Next election · general

in 51 days

Figures cover all roll calls we have ingested.

Before Congress

  1. 2015-2019 Served in the Michigan House of Representatives.
  2. 2019-2023 Served in the Michigan Senate.
  3. 2022 Retired from the Michigan Army National Guard as a Chief Warrant Officer 2.
  4. 2025-Present Serving as the U.S. Representative for Michigan's 7th congressional district.
House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureHouse Committee on Veterans' AffairsHouse Committee on Veterans' Affairs · Technology Modernization subcommittee chairHouse Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Aviation subcommitteeHouse Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management subcommitteeHouse Committee on Veterans' Affairs · Economic Opportunity subcommitteeHouse Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Highways and Transit subcommittee30 bills authored · 0 enacted

Says vs. does · 72 issues in 6 clusters

Stated position vs. voting record.

The dashed shape is what they campaigned on. The solid shape is how they voted. Where the shapes separate, the record differs from the platform. The distance is measured. What it means is up to you.

SaysDoes
  • Economy & taxes: not yet stated; voted 49 of 100 toward FISCAL RESTRAINT.
  • Safety & enforcement: not yet stated; voted 60 of 100 toward STRICTER ENFORCEMENT.
  • Immigration: not yet stated; voted 68 of 100 toward TIGHTER LIMITS.
  • Rights & liberty: not yet stated; voted 52 of 100 toward INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY.
  • Environment & energy: not yet stated; voted 37 of 100 toward CONSERVE & PROTECT.
  • Governance & oversight: not yet stated; voted 49 of 100 toward DISCLOSURE & AUDIT.
Rim = strongest position on each cluster’s named pole · Same scale for every member · How we score ▸

pending review

The stats, cluster by cluster

6 clusters · 72 issues · sorted by gap size

Each rail runs between two positions real bills take. ○ marks what they campaigned on; ▪ marks how they voted. Select a cluster to open its issues.

GapSorted by gap size · How we score ▸

Receipts · recent votes on passage

How they voted.

Money & ties

Who's behind them.

How complete is this money picture?

46%of the money categories we track are publicly disclosed for this member, counting those that lawfully lag.

  • Campaign financeThrough Jul 15, 2026Current · 34%
  • Corporate-PAC shareNot yet derived · 22%
  • Disclosed tradesLagged · 12%
  • Lobbyist meetingsNot disclosed · 32%

Disclosed by the FEC; we have not built the honest derivation — same for every member.

Members must disclose trades within 45 days; this picture is always at least that far behind.

A gap in the disclosure system, not a statement about this member — lobbyist meetings are not federally disclosed for any member of Congress.

Weights are fixed product-wide and disclosed, so this percentage is comparable across members.

Who funds them · 2026 cycle · FEC through Jul 15, 2026

$6.3MTotal raised · 1 ▪ = $200.0K · 32 units, rounded up

  • PAC contributions$1.6M · 24.7%
  • Itemized individual$1.7M · 27.1%
  • Small-dollar (≤$200)$1.6M · 26.0%
  • All other$1.4M · 22.1%
FEC filing totals ↗

Disclosed trades

We hold no disclosed-trade filings for this member. That is a gap in what we have loaded; it does not mean none were filed.

FEC OpenFEC · disclosed trades: House Clerk / Senate filings.

Ideology placement

Economic (dim 1)0.498
Social (dim 2)-0.166

Voteview DW-NOMINATE · retrieved Sep 7, 2026 — an external attributed reference, shown as context.

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