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CIVIC HERALD
Josh Gottheimer

5th term · 9.7 years in office: 4 full terms completed, 1 in progress.

Representative · NJ-5 · Democrat · since Jan 2017

Josh Gottheimer

Bills authored 41Missed votes 75 of 524Party unity 55% derived, how we compute this

Counted from 524 roll calls and 407 sponsorship records on file.

Stray indexpending review

Who they are

We don't publish a biography until a person has checked every sentence against its source. There isn't a reviewed one for this member yet. That is a gap in our review queue, and it says nothing about them.

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

9.7YRS

In office · 5th term · since Jan 2017

43,072VOTES

2024 margin of victory · 11.28%

Certified result

85.69%

Attendance

house median 97.9% (431 members)

NOV'26

Next election · general

in 51 days

Figures cover all roll calls we have ingested.

House Committee on Financial ServicesHouse Permanent Select Committee on IntelligenceHouse Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence · National Security Agency and Cyber subcommittee ranking memberHouse Committee on Financial Services · Capital Markets subcommitteeHouse Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence · Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture subcommitteeHouse Committee on Financial Services · Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence subcommitteeHouse Committee on Financial Services · National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions subcommittee41 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 46 of 100 toward FISCAL RESTRAINT.
  • Safety & enforcement: not yet stated; voted 53 of 100 toward STRICTER ENFORCEMENT.
  • Immigration: not yet stated; voted 44 of 100 toward TIGHTER LIMITS.
  • Rights & liberty: not yet stated; voted 51 of 100 toward INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY.
  • Environment & energy: not yet stated; voted 61 of 100 toward CONSERVE & PROTECT.
  • Governance & oversight: not yet stated; voted 57 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 Jun 30, 2026Current · 34%
  • Corporate-PAC shareNot yet derived · 22%
  • Disclosed tradesThrough Jun 3, 2026Lagged · 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 Jun 30, 2026

$4.8MTotal raised · 1 ▪ = $125.0K · 39 units, rounded up

  • PAC contributions$882.1K · 18.5%
  • Itemized individual$3.2M · 67.7%
  • Small-dollar (≤$200)$20.7K · 0.4%
  • All other$635.2K · 13.3%
FEC filing totals ↗

Disclosed trades

  • ABBOTT LABORATORIES COMMON STOCKsell$1.0K–$15.0K
    May 27, 2026filing →
  • INTUIT INC. - COMMON STOCKsell$1.0K–$15.0K
    May 22, 2026filing →
  • LUMENTUM HOLDINGS INC. - COMMON STOCKbuy$1.0K–$15.0K
    May 22, 2026filing →
  • MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. - COMMON STOCKbuy$1.0K–$15.0K
    May 21, 2026filing →
  • MICROSOFT CORPORATION - COMMON STOCKbuy$250.0K–$500.0K
    May 19, 2026filing →
  • MICROSOFT CORPORATION - COMMON STOCKsell$500.0K–$1.0M
    May 19, 2026filing →
  • ANALOG DEVICES, INC. - COMMON STOCKbuy$1.0K–$15.0K
    May 19, 2026filing →
  • TRI POINTE HOMES, INC. COMMON STOCKsell$1.0K–$15.0K
    May 15, 2026filing →
  • PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC.buy$1.0K–$15.0K
    May 14, 2026filing →
  • NESTLE S.A S/ADRsell$1.0K–$15.0K
    May 14, 2026filing →

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

Ideology placement

Economic (dim 1)-0.165
Social (dim 2)0.216

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

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