Representative · MD-6 · Democrat · since Jan 2025

April McClain Delaney

Bills authored 14Missed votes 17 of 524Party unity 51% derived

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

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Who they are · every sentence carries its source

Before the votes, a life.

April McClain Delaney was born in 1964 in Buhl, Idaho, where she grew up on a potato farm.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: April McClain Delaney} She earned a bachelor's degree from Northwestern University in 1986 and a law degree from Georgetown University in 1989.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: April McClain Delaney} Before entering electoral politics, she worked as a media lawyer, directed the Washington, D.C., division of the nonprofit Common Sense Media, and served as deputy administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: April McClain Delaney}

McClain Delaney ran for Maryland's 6th congressional district in 2024, seeking the seat previously held by her husband.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: April McClain Delaney} She won the election and took office in 2025, taking committee assignments on Agriculture and Science, Space, and Technology.^{Source 1: April McClain Delaney — Biographical Directory of the United States Congress}^{Source 3: Wikipedia: April McClain Delaney}

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The path here

1986
Graduated from Northwestern University with a bachelor's degree in communications.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: April McClain Delaney}
1989
Earned a Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: April McClain Delaney}
2006
Founded the Washington, D.C., division of Common Sense Media.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: April McClain Delaney}
2022-2023
Served as deputy administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: April McClain Delaney}
2025-Present
Serving as U.S. Representative for Maryland's 6th congressional district.^{Source 1: April McClain Delaney — Biographical Directory of the United States Congress}^{Source 3: Wikipedia: April McClain Delaney}

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

96.76% attendance · all roll calls we have ingested

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1April McClain Delaney — Biographical Directory of the United States Congressbioguideopen source
3Wikipedia: April McClain Delaneywikipediaopen 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

24,676VOTES

2024 margin of victory · 6.55%

fusion_combined

Certified result

96.76%

Attendance

house median 97.9% (431 members)

NOV'26

Next election · general

in 51 days

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Before Congress

1986 Graduated from Northwestern University with a bachelor's degree in communications.
1989 Earned a Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center.
2006 Founded the Washington, D.C., division of Common Sense Media.
2022-2023 Served as deputy administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
2025-Present Serving as U.S. Representative for Maryland's 6th congressional district.

House Committee on AgricultureHouse Committee on Science, Space, and TechnologyHouse Committee on Agriculture · Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development subcommitteeHouse Committee on Agriculture · Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology subcommitteeHouse Committee on Science, Space, and Technology · Research and Technology subcommittee14 bills authored · 0 enacted

Says vs. does · 72 issues in 6 clusters

Stated position vs. voting record.

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The stats, cluster by cluster

6 clusters · 72 issues · sorted by gap size

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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 tradesLagged · 12%
Lobbyist meetingsNot disclosed · 32%

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Who funds them · 2026 cycle · FEC through Jun 30, 2026

$12.3MTotal raised · 1 ▪ = $400.0K · 31 units, rounded up

PAC contributions$377.3K · 3.1%
Itemized individual$834.4K · 6.8%
Small-dollar (≤$200)$34.8K · 0.3%
All other$11.1M · 89.9%

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)-0.289

Social (dim 2)0.064

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

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