James A. Himes CT Democratic Representative

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Mr. James A. Himes
Current Democratic Representative
Connecticut District 04
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Voting record, 119th Congress

99.1%Attendance670 of 676 roll calls cast

6Roll calls missedAnswered “present” 4 times (counted as cast)

94.7%Voted with the Democratic majorityon the 471 party-line votes

10+Yea or Nay against the Democratic majorityon party-line votes

How these are counted

Attendance is the share of roll calls held while the member was in office on which they voted Yea, Nay or Present. A party-line vote is a roll call on which a majority of Republicans voted against a majority of Democrats. Voting with the Democratic majority is the share of the member’s cast votes on those roll calls that matched that majority.

Last 10 votes cast

Date	Measure	Question	Vote	Result
Sep 16, 2026	S. 2403Retire through Ownership Act	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.R. 9497Water Resources Development Act	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.R. 9340Ratepayer Protection Act	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.J.Res. 213Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision”	On Passage	Nay	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.R. 10326PROOF Act	On Passage	Nay	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.R. 9576National Fraud Enforcement Division Act	On Passage	Yea	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.R. 5334An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes	On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments	Nay	Passed
Sep 15, 2026	H.Con.Res. 93Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Yea	Passed
Sep 15, 2026	H.J.Res. 210Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision”	On Passage	Nay	Passed
Sep 15, 2026	H.R. 9500Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Passed

Latest 10 votes against the Democratic majority

Date	Measure	Member voted	Party majority
Jul 21, 2026	H.R. 6955Main Street Act	Yea	Nay
Jul 15, 2026	H.R. 8595	Nay	Yea
Jun 11, 2026	H.Res. 1335Condemning actors seeking to defraud the U.S. Government, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that government-wide fraud and improper payment prevention reforms will meaningfully improve the financial prosperity of the U.S., and that Federal program eligibility should be verifi…	Yea	Nay
Jun 10, 2026	H.R. 7892No Aid for Ghost Students Act	Yea	Nay
May 14, 2026	H.R. 5625Cashless Bail Reporting Act	Yea	Nay
Apr 30, 2026	H.R. 7567	Yea	Nay
Apr 29, 2026	S. 1318Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act	Yea	Nay
Apr 23, 2026	H.R. 5587HEATS Act	Yea	Nay
Feb 3, 2026	H.R. 7148Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026	Yea	Nay
Jan 9, 2026	H.R. 5184Affordable HOMES Act	Yea	Nay

Source: Congress.gov API · through the House’s last vote, Sep 16, 2026 · House Clerk roll calls

Bills, 119th Congress

6Sponsoredbills and resolutions introduced

189Cosponsored

0Sponsored that became law1 sponsored or cosponsored became law

56Cross-party cosponsorshipsbills from another party’s sponsor

33.3%Sponsored bills with a cross-party cosponsorH.R. and S. bills only

How these are counted

Sponsored counts every bill and resolution the member introduced; cosponsored excludes withdrawn cosponsorships. A cross-party cosponsorship is cosponsoring a measure whose sponsor belongs to another party. The last figure is the share of the member’s H.R. or S. bills with at least one cosponsor from another party.

Policy areas of the bills sponsored or cosponsored

Policy area	Bills
Health	40
International Affairs	22
Crime and Law Enforcement	20
Finance and Financial Sector	19
Armed Forces and National Security	9

Policy areas are assigned by the Congressional Research Service, one per bill. Top five shown.

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS · as of Oct 27, 2026

Votes by issue, 119th Congress

94.2%With the Democratic majorityon 463 issue votes

3Against both partiesmost Democrats and most Republicans voted the other way

22With the Republican majorityon party-line votes

This is not a left–right score. A vote against the party can come from either side of it; the list below shows who else voted the same way.

Issue	Votes	With the Democratic majority	Against both parties	With the Republican majority	Rank among Democrats
Economics and Public Finance	59	96.6%	0	2	118th of 219
Armed Forces and National Security	57	98.3%	0	1	34th of 218
Crime and Law Enforcement	28	92.9%	0	2	59th of 213
Energy	28	89.3%	0	3	190th of 213
Government Operations and Politics	27	81.5%	0	3	177th of 214
International Affairs	26	96.2%	1	0	51st of 213
Commerce	25	96.0%	0	1	74th of 211
Environmental Protection	25	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (108)
Public Lands and Natural Resources	24	95.8%	0	1	146th of 213
Finance and Financial Sector	23	87.0%	0	3	139th of 212
Congress	22	95.5%	0	1	71st of 213
Education	14	92.9%	0	1	116th of 199
Immigration	14	85.7%	0	2	157th of 211
Agriculture and Food	13	92.3%	0	1	138th of 211
Science, Technology, Communications	12	91.7%	1	0	109th of 198
Other issues (15)Fewer than 10 votes each: Transportation and Public Works, Emergency Management, Labor and Employment, Health, Taxation, Law, Native Americans, Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, Housing and Community Development, Animals, Foreign Trade and International Finance, Social Welfare, Families, Water Resources Development, Arts, Culture, Religion	66	97.0%	1	1	—

Rank: 1st = voted with the Democratic majority most often on that issue, among House Democrats who cast at least 10 votes on it.

Votes against the Democratic majority, by issue

Economics and Public Finance · 2

Jul 15, 2026 · Amendment to H.R. 8595 · Making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.
Voted Nay; most Democrats voted Yea, most Republicans Nay. Also voting Nay: 97 other Democrats.
Feb 3, 2026 · Amendment to H.R. 7148 · Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 20 other Democrats.

Armed Forces and National Security · 1

Apr 29, 2026 · S. 1318 · Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 41 other Democrats.

Crime and Law Enforcement · 2

May 14, 2026 · H.R. 5625 · Cashless Bail Reporting Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 95 other Democrats.
Feb 6, 2025 · H.R. 27 · HALT Fentanyl Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 97 other Democrats.

Energy · 3

Apr 23, 2026 · H.R. 5587 · HEATS Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 21 other Democrats.
Jan 9, 2026 · H.R. 5184 · Affordable HOMES Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 56 other Democrats.
Dec 11, 2025 · H.R. 3638 · Electric Supply Chain Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 50 other Democrats.

Government Operations and Politics · 3

Jun 11, 2026 · H.Res. 1335 · Condemning actors seeking to defraud the U.S. Government, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that government-wide fraud and improper paym…
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 22 other Democrats.
Nov 21, 2025 · H.Con.Res. 58 · Denouncing the horrors of socialism
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 85 other Democrats.
Jul 21, 2025 · H.R. 3095 · To direct the United States Postal Service to designate single, unique ZIP Codes for certain communities, and for other purposes
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 74 other Democrats.

International Affairs · 1

Jun 4, 2026 · H.Con.Res. 84 · Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from Lebanon
Voted Yea; most of both parties voted Nay. Also voting Yea: 90 other Democrats; 1 Republican: Thomas Massie.

Commerce · 1

Dec 3, 2025 · H.R. 4305 · DUMP Red Tape Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 58 other Democrats.

Public Lands and Natural Resources · 1

Jan 23, 2025 · H.R. 471 · Fix Our Forests Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 63 other Democrats.

Finance and Financial Sector · 3

Jul 21, 2026 · H.R. 6955 · Main Street Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 55 other Democrats.
Dec 11, 2025 · H.R. 3383 · Increasing Investor Opportunities Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 86 other Democrats.
Jul 17, 2025 · S. 1582 · GENIUS Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 101 other Democrats.

Congress · 1

Mar 6, 2025 · H.Res. 189 · Censuring Representative Al Green of Texas
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 9 other Democrats.

Education · 1

Jun 10, 2026 · H.R. 7892 · No Aid for Ghost Students Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 35 other Democrats.

Immigration · 2

Jun 26, 2025 · H.R. 875 · Jeremy and Angel Seay and Sergeant Brandon Mendoza Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 36 other Democrats.
Jan 16, 2025 · H.R. 30 · Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 60 other Democrats.

Agriculture and Food · 1

Apr 30, 2026 · Amendment to H.R. 7567 · Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 36 other Democrats.

Science, Technology, Communications · 1

Jul 14, 2026 · H.R. 139 · Sunshine Protection Act
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 94 other Democrats; 22 Republicans.

Transportation and Public Works · 1

Jul 13, 2026 · H.R. 8897 · Improving Travel for American Families Act
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 1 other Democrat: Jake Auchincloss; 10 Republicans.

Labor and Employment · 1

Mar 11, 2025 · H.R. 1156 · Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 82 other Democrats.

How these are counted

Each roll call takes the policy area the Library of Congress gave the bill it is about; a vote on an amendment counts under its bill. 468 of the House’s 676 roll calls this Congress have an issue. Left out as procedural (208): votes on House rules and the previous question, motions to recommit or adjourn, quorum calls and the Speaker election. “With the Democratic majority” counts every issue vote on which most Democrats voted the same way, Yea or Nay. “Against both parties” = most Democrats and most Republicans voted one way and this member the other. “With the Republican majority” = a party-line vote (most of each party on opposite sides) on which this member sided with the Republicans. Independents count with the party they caucus with.

Source: votes: Congress.gov API / Clerk of the House · issue areas: Library of Congress policy areas · votes through Sep 16, 2026

Committee assignments

Committee	Role	Side	Seniority rank
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence	Ranking Member	Minority	1
House Committee on Financial Services	Member	Minority	8

Seniority rank is the member’s order among their own party’s members on that committee; 1 is the most senior.

Source: congress-legislators (CC0) · as of Oct 27, 2026

Congress	Years	Chamber	Role	State	District
119th Congress	2025–present	House of Representatives	Representative	Connecticut (CT)	4
118th Congress	2023–2025	House of Representatives	Representative	Connecticut (CT)	4
117th Congress	2021–2023	House of Representatives	Representative	Connecticut (CT)	4
116th Congress	2019–2021	House of Representatives	Representative	Connecticut (CT)	4
115th Congress	2017–2019	House of Representatives	Representative	Connecticut (CT)	4
114th Congress	2015–2017	House of Representatives	Representative	Connecticut (CT)	4
113th Congress	2013–2015	House of Representatives	Representative	Connecticut (CT)	4
112th Congress	2011–2013	House of Representatives	Representative	Connecticut (CT)	4
111th Congress	2009–2011	House of Representatives	Representative	Connecticut (CT)	4

Elections

Elected to the 111th Congress on November 4, 2008; reelected to each succeeding Congress.¹

The election history as listed in the Congressional Directory.

Sources

Official Congressional Directory, 119th Congress (February 20, 2026 edition). U.S. Government Publishing Office for the Joint Committee on Printing.

Researched Oct 28, 2026. Each fact was checked against a saved copy of its source.

Overview Donors Disclosures

Campaign money, 2025–26 election cycle

$1,704,622Raised

$1,392,027Spent

$2,419,414Cash on hand

$0Debts owed by the campaign

Where the money came from

Source	Amount	Share
Individuals, itemizeddonors giving more than $200 in the cycle, named in filings	$493,704	29.0%
Individuals, unitemized$200 or less in the cycle, not named	$51,711	3.0%
PACs and other committees	$1,010,500	59.3%
Party committees	$0	0.0%
All other receiptstransfers, loans, refunds and offsets	$148,708	8.7%

Outside spending

Independent expenditures reported by groups not tied to the campaign: $10 supporting this candidate, $0 opposing. Details on FEC.gov

More on this campaign’s money

Source: Federal Election Commission, openFEC API · filings through Oct 14, 2026

Who gave, 2025–26 election cycle

Individual contributions by size

Contribution size	Amount	Share
$200 and under	$75,771	17.8%
$200.01 to $499.99	$21,050	5.0%
$500 to $999.99	$31,005	7.3%
$1,000 to $1,999.99	$74,000	17.4%
$2,000 and over	$222,700	52.5%

From the FEC’s contribution-size summary, which is compiled separately from the campaign’s totals, so these rows need not add up to the individual receipts on the Overview.

Top 10 states, itemized contributions

State	Amount
CT (home state)	$205,235
NY	$60,300
CA	$34,750
VA	$15,000
DC	$13,005
MD	$11,500
TN	$8,000
FL	$6,550
IL	$3,750
PR	$3,000

Top employers of individual donors

Employer named by donors	Amount
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS	$18,000
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT	$13,500
BLACKSTONE	$10,500
LHP CAPITAL LLC	$8,000
FREE + FAIR LITIGATION GROUP	$7,000
ANTHROPIC	$7,000
DE SHAW	$7,000
AI LAB WATCH	$7,000
ANDURIL INDUSTRIES	$7,000
LONE PINE CAPITAL	$7,000

Contributions from individuals who listed that employer, itemized only. Companies themselves cannot give to a federal candidate’s campaign.

Entries that name no employer, as written on the filings: NOT EMPLOYED $83,470 · N/A $33,300 · NONE $10,375 · SELF EMPLOYED $8,460.

Source: Federal Election Commission, openFEC API · filings through Oct 14, 2026

Personal financial disclosures

Filed	Covers	Filing	Document
Jul 1, 2026	2025	Annual report	PDF
May 13, 2026	2025	Extension request	PDF

Stock trades (periodic transaction reports)

2 reports on file (2 in 2026); latest filed Oct 20, 2026.

Filed	Document
Oct 20, 2026	PDF
Jul 20, 2026	PDF

The annual report lists assets, income and debts for the prior year and is due May 15; an extension of up to 90 days is allowed. A periodic transaction report lists a trade of more than $1,000 and is due within 45 days of it.

Source: Clerk of the House, financial disclosures · as of Oct 27, 2026

Profile External Sources

Profile

Facts from official records. The small numbers open each fact’s source.

At a glance

Born	July 5, 1966^1,2
Birthplace	Lima, Peru^1,2
Home town listed	Cos Cob, CT¹
Party	Democratic¹
In the House since	January 3, 2009²

Education

B.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1988
M.Phil., Oxford University, Oxford, England, 1990

As listed in the Congressional Directory.¹

Professional history

Vice president, Goldman Sachs and Co., 1990-2002
Vice president, Enterprise Community Partners, 2002-07
Commissioner, Greenwich Housing Authority
Chair, Greenwich Democratic Town Committee

As the member’s office lists it in the Congressional Directory, in that order.¹

Biographical Directory entry

HIMES, James A., a Representative from Connecticut; born in Lima, Peru, July 5, 1966; graduated from Hopewell Valley Central High School, Pennington, N.J.; A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1988; M. Phil., Oxford University, Oxford, England, 1990; banking executive; non-profit executive; member of the Greenwich, Conn., housing authority, 2003-2006; chairman, 2003-2006; member of the Greenwich, Conn., board of estimate and taxation, 2006-2007; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Eleventh and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2009-present); chair, Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth (One Hundred Seventeenth Congress).²

The official summary kept by the House and Senate historians, word for word.

Offices

Washington, DC

2137 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0704
202-225-5541

Local offices

City	Address	Phone
Stamford, CT	888 Washington Blvd., 10th Floor	203-353-9400
Bridgeport, CT	350 Fairfield Ave., Suite 603	203-333-6600

Office list: congress-legislators (CC0), as of Oct 27, 2026.

Sources

Official Congressional Directory, 119th Congress (February 20, 2026 edition). U.S. Government Publishing Office for the Joint Committee on Printing.
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Office of the Historian, U.S. House (History, Art & Archives).

Researched Oct 28, 2026. Each fact was checked against a saved copy of its source.

Voting record, 119th Congress

Last 10 votes cast

Latest 10 votes against the Democratic majority

Bills, 119th Congress

Policy areas of the bills sponsored or cosponsored

Sponsored legislation, newest first

Votes by issue, 119th Congress

Votes against the Democratic majority, by issue

Committee assignments

Floor remarks, 119th Congress

Elections

Sources

Campaign money, 2025–26 election cycle

Where the money came from

Outside spending

More on this campaign’s money

Who gave, 2025–26 election cycle

Individual contributions by size

Top 10 states, itemized contributions

Top employers of individual donors

Personal financial disclosures

Stock trades (periodic transaction reports)

Profile

At a glance

Education

Professional history

Biographical Directory entry

Offices

Sources

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