Bonnie Watson Coleman

12 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2015

• Representative NJ-12 2015–present

• background Born in Camden, New Jersey; worked in civil rights and government roles before entering elected office
• role Served in New Jersey General Assembly from 1998 to 2015, including as majority leader (2006–2010)
• achievement First African-American woman elected to represent New Jersey in U.S. House of Representatives
• role U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 12th congressional district since 2015
• achievement Co-founded Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls in 2016

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

These are verifiable facts from the public record, assembled in one place and presented without judgment. They are not a score, a grade, or a ranking. Context matters: a missed vote may be excused, on leadership or committee duty, or paired; a party-unity rate reflects agenda alignment, not virtue or independence; a disclosed trade or a documented relationship is a required public filing, not evidence of wrongdoing. Each fact links to its full source below.

• 99.0%
  Roll-call participation →

  voted in 619 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

  Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

• 53
  Bills sponsored →

  plus 616 cosponsored

  A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

• 0
  Sponsored bills enacted →

  of 53 bills sponsored

  Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

• 100%
  Party-unity voting →

  votes with the party majority · median 99% · on 432 party-line votes

  Party-unity is how often a member votes with their own party's majority on party-line votes — it reflects agenda alignment, not loyalty, independence, or virtue.

• 0%
  Cross-party voting →

  votes with the other party's majority on those same votes

  The share of the same party-line votes cast with the OTHER party's majority — a descriptive rate, not a measure of principle.

• 0
  Documented positions →

  no positions documented yet

  Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

• 4
  Committee assignments →

  committees and subcommittees

  Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

• 1
  Documented relationships →

  neutral overlap signals (e.g., committee oversight of a traded sector)

  A documented relationship is a factual overlap in the public record — NOT evidence of wrongdoing.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Bonnie Watson Coleman. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

• Appropriations Committee
• Budget Committee
• Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee · oversees Health
• Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee

Data from FEC — PAC (political action committee) contributions, 2026/2024/2022 cycles

Total disclosed PAC money: $1,178,952. Industry is approximated from a curated map; individual (non-PAC) donations are listed separately above.

• Health $33,500 · 17 PACs
• Telecom $25,000 · 8 PACs
• Finance $24,250 · 11 PACs
• Energy $17,000 · 9 PACs
• Defense $10,500 · 7 PACs
• Technology $1,000 · 1 PAC

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

• AbortionPartial support from votes
• Civil RightsPartial support from votes
• Climate & EnergyPartial support from votes
• Criminal JusticePartial oppose from votes
• DefensePartial support from votes
• Economy & TaxesPartial support from votes
• EducationPartial support from votes
• Foreign PolicyPartial oppose from votes
• Gun PolicyPartial oppose from votes
• HealthcarePartial support from votes
• HousingPartial support from votes
• ImmigrationPartial support from votes
• Labor & WagesPartial support from votes
• Technology & PrivacyPartial support from votes
• Voting & ElectionsFull support from votes

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

Data from Congress.gov

The members Coleman most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Coleman connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

Data from Congress.gov