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Donald Norcross

Donald Norcross

Democratic · NJ U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

Service history

13 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2014

  • Representative NJ-1 2014–present

Background

  • background Born December 13, 1958; labor leader
  • background Leadership of IBEW Local 351; president of Southern NJ AFL-CIO Central Labor Council
  • role New Jersey General Assembly (2009); appointed to NJ State Senate (2010)
  • role U.S. representative for New Jersey's 1st district since 2014; succeeded Rob Andrews
  • role Member of Armed Services and Education and Labor Committees
  • role Member of Congressional Progressive Caucus, New Democrat Coalition, Bipartisan Building Trades Caucus

Campaign finance

2020 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House NJ-01 · 2026 General Election

  • $2,236,982 raised
  • $1,102,257 spent
  • $1,924,664 cash on hand
$2.24M
$2.22M
$1.12M
Itemized (≥ $200)$1.08M
Unitemized (< $200)$43.82K
Party committees$60.22
Other committees (PACs)$1.10M
Offsets to expenditures$13.33K
Other receipts$1.32K
$1.10M
Operating expenditures$1.04M
Contribution refunds$1.66K
Other disbursements$63.56K
Cash on hand$1.92M
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through December 31, 2020 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Dec 31, 2020)

Finance updated: Jul 23, 2026

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Donald Norcross campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2014$2,102,534$2,076,614$25,920
2016$2,431,549$2,358,006$99,463
2018$2,194,158$1,503,682$789,939
2020$2,236,982$1,102,257$1,924,664
2022$2,168,424$3,536,139$556,948
2024$2,200,276$1,049,736$1,707,488
2026$1,657,743$999,633$2,365,599

Track record

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.

  • 84.5%
    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.

  • 20
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 313 cosponsored

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

  • 0
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 20 bills sponsored

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

  • 96%
    Party-unity voting →

    votes with the party majority · median 99% · on 376 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.

  • 4%
    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.

  • 7
    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
    Disclosed stock trades →

    1 tickers · 1 in a sector a committee they sit on oversees

    Disclosed trades are legally required public filings (STOCK Act), not evidence of wrongdoing; trades may be executed by a manager or held in a blind trust.

  • 2
    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 Donald Norcross. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

84.5%
of House roll calls voted House median 100.0% · −15.5 pts below median

Full voting record (619 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 619 of 645 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Committee assignments (7)

Industry PAC support

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

Total disclosed PAC money: $2,950,149. Industry is approximated from a curated map; individual (non-PAC) donations are listed separately above.

Top PAC contributors (10)
  • ACTBLUE $40,500
  • UNITE HERE TIP CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE $30,000
  • TRANSDIGM GROUP INC. EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $30,000
  • INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $30,000
  • INTL UNION OF BRICKLAYERS & ALLIED CRAFTWORKERS PAC $30,000
  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION $30,000
  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E $30,000
  • THE BOEING COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $30,000 · Defense
  • LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $30,000 · Defense
  • SHEET METAL AND AIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $30,000

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • WESTERN EXTRUSIONS $26,000
  • HOLTEC INTERNATIONAL $14,150
  • COOPER UNIVERSITY HEALTH CARE $13,200
  • CURRENT MASTER ELECTRIC $13,200
  • BACH ASSOCIATES, PC $13,200
  • ACACIA FINANCIAL $12,400
  • BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH $12,400
  • CSMI, LLC $11,600
  • ENVIRONMENTAL RESOLUTIONS, INC $11,410
  • VIRTUA HEALTH $10,500

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2026 cycle $10 supporting · $0 opposing · 1 outside group
  • 2024 cycle $2,510 supporting · $0 opposing · 2 outside groups

See the outside-money leaderboard →

Issue positions (11)

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

Stock trades (STOCK Act)

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Norcross, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

  • Committee oversight & campaign money — defense coverage: medium

    Sits on the House Committee on Armed Services, which oversees the defense sector, and received 23 PAC contributions from defense-sector political action committees totaling $204,000 (recent cycles).

    PAC industry is approximated from a curated keyword map, and only members with an FEC candidate id on file are covered — real totals may be higher.

    FEC PAC contributions
  • Committee oversight & campaign money — health coverage: medium

    Sits on the House Committee on Education and Workforce — Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, which oversees the health sector, and received 21 PAC contributions from health-sector political action committees totaling $81,700 (recent cycles).

    PAC industry is approximated from a curated keyword map, and only members with an FEC candidate id on file are covered — real totals may be higher.

    FEC PAC contributions

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Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

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

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Connections network

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

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

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Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)

Data from Congress.gov

200
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills
  • HRES 1483Expressing support for the recognition of August 17 through August 23, 2026, as "Warehouse Worker Recognition Week", celebrating the workers in the logistics industry.cosponsoredAug 12, 2026
  • HR 9902Federal Naming Standards ActcosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9790Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act 2.0 of 2026sponsoredJul 19, 2026
  • HR 9733Interagency Council on Affordable Housing Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 15, 2026
  • HR 9684PATH ActsponsoredJul 13, 2026
  • HRES 1427Expressing support for the designation of July 10th as Journeyman Lineworkers Recognition Day.cosponsoredJul 12, 2026
  • HRES 1392Supporting the designation of a "National Learn to Swim Week" beginning on the 4th Sunday in June.sponsoredJun 24, 2026
  • HR 9396Prior Authorization Accountability ActcosponsoredJun 22, 2026
  • HR 9414Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 22, 2026
  • HRES 1380Commemorating 50 years of women at the service academies.cosponsoredJun 22, 2026
  • HR 9336Better Care, Better Cost ActcosponsoredJun 17, 2026
  • HR 9289Keep Public Funds in Public Schools Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 10, 2026
  • HR 9166Student Loan Refinancing Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 3, 2026
  • HR 9057COOL Online ActcosponsoredMay 28, 2026
  • HR 8924Mullica River Watershed Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 19, 2026
  • HRES 1286Calling for a trade policy that supports workers, consumers, independent farmers, small businesses, and the environment.cosponsoredMay 13, 2026
  • HR 8798Universal School Meals Program Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 12, 2026
  • HRES 1239Condemning antisemitic hate-filled rhetoric and content disseminated by prominent online personalities, and urging social media platforms and public leaders to denounce and address such conduct.cosponsoredApr 29, 2026
  • HRES 1236Expressing support for the designation of May 2026 as "Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month".cosponsoredApr 28, 2026
  • HRES 1219Expressing support for the month of April as "Sikh History Month".cosponsoredApr 27, 2026
  • HR 8555Living Wage For All ActcosponsoredApr 27, 2026
  • HRES 1209Recognizing the significance of "Community College Month" in April as a celebration of more than 1,000 institutions throughout the United States supporting access to higher education, workforce training, and more, broadly sustaining and advancing the Nation's economic prosperity.cosponsoredApr 22, 2026
  • HR 8326To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 16 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr Drive in Willingboro, New Jersey, as the "James A. Cotten Post Office".cosponsoredApr 15, 2026
  • HJRES 155Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program".cosponsoredApr 8, 2026
  • HR 8119HOPE with Fertility Services ActcosponsoredMar 25, 2026
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills

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Committee activity

Committee votes cast

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