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James A. Himes

James A. Himes

Democratic · CT U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

18 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2009

  • role U.S. representative for Connecticut's 4th congressional district since 2009
  • role Ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence since 2023, a member since 2013
  • role Chaired the New Democrat Coalition in the 115th Congress (2017–2019)
  • background Businessman by background
  • background Born July 5, 1966

Issue positions (3)

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

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House CT-04 · 2026 General Election

  • $1,379,560 raised
  • $968,702 spent
  • $2,517,677 cash on hand
$1.38M
$1.25M
$416.58K
Itemized (≥ $200)$372.76K
Unitemized (< $200)$43.82K
Other committees (PACs)$830.50K
Offsets to expenditures$101.31
Other receipts$132.38K
$968.70K
Operating expenditures$591.04K
Contribution refunds$3.77K
Other disbursements$373.89K
Cash on hand$2.52M
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through June 30, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

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.

James A. Himes campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2008$3,940,034$3,909,942$30,092
2010$3,685,473$3,698,702$16,863
2012$3,035,222$2,289,994$762,091
2014$2,654,776$2,371,454$1,045,413
2016$2,167,399$1,144,648$2,068,164
2018$2,028,483$1,706,354$2,390,293
2020$1,632,647$2,199,740$1,823,200
2022$1,695,712$1,859,613$1,659,299
2024$2,120,398$1,672,878$2,106,818
2026$1,379,560$968,702$2,517,677

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).

  • Employer not reported $19,950
  • ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ $19,800
  • DIGITAL CURRENCY GROUP $16,100
  • FERMAT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC $15,200
  • COINBASE $14,200
  • GOLDMAN SACHS $11,900
  • APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT $10,600
  • OBSERVATORY GROUP $9,900
  • APOLLO $8,800
  • PROSHARE ADVISORS LLC $7,500

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 $10 supporting · $0 opposing · 1 outside group

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Documented relationships

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

  • Committee oversight & trading — finance coverage: high

    Sits on the House Committee on Financial Services, which oversees the finance sector, and disclosed 1 finance-sector trade (disclosed amounts up to $15,000) in Jul 2026.

    Counts only disclosed trades we could tag to a sector; sector coverage is partial, so the real total may be higher.

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Committee activity

Committee votes cast

Proceedings attended

Congress.gov publishes no attendance list, so this reflects the proceedings whose own record names this member — in an opening statement, an attendance roster or a vote sheet. It is not a complete attendance history.