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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

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.

  • 100.0%
    Roll-call participation →

    voted in 17 recorded roll calls

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

  • 7
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 189 cosponsored

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

  • 0
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 7 bills sponsored

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

  • 88%
    Party-unity voting

    votes with the party majority · on 8 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.

  • 13%
    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.

  • 2
    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.

  • 6
    Disclosed stock trades →

    5 tickers · 2 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.

  • 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 James A. Himes. 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

100.0%
of House roll calls voted

Full voting record (17 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 17 of 676 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Issue positions (3)

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

Campaign finance

2024 cycle

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

  • $2,120,398 raised
  • $1,672,878 spent
  • $2,106,818 cash on hand
$2.12M
$1.95M
$916.29K
Itemized (≥ $200)$821.09K
Unitemized (< $200)$95.19K
Other committees (PACs)$1.03M
Offsets to expenditures$339.78
Other receipts$169.77K
$1.67M
Operating expenditures$830.17K
Contribution refunds$7.42K
Other disbursements$835.29K
Cash on hand$2.11M
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through December 31, 2024 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Dec 31, 2024)

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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Sponsored / cosponsored bills (196)

Data from Congress.gov

196
Page 1 of 8 · 196 bills
  • HR 10600Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2026cosponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • HCONRES 115Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with presidentially designated terrorist organizations in the Western Hemisphere.cosponsoredSep 1, 2026
  • HR 10223End Tuberculosis Now Act of 2026cosponsoredSep 1, 2026
  • HR 10142Multi-State Worker Tax Fairness Act of 2026sponsoredAug 23, 2026
  • HR 10125NO PROFIT ActsponsoredAug 19, 2026
  • HR 9983Lori Jackson-Nicolette Elias Domestic Violence Survivor Protection ActsponsoredJul 29, 2026
  • HR 9471SAFE Banking Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 24, 2026
  • HR 9250Great American Outdoors Act 250cosponsoredJun 9, 2026
  • HJRES 189Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Reimagining and Improving Student Education-Federal Student Loan Program Final Regulations".cosponsoredMay 20, 2026
  • HR 8707No Funds for Iran War ActcosponsoredMay 6, 2026
  • HR 8717Negating Neighborhood Noise Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 6, 2026
  • HRES 1250Expressing support for United States forces to remain as a part of the Kosovo Force.cosponsoredApr 29, 2026
  • HRES 1218Recognizing the importance of the special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom and welcoming the visit of King Charles III to the United States.cosponsoredApr 27, 2026
  • HCONRES 86Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.cosponsoredApr 19, 2026
  • HR 8200Interstate Ferry Fairness ActcosponsoredApr 5, 2026
  • HR 8205Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Reauthorization Act of 2026cosponsoredApr 5, 2026
  • HR 7973Momnibus ActcosponsoredMar 17, 2026
  • HRES 1107Memorializing Rev. Jesse Jackson by flying the flag of the United States at halfstaff.cosponsoredMar 4, 2026
  • HR 7792Property Improvement and Manufactured Housing Loan Modernization Act of 2026sponsoredMar 3, 2026
  • HR 7806Direct File Act of 2026cosponsoredMar 3, 2026
  • HR 7802DISCLOSE Act of 2026cosponsoredMar 3, 2026
  • HR 7740African American History Act of 2026cosponsoredFeb 25, 2026
  • HR 7599Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2026cosponsoredFeb 16, 2026
  • HR 7531Healthy Families ActcosponsoredFeb 11, 2026
  • HR 7481Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026cosponsoredFeb 10, 2026
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Committee assignments (2)

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

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

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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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Stock trades (STOCK Act)

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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Data from Congress.gov · FEC

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

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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.