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Joe Courtney

Joe Courtney

Democratic · CT U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

Service history

20 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2007

  • Representative CT-2 2007–present

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House CT-02 · 2026 General Election

  • $760,424 raised
  • $508,302 spent
  • $603,234 cash on hand

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

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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.

Joe Courtney campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2002$1,235,567$1,233,224$2,342
2004$24,747$27,089$0

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 3 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.

  • 11
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 217 cosponsored

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

  • 0
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 11 bills sponsored

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

  • 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.

  • 6
    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.

  • 162
    Disclosed stock trades →

    73 tickers · 48 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 Joe Courtney. 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 House median 100.0%

Full voting record (3 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 3 of 645 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Committee assignments (6)

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).

  • NULL $24,020
  • ELECTRIC BOAT $15,150
  • GENERAL DYNAMICS ELECTRIC BOAT $12,000
  • BIRDON $6,650
  • CEDAR ISLAND MARINA $6,600
  • LEVENTHAL PUGA BRALEY P.C. $5,800
  • INVERSANT $5,400
  • READCO MANAGEMENT $4,300
  • PMR $4,300
  • ACMT $4,300

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

See the outside-money leaderboard →

Issue positions (1)

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 Courtney, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

  • Committee oversight & trading — defense coverage: high

    Sits on the House Committee on Armed Services, which oversees the defense sector, and disclosed 2 defense-sector trades (disclosed amounts up to $30,000) between Dec 2019 and Aug 2020.

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

  • Committee oversight & trading — health coverage: high

    Sits on the House Committee on Education and Workforce — Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, which oversees the health sector, and disclosed 2 health-sector trades (disclosed amounts up to $30,000) between Dec 2019 and Aug 2020.

    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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Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

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

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Connections network

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Courtney 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
  • HR 9974Young Farmer Success ActcosponsoredJul 26, 2026
  • HR 9941Right to IVF Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9735CLINIC Assistance ActsponsoredJul 15, 2026
  • HR 9638Sunshine for Our Kids Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 8, 2026
  • HR 9517UNLOCK AUKUS ActcosponsoredJun 28, 2026
  • HRES 1380Commemorating 50 years of women at the service academies.cosponsoredJun 22, 2026
  • HR 9226Connecticut River Watershed Partnership ActcosponsoredJun 8, 2026
  • HR 9164FRESH ActcosponsoredJun 3, 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 8914No Taxpayer-Funded Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 19, 2026
  • HR 8925Job Corps and Skilled Defense Workforce ActsponsoredMay 19, 2026
  • HCONRES 103Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.cosponsoredMay 19, 2026
  • HR 8831Protecting Our Democracy ActcosponsoredMay 13, 2026
  • HRES 1278Reaffirming congressional support for the Taiwan Relations Act and longstanding bipartisan Taiwan policy.cosponsoredMay 11, 2026
  • HR 8765Prioritizing Primary Care Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 11, 2026
  • HR 8707No Funds for Iran War ActcosponsoredMay 6, 2026
  • HRES 1252Resolution memorializing law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.cosponsoredMay 3, 2026
  • HR 8592No WAR ActcosponsoredApr 29, 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.sponsoredApr 22, 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".sponsoredApr 8, 2026
  • HR 8200Interstate Ferry Fairness ActcosponsoredApr 5, 2026
  • HR 8175To amend title 10, United States Code, and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994, to codify and clarify gender neutral standards for members of certain Armed Forces, and for other purposes.cosponsoredApr 1, 2026
  • HR 8194Agent Orange Service Medal ActcosponsoredApr 1, 2026
  • HR 8045Student Loan Interest Elimination ActsponsoredMar 23, 2026
  • HR 7973Momnibus ActcosponsoredMar 17, 2026
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Committee activity

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