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Terri A. Sewell

Terri A. Sewell

Democratic · AL U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

Service history

16 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2011

  • Representative AL-7 2011–present

Background

  • background Born January 1, 1965; lawyer
  • background Princeton, Harvard Law School, Oxford graduate
  • background Securities/public finance lawyer; first Black woman partner at Maynard, Cooper & Gale
  • role U.S. representative for Alabama's 7th district (since 2011)
  • achievement First African-American woman elected to Congress from Alabama
  • achievement One of first women elected to Congress from Alabama in regular election

Campaign finance

2022 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House AL-07 · 2026 General Election

  • $2,359,061 raised
  • $1,706,609 spent
  • $2,895,932 cash on hand
$2.36M
$2.35M
$666.13K
Itemized (≥ $200)$565.07K
Unitemized (< $200)$101.06K
Other committees (PACs)$1.68M
Offsets to expenditures$13.19K
$1.71M
Operating expenditures$1.49M
Contribution refunds$8.89K
Other disbursements$210.56K
Cash on hand$2.90M
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through December 31, 2022 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Dec 31, 2022)

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.

Terri A. Sewell campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2010$1,802,833$1,766,658$36,018
2012$1,205,400$863,804$377,614
2014$1,511,863$1,468,013$421,464
2016$1,630,080$1,087,018$964,526
2018$1,785,099$1,178,352$1,571,272
2020$2,171,040$1,498,832$2,243,480
2022$2,359,061$1,706,609$2,895,932
2024$3,036,771$2,462,142$3,470,561
2026$1,933,864$1,635,788$3,768,636

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.

  • 12
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 560 cosponsored

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

  • 0
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 12 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.

  • 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.

  • 4
    Disclosed stock trades →

    4 tickers

    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.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Terri A. Sewell. 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 (7)

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 $16,100
  • GRAIL $15,700
  • CHARTER BROKERAGE LLC $10,850
  • ROCKY RESEARCH $9,900
  • CHARTER BROKERAGE $8,800
  • UNIVERSITY OF AL $7,500
  • GRAIL LLC $7,000
  • THE FORD FOUNDATION $6,600
  • PROTECTIVE LIFE CORPORATION $6,600
  • MCWANE, INC $6,600

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? →

  • 2024 cycle $68,692 supporting · $0 opposing · 1 outside group

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

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

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

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Connections network

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Sewell 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 10060Presidential Tax Accountability and Audit Integrity ActcosponsoredAug 5, 2026
  • HR 9970RESCUE Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 26, 2026
  • HR 9936PERFORM ActcosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9922AI Transparency in Elections Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9849Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 21, 2026
  • HR 9873Inclusive Democracy Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 21, 2026
  • HR 9827Wildfire Reduction Market Expansion Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 21, 2026
  • HR 9890Polling Place Standards ActcosponsoredJul 21, 2026
  • HR 9817Justice for Incarcerated Moms ActcosponsoredJul 20, 2026
  • HR 9736Stop CHEATERS ActcosponsoredJul 15, 2026
  • HR 9693Patients First Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 14, 2026
  • HRES 1420Honoring the 31st International President and CEO of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Danette Anthony Reed.cosponsoredJul 5, 2026
  • HR 9457Diversity Visa Protection and Modernization ActcosponsoredJun 24, 2026
  • HR 9489GRACE for Military Survivors ActcosponsoredJun 24, 2026
  • HR 9442Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium ActcosponsoredJun 23, 2026
  • HR 9432LIFT the BAR ActcosponsoredJun 23, 2026
  • HR 9383Small Business and Consumer Credit Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 21, 2026
  • HR 9269Renewing the African American Civil Rights Network ActcosponsoredJun 10, 2026
  • HR 9289Keep Public Funds in Public Schools Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 10, 2026
  • HR 9250Great American Outdoors Act 250cosponsoredJun 9, 2026
  • HR 9195Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy ActcosponsoredJun 7, 2026
  • HRES 1342Expressing support for the designation of June 5, 2026, as "National Gun Violence Awareness Day" and June 2026 as "National Gun Violence Awareness Month".cosponsoredJun 3, 2026
  • HR 9100Modernizing Agricultural and Manufacturing Bonds ActcosponsoredJun 1, 2026
  • HRES 1323Recognizing the impact the stigmatization of menstruation has on the lives of women, girls, and people who menstruate, and expressing support for the designation of the month of May as "National Menstrual Health Awareness Month".cosponsoredMay 21, 2026
  • HR 8959Semiconductor Superiority ActcosponsoredMay 20, 2026
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Committee activity

Committee votes cast

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