Service history
4 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2023
- Representative NJ-7 2023–present
Background
- role 48th governor of New Jersey from 1982 to 1990
- role Chaired the 9/11 Commission from 2002 to 2004, releasing its report in 2004
- role Served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1968 to 1978, including as speaker from 1972 to 1973
- role Served as president of Drew University from 1990 to 2005
- background Former history teacher; graduated from Princeton University with a master's from Columbia's Teachers College
- background Born April 21, 1935
Campaign finance
2026 cycle
Incumbent for U.S. House NJ-07 · 2026 General Election
- $4,892,807 raised
- $1,306,888 spent
- $3,634,205 cash on hand
| $4.89M | |
| $3.15M | |
| $1.96M | |
| Itemized (≥ $200) | $1.74M |
| Unitemized (< $200) | $220.56K |
| Party committees | $5.00K |
| Other committees (PACs) | $1.19M |
| Transfers from other committees | $1.69M |
| Offsets to expenditures | $3.85K |
| Other receipts | $45.57K |
| $1.31M | |
| Operating expenditures | $1.27M |
| Contribution refunds | $41.19K |
| Cash on hand | $3.63M |
| Debts owed by committee | $0.00 |
Through June 30, 2026 · FEC
Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 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.
| Cycle | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $3,895,268 | $3,803,028 | $92,239 |
| 2022 | $4,386,743 | $4,388,177 | $90,805 |
| 2024 | $6,022,560 | $6,065,078 | $48,287 |
| 2026 | $4,892,807 | $1,306,888 | $3,634,205 |
Contributions received
Data from FEC
Recorded individual contributions: $29,341 ·
Track record
Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source
- 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.
- Bills sponsored →
plus 316 cosponsored
A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.
- Sponsored bills enacted →
of 28 bills sponsored
Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.
- Party-unity voting →
votes with the party majority · median 99% · on 334 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Disclosed stock trades →
8 tickers · 4 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.
- 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 Thomas H. Kean. 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
Full voting record (619 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 619 of 645 recorded roll calls
Committee assignments (7)
Data from Congress.gov committee memberships
- Energy and Commerce Committee · oversees Energy, Health, Technology, Telecom
- Foreign Affairs Committee
- Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee · oversees Technology, Telecom
- Communications and Technology Subcommittee · oversees Technology
- Health Subcommittee · oversees Health
- Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee
- South and Central Asia Subcommittee
Industry PAC support
Data from FEC — PAC (political action committee) contributions, 2026/2024/2022 cycles
Total disclosed PAC money: $3,082,362. Industry is approximated from a curated map; individual (non-PAC) donations are listed separately above.
- Finance $89,000 · 25 PACs
- Health $58,500 · 22 PACs
- Energy $46,000 · 21 PACs
- Telecom $42,500 · 12 PACs
- Technology $19,500 · 6 PACs
- Defense $19,000 · 10 PACs
Top PAC contributors (10)
- KEAN VICTORY FUND $38,203
- EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $30,000
- KOCHPAC- KOCH INDUSTRIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $30,000
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION PAC $29,000
- IBEW PAC VOLUNTARY FUND $25,000
- AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC $24,500
- MVL PAC $22,900
- WAKEPAC- WAKEFERN FOOD CORP. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $22,500
- ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANS $22,500
- CONSERVATIVE OPPURTUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ENTERPRISE PAC (COLE PAC) $22,000
Top contributors (FEC)
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? →
Issue positions (15)
Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills
- AbortionPartial oppose from votes
- Civil RightsPartial support from votes
- Climate & EnergyPartial oppose from votes
- Criminal JusticePartial support from votes
- DefensePartial support from votes
- Economy & TaxesPartial support from votes
- EducationPartial support from votes
- Foreign PolicyPartial support from votes
- Gun PolicyFull support from votes
- HealthcarePartial support from votes
- HousingPartial support from votes
- ImmigrationPartial oppose from votes
- Labor & WagesPartial support from votes
- Technology & PrivacyPartial support from votes
- Voting & ElectionsOppose from votes
Documented relationships
Documented facts about Kean, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.
- Committee oversight & trading — health coverage: high
Sits on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce — Health, which oversee the health sector, and disclosed 2 health-sector trades (disclosed amounts up to $100,000) between Jan 2023 and Feb 2023.
Counts only disclosed trades we could tag to a sector; sector coverage is partial, so the real total may be higher.
- Committee oversight & campaign money — health coverage: medium
Sits on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce — Health, which oversee the health sector, and received 22 PAC contributions from health-sector political action committees totaling $58,500 (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.
- Committee oversight & campaign money — energy coverage: medium
Sits on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which oversees the energy sector, and received 21 PAC contributions from energy-sector political action committees totaling $46,000 (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.
- Committee oversight & campaign money — telecom coverage: medium
Sits on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce — Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, which oversee the telecom sector, and received 12 PAC contributions from telecom-sector political action committees totaling $42,500 (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.
- Committee oversight & campaign money — technology coverage: medium
Sits on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce — Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce — Communications and Technology, which oversee the technology sector, and received 6 PAC contributions from technology-sector political action committees totaling $19,500 (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.
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Frequent co-sponsors
Connections network
Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)
- HR 10095To amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to provide per diem eligibility for required leave of members of the Foreign Service.cosponsoredAug 12, 2026
- HR 10028MOVE ActsponsoredAug 2, 2026
- HR 9893Stop Support for UNRWA Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
- HR 9845Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Enhancement Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 21, 2026
- HR 9858STRATA Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 21, 2026
- HR 9814988 Lifeline Location Improvement Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 20, 2026
- HRES 1444Expressing support for maintaining the designation of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.sponsoredJul 20, 2026
- HR 9709Medicare Premiums Reduction Act of 2026sponsoredJul 14, 2026
- HRES 1427Expressing support for the designation of July 10th as Journeyman Lineworkers Recognition Day.cosponsoredJul 12, 2026
- HR 9578Spot the Fakes ActcosponsoredJul 1, 2026
- HR 9551Mental Health Parity Enforcement and Funding ActsponsoredJun 29, 2026
- HR 9340Ratepayer Protection ActcosponsoredJun 17, 2026
- HR 9332Load Forecasting Enhancement ActcosponsoredJun 17, 2026
- HR 9250Great American Outdoors Act 250cosponsoredJun 9, 2026
- HR 9214TSP Modernization ActcosponsoredJun 8, 2026
- HR 9211Jewish American Security ActcosponsoredJun 8, 2026
- HR 9097American Manufacturing Revitalization Exchange Program Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 1, 2026
- HR 9061PREEMPT ActsponsoredMay 28, 2026
- HR 8857Next GEN Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 14, 2026
- HR 8776Officer Wellness and Peer Support 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
- HR 8433Countering Russia’s War on Faith ActcosponsoredApr 21, 2026
- HR 8413SECURE Data ActcosponsoredApr 20, 2026
- HRES 1199Recognizing linemen, the profession of linemen, the contributions of these brave men and women who protect public safety, and expressing support for the designation of April 18, 2026, as "National Lineman Appreciation Day".cosponsoredApr 19, 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
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Committee activity
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.
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