# Josh Gottheimer

Josh Gottheimer is a Democratic member of the U.S. House for New Jersey’s 5th district.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: U.S. House, New Jersey’s 5th district
- Serving since: 2017-01-03
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: G000583
- FEC candidate IDs: H6NJ05171

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/G000583 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

0.8% of Gottheimer’s individual money in the 2026 cycle came in gifts of $200 or less, in the bottom 5% of House Democrats (median 13%).

## What Gottheimer says (119th Congress (2025–27))

2,730 classified statements: 2,548 posts on X, 110 press releases, 53 Congressional Record speeches, 19 newsletters. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Gottheimer | House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.1% | 6.6% | 173 of 216 |
| Policy criticism | 22.4% | 27.5% | 157 of 216 |
| Policy discussion | 72.7% | 73.2% | 129 of 216 |
| Bipartisanship | 17.7% | 9.8% | 22 of 216 |
| Credit claiming | 30.3% | 22.7% | 38 of 216 |
| Extreme labels | 3.9% | 1.9% | 18 of 216 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 22% (House Democrats 26%); Armed Forces and National Security 20% (House Democrats 16%); Economics and Public Finance 13% (House Democrats 20%); International Affairs 12% (House Democrats 8.4%); Transportation and Public Works 11% (House Democrats 5.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.45 (standard error 0.01), from 10,010 donors and 4,866 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 97% of House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 88% (House Democrats 96.9%). Party unity 87% (96.4%). 55 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S. 2403 Retire through Ownership Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190674
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Passage · H.J.Res. 213 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190671
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Passage · H.R. 10326 PROOF Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190670
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190669
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · H.R. 5334 An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190668
- 2026-09-15 · voted nay · On Passage · H.J.Res. 210 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190666
- 2026-09-15 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · H.R. 2140 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190664
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 3276 Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190657
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 4219 National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190656
- 2026-09-03 · voted not voting · On Passage · H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190655

## Legislation (119th Congress (2025–27))

Sponsored 100 bills: 100 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 963. 2.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats 4.9%; rank 126 of 207).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.R. 10872: Combatting Auto Robbery at the Source Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-10-22) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10872
- H.R. 10821: To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to make changes to the Standard Maximum Deposit Insurance Amount, and for other purposes. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10821
- H.R. 10757: To provide for a limitation on contributions to the United Nations. (in committee, 2026-10-06) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10757
- H.Res. 1618: Recognizing the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks on Israel, honoring the victims and the hostages, and calling for the complete… (in committee, 2026-10-06) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1618
- H.Res. 1612: Honoring Captain Smit Machchhar and the crew and passengers of Flydubai Flight 1073, and condemning the attempted terrorist attack on that flight. (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1612
- H.R. 10670: China FIREWALL Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10670
- H.R. 10671: Securing Our Critical Infrastructure Act (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10671
- H.R. 10519: To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, to establish a Critical… (in committee, 2026-09-21) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10519
- H.R. 10405: Kylie’s Voices for Childhood Cancer Act (in committee, 2026-09-16) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10405
- H.R. 10362: Stop Rogue AI Act (in committee, 2026-09-14) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10362

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $5.8M (House Democrats median $2.0M). 0.8% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 19% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepJoshG/status/2114703596751348067
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepJoshG/status/2114748897025204434
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepJoshG/status/2114794195818873199
- 2026-10-26 · Press release · RELEASE: Gottheimer Leads Intelligence Committee Trip to Djibouti · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://gottheimer.house.gov/posts/release-gottheimer-leads-intelligence-committee-trip-to-djibouti
- 2026-10-26 · Press release · PHOTO RELEASE: Gottheimer Joins St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church’s Greek Festival in Wyckoff · https://gottheimer.house.gov/posts/photo-release-gottheimer-joins-st-nicholas-greek-orthodox-churchs-greek-festival-in-wyckoff
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepJoshG/status/2114250608362532925
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepJoshG/status/2114343217739010287
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepJoshG/status/2114386508060807637
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepJoshG/status/2114431801867505875
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepJoshG/status/2113978823217914154

## Links

- Official site: https://gottheimer.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/RepJoshG
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepJoshG
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/RepJoshG
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/G000583

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/G000583