# Kweisi Mfume

Kweisi Mfume is a Democratic member of the U.S. House for Maryland’s 7th district.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: U.S. House, Maryland’s 7th district
- Serving since: 1987-01-06
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: M000687
- FEC candidate IDs: H0MD07114, H6MD07020, S6MD03185

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/M000687 (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

Mfume raised $489.7K in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom tenth of House Democrats (median $2.0M).

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

483 classified statements: 316 posts on X, 118 press releases, 33 Congressional Record speeches, 16 newsletters. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Mfume | House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 6.6% | 6.6% | 89 of 216 |
| Policy criticism | 19.9% | 27.5% | 165 of 216 |
| Policy discussion | 69.2% | 73.2% | 160 of 216 |
| Bipartisanship | 9.7% | 9.8% | 88 of 216 |
| Credit claiming | 25.3% | 22.7% | 72 of 216 |
| Extreme labels | 3.7% | 1.9% | 23 of 216 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 37% (House Democrats 20%); Health 23% (House Democrats 26%); Economics and Public Finance 20% (House Democrats 20%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 17% (House Democrats 13%); Armed Forces and National Security 15% (House Democrats 16%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.99 (standard error 0.01), from 733 donors and 2,942 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 51% of House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 93.4% (House Democrats 96.9%). Party unity 99.3% (96.4%). 10 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 nay · 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 nay · On Passage · H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190655

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

Sponsored 16 bills: 16 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 346. 6.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats 4.9%; rank 60 of 207).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.R. 10345: EBOLA Act (in committee, 2026-09-10) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10345
- H.R. 7915: Clarence Mitchell, Jr. Statue Act (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7915
- H.R. 7740: African American History Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7740
- H.R. 7549: National Council on African American History and Culture Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7549
- H.Res. 1062: Denouncing statements by President Donald J. Trump that he may "nationalize," commandeer, or otherwise assume direct control over elections. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1062
- H.R. 7265: Vote by Mail Tracking Act (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7265
- H.R. 6467: National Museum of the Blind People’s Movement Act (in committee, 2025-12-04) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6467
- H.Res. 825: Of inquiry requesting the President to transmit certain information to the House of Representatives referring to United States Government agencies sharing… (in committee, 2025-10-21) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/825
- H.Res. 807: Of inquiry requesting the President to transmit certain information to the House of Representatives referring to the firings, dismissal, reduction in force,… (in committee, 2025-10-14) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/807
- H.R. 5278: Affordable Inhalers and Nebulizers Act of 2025 (in committee, 2025-09-10) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5278

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $489.7K (House Democrats median $2.0M). 4.3% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 78% 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.

- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepKweisiMfume/status/2112289126670127276
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepKweisiMfume/status/2111956406274277432
- 2026-10-16 · Press release · Rep. Mfume Commends Postal Workers, Requests Briefing on Suspicious Mailings to Congressional Offices · labels: policy discussion · https://mfume.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-mfume-commends-postal-workers-requests-briefing-on-suspicious-mailings-to-congressional-offices
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepKweisiMfume/status/2108537290033086899
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepKweisiMfume/status/2108180036264099957
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepKweisiMfume/status/2107825727244505443
- 2026-10-06 · Congressional Record speech · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CREC-2026-10-06
- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepKweisiMfume/status/2105683816778027412
- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepKweisiMfume/status/2105727980248912370
- 2026-09-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepKweisiMfume/status/2104715085847417158

## Links

- Official site: https://mfume.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/RepKweisiMfume
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepKweisiMfume
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repkweisimfume
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/UCbE6PJy-4U0DxosEW2TBQRA
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M000687

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/M000687