# April McClain Delaney

April McClain Delaney is a Democratic member of the U.S. House for Maryland’s 6th district.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: U.S. House, Maryland’s 6th district
- Serving since: 2025-01-03
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: M001232
- FEC candidate IDs: H4MD06340

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/M001232 (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

0.1% of Delaney’s statements use an extreme label, in the bottom 5% of House Democrats (average 1.9%).

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

1,379 classified statements: 1,318 posts on X, 53 press releases, 8 newsletters. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Delaney | House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 4.0% | 6.6% | 141 of 216 |
| Policy criticism | 17.0% | 27.5% | 175 of 216 |
| Policy discussion | 80.9% | 73.2% | 26 of 216 |
| Bipartisanship | 5.7% | 9.8% | 171 of 216 |
| Credit claiming | 15.4% | 22.7% | 173 of 216 |
| Extreme labels | 0.1% | 1.9% | 206 of 216 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 22% (House Democrats 20%); Economics and Public Finance 22% (House Democrats 20%); Health 21% (House Democrats 26%); Agriculture and Food 17% (House Democrats 8.8%); Science, Technology, Communications 12% (House Democrats 5.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.80 (standard error 0.02), from 1,025 donors and 655 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 75% of House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 97.3% (House Democrats 96.9%). Party unity 95.6% (96.4%). 22 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 30 bills: 30 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 457. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats 4.9%; rank 171 of 207).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.R. 10684: DOE Bioenergy Program Reauthorization Act (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10684
- H.R. 9286: Broadband Deployment and Economic Impact Study Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-06-11) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9286
- H.R. 8981: SCALE Biology Act (in committee, 2026-07-21) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8981
- H.R. 8825: Democracy Without Intimidation Act (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8825
- H.R. 8453: Rural Child Care Facility Expansion Act (in committee, 2026-04-22) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8453
- H.R. 8144: Quality Broadband for Connected Communities Act (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8144
- H.R. 8145: Expanding Access to Distance Learning and Telemedicine Act (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8145
- H.R. 8146: Rural Utilities Service Modernization Act (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8146
- H.R. 8147: Prioritizing Rural Broadband Affordability Act (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8147
- H.R. 7913: Higher Education Challenge Grant Modernization Act (in committee, 2026-04-03) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7913

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $12.5M (House Democrats median $2.0M). 4.5% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 42% 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 · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepAprilDelaney/status/2114790296869581230
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepAprilDelaney/status/2113281902308180089
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepAprilDelaney/status/2112910066311406067
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepAprilDelaney/status/2113057463129813467
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepAprilDelaney/status/2112656876563243355
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepAprilDelaney/status/2112252709973745994
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepAprilDelaney/status/2111249400076923356
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepAprilDelaney/status/2111512083045195936
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepAprilDelaney/status/2111077622771847650
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepAprilDelaney/status/2111084031114965119

## Links

- Official site: https://mcclaindelaney.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/RepAprilDelaney
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepAprilDelaney
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repaprildelaney
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M001232

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/M001232