# Donald Norcross

Donald Norcross is a Democratic member of the U.S. House for New Jersey’s 1st district.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: U.S. House, New Jersey’s 1st district
- Serving since: 2014-11-12
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: N000188
- FEC candidate IDs: H4NJ01084

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/N000188 (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

Norcross missed 14% of 674 roll calls, attendance in the bottom 5% of House Democrats (average 96.9%).

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

1,439 classified statements: 1,298 posts on X, 53 press releases, 49 newsletters, 39 Congressional Record speeches. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Norcross | House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.9% | 6.6% | 163 of 216 |
| Policy criticism | 27.7% | 27.5% | 122 of 216 |
| Policy discussion | 72.8% | 73.2% | 128 of 216 |
| Bipartisanship | 7.4% | 9.8% | 134 of 216 |
| Credit claiming | 23.4% | 22.7% | 90 of 216 |
| Extreme labels | 0.5% | 1.9% | 178 of 216 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 28% (House Democrats 26%); Labor and Employment 22% (House Democrats 7.5%); Government Operations and Politics 16% (House Democrats 20%); Economics and Public Finance 15% (House Democrats 20%); Armed Forces and National Security 15% (House Democrats 16%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.85 (standard error 0.01), from 2,053 donors and 6,191 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 68% of House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 86% (House Democrats 96.9%). Party unity 97.3% (96.4%). 15 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 yea · On Passage · H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190655

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

Sponsored 23 bills: 23 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 333. 8.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats 4.9%; rank 35 of 207).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.R. 10689: Remedial Education Improvement Act (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10689
- H.R. 10452: Credit for Prior Learning Act (in committee, 2026-09-16) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10452
- H.R. 10301: Peter McGuire Congressional Gold Medal Act (in committee, 2026-09-04) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10301
- H.R. 9790: Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act 2.0 of 2026 (in committee, 2026-07-20) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9790
- H.R. 9684: PATH Act (in committee, 2026-07-14) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9684
- H.Res. 1392: Supporting the designation of a "National Learn to Swim Week" beginning on the 4th Sunday in June. (in committee, 2026-06-25) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1392
- H.Res. 1140: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5408) to accelerate workplace time-to-contract under the National Labor Relations Act. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-09) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1140
- H.R. 7471: Give America a Raise Act (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7471
- H.R. 7116: SEPSIS Act (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7116
- H.R. 5970: Save Our Ships Act (in committee, 2025-11-07) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5970

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $1.9M (House Democrats median $2.0M). 1.5% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 55% 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/DonaldNorcross/status/2114746392098840706
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/DonaldNorcross/status/2114852699539653045
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/DonaldNorcross/status/2114446936396673308
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DonaldNorcross/status/2114052648907296958
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/DonaldNorcross/status/2113707027935740295
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/DonaldNorcross/status/2113309082140414009
- 2026-10-22 · Press release · Norcross talks cost of living, future of workforce at 124th town hall · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, credit claiming · https://norcross.house.gov/media/press-releases/norcross-talks-cost-of-living-future-of-workforce-at-124th-town-hall
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/DonaldNorcross/status/2112963513056378936
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/DonaldNorcross/status/2113017226580087172
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/DonaldNorcross/status/2112618706232619461

## Links

- Official site: https://norcross.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/DonaldNorcross
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DonaldNorcrossNJ
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/donald_norcross
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/N000188

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/N000188