# Johnny Olszewski

Johnny Olszewski is a Democratic member of the U.S. House for Maryland’s 2nd district.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: U.S. House, Maryland’s 2nd district
- Serving since: 2025-01-03
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: O000176
- FEC candidate IDs: H4MD02232

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/O000176 (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

0.2% of Olszewski’s statements use an extreme label, in the bottom tenth of House Democrats (average 1.9%).

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

1,544 classified statements: 1,398 posts on X, 71 Congressional Record speeches, 47 press releases, 28 newsletters. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Olszewski | House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.7% | 6.6% | 167 of 216 |
| Policy criticism | 15.2% | 27.5% | 183 of 216 |
| Policy discussion | 77.2% | 73.2% | 70 of 216 |
| Bipartisanship | 8.4% | 9.8% | 112 of 216 |
| Credit claiming | 15.6% | 22.7% | 171 of 216 |
| Extreme labels | 0.2% | 1.9% | 201 of 216 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 35% (House Democrats 20%); Government Operations and Politics 27% (House Democrats 20%); Health 13% (House Democrats 26%); Labor and Employment 10.0% (House Democrats 7.5%); International Affairs 9.0% (House Democrats 8.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.84 (standard error 0.02), from 1,001 donors and 670 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 70% of House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 99.7% (House Democrats 96.9%). Party unity 98.7% (96.4%). 7 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 20 bills: 20 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 300. 5.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats 4.9%; rank 79 of 207).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.J.Res. 220: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to a national referendum process. (in committee, 2026-10-22) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/220
- H.R. 10802: ASSURE Act (in committee, 2026-10-13) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10802
- H.R. 10101: Open Doors to Diplomacy Act (in committee, 2026-08-13) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10101
- H.R. 10064: Foreign Service Language Readiness Act (in committee, 2026-08-06) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10064
- H.R. 9073: To amend section 844 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 to change the applicability of the amendments… (in committee, 2026-05-29) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9073
- H.R. 8987: Foreign Service Workforce Retention Act (in committee, 2026-05-21) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8987
- H.R. 8879: Oversight and Transparency for Small Business Certifications Act of 2026 (passed one chamber, 2026-06-24) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8879
- H.R. 8704: STABLE DRC Act (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8704
- H.J.Res. 174: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide for term limits for justices of the Supreme Court. (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/174
- H.Res. 1213: Supporting the recognition of April 2026 as "National County Government Month" to honor the county government workforce, educate residents about local… (in committee, 2026-04-23) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1213

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $1.3M (House Democrats median $2.0M). 5.2% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 82% 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/RepJohnnyO/status/2114731304608546965
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepJohnnyO/status/2114785905017856265
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepJohnnyO/status/2114813851439092066
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepJohnnyO/status/2113977194422599967
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepJohnnyO/status/2113639460512412031
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepJohnnyO/status/2113285593476071909
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepJohnnyO/status/2112835030179545275
- 2026-10-21 · Press release · Olszewski to Introduce “Direct Democracy” Constitutional Amendment to Create National Referendum Process for American Public · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://olszewski.house.gov/media/press-releases/olszewski-introduce-direct-democracy-constitutional-amendment-create-national
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepJohnnyO/status/2112617265120288794
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepJohnnyO/status/2112173957122326833

## Links

- Official site: https://olszewski.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/RepJohnnyO
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repjohnnyo
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/O000176

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/O000176