# Jamie Raskin

Jamie Raskin is a Democratic member of the U.S. House for Maryland’s 8th district.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: U.S. House, Maryland’s 8th district
- Serving since: 2017-01-03
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: R000606
- FEC candidate IDs: H6MD08457

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/R000606 (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

11% of Raskin’s statements use an extreme label, 5.8 times the House Democrat average of 1.9%.

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

1,681 classified statements: 1,166 posts on X, 384 Congressional Record speeches, 113 press releases, 18 newsletters. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Raskin | House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 17.0% | 6.6% | 11 of 216 |
| Policy criticism | 26.2% | 27.5% | 139 of 216 |
| Policy discussion | 62.6% | 73.2% | 198 of 216 |
| Bipartisanship | 11.2% | 9.8% | 62 of 216 |
| Credit claiming | 13.2% | 22.7% | 193 of 216 |
| Extreme labels | 11.0% | 1.9% | 2 of 216 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 37% (House Democrats 20%); Health 22% (House Democrats 26%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 22% (House Democrats 13%); Crime and Law Enforcement 20% (House Democrats 8.9%); Law 16% (House Democrats 4.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.43 (standard error 0.01), from 12,751 donors and 5,009 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 4.4% of House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 98.9% (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 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 nay · On Passage · H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190655

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

Sponsored 39 bills: 39 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 343. 7.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats 4.9%; rank 46 of 207).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.R. 10765: Preserving and Remembering the History of Trump and other Tyrants Act (in committee, 2026-10-06) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10765
- H.Res. 1603: Expressing concern about the growing problem of book banning and the proliferation of threats to freedom of expression in the United States. (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1603
- H.R. 10504: CURE Act (in committee, 2026-09-17) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10504
- H.R. 10456: Renewing the Dream Act (in committee, 2026-09-16) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10456
- H.R. 9874: Get Foreign Money Out of United States Elections Act (in committee, 2026-07-22) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9874
- H.R. 9688: High Court Gift Ban Act (in committee, 2026-07-14) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9688
- H.R. 9600: Common Sense 250 Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-09-15) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9600
- H.Res. 1363: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7007) to govern on behalf of the American people. (in committee, 2026-06-29) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1363
- H.R. 9210: BLANCHE Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-06-09) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9210
- H.R. 8991: SHADOW Act (in committee, 2026-05-21) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8991

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $9.3M (House Democrats median $2.0M). 47% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 34% 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.

- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepRaskin/status/2113783069983269260
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepRaskin/status/2113691817208098839
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepRaskin/status/2113269403328385105
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepRaskin/status/2112944094171337056
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepRaskin/status/2112960619297051067
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepRaskin/status/2112971730662961475
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepRaskin/status/2112345504193372591
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepRaskin/status/2112292964018131360
- 2026-10-19 · Congressional Record speech · labels: policy discussion · https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CREC-2026-10-19
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepRaskin/status/2110945996372885964

## Links

- Official site: https://raskin.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/RepRaskin
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repraskin
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repraskin
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/R000606

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/R000606