U.S. House · New Jersey, District 5

Rep. Josh Gottheimer

Democrat Serving since Jan. 3, 2017Term ends Jan. 3, 2027Missed 12% of votes (84 of 674) · How this is measured

Where they sit

Seated by voting record in the House. Percentiles run from 0 (most liberal) to 100 (most conservative).

How this is measured →
Gottheimer
← Most liberalThe aisleMost conservative →
Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

Josh Gottheimer's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right). Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 10 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How this is measured

All of Congress48thpercentile
More liberal than 51% of all members of Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
257th most liberal of 531
Democrats in Congress99thpercentile
More conservative than 99% of Democrats in Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
3rd most conservative of 259
The House49thpercentile
More liberal than 51% of House members.
Most liberalMost conservative
210th most liberal of 431

This score measures who votes with whom. A member who votes no because a bill goes too far, or not far enough, can look more moderate than their views.

With their party and with the President

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Votes with own party
87%
Q1 2025: 78% → Q3 2026: 86%

Lower than 202 of 212 House Democrats.

Actual87%
Expected93%
Difference−6 pts

Expected is the typical score for members of the same party whose districts voted like this one for president in 2024.

Democrats Republicans 55%100%

Each line is one House member, grouped by party. The dot is Josh Gottheimer. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this district voted for president in 2024.

On 426 votes that split the partiesReal votes only: 78%See the 426 votes
How this is measured
Votes with the President
27%all votes
Q1 2025: 38% → Q3 2026: 31%

Higher than 198 of 212 House Democrats.

Actual27%
Expected19%
Difference+8 pts

Expected is the typical score for members of the same party whose districts voted like this one for president in 2024.

Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each line is one House member, grouped by party. The dot is Josh Gottheimer. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this district voted for president in 2024.

Based on 124 votes27% on legislation onlySee the 124 votes
How this is measured

Where they broke ranks

Votes where Josh Gottheimer went against most of their party or against the President's stated position.

Every vote

Every roll call in the House this Congress, with how Josh Gottheimer voted, how their party voted and the President's position.

How this is measured
DateVoteTheir voteMost of their partyPresident wantedResult
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A dash means the parties didn't split on that vote, or the President took no public position before it. “Party-line” and “President took a position” list exactly the votes each score counts: the ones cast Yes or No. Missed votes don't count either way and are under “Missed”.

Votes most like

How this district voted for president in 2024

Harris 49.8%Trump 48.3%

New Jersey's district lines are not changing for the next Congress.

Issue by issue

How often Josh Gottheimer votes with their party, and with the President, on each kind of issue. Issues are the policy areas Congress assigns to each bill. "With their party" counts only votes where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides; "With the President" counts only votes where he took a public position first.

Josh Gottheimer sides with their party least often on Education (40%) and Immigration (64%).

Josh GottheimerAverage for House Democrats
  1. Education 40%Average 89% · 10 votes on Education
  2. Immigration 64%Average 91% · 14 votes on Immigration
  3. Crime and Law Enforcement 67%Average 89% · 24 votes on Crime and Law Enforcement
  4. Finance and Financial Sector 67%Average 88% · 12 votes on Finance and Financial Sector
  5. Government Operations and Politics 71%Average 92% · 17 votes on Government Operations and Politics
  6. Armed Forces and National Security 80%Average 97% · 40 votes on Armed Forces and National Security
  7. International Affairs 81%Average 96% · 16 votes on International Affairs
  8. Energy 86%Average 96% · 36 votes on Energy
  9. Labor and Employment 92%Average 97% · 12 votes on Labor and Employment
  10. Public Lands and Natural Resources 93%Average 98% · 15 votes on Public Lands and Natural Resources
  11. Environmental Protection 96%Average 96% · 24 votes on Environmental Protection
  12. Economics and Public Finance 97%Average 99% · 62 votes on Economics and Public Finance
  13. Congress 98%Average 100% · 99 votes on Congress
  14. Law 100%Average 99% · 6 votes on Law
  15. Agriculture and Food 100%Average 94% · 8 votes on Agriculture and Food
  16. Health 100%Average 100% · 6 votes on Health

Fewer than 5 party-line votes, so not charted: Families (4 votes), Commerce (3 votes), Transportation and Public Works (2 votes), Taxation (2 votes), Arts, Culture, Religion (2 votes), Animals (2 votes), Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (2 votes), Native Americans (1 vote), Science, Technology, Communications (1 vote), Social Welfare (1 vote), Water Resources Development (1 vote), Sports and Recreation (1 vote).

Bipartisan bills led

8 passed their chamber · 0 became law

How this is measured →
How far each bill got:IntroducedPassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law

Contact and committees

Contact

D.C. office phone
202-225-4465
Office
106 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3005
Official website
gottheimer.house.gov

Committees

  • Committee on Financial Services
    3 subcommittees
    • Capital Markets
    • Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence
    • National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions
  • Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
    2 subcommittees
    • National Security Agency and Cyber Ranking member
    • Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture

Committee data: the congress-legislators project (public domain), refreshed with every update. Chair and ranking-member roles as published there.

Votes: Voteview (UCLA). Bills: Congress.gov. President's positions: our public list. 2024 results by district: The Downballot. How this is measured · Corrections

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