Federal · U.S. House
Christopher H. Smith
U.S. Representative · NJ-4 · Party: Republican
468 final-passage votes on record.
Record at a glance
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Office
- Office
- U.S. Representative
- District
- NJ-4
- Party
- Republican
- Term
- Since 1981
- Website
- Official site ↗
Source
Last verified Oct 8, 2026.
Official source ↗Photo: Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives <a href="http://history.house.gov/Collection/Detail/15032401950?ret=True">About this object</a>
No platform recorded yet
This tab shows Christopher H. Smith's platform in two parts. In their own words: a short excerpt, word for word, from their own Issues or Priorities page, with a link to the whole page, and statements their office submits, labeled as such. Commitments tracked: specific, checkable promises (signing a named bill, funding a program at a stated amount, finishing a project by a date), each quoted with its date and source and checked in code before it's published, with a status that changes only with evidence.
How the platform is recordedShowing every recorded vote. Procedural, amendment, committee, and nomination votes are labeled.
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H.Res. 1316
Providing for consideration of (H.R. 8774) Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025; consideration of (H.R. 8771) Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025; consideration of (H.R. 8752) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2025; and for other purposes
On Agreeing to the Resolution, as Amended
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H.Res. 1316
Providing for consideration of (H.R. 8774) Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025; consideration of (H.R. 8771) Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025; consideration of (H.R. 8752) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2025; and for other purposes
On Ordering the Previous Question
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H.R. 2789
American Cooperation with Our Neighbors Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
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H.R. 7152
Korean American Divided Families National Registry Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
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H.Res. 901
Expressing support for democracy and human rights in Pakistan
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended
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Raised · 2025–2026
$592,016
Spent $467,765 · Cash on hand $488,316 as of Jun 30, 2026
Money raised by Christopher H. Smith's campaign committees in 2025–2026, through Jun 30, 2026 (latest report: july quarterly 2026), as reported to the Federal Election Commission. These are facts about money, shown beside the voting record; they don't explain any vote.
Where it came from
- Small individual donors ($200 or less)$85,45214%
- Larger individual donors (more than $200)$270,30046%
- PACs and other political committees$214,05836%
- Political party committees$2,7250%
- The candidate (own money and loans)$00%
- Other (transfers, refunds, interest)$19,4813%
For comparison, the average of the 426 House members with 2025–2026 filings loaded: raised $2,380,998; PACs 36% of money raised; small donors 10%; cash on hand $1,617,763.
Top PACs
- ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION CTTEE/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS$10,000
- AIR LINE PILOTS ASSN. PAC$10,000
- SBA PRO-LIFE AMERICA CANDIDATE FUND$10,000
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES PAC$8,500
- AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION PAC$6,000
- NAT'L AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSN. PAC$6,000
- CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE$5,000
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE INT'L ASSN OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS$5,000
- UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPERFITTERS VOTE! PAC$5,000
- SHEET METAL & AC CONTRACTORS'(SMAC PAC)$5,000
The 10 largest of $214,058 from PACs and other political committees (36% of all money raised). Every PAC contribution at the FEC ↗
Outside spending for and against
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None reported.
Independent expenditures: spending on ads and outreach about this member, without coordinating with the campaign. This money isn't given to the campaign. FEC record ↗
Top contributing industries (approximate)
- Labor unions$72,500
- Finance, insurance and banking$27,800
- Lawyers and lobbyists$21,283
- Health care$20,400
- Other members' leadership PACs and campaigns$18,500
- Retail and consumer goods$13,000
- Real estate$11,650
- Government and public sector$9,100
Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in PAC and employer names (how); 59% of these dollars matched an industry, and the rest are left unclassified rather than guessed. Employer amounts count only donors who gave more than $200, from the campaign's principal committee.
Donors' employers
- DREXEL LIQUOR STORE, INC.$11,000
- CYPRECO INDUSTRIES$4,000
- CAUSEWAY FAMILY OF DEALERSHIPS$3,000
- BRG GROUP$2,500
- UYGHUR HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT$1,950
- CHURCH & DWIGHT, INC$1,500
- HUDSON TURKISH AMERICAN CULTURAL ASSO$1,500
- WINNING STRATEGIES$1,500
- LILLU INC.$1,150
- RETRIED$1,100
Employers named by donors who gave more than $200, summed; an employer is listed only when 3 or more people named it. Individual donors are never listed.
Source: Federal Election Commission (Christopher H. Smith at the FEC ↗), 2025–2026. Read Oct 5, 2026. Federal law bars using contributor information from FEC reports to ask for contributions or for commercial purposes; ThePillory shows totals only and has no donor export. Methodology
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