Federal · U.S. House
James P. McGovern
U.S. Representative · MA-2 · Party: Democratic
468 final-passage votes on record.
Record at a glance
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Office
- Office
- U.S. Representative
- District
- MA-2
- Party
- Democratic
- Term
- Since 1997
- Website
- Official site ↗
Source
No platform recorded yet
This tab shows James P. McGovern'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. 1576
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1449) the CLEAN Act; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9495) the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act
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H.Res. 1576
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1449) the CLEAN Act; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9495) the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act
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H.R. 8371
Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act
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H.Res. 1568
Providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 8932) FAFSA Deadline Act; (H.R. 7409) HEATS Act; and (H.R. 8446) to amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include critical materials in the definition of critical mineral, and for other purposes
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H.Res. 1568
Providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 8932) FAFSA Deadline Act; (H.R. 7409) HEATS Act; and (H.R. 8446) to amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include critical materials in the definition of critical mineral, and for other purposes
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H.R. 9495
Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act
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H.Res. 1469
Ensuring accountability for key officials in the Biden-Harris administration responsible for decisionmaking and execution failures throughout the withdrawal from Afghanistan
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H.R. 9747
Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
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H.R. 7073
Next Generation Pipelines Research and Development Act
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H.R. 8057
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9317 Bolsa Avenue in Westminster, California, as the “Little Saigon Vietnam War Veterans Memorial Post Office”
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H.Res. 1486
Providing for consideration of (H.R. 3334) STOP CCP Act; (H.R. 8205) Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act; (H.R. 8790) Fix Our Forests Act; and (H. Res. 1469) Ensuring accountability for officials in the Biden-Harris administration responsible for failures throughout the withdrawal from Afghanistan
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H.Res. 1486
Providing for consideration of (H.R. 3334) STOP CCP Act; (H.R. 8205) Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act; (H.R. 8790) Fix Our Forests Act; and (H. Res. 1469) Ensuring accountability for officials in the Biden-Harris administration responsible for failures throughout the withdrawal from Afghanistan
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S. 3764
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act
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H.J.Res. 136
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Year 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles”.
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Raised · 2025–2026
$864,676
Spent $910,105 · Cash on hand $348,736 as of Aug 12, 2026
Money raised by James P. McGovern's campaign committees in 2025–2026, through Aug 12, 2026 (latest report: pre-primary 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)$165,65319%
- Larger individual donors (more than $200)$462,54253%
- PACs and other political committees$233,10027%
- Political party committees$00%
- The candidate (own money and loans)$00%
- Other (transfers, refunds, interest)$3,3820%
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
- CARPENTERS' LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE PAC$10,000
- SHEET METAL AIR RAIL TRANSPORTATION POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE$10,000
- LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC$10,000
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES-AFL-CIO PAC$10,000
- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR PAC$10,000
- ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS POLITICAL ACTION FUND$8,500
- AMERICAN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ASS. PAC$8,000
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF IRON WORKERS (IPAL) PAC$7,500
- NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOC. PAC$7,500
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES PAC$6,000
The 10 largest of $233,100 from PACs and other political committees (27% of all money raised). Every PAC contribution at the FEC ↗
Outside spending for and against
- SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION$10
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$102,300
- Lawyers and lobbyists$28,505
- Finance, insurance and banking$27,615
- Agriculture and food$24,267
- Health care$13,978
- Real estate$13,000
- Government and public sector$11,190
- Retail and consumer goods$10,513
Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in PAC and employer names (how); 53% 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
- CASSIDY & ASSOCIATES$12,000
- HARRY MILLER CO. LLC$7,000
- CORBIN STRATEGIES LLC$4,500
- STRATEGIC MARKETING INNOVATIONS$4,500
- HB STRATEGIES$3,750
- HBS$3,000
- O'NEILL, ATHY & CASEY$2,250
- UMASS DARTMOUTH$2,099
- UMMS CENTER FOR HEALTH POLICY & RESEAR$2,050
- WORKERS$1,800
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 (James P. McGovern at the FEC ↗), 2025–2026. Read Oct 3, 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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