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U.S. Senator from New Jersey · Class I

Andy Kim

Democrat 2nd term Up 2030

Replaced George S. Helmy in 2024

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$1.9M raised · top PACs: Allied Pilots Association, American Crystal Sugar Compay, Amalgamated Transit Union Breaks with Democrats most onNominations: broke on 11 of 212 party-line votes (5%; most Democrats: 5%)
96LoyaltyMed 96
99AttendMed 98
8BipartMed 9
34BreaksMed 31
In office
Senate 2024–now
House 2019–2024
7 years in CongressMore senior than 21% of the Senate
Committees
  • Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 5th minority
  • Special Committee on Aging 5th minority
  • Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 8th minority
Age
44

Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 1, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date10548045991534
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—2505671,2336

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Armed Forces and National Security 21% 6%
Government Operations and Politics 21% 15%
Health 10% 10%

StatementsBills

Words go to Armed Forces and National Security, Government Operations and Politics and Immigration; bills go to Education and Government Operations and Politics.

  • He talks most about: Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), Health Care Coverage (Health), Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security).
  • 48 bills sponsored, most on Education.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Ranking memberNational Security and International Trade and Finance SubcommitteeBanking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Ranking memberDisaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census SubcommitteeHomeland Security and Governmental Affairs
MemberHomeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee5th minority
MemberSpecial Committee on Aging5th minority

+3 more on Background

Ranking member on the National Security and International Trade and Finance Subcommittee, more senior than 21% of the Senate, in the minority.

  • 7 years in Congress: more senior than 21% of the Senate.
  • Minority: Democrats and the independents who caucus with them hold 47 of 100 seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Republican bills

19% · peer median 35%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Kim.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

19% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 35%); closest in his party: Schiff and Booker.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 44 · expected 44
Action in committee 3 · expected 9
Beyond committee 2 · expected 7
Passed Senate 0 · expected 1
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 90 of 100 in the Senate

0.27expected 0.65 · average member 1.00

0 of 44 bills passed the Senate; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.27 against a peer median of 0.65.

  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE −0.43

With his party on all 15 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Democrats yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Democrats on 96% of party-line votes, breaks 34 times (peer median 42).

  • Position: −0.43, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Nominations 11 of 212, Finance and Financial Sector 5 of 19, Energy & environment 2 of 26.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Kim$1.9M raised30%53%13%
Senate median$3.0M raised23%28%15%19%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

83% of what he raised came from individuals; 30% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 23%).

$1.9M raised, 4% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 15%).

  • Last election margin: not on file.

9 PACs of the 22 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Budget/Appropriations, Taxation and Agriculture.

  1. Allied Pilots Association50% D
  2. American Crystal Sugar Compay56% D
  3. Amalgamated Transit Union83% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

37 bills

Kim voted Yea on 2, Nay on 1, and sponsored or cosponsored 34 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.