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U.S. Representative for Maryland’s 6th District

April McClain Delaney

Democrat 1st term On 2026 ballot

Replaced David J. Trone in 2025

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$12.5M raised · top PACs: Hoyer, American Association for Justice, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO Breaks with Democrats most onCrime and Law Enforcement: broke on 4 of 23 party-line votes (17%; most Democrats: 5%)
96LoyaltyMed 98
97AttendMed 98
14BipartMed 12
20BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2025–now
1 year in CongressMore senior than 3% of the House
Committees
  • Science, Space, and Technology 15th minority
  • Agriculture 22nd minority
Age
62

2026 election

On the November ballot
General election Nov 3, 2026

Facing

  • RRobin Ficker Nominee

    No background confirmed yet

    Raised $1.3M · McClain Delaney $12.5M

    Newcomer brief

  • GMoshe Y. Landman

    No background confirmed yet

    No FEC filing

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date18630046067420

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 she focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Government Operations and Politics 28% 13%
Science, Technology, Communications 6% 17%
Agriculture and Food 1% 23%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Immigration and Armed Forces and National Security; bills go to Agriculture and Food and Science, Technology, Communications.

  • She talks most about: Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Disaster Response (Emergency Management), Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Cost of Living (Taxation).
  • 30 bills sponsored, most on Agriculture and Food.
2

Does she have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
MemberScience, Space, and Technology Committee15th minority
MemberAgriculture Committee22nd minority

No committee or party leadership post, more senior than 3% of the House, in the minority.

  • 1 year in Congress: more senior than 3% of the House.
  • Minority: Democrats hold 214 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does she work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

Her cosponsorships on Republican bills

29% · peer median 22%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

29% of her cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 22%); closest in her party: Norton and Hernández Rivera.

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

Can she get things done?

MethodBills tab →

Her billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 30 · expected 19
Action in committee 15 · expected 5
Beyond committee 3 · expected 1
Passed House 0 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 176 of 433 in the House

0.84expected 0.44 · average member 1.00

0 of 30 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.84 against a peer median of 0.44.

  • On the move: H.R. 8981 (out of committee), H.R. 3159 (out of committee).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does she stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE −0.29

With her party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with her party on 9 of the 10 she 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 20 times (peer median 10).

  • Position: −0.29, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Crime and Law Enforcement 4 of 23, Immigration 3 of 15, Finance and Financial Sector 2 of 12.

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

6

Who backs her?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

McClain Delaney$12.5M raised7%88%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

8% of what she raised came from individuals; under 1% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$12.5M raised, 4% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 6.3 points.

56 PACs of the 95 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills she faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

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

  1. Hoyer100% D
  2. American Association for Justice98% D
  3. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO99% 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

219 bills

McClain Delaney voted Yea on 23, Nay on 76, Present on 1, and sponsored or cosponsored 119 with no recorded vote.

7

Do her words match her actions?

MethodPositions tab →

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