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U.S. Representative for Utah’s 4th District

Burgess Owens

Republican 3rd term Not running · open seat

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$736K raised · top PACs: American College of Radiology Association, American Bankers Association, Delta Airlines Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 9 of 50 party-line votes (18%; most Republicans: 7%)
97LoyaltyMed 98
98AttendMed 98
14BipartMed 12
12BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2021–now
5 years in CongressMore senior than 36% of the House
Committees
  • Education and Workforce 9th majority
  • Transportation and Infrastructure 17th majority
Age
75

2026 election

Not on the November ballot
General election Nov 3, 2026

On the ballot for this seat

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date3428128567412
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—1732911,23556

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 →
Crime and Law Enforcement 11% 7%
Labor and Employment 21% 21%
Education 21% 39%

StatementsBills

Words go to Education, Labor and Employment and Crime and Law Enforcement; bills go to Education and Labor and Employment.

  • He talks most about: Workforce Development (Labor and Employment), Education Funding (Education), Fraud Enforcement (Crime and Law Enforcement), Transportation Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security).
  • 28 bills sponsored, most on Education.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairHigher Education and Workforce Development SubcommitteeEducation and Workforce
MemberEducation and Workforce Committee9th majority
MemberTransportation and Infrastructure Committee17th majority

Chair of the Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee, more senior than 36% of the House, in the majority.

  • 5 years in Congress: more senior than 36% of the House.
  • Majority: Republicans and the independents who caucus with them hold 219 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

7% · peer median 9%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

7% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 9%); closest in his party: Johnson and Van Epps.

  • 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 25 · expected 27
Action in committee 11 · expected 7
Beyond committee 8 · expected 4
Passed House 1 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 117 of 433 in the House

1.26expected 1.22 · average member 1.00

1 of 25 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 1.26 against a peer median of 1.22.

  • On the move: H.R. 8183 (out of committee), H.R. 8347 (out of committee), H.R. 9604 (out of committee).
  • 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 +0.45

With his party on all 12 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: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 97% of party-line votes, breaks 12 times (peer median 7).

  • Position: +0.45, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 9 of 50, Armed Forces & National Security 1 of 38.

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

Owens$736K raised38%32%21%10%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

70% of what he raised came from individuals; 38% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$736K raised, 21% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last election margin: not on file.

30 PACs of the 41 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: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

  1. American College of Radiology Association43% D
  2. American Bankers Association38% D
  3. Delta Airlines34% 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

93 bills

Owens voted Yea on 38, Nay on 1, did not vote on 2, and sponsored or cosponsored 52 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.