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

Dan Newhouse

Republican 6th term Not running · open seat

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 4, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$724K raised · top PACs: Space Exploration Technologies, American Crystal Sugar Compay, American Forest & Paper Association Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 15 of 49 party-line votes (31%; most Republicans: 7%)
95LoyaltyMed 98
98AttendMed 98
17BipartMed 12
21BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2015–now
11 years in CongressMore senior than 66% of the House
Committees
  • Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party 4th majority
  • Appropriations 14th majority
  • Agriculture 23rd majority
Age
71

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 5, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date14729021067421
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—4413231,235132

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 →
Government Operations and Politics 24% 7%
Energy 15% 3%
Armed Forces and National Security 11% 10%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Energy and Armed Forces and National Security; bills go to Native Americans and Armed Forces and National Security.

  • He talks most about: Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Energy Project Permitting (Energy), Workforce Development (Labor and Employment), Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), Wildfire Recovery (Emergency Management).
  • 29 bills sponsored, most on Native Americans.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairForestry and Horticulture SubcommitteeAgriculture
MemberSelect Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party4th majority
MemberAppropriations Committee14th majority
MemberAgriculture Committee23rd majority

Chair of the Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee, more senior than 66% of the House, in the majority.

  • 11 years in Congress: more senior than 66% 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

18% · peer median 9%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

18% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 9%); closest in his party: Kiggans and Thompson.

  • 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 peerLaw inside another bill

Introduced 22 · expected 27
Action in committee 7 · expected 7
Beyond committee 1 · expected 4
Passed House 0 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0 · +2 inside another bill
EffectivenessRank 289 of 433 in the House

0.43expected 1.22 · average member 1.00

0 of 22 bills passed the House; 0 became law; 2 more became law inside another bill; effectiveness 0.43 against a peer median of 1.22.

  • On the move: H.R. 2072 (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 +0.32
Economics and Public Finance15 of 49
Immigration1 of 14

With his party on the other 10 areas with 10 or more party-line votes.

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 95% of party-line votes, breaks 21 times (peer median 7), most on Economics and Public Finance.

  • Position: +0.32, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 15 of 49, Armed Forces & National Security 2 of 38, Immigration 1 of 14.

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

Newhouse$724K raised32%53%14%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

34% of what he raised came from individuals; 2% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$724K raised, 53% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 5.9 points.

53 PACs of the 118 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 Trade.

  1. Space Exploration Technologies11% D
  2. American Crystal Sugar Compay56% D
  3. American Forest & Paper Association28% 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

106 bills

Newhouse voted Yea on 56, Nay on 2, did not vote on 2, and sponsored or cosponsored 46 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.