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U.S. Representative for New Jersey’s 1st District

Donald Norcross

Democrat 7th term Up 2026

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$2.0M raised · top PACs: Across the Aisle PAC, American Crystal Sugar Compay, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO Breaks with Democrats most onInternational Affairs: broke on 2 of 14 party-line votes (14%; most Democrats: 0%)
97LoyaltyMed 98
86AttendMed 98
12BipartMed 12
11BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2014–now
11 years in CongressMore senior than 72% of the House
Committees
  • Armed Services 4th minority
  • Education and Workforce 8th minority
Age
67

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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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 date10323133467411
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—2003531,23532

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 16% 4%
Health 17% 22%
Labor and Employment 17% 30%

StatementsBills

Words go to Health, Labor and Employment and Government Operations and Politics; bills go to Labor and Employment and Health.

  • He talks most about: Workforce Development (Labor and Employment), Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security), Constituent Services (Government Operations and Politics), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Health Care Coverage (Health).
  • 23 bills sponsored, most on Labor and Employment.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Ranking memberTactical Air and Land Forces SubcommitteeArmed Services
MemberArmed Services Committee4th minority
MemberEducation and Workforce Committee8th minority

Ranking member on the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee, more senior than 72% of the House, in the minority.

  • 11 years in Congress: more senior than 72% of the House.
  • Minority: Democrats hold 214 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Republican bills

31% · peer median 23%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

31% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 23%); closest in his party: Norton and Hernández Rivera.

  • 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 20 · expected 27
Action in committee 2 · expected 4
Beyond committee 1 · expected 1
Passed House 1 · expected 1
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 243 of 433 in the House

0.56expected 0.48 · average member 1.00

1 of 20 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.56 against a peer median of 0.48.

  • On the move: H.R. 5408 (passed a chamber).
  • 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 −0.42

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 6 of the 6 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 97% of party-line votes, breaks 11 times (peer median 8).

  • Position: −0.42, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: International Affairs 2 of 14, Crime and Law Enforcement 2 of 20, Finance and Financial Sector 1 of 10.

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

Norcross$2.0M raised39%52%8%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

40% of what he raised came from individuals; 1% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$2.0M raised, 52% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 17.8 points.

95 PACs of the 155 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 Defense.

  1. Across the Aisle100% D
  2. American Crystal Sugar Compay56% 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

233 bills

Norcross voted Yea on 24, Nay on 66, did not vote on 16, and sponsored or cosponsored 127 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.