Congress is out of session until Monday, November 9 for the midterm campaign. No new roll-call votes until then; the last were the House on Sep 16 and the Senate on Sep 30.

Former Senator from New Jersey, 2024

George S. Helmy

Democrat 1st term Former member

Replaced Robert Menendez in 2024

Record from the 118th Congress · From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure

In office
Senate 2024
Under a year in Congress

Left office. Helmy resigned from the Senate on Dec 8, 2024. Succeeded by Andy Kim (Democrat) in December 2024. Too few votes to score; the vote counts are below.

Bottom line

Activity

118th CongressJan 3, 2023 to Jan 3, 2025Method
By week
Statements
tracked from Jan 2025
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—6034860

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 did he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Finance and Financial Sector no statements 17%
International Affairs no statements 17%
Health no statements 33%

StatementsBills

No counted statements yet; bills go to Health and Finance and Financial Sector.

  • 6 bills sponsored, most on Health.
  • Statements: our record starts in January 2025.
2

Did he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →

Committee seats are shown for sitting members only.

Committee and party posts are shown for sitting members only.

  • Under a year in Congress.
5

Who did he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Republican bills

10%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

10% of his cosponsorships went to Republican bills; closest in his party: Baldwin and Bennet.

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

Could he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His bills

Action in committee 0
Beyond committee 0
Passed Senate 0
Became law 0
EffectivenessRank 101 of 102 in the Senate

0.02average member 1.00

0 of 6 bills passed the Senate; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.02.

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

118th Congress · bills from congress.gov

4

Where did he stand?

MethodVotes tab →

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 1 of the 1 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.

Voted on 86 of 86 roll calls held while in office, too few to place on a left–right scale or against his party.

  • Major bills: with his party on 1 of 1.
6

Who backed him?

MethodMoney tab →

The money record for a former member is on the Money tab.

7

Did his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

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