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

Glenn Grothman

Republican 6th 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$1.2M raised · top PACs: American Chemistry Council, Associated Builders and Contractors, Oshkosh
100LoyaltyMed 98
98AttendMed 98
10BipartMed 12
1BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2015–now
11 years in CongressMore senior than 66% of the House
Committees
  • Budget 4th majority
  • Education and Workforce 5th majority
  • Oversight and Government Reform 6th majority
Age
71

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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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 date663722946741
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—3413831,23511

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 21% 8%
Labor and Employment 13% 11%
Taxation 7% 22%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Labor and Employment and Armed Forces and National Security; bills go to Taxation and Health; the two overlap on Labor and Employment.

  • He talks most about: Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Workforce Development (Labor and Employment), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Fraud Enforcement (Crime and Law Enforcement), Disaster Response (Emergency Management).
  • 37 bills sponsored, most on Taxation.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairHealth Care and Financial Services SubcommitteeOversight and Government Reform
MemberBudget Committee4th majority
MemberEducation and Workforce Committee5th majority
MemberOversight and Government Reform Committee6th majority

+1 more on Background

Chair of the Health Care and Financial Services 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

7% · peer median 9%

Closest within his party

  1. RMike Johnson LA-499%
  2. RJim Jordan OH-497%
  3. RAndy Barr KY-697%

Closest across the aisle

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

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 Jordan.

  • 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 37 · expected 27
Action in committee 10 · expected 7
Beyond committee 9 · expected 4
Passed House 2 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 94 of 433 in the House

1.47expected 1.22 · average member 1.00

2 of 37 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 1.47 against a peer median of 1.22.

  • On the move: H.R. 3342 (out of committee), H.R. 9605 (out of committee), H.R. 8428 (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 +0.60

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 100% of party-line votes, breaks 1 time (peer median 7).

  • Position: +0.60, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Armed Forces & National Security 1 of 37.

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

Grothman$1.2M raised12%56%32%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

68% of what he raised came from individuals; 12% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.2M raised, 32% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 22.6 points.

49 PACs of the 77 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 Chemistry Council32% D
  2. Associated Builders and Contractors0% D
  3. Oshkosh9% 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

133 bills

Grothman voted Yea on 55, Nay on 3, and sponsored or cosponsored 75 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.