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U.S. Representative for Michigan’s 3rd District

Hillary J. Scholten

Democrat 2nd term On 2026 ballot

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$3.0M raised · top PACs: American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Allied Pilots Association, Amalgamated Transit Union Breaks with Democrats most onCrime and Law Enforcement: broke on 7 of 23 party-line votes (30%; most Democrats: 5%)
91LoyaltyMed 98
96AttendMed 98
17BipartMed 12
40BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2023–now
3 years in CongressMore senior than 18% of the House
Committees
  • Small Business 3rd minority
  • Transportation and Infrastructure 22nd minority
Age
44

2026 election

On the November ballot
General election Nov 3, 2026

Facing

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 4, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date16754340367440
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—1013451,23565

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 she focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Health 16% 8%
Government Operations and Politics 16% 13%
Transportation and Public Works 18% 21%

StatementsBills

Words go to Transportation and Public Works, Government Operations and Politics and Health; bills go to Transportation and Public Works and Commerce.

  • She talks most about: Workforce Development (Labor and Employment), Transportation Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Health Care Coverage (Health), Water Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics).
  • 52 bills sponsored, most on Transportation and Public Works.
2

Does she have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Ranking memberInnovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development SubcommitteeSmall Business
MemberSmall Business Committee3rd minority
MemberTransportation and Infrastructure Committee22nd minority

Ranking member on the Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development Subcommittee, more senior than 18% of the House, in the minority.

  • 3 years in Congress: more senior than 18% of the House.
  • Minority: Democrats hold 214 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does she work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

Her cosponsorships on Republican bills

35% · peer median 22%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

35% of her cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 22%); closest in her party: Norton and Stanton.

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

Can she get things done?

MethodBills tab →

Her billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 52 · expected 19
Action in committee 15 · expected 5
Beyond committee 6 · expected 1
Passed House 3 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 100 of 433 in the House

1.40expected 0.44 · average member 1.00

3 of 52 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 1.40 against a peer median of 0.44.

  • On the move: H.R. 9530 (out of committee), H.R. 8999 (out of committee), H.R. 8882 (passed a chamber).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does she stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE −0.26
Education6 of 12
Finance and Financial Sector6 of 13
Environmental Protection3 of 26

With her party on the other 9 areas with 10 or more party-line votes.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with her party on 8 of the 10 she 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 91% of party-line votes, breaks 40 times (peer median 10), most on Education.

  • Position: −0.26, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Crime and Law Enforcement 7 of 23, Education 6 of 12, Finance and Financial Sector 6 of 13.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs her?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Scholten$3.0M raised11%56%29%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

67% of what she raised came from individuals; 11% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$3.0M raised, 29% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 9.9 points.

108 PACs of the 163 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills she faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to her: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Transportation.

  1. American Israel Public Affairs Committee31% D
  2. Allied Pilots Association50% D
  3. Amalgamated Transit Union83% 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

234 bills

Scholten voted Yea on 40, Nay on 73, did not vote on 1, and sponsored or cosponsored 120 with no recorded vote.

7

Do her words match her actions?

MethodPositions tab →

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