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U.S. Representative for New Jersey’s 2nd District

Jefferson Van Drew

Republican 4th 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$2.4M raised · top PACs: International Union of Operating Engineers Local 965 Pef, National Association of Convenience Stores, National Association of Realtors Breaks with Republicans most onCongress: broke on 6 of 148 party-line votes (4%; most Republicans: 0%)
95LoyaltyMed 98
99AttendMed 98
15BipartMed 12
23BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2019–now
7 years in CongressMore senior than 46% of the House
Committees
  • Judiciary 11th majority
  • Transportation and Infrastructure 14th majority
Age
73

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 date7558145867423
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—5334931,23528

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 →
Transportation and Public Works 18% 9%
Armed Forces and National Security 11% 14%
Taxation 10% 14%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Transportation and Public Works and Armed Forces and National Security; bills go to Armed Forces and National Security and Health.

  • He talks most about: Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Transportation Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Disaster Response (Emergency Management), Cost of Living (Taxation), Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security).
  • 56 bills sponsored, most on Armed Forces and National Security.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairOversight SubcommitteeJudiciary
MemberJudiciary Committee11th majority
MemberTransportation and Infrastructure Committee14th majority

Chair of the Oversight Subcommittee, more senior than 46% of the House, in the majority.

  • 7 years in Congress: more senior than 46% 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

29% · peer median 9%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

29% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 9%); closest in his party: Johnson and Smith.

  • 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 52 · expected 27
Action in committee 9 · expected 7
Beyond committee 1 · expected 4
Passed House 1 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 149 of 433 in the House

1.02expected 1.22 · average member 1.00

1 of 52 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 1.02 against a peer median of 1.22.

  • On the move: H.R. 10326 (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 +0.38
Environmental Protection2 of 26
Congress6 of 148

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 23 times (peer median 7), most on Environmental Protection.

  • Position: +0.38, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Congress 6 of 148, Economics and Public Finance 4 of 50, Armed Forces & National Security 3 of 38.

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

Van Drew$2.4M raised15%64%19%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

79% of what he raised came from individuals; 15% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$2.4M raised, 19% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 16.9 points.

61 PACs of the 80 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: Budget/Appropriations, Taxation and Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

  1. International Union of Operating Engineers Local 965 Pef71% D
  2. National Association of Convenience Stores27% D
  3. National Association of Realtors46% 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

187 bills

Van Drew voted Yea on 55, Nay on 4, did not vote on 1, 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.