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U.S. Representative for Connecticut’s 2nd District

Joe Courtney

Democrat 10th 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$967K raised · top PACs: American Crystal Sugar Compay, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education Breaks with Democrats most onCrime and Law Enforcement: broke on 4 of 20 party-line votes (20%; most Democrats: 5%)
96LoyaltyMed 98
95AttendMed 98
14BipartMed 12
17BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2007–now
19 years in CongressMore senior than 86% of the House
Committees
  • Armed Services 2nd minority
  • Education and Workforce 2nd minority
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 date24914023867417
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—2102451,23539

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 →
Armed Forces and National Security 41% 14%
Labor and Employment 6% 21%
Education 8% 43%

StatementsBills

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

  • He talks most about: Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security), Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), Health Care Coverage (Health), Energy Project Permitting (Energy), Workforce Development (Labor and Employment).
  • 14 bills sponsored, most on Education.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Ranking memberSeapower and Projection Forces SubcommitteeArmed Services
MemberArmed Services Committee2nd minority
MemberEducation and Workforce Committee2nd minority

Ranking member on the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, more senior than 86% of the House, in the minority.

  • 19 years in Congress: more senior than 86% 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 19%

Closest across the aisle

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

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 19%); closest in his party: Morelle and Norton.

  • 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 12 · expected 18
Action in committee 0 · expected 3
Beyond committee 0 · expected 1
Passed House 0 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 411 of 433 in the House

0.09expected 0.34 · average member 1.00

0 of 12 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.09 against a peer median of 0.34.

  • 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 −0.34

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: Democrats yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Democrats on 96% of party-line votes, breaks 17 times (peer median 5).

  • Position: −0.34, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Crime and Law Enforcement 4 of 20, Education 3 of 12, Immigration 3 of 15.

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

Courtney$967K raised15%30%55%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

44% of what he raised came from individuals; 15% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$967K raised, 55% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 16 points.

55 PACs of the 91 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 Defense.

  1. American Crystal Sugar Compay56% D
  2. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO99% D
  3. American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education100% 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

136 bills

Courtney voted Yea on 24, Nay on 37, did not vote on 3, and sponsored or cosponsored 72 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.