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U.S. Representative for New York’s 25th District

Joseph D. Morelle

Democrat 5th term Up 2026 Ranking · House Administration

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

Campaign money, 2025–26$2.2M raised · top PACs: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education, American Hospital Association Breaks with Democrats most onCrime and Law Enforcement: broke on 5 of 24 party-line votes (21%; most Democrats: 5%)
97LoyaltyMed 98
98AttendMed 98
13BipartMed 12
15BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2018–now
7 years in CongressMore senior than 57% of the House
Committees
  • House Administration Ranking Member
  • Appropriations 22nd minority
  • Joint Committee of Congress on the Library 4th minority
Age
69

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 date15538134167415
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—3114591,23534

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 23% 16%
Health 14% 19%
Crime and Law Enforcement 8% 16%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Immigration and Health; bills go to Health and Crime and Law Enforcement; the two overlap on Government Operations and Politics.

  • He talks most about: Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Cost of Living (Economics and Public Finance), Gun Violence Prevention (Crime and Law Enforcement).
  • 37 bills sponsored, most on Health.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Ranking memberHouse Administration CommitteeFull committee
MemberJoint Committee of Congress on the Library4th minority
MemberJoint Committee on Printing4th minority
MemberAppropriations Committee22nd minority

Ranking member on the House Administration Committee, more senior than 57% of the House, in the minority.

  • 7 years in Congress: more senior than 57% 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

36% · peer median 23%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

36% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 23%); closest in his party: Norton and Hernández Rivera.

  • 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 30 · expected 27
Action in committee 5 · expected 4
Beyond committee 3 · expected 1
Passed House 1 · expected 1
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 239 of 433 in the House

0.57expected 0.48 · average member 1.00

1 of 30 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.57 against a peer median of 0.48.

  • On the move: H.R. 8738 (passed a chamber), H.R. 2148 (out of committee), H.R. 397 (out of committee).
  • 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 −0.33

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 8 of the 9 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 97% of party-line votes, breaks 15 times (peer median 8).

  • Position: −0.33, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Crime and Law Enforcement 5 of 24, Immigration 3 of 15, Education 2 of 12.

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

Morelle$2.2M raised37%49%10%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

41% of what he raised came from individuals; 4% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$2.2M raised, 49% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 21.6 points.

109 PACs of the 190 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 Defense.

  1. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO99% D
  2. American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education100% D
  3. American Hospital Association48% 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

208 bills

Morelle voted Yea on 30, Nay on 81, did not vote on 2, and sponsored or cosponsored 95 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.