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U.S. Representative for Maryland’s 7th District

Kweisi Mfume

Democrat 9th term Up 2026

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$490K raised · top PACs: American Crystal Sugar Compay, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
99LoyaltyMed 98
93AttendMed 98
10BipartMed 12
3BreaksMed 7
In office
House 1987–now
15 years in CongressMore senior than 79% of the House
Committees
  • Oversight and Government Reform 6th minority
  • Foreign Affairs 15th minority
Age
78

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 date1211603486743
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—1533241,2358

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 29% 31%
Armed Forces and National Security 6% 13%
Arts, Culture, Religion no statements 19%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Immigration and Transportation and Public Works; bills go to Government Operations and Politics and Arts, Culture, Religion.

  • He talks most about: Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Transportation Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Fraud Enforcement (Crime and Law Enforcement), Government Weaponization (Government Operations and Politics).
  • 16 bills sponsored, most on Government Operations and Politics.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Ranking memberGovernment Operations SubcommitteeOversight and Government Reform
MemberOversight and Government Reform Committee6th minority
MemberForeign Affairs Committee15th minority

Ranking member on the Government Operations Subcommittee, more senior than 79% of the House, in the minority.

  • 15 years in Congress: more senior than 79% 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

16% · peer median 19%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

16% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 19%); 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 12 · expected 18
Action in committee 1 · expected 3
Beyond committee 1 · expected 1
Passed House 0 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 382 of 433 in the House

0.17expected 0.34 · average member 1.00

0 of 12 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.17 against a peer median of 0.34.

  • On the move: H.R. 7265 (out of committee), H.Res. 187 (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 −0.44

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 9 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 99% of party-line votes, breaks 3 times (peer median 5).

  • Position: −0.44, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Crime and Law Enforcement 1 of 24, Economics and Public Finance 1 of 50.

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

Mfume$490K raised37%61%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

39% of what he raised came from individuals; 2% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$490K raised, 61% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 63.1 points.

33 PACs of the 54 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. American Crystal Sugar Compay56% D
  2. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO99% D
  3. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers96% 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

179 bills

Mfume voted Yea on 14, Nay on 78, did not vote on 6, and sponsored or cosponsored 81 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.