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U.S. Representative for Michigan’s 9th District

Lisa C. McClain

Republican 3rd 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$6.0M raised · top PACs: Associated Builders and Contractors, CMS Energy, Delta Airlines Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 8 of 49 party-line votes (16%; most Republicans: 7%)
98LoyaltyMed 98
97AttendMed 98
14BipartMed 12
9BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2021–now
5 years in CongressMore senior than 36% of the House
Committees
  • Education and Workforce 10th majority
  • Financial Services 26th majority
Age
60

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 date148195536749
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—3231871,23524

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 →
Government Operations and Politics 25% 5%
Sports and Recreation 3% 16%
Finance and Financial Sector 2% 26%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Armed Forces and National Security and Education; bills go to Finance and Financial Sector and Sports and Recreation.

  • She talks most about: Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security), Cost of Living (Taxation), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Education Funding (Education).
  • 19 bills sponsored, most on Finance and Financial Sector.
2

Does she have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairHouse Republican ConferenceParty leadership · Since Jan 2025
MemberEducation and Workforce Committee10th majority
MemberFinancial Services Committee26th majority

Chair, House Republican Conference, more senior than 36% of the House, in the majority.

  • 5 years in Congress: more senior than 36% of the House.
  • Majority: Republicans and the independents who caucus with them hold 219 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does she work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

Her cosponsorships on Democratic bills

14% · peer median 9%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

14% of her cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 9%); closest in her party: Johnson and Bentz.

  • 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 16 · expected 27
Action in committee 8 · expected 7
Beyond committee 7 · expected 4
Passed House 5 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 96 of 433 in the House

1.44expected 1.22 · average member 1.00

5 of 16 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 1.44 against a peer median of 1.22.

  • On the move: H.R. 3074 (passed a chamber), H.R. 6329 (passed a chamber), H.R. 2869 (out of committee).
  • 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 +0.55

With her party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with her party on 10 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: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 98% of party-line votes, breaks 9 times (peer median 7).

  • Position: +0.55, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 8 of 49, Armed Forces & National Security 1 of 38.

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

McClain$6.0M raised31%21%27%21%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

52% of what she raised came from individuals; 31% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$6.0M raised, 27% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 37.3 points.

133 PACs of the 282 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 Trade.

  1. Associated Builders and Contractors0% D
  2. CMS Energy37% D
  3. Delta Airlines34% 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

122 bills

McClain voted Yea on 89, Nay on 4, did not vote on 4, and sponsored or cosponsored 25 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.