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U.S. Representative for Ohio’s 6th District

Michael A. Rulli

Republican 2nd term Up 2026

Replaced Bill Johnson in 2024

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$1.4M raised · top PACs: Koch, International Union of Operating Engineers Local 18, Republican Governance Group/Tuesday Group PAC Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 8 of 50 party-line votes (16%; most Republicans: 7%)
96LoyaltyMed 98
95AttendMed 98
13BipartMed 12
16BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2024–now
2 years in CongressMore senior than 17% of the House
Committees
  • Education and Workforce 14th majority
  • Energy and Commerce 27th majority
Age
57

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 4, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date2424134167416
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—005323612

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 10% 8%
International Affairs 10% 8%
Health 15% 29%

StatementsBills

Words go to Health, Immigration and Emergency Management; bills go to Health and Crime and Law Enforcement.

  • He talks most about: Press Freedom (International Affairs), Health Care Coverage (Health), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Disaster Response (Emergency Management), Transportation Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works).
  • 24 bills sponsored, most on Health.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
MemberEducation and Workforce Committee14th majority
MemberEnergy and Commerce Committee27th majority

No committee or party leadership post, more senior than 17% of the House, in the majority.

  • 2 years in Congress: more senior than 17% 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

7% · peer median 10%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

7% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 10%); closest in his party: Johnson and Ciscomani.

  • 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 19 · expected 23
Action in committee 3 · expected 7
Beyond committee 3 · expected 4
Passed House 1 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 201 of 433 in the House

0.70expected 1.09 · average member 1.00

1 of 19 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.70 against a peer median of 1.09.

  • On the move: H.R. 7725 (out of committee), H.R. 2958 (out of committee), H.R. 3015 (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 +0.43

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: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 96% of party-line votes, breaks 16 times (peer median 8).

  • Position: +0.43, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 8 of 50, Armed Forces & National Security 3 of 38, Environmental Protection 1 of 26.

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

Rulli$1.4M raised18%62%19%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

19% of what he raised came from individuals; 1% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.4M raised, 62% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 33.5 points.

125 PACs of the 209 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 Health.

  1. Koch0% D
  2. International Union of Operating Engineers Local 1838% D
  3. Republican Governance Group/Tuesday Group0% 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

178 bills

Rulli voted Yea on 71, Nay on 5, did not vote on 6, and sponsored or cosponsored 96 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.