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

Michelle Fischbach

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$1.7M raised · top PACs: American Bankers Association, American Crystal Sugar Compay, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 2 of 50 party-line votes (4%; most Republicans: 7%)
99LoyaltyMed 98
100AttendMed 98
11BipartMed 12
3BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2021–now
5 years in CongressMore senior than 36% of the House
Committees
  • Rules 2nd majority
  • Ways and Means 17th majority
Age
61

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 date1282911746743
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—2421831,2358

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 she focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Government Operations and Politics 29% 7%
Health 8% 21%
Congress no statements 38%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Crime and Law Enforcement and Labor and Employment; bills go to Congress and Health.

  • She talks most about: Constituent Services (Government Operations and Politics), Fraud Enforcement (Crime and Law Enforcement), Workforce Development (Labor and Employment), Cost of Living (Taxation), Fuel Prices (Energy).
  • 29 bills sponsored, most on Congress.
2

Does she have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairRules and Organization of the House SubcommitteeRules
MemberRules Committee2nd majority
MemberWays and Means Committee17th majority

Chair of the Rules and Organization of the House Subcommittee, 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

4% · peer median 9%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

4% of her cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 9%); closest in her party: Johnson and Finstad.

  • 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 18 · expected 27
Action in committee 4 · expected 7
Beyond committee 2 · expected 4
Passed House 1 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 213 of 433 in the House

0.66expected 1.22 · average member 1.00

1 of 18 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.66 against a peer median of 1.22.

  • On the move: H.R. 10356 (out of committee), H.R. 6945 (passed a chamber), H.Con.Res. 1 (passed a chamber).
  • 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 +0.54

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 99% of party-line votes, breaks 3 times (peer median 7).

  • Position: +0.54, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 2 of 50, 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

Fischbach$1.7M raised13%23%58%6%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

36% of what she raised came from individuals; 13% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.7M raised, 58% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 41 points.

98 PACs of the 170 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. American Bankers Association38% D
  2. American Crystal Sugar Compay56% D
  3. American Institute of Certified Public Accountants37% 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

142 bills

Fischbach voted Yea on 66, Nay on 5, and sponsored or cosponsored 71 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.