Mike Gallagher

Former Representative for Wisconsin’s 8th District, 2017–2024 · Republican

Record from the 118th Congress · From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 118th Congress

How it’s measured

1.48· expected 1.38

Meets expectations

Rank 98 of 445 who served in the House that Congress · expected = average of 227 majority-party members

How far Gallagher’s own bills got, weighted by substance. The average member scores 1.00.

42 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 2 significant (got a roll call vote), 40 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the House

How Gallagher’s ratings compare with every representative

Ratings, 118th Congress

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one representative; the ringed marker is Gallagher. Medians and ranks are among everyone who served in the 118th Congress’s House.

Gallagher in plain answers: party votes, bipartisanship, who votes alike

Attendance

How it’s measured

98/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 19 missed of 870

Voted on 851 of 870 roll calls; missed 19. Higher than 54% of House members.

35%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured

95/ 100

House R median 95 · Rank 132 of 227

Sided with the Republican majority on 612 votes that split the parties. Lower than 68% of House members.

50%100%

Bipartisan

How it’s measured

18/ 100

Chamber median 16 · +2

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Higher than 62% of House members.

0%60%

Position

How it’s measured

+0.44

Republican middle 80%: 0.31 to 0.71

Left–right position from roll-call similarity (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview), from −1 to +1. Members who vote alike sit near each other.

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Gallagher’s bills that passed the House or further

All bills

2 bills and joint resolutions sponsored in the 118th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Gallagher’s effectiveness score.

H.R. 5917 Strengthening Tools to Counter the Use of Human Shields ActInternational Affairs · Passed a chamber Apr 17, 2024Substantive899 words Passed a chamber
H.R. 7521 Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications ActScience, Technology, Communications · Passed a chamber Mar 14, 2024Substantive1.7k words Passed a chamber

Stage comes from each bill’s latest action on congress.gov; the full history is on each bill page.