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U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania’s 16th District

Mike Kelly

Republican 8th 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$1.4M raised · top PACs: American Bankers Association, American Society of Association Executives, Automotive Free International Trade PAC Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 8 of 50 party-line votes (16%; most Republicans: 7%)
98LoyaltyMed 98
98AttendMed 98
14BipartMed 12
9BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2011–now
15 years in CongressMore senior than 79% of the House
Committees
  • Ways and Means 4th majority
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 date1983612846749
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—3713151,23593

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 19% 3%
Health 18% 31%
Taxation 9% 49%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Health and Taxation; bills go to Taxation and Health.

  • He talks most about: Constituent Services (Government Operations and Politics), Health Care Coverage (Health), Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Workforce Development (Labor and Employment), Cost of Living (Economics and Public Finance).
  • 35 bills sponsored, most on Taxation.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairTax SubcommitteeWays and Means
MemberWays and Means Committee4th majority

Chair of the Tax Subcommittee, more senior than 79% of the House, in the majority.

  • 15 years in Congress: more senior than 79% 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

15% · peer median 13%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

15% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 13%); closest in his party: Johnson and Dunn.

  • 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 32 · expected 17.5
Action in committee 3 · expected 6
Beyond committee 3 · expected 4.5
Passed House 1 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 186 of 433 in the House

0.80expected 1.16 · average member 1.00

1 of 32 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.80 against a peer median of 1.16.

  • On the move: H.R. 9098 (out of committee), H.R. 3514 (out of committee), H.R. 7959 (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 +0.38

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 98% of party-line votes, breaks 9 times (peer median 11).

  • Position: +0.38, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 8 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 him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Kelly$1.4M raised23%76%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

24% of what he raised came from individuals; under 1% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.4M raised, 76% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 27.3 points.

137 PACs of the 210 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. American Bankers Association38% D
  2. American Society of Association Executives18% D
  3. Automotive Free International Trade6% 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

196 bills

Kelly voted Yea on 71, Nay on 4, and sponsored or cosponsored 121 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.