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U.S. Representative for Illinois’s 8th District

Raja Krishnamoorthi

Democrat 5th term Not on 2026 ballot · open seat

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$35.5M raised · top PACs: American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons, KPMG Partners/Principals and Employees PAC, American Society of Anesthesiologists Breaks with Democrats most onFinance and Financial Sector: broke on 2 of 13 party-line votes (15%; most Democrats: 8%)
98LoyaltyMed 98
98AttendMed 98
10BipartMed 12
8BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2017–now
9 years in CongressMore senior than 59% of the House
Committees
  • Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party 2nd minority
  • Oversight and Government Reform 4th minority
  • Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 4th minority
Age
53

2026 election

Not on the November ballot
General election Nov 3, 2026

Ran forIL Senate
  • Not the nominee
See that race
Leaving IL-8Open seat
See the IL-8 race

Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 1, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date4234507676748
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—2716301,23514

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 24% 7%
Health 13% 11%
International Affairs 4% 16%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Immigration and Health; bills go to International Affairs and Health.

  • He talks most about: Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Health Care Coverage (Health), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Voting Access (Government Operations and Politics), Election Security (Government Operations and Politics).
  • 45 bills sponsored, most on International Affairs.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Ranking memberHealth Care and Financial Services SubcommitteeOversight and Government Reform
Ranking memberNational Intelligence Enterprise SubcommitteePermanent Select Committee on Intelligence
MemberSelect Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party2nd minority
MemberOversight and Government Reform Committee4th minority

+1 more on Background

Ranking member on the Health Care and Financial Services Subcommittee, more senior than 59% of the House, in the minority.

  • 9 years in Congress: more senior than 59% of the House.
  • Minority: Democrats hold 214 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Republican bills

21% · peer median 23%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

21% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 23%); closest in his party: Norton and Hernández Rivera.

  • 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 39 · expected 27
Action in committee 1 · expected 4
Beyond committee 1 · expected 1
Passed House 0 · expected 1
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 334 of 433 in the House

0.32expected 0.48 · average member 1.00

0 of 39 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.32 against a peer median of 0.48.

  • On the move: H.R. 5773 (out of committee).
  • 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 −0.35

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: Democrats yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Democrats on 98% of party-line votes, breaks 8 times (peer median 8).

  • Position: −0.35, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Finance and Financial Sector 2 of 13, Crime and Law Enforcement 2 of 24, International Affairs 1 of 14.

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

Krishnamoorthi$35.5M raised37%58%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

40% of what he raised came from individuals; 3% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$35.5M raised, 2% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 14.1 points.

66 PACs of the 125 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 Trade.

  1. American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons42% D
  2. KPMG Partners/Principals and45% D
  3. American Society of Anesthesiologists43% 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

225 bills

Krishnamoorthi voted Yea on 22, Nay on 74, did not vote on 2, and sponsored or cosponsored 127 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.