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U.S. Representative for Maryland’s 3rd District

Sarah Elfreth

Democrat 1st term Up 2026

Replaced John P. Sarbanes in 2025

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: International Longshoremen's Association, Hoyer, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Breaks with Democrats most onCrime and Law Enforcement: broke on 3 of 24 party-line votes (13%; most Democrats: 5%)
99LoyaltyMed 98
100AttendMed 98
11BipartMed 12
7BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2025–now
1 year in CongressMore senior than 3% of the House
Committees
  • Natural Resources 13th minority
  • Armed Services 22nd minority
Age
38

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 date1961713686747

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 24% 6%
Public Lands and Natural Resources 11% 18%
Armed Forces and National Security 18% 41%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Armed Forces and National Security and Public Lands and Natural Resources; bills go to Armed Forces and National Security and Public Lands and Natural Resources.

  • She talks most about: Ecosystem Restoration (Public Lands and Natural Resources), Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security), Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Health Care Coverage (Health).
  • 17 bills sponsored, most on Armed Forces and National Security.
2

Does she have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
MemberNatural Resources Committee13th minority
MemberArmed Services Committee22nd minority

No committee or party leadership post, more senior than 3% of the House, in the minority.

  • 1 year in Congress: more senior than 3% of the House.
  • Minority: Democrats hold 214 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does she work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

Her cosponsorships on Republican bills

20% · peer median 22%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

20% of her cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 22%); closest in her party: Hernández Rivera and Olszewski.

  • 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 16 · expected 19
Action in committee 4 · expected 5
Beyond committee 1 · expected 1
Passed House 1 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 233 of 433 in the House

0.59expected 0.44 · average member 1.00

1 of 16 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.59 against a peer median of 0.44.

  • On the move: H.R. 4294 (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 −0.37

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: Democrats yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Democrats on 99% of party-line votes, breaks 7 times (peer median 10).

  • Position: −0.37, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Crime and Law Enforcement 3 of 24, Education 1 of 12, International Affairs 1 of 14.

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

Elfreth$1.4M raised8%50%41%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

58% of what she raised came from individuals; 8% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.4M raised, 41% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 21.4 points.

62 PACs of the 121 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: Budget/Appropriations, Taxation and Defense.

  1. International Longshoremen's Association92% D
  2. Hoyer100% D
  3. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers96% 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

244 bills

Elfreth voted Yea on 20, Nay on 87, and sponsored or cosponsored 137 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.