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U.S. Representative for Rhode Island’s 2nd District

Seth Magaziner

Democrat 2nd 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$1.6M raised · top PACs: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Defend the Vote Leadership Fund, Engineers Political Education Committee (EPEC)/International Union of Operating Engineers Breaks with Democrats most onEducation: broke on 4 of 12 party-line votes (33%; most Democrats: 0%)
95LoyaltyMed 98
97AttendMed 98
13BipartMed 12
21BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2023–now
3 years in CongressMore senior than 18% of the House
Committees
  • Homeland Security 4th minority
  • Natural Resources 6th minority
Age
43

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 date21229157267421
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—2005471,23531

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 28% 14%
Health 12% 10%
Armed Forces and National Security 9% 10%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Health and Armed Forces and National Security; bills go to Government Operations and Politics and Armed Forces and National Security.

  • He talks most about: Health Care Coverage (Health), Workforce Development (Labor and Employment), Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Constituent Services (Government Operations and Politics), Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security).
  • 29 bills sponsored, most on Government Operations and Politics.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Ranking memberCounterterrorism and Intelligence SubcommitteeHomeland Security
MemberHomeland Security Committee4th minority
MemberNatural Resources Committee6th minority

Ranking member on the Counterterrorism and Intelligence Subcommittee, more senior than 18% of the House, in the minority.

  • 3 years in Congress: more senior than 18% 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

22% · peer median 22%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

22% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 22%); closest in his party: Plaskett and Norton.

  • 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 28 · expected 19
Action in committee 7 · expected 5
Beyond committee 2 · expected 1
Passed House 1 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 219 of 433 in the House

0.63expected 0.44 · average member 1.00

1 of 28 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.63 against a peer median of 0.44.

  • On the move: H.R. 7436 (passed a chamber), H.R. 2139 (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 −0.30

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 95% of party-line votes, breaks 21 times (peer median 10).

  • Position: −0.30, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Education 4 of 12, Crime and Law Enforcement 4 of 23, Immigration 2 of 15.

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

Magaziner$1.6M raised51%38%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

56% of what he raised came from individuals; 5% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.6M raised, 38% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 16.7 points.

63 PACs of the 117 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 Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

  1. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO99% D
  2. Defend the Vote Leadership Fund100% D
  3. Engineers Political Education Committee (EPEC)/International Union of Operating Engineers100% 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

261 bills

Magaziner voted Yea on 34, Nay on 78, did not vote on 1, and sponsored or cosponsored 148 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.