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U.S. Representative for Maryland’s 5th District

Steny H. Hoyer

Democrat 23rd term Not running · open seat

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$403K raised · top PACs: American Crystal Sugar Compay, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education Breaks with Democrats most onCrime and Law Enforcement: broke on 3 of 24 party-line votes (13%; most Democrats: 5%)
97LoyaltyMed 98
97AttendMed 98
13BipartMed 12
16BreaksMed 7
In office
House 1981–now
45 years in CongressMore senior than 100% of the House
Committees
  • Appropriations 2nd minority
Age
87

2026 election

Not on the November ballot
General election Nov 3, 2026

On the ballot for this seat

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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 date4011014567416
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—20951,23518

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 →
Armed Forces and National Security 18% no bills
Economics and Public Finance 9% no bills
Government Operations and Politics 36% 100%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Armed Forces and National Security and Economics and Public Finance; bills go to Government Operations and Politics.

  • He talks most about: Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Cost of Living (Economics and Public Finance), Health Care Coverage (Health).
  • 1 bill sponsored, most on Government Operations and Politics.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Ranking memberFinancial Services and General Government SubcommitteeAppropriations
MemberAppropriations Committee2nd minority

Ranking member on the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee, more senior than 100% of the House, in the minority.

  • 45 years in Congress: more senior than 100% 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: not measured yet (it needs five sponsored bills and a cosponsorship).

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

His share of cosponsorships across the aisle is not measured yet; closest in his party: Norton and Wilson.

  • 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 1 · expected 18
Action in committee 0 · expected 3
Beyond committee 0 · expected 1
Passed House 0 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 430 of 433 in the House

0.01expected 0.34 · average member 1.00

0 of 1 bill passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.01 against a peer median of 0.34.

  • 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 9 of the 9 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 97% of party-line votes, breaks 16 times (peer median 5).

  • Position: −0.38, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Crime and Law Enforcement 3 of 24, Energy 3 of 34, Armed Forces & National Security 3 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

Hoyer$403K raised27%64%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

32% of what he raised came from individuals; 5% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$403K raised, 64% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 35.8 points.

33 PACs of the 65 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: Budget/Appropriations, Taxation and Defense.

  1. American Crystal Sugar Compay56% D
  2. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO99% D
  3. American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education100% 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

77 bills

Hoyer voted Yea on 15, Nay on 41, did not vote on 1, and sponsored or cosponsored 20 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.