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U.S. Representative for Oregon’s 1st District

Suzanne Bonamici

Democrat 8th 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

100LoyaltyMed 98
99AttendMed 98
8BipartMed 12
0BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2012–now
14 years in CongressMore senior than 78% of the House
Committees
  • Science, Space, and Technology 2nd minority
  • Education and Workforce 4th minority
Age
72

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 date1477016446740
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—7127291,2355

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 18% 3%
Education 18% 19%
Health 12% 14%

StatementsBills

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

  • She talks most about: Education Funding (Education), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Constituent Services (Government Operations and Politics), Workforce Development (Labor and Employment), Cost of Living (Economics and Public Finance).
  • 70 bills sponsored, most on Education.
2

Does she have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Ranking memberEarly Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education SubcommitteeEducation and Workforce
MemberScience, Space, and Technology Committee2nd minority
MemberEducation and Workforce Committee4th minority

Ranking member on the Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee, more senior than 78% of the House, in the minority.

  • 14 years in Congress: more senior than 78% 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

15% · peer median 19%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

15% of her cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 19%); closest in her party: Hernández Rivera and Blair.

  • 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 peerLaw inside another bill

Introduced 52 · expected 18
Action in committee 9 · expected 3
Beyond committee 2 · expected 1
Passed House 1 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0 · +1 inside another bill
EffectivenessRank 165 of 433 in the House

0.88expected 0.34 · average member 1.00

1 of 52 bills passed the House; 0 became law; 1 more became law inside another bill; effectiveness 0.88 against a peer median of 0.34.

  • On the move: H.R. 2406 (passed a chamber), H.R. 7129 (out of committee).
  • 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 −0.40

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 9 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 100% of party-line votes, breaks 0 times (peer median 5).

  • Position: −0.40, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Major bills: with her party on 9 of 10.

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

Bonamici$1.0M raised9%39%52%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

48% of what she raised came from individuals; 9% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.0M raised, 52% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 40.5 points.

66 PACs of the 108 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 Health.

  1. America's Credit Unions50% D
  2. American Association of Nurse Practitioners49% D
  3. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO99% 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

306 bills

Bonamici voted Yea on 23, Nay on 86, and sponsored or cosponsored 197 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.