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U.S. Representative for New Jersey’s 7th District

Thomas H. Kean, Jr.

Republican 2nd term On 2026 ballot

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$6.1M raised · top PACs: Allied Pilots Association, American Revival PAC, Eureka Political Action Committee Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 15 of 44 party-line votes (34%; most Republicans: 7%)
93LoyaltyMed 98
78AttendMed 98
19BipartMed 12
26BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2023–now
3 years in CongressMore senior than 18% of the House
Committees
  • Foreign Affairs 16th majority
  • Energy and Commerce 26th majority
Age
58

2026 election

On the November ballot
General election Nov 3, 2026

Facing

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date20343339067426
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—2824051,235218

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 29% 2%
Armed Forces and National Security 14% 7%
Health 10% 21%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Armed Forces and National Security and Health; bills go to Health and International Affairs; the two overlap on Armed Forces and National Security.

  • He talks most about: Constituent Services (Government Operations and Politics), Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), Health Care Coverage (Health), Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Transportation Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works).
  • 42 bills sponsored, most on Health.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
MemberForeign Affairs Committee16th majority
MemberEnergy and Commerce Committee26th majority

No committee or party leadership post, more senior than 18% of the House, in the majority.

  • 3 years in Congress: more senior than 18% of the House.
  • Majority: Republicans and the independents who caucus with them hold 219 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

38% · peer median 10%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

38% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 10%); closest in his party: LaLota and Garbarino.

  • 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 23
Action in committee 10 · expected 7
Beyond committee 6 · expected 4
Passed House 3 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 123 of 433 in the House

1.22expected 1.09 · average member 1.00

3 of 39 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 1.22 against a peer median of 1.09.

  • On the move: H.R. 5634 (out of committee), H.R. 5584 (out of committee), H.R. 6322 (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 +0.20
Economics and Public Finance15 of 44
Environmental Protection2 of 19
Congress5 of 116

With his party on the other 7 areas with 10 or more party-line votes.

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: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 93% of party-line votes, breaks 26 times (peer median 8), most on Economics and Public Finance.

  • Position: +0.20, outside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 15 of 44, Congress 5 of 116, Armed Forces & National Security 3 of 33.

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

Kean$6.1M raised40%24%31%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

46% of what he raised came from individuals; 5% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$6.1M raised, 24% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 5.4 points.

117 PACs of the 180 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 Health.

  1. Allied Pilots Association50% D
  2. American Revival0% D
  3. Eureka0% 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

203 bills

Kean voted Yea on 59, Nay on 3, did not vote on 16, and sponsored or cosponsored 125 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.