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

Tim Walberg

Republican 9th term Up 2026 Chair · Education and Workforce

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$2.2M raised · top PACs: Norpac, Associated Builders and Contractors, CMS Energy Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 9 of 50 party-line votes (18%; most Republicans: 7%)
98LoyaltyMed 98
99AttendMed 98
14BipartMed 12
11BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2007–now
17 years in CongressMore senior than 85% of the House
Committees
  • Education and Workforce Chair
  • Natural Resources 17th majority
Age
75

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 date18328312367411
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—3242121,23552

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 23% 4%
Crime and Law Enforcement 9% 7%
Education 9% 18%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Crime and Law Enforcement and Education; bills go to Education and Armed Forces and National Security.

  • He talks most about: Education Funding (Education), Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Workforce Development (Labor and Employment), Fraud Enforcement (Crime and Law Enforcement), Cost of Living (Taxation).
  • 28 bills sponsored, most on Education.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairEducation and Workforce CommitteeFull committee
MemberNatural Resources Committee17th majority

Chair of the Education and Workforce Committee, more senior than 85% of the House, in the majority.

  • 17 years in Congress: more senior than 85% 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

8% · peer median 13%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

8% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 13%); closest in his party: Johnson and Latta.

  • 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 24 · expected 17.5
Action in committee 18 · expected 6
Beyond committee 13 · expected 4.5
Passed House 3 · expected 2
Became law 1 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 32 of 433 in the House

2.66expected 1.16 · average member 1.00

3 of 24 bills passed the House; 1 became law; effectiveness 2.66 against a peer median of 1.16.

  • On the move: H.R. 8195 (out of committee), H.R. 4307 (became law), H.R. 5505 (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 +0.50

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: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 98% of party-line votes, breaks 11 times (peer median 11).

  • Position: +0.50, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 9 of 50.

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

Walberg$2.2M raised47%43%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

52% of what he raised came from individuals; 4% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$2.2M raised, 43% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 32.9 points.

81 PACs of the 150 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. Norpac29% D
  2. Associated Builders and Contractors0% D
  3. CMS Energy37% 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

113 bills

Walberg voted Yea on 69, Nay on 3, and sponsored or cosponsored 41 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.