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U.S. Representative for Massachusetts’s 9th District

William R. Keating

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

Campaign money, 2025–26$554K raised · top PACs: American Crystal Sugar Compay, Avangrid, Laborers' International Union of North America Breaks with Democrats most onCrime and Law Enforcement: broke on 5 of 24 party-line votes (21%; most Democrats: 5%)
98LoyaltyMed 98
95AttendMed 98
12BipartMed 12
11BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2011–now
15 years in CongressMore senior than 79% of the House
Committees
  • Foreign Affairs 3rd minority
  • Armed Services 8th minority
Age
74

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 date2524134567411
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—2514311,23518

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 47% no bills
Immigration 13% 8%
International Affairs 20% 75%

StatementsBills

Words go to Armed Forces and National Security, International Affairs and Government Operations and Politics; bills go to International Affairs and Immigration.

  • He talks most about: Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security), October 7th Attacks (International Affairs).
  • 24 bills sponsored, most on International Affairs.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Ranking memberEurope SubcommitteeForeign Affairs
MemberForeign Affairs Committee3rd minority
MemberArmed Services Committee8th minority

Ranking member on the Europe Subcommittee, more senior than 79% of the House, in the minority.

  • 15 years in Congress: more senior than 79% 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

27% · peer median 19%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

27% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 19%); closest in his party: Norton and Hernández Rivera.

  • 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 22 · expected 18
Action in committee 3 · expected 3
Beyond committee 3 · expected 1
Passed House 1 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 250 of 433 in the House

0.53expected 0.34 · average member 1.00

1 of 22 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.53 against a peer median of 0.34.

  • On the move: H.R. 681 (out of committee), H.R. 2505 (passed a chamber), H.R. 2504 (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 −0.33

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 98% of party-line votes, breaks 11 times (peer median 5).

  • Position: −0.33, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Crime and Law Enforcement 5 of 24, Immigration 2 of 14, International Affairs 1 of 14.

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

Keating$554K raised12%43%44%
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; 12% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$554K raised, 44% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 12.5 points.

28 PACs of the 43 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 Crystal Sugar Compay56% D
  2. Avangrid61% D
  3. Laborers' International Union of North America88% 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

119 bills

Keating voted Yea on 15, Nay on 37, did not vote on 4, and sponsored or cosponsored 63 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.