Representative · Nebraska's 3rd district

Adrian Smith

Adrian Smith is a Republican representative for Nebraska's 3rd district, in Congress since 2007. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 11, and cast 455 of 464 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Republican
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Jan 4, 2007
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
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Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives6751.6%11 of 675 · rank 239 of 43998%455 of 464 · rank 237 of 439270 became law7%18 of 250
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2223.4%41 of 1,222 · rank 159 of 44295%789 of 832 · rank 297 of 442386 became law9%22 of 244
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9972.1%21 of 997 · rank 125 of 44399%550 of 558 · rank 173 of 443110 became law32%101 of 314

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.51+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. H.R. 7006: Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
    Jan 14, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 127–291· Against party
  2. H.R. 7006: Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
    Jan 14, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 163–257· Against party
  3. H.R. 504: Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments ActYea
    Jan 8, 2026· House· Passage· Passage, Objections of the President To The Contrary Notwithstanding· Failed 236–188· Against party
  4. H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
    Sep 4, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 127–297· Against party
  5. H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
    Sep 4, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 120–302· Against party
  6. H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
    Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 127–299· Against party
  7. H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
    Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 124–303· Against party
  8. H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
    Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 120–306· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
  2. H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
  3. H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
  4. H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
  5. H.R. 10326: PROOF ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
  6. H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
  7. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
  8. H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Nay
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
  9. H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
  10. H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
  11. H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Nay
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79· Against party
  12. H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

76 sponsored · 6 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced6484%
  2. Reported by committee45.3%
  3. Passed one chamber22.6%
  4. Became law67.9%

Policy areas

  1. Taxation26
  2. Health20
  3. Foreign Trade and International Finance8
  4. Social Welfare6
  5. Government Operations and Politics5
  6. Environmental Protection4
  7. Armed Forces and National Security1
  8. Families1

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 10706 To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to clarify parameters for model testing and add accountability to model expansion under the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, and for other purposes.
    Introduced· Oct 1, 2026
  2. H.R. 10413 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the qualified elementary and secondary education scholarships credit limit for married taxpayers filing a joint return.
    Introduced· Sep 16, 2026
  3. H.R. 10412 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the State opt-in requirement for the qualified elementary and secondary education scholarship credit.
    Introduced· Taxation· Sep 16, 2026
  4. H.R. 3164 Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act
    Introduced· Health· May 21, 2026
  5. H.R. 1346 To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes.
    Passed one chamber· Environmental Protection· May 14, 2026
  6. H.R. 8528 PI Post Acute Access Act
    Introduced· Health· Apr 27, 2026
  7. H.R. 8313 Trump Accounts for All Generations Act
    Introduced· Taxation· Apr 15, 2026
  8. H.R. 7922 Small Business Dependent Care FSA Opportunity Act
    Introduced· Taxation· Mar 12, 2026

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Nebraska's 3rd district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026
$162.3M
Per resident
$249
Rank in Nebraska
2 of 3
Contract actions
6,979
New awards: 6,050

By fiscal year

  1. 134.6MFY2017
  2. 107.7MFY2018
  3. 144.4MFY2019
  4. 204.9MFY2020
  5. 228.4MFY2021
  6. 196.8MFY2022
  7. 240.3MFY2023
  8. 285.2MFY2024
  9. 235MFY2025
  10. 162.3MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of the Army$58.1M36%
    Department of Defense
  2. Agricultural Marketing Service$26.5M16%
    Department of Agriculture
  3. Department of State$22.6M14%
  4. Defense Logistics Agency$12.4M7.6%
    Department of Defense
  5. Department of Veterans Affairs$7.8M4.8%
  6. Forest Service$6.9M4.2%
    Department of Agriculture
  7. Federal Law Enforcement Training Center$5.3M3.3%
    Department of Homeland Security
  8. Agricultural Research Service$5.2M3.2%
    Department of Agriculture

Top recipients

  1. HENDRICKSON TRANSPORTATION LLC$43.7M27%
    1 award
  2. HCI MANAGEMENT SERVICES COMPANY$16M9.8%
    9 awards
  3. NEBRASKA BEAN, INC.$12.3M7.6%
    13 awards
  4. HORNADY MANUFACTURING COMPANY$11.6M7.2%
    96 awards
  5. APTIM FEDERAL SERVICES, LLC$8.5M5.2%
    1 award
  6. KELLEY BEAN CO INC$6.8M4.2%
    7 awards
  7. ALL NATIVE SYNERGIES COMPANY$6.6M4.0%
    3 awards
  8. CASH-WA DISTRIBUTING CO. OF KEARNEY, INC.$5.5M3.4%
    4,790 awards
  9. CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION$3.3M2.0%
    4 awards
  10. GRAIN CRAFT CORN, LLC$2.9M1.8%
    6 awards
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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$1.8M
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$1M
From committees
$1.4M
396 committees
From contractor PACs
$366.5K
101 PACs · 26% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)$10KAMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization—
ball corporationball corporation political action committee$10KBALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP.AI match · 99% · of one corporate family-$182.3K
bunge north america incbunge north america inc political action committee$10KBUNGE NORTH AMERICA, INCAI match · 100% · the same organization-$534
burns & mcdonnell, inc.burns and mcdonnell inc. pac$10KBURNS & MCDONNELL, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$6M
honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac)$9,500HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$260.5M
american hospital associationamerican hospital association pac$8,500AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization$1.2M
humana inc.humana inc. political action committee$8,000HUMANA GOVERNMENT BUSINESS INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$5.6B
entergy corporationentergy corporation employee political action committee (enpac)$8,000ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$7.5M
abbott laboratoriesabbott laboratories employee political action committee$7,500ABBOTT LABORATORIES INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$90M
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee$7,500AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization—

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$1.8M$1.4M$366.5K101 PACs · 26% of committee money
2024$2M$1.5M$337K85 PACs · 23% of committee money
2022$1.7M$1.2M$299.1K74 PACs · 26% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. House · Nebraska's 3rd districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · Nebraska's 3rd districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. House · Nebraska's 3rd districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  4. House · Nebraska's 3rd districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
  5. House · Nebraska's 3rd districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
  6. House · Nebraska's 3rd districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
  7. House · Nebraska's 3rd districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
  8. House · Nebraska's 3rd districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
  9. House · Nebraska's 3rd districtJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011
  10. House · Nebraska's 3rd districtJan 4, 2007 – Jan 3, 2009

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
adriansmith.house.gov
Phone
202-225-6435
Office
502 Cannon House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.