Representative · Indiana's 7th district

André Carson

André Carson is a Democratic representative for Indiana's 7th district, in Congress since 2008. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 8, and cast 463 of 466 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Mar 13, 2008
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 Representatives6751.2%8 of 675 · rank 294 of 43999%463 of 466 · rank 82 of 439160 became law12%110 of 924
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2222.2%27 of 1,222 · rank 237 of 44299%828 of 835 · rank 77 of 442200 became law12%107 of 899
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9970.5%5 of 997 · rank 318 of 44399%563 of 569 · rank 141 of 443260 became law4%47 of 1,080

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 −1−0.43+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. 5625: Cashless Bail Reporting ActYea
    May 14, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 308–116· Against party
  2. H.R. 2988: Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings ActYea
    Jan 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 213–205· Against party
  3. H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActYea
    Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 227–193· Against party
  4. H.Res. 1102: Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 2882, with an amendment.Nay
    Mar 22, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree· Passed 286–134· Against party
  5. H.R. 4394: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024Nay
    Oct 26, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 121–299· Against party
  6. H.R. 4394: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024Nay
    Oct 26, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 116–303· Against party
  7. H.R. 2494: POLICE Act of 2023Yea
    May 17, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 303–126· Against party
  8. H.R. 347: Reduce Exacerbated Inflation Negatively Impacting the Nation ActYea
    Mar 1, 2023· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 272–148· 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".Nay
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
  5. H.R. 10326: PROOF ActNay
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
  6. H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Nay
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72· Against party
  7. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Nay
    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.Yea
    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".Nay
    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 2025Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
  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.

62 sponsored · 0 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced6097%
  2. Passed one chamber23.2%

Policy areas

  1. International Affairs13
  2. Health8
  3. Armed Forces and National Security6
  4. Arts, Culture, Religion6
  5. Education6
  6. Agriculture and Food5
  7. Commerce4
  8. Transportation and Public Works4

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 9265 To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require participation in the summer EBT program as a condition of participating in the school lunch program, and for other purposes.
    Introduced· Agriculture and Food· Jun 11, 2026
  2. H.Res. 1025 Condemning all acts of violence, oppression, and abuse against ethnic minorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
    Introduced· International Affairs· Jan 30, 2026
  3. H.R. 7281 Justice for Shireen Act
    Introduced· International Affairs· Jan 30, 2026
  4. H.J.Res. 132 Commemorating October 2025 as Head Start Awareness Month and recognizing its positive impact on more than 40,000,000 children and their families.
    Introduced· Education· Oct 31, 2025
  5. H.Res. 708 Recognizing the contributions of medical research and observing "Medical Research Week" from September 15 through September 19, 2025.
    Introduced· Health· Sep 15, 2025
  6. H.R. 4487 Gun Safety Incentive Act
    Introduced· Taxation· Jul 17, 2025
  7. H.Res. 547 Recognizing the significance of "National Caribbean American Heritage Month".
    Introduced· Arts, Culture, Religion· Jun 26, 2025
  8. H.R. 3906 Medical Research for Our Troops Act
    Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Jun 11, 2025

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 Indiana's 7th 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
$1.8B
Per resident
$2,379
Rank in Indiana
1 of 9
Contract actions
5,115
New awards: 3,029

By fiscal year

  1. 1.4BFY2017
  2. 1.3BFY2018
  3. 1.6BFY2019
  4. 1.6BFY2020
  5. 3.2BFY2021
  6. 4.6BFY2022
  7. 2.3BFY2023
  8. 1.7BFY2024
  9. 2.7BFY2025
  10. 1.8BFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of the Navy$520.1M29%
    Department of Defense
  2. Department of the Air Force$355.6M20%
    Department of Defense
  3. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$270.4M15%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  4. U.S. Customs and Border Protection$209.1M12%
    Department of Homeland Security
  5. Department of Veterans Affairs$109.6M6.1%
  6. Defense Logistics Agency$66.1M3.7%
    Department of Defense
  7. Defense Finance and Accounting Service$40.1M2.2%
    Department of Defense
  8. Federal Acquisition Service$39.4M2.2%
    General Services Administration

Top recipients

  1. ROLLS-ROYCE CORPORATION$822.6M46%
    324 awards
  2. NATIONAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.$270M15%
    7 awards
  3. LMI CONSULTING, LLC$194.1M11%
    1 award
  4. ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION$54.5M3.0%
    349 awards
  5. CALUMET SHREVEPORT FUELS LLC$46.7M2.6%
    67 awards
  6. VERTEX MODERNIZATION AND SUSTAINMENT LLC$44M2.5%
    101 awards
  7. MODEL 1 COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, INC.$27.1M1.5%
    197 awards
  8. MAJOR TOOL & MACHINE INC$20.5M1.1%
    1 award
  9. METROSTAR SYSTEMS, LLC$19.7M1.1%
    7 awards
  10. ADAMS AND ASSOCIATES INC$19.3M1.1%
    1 award
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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
$1M
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$621.4K
From committees
$550.6K
168 committees
From contractor PACs
$131.3K
40 PACs · 24% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac)$10KHONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$260.5M
the boeing companythe boeing company pac$10KTHE BOEING COMPANYAI match · 99% · the same organization$9B
eli lilly and companyeli lilly and company political action committee$8,500ELI LILLY AND COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization$286.4K
allison transmission inc.allison transmission inc. political action committee$8,500ALLISON TRANSMISSION INCAI match · 100% · the same organization$2.8M
rolls-royce north america holdings inc.rolls-royce north america holdings inc. pac (rolls-royce north america pac)$6,000ROLLS-ROYCE MARINE NORTH AMERICA INC.AI match · 99% · of one corporate family$0
leidos, inc.leidos inc. political action committee$6,000LEIDOS, INC.AI match · 99% · the same organization$1.1B
bnsf railway companybnsf railway company railpac (bnsf railpac)$5,000BNSF RAILWAY COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization$439.8K
southwest airlines cosouthwest airlines co. political action committee (swapac)$5,000SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.AI match · 100% · the same organization$105.7K
abbvieabbvie political action committee$5,000ABBVIE US LLCAI match · 100% · the same organization$154.6K
american airlines inc.american airlines inc. political action committee (aapac)$4,500AMERICAN AIRLINES, INCAI match · 100% · the same organization$8M

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$1M$550.6K$131.3K40 PACs · 24% of committee money
2024$834.4K$460.2K$96K29 PACs · 21% of committee money
2022$857.3K$468.8K$127K31 PACs · 27% 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 · Indiana's 7th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · Indiana's 7th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. House · Indiana's 7th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  4. House · Indiana's 7th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
  5. House · Indiana's 7th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
  6. House · Indiana's 7th districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
  7. House · Indiana's 7th districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
  8. House · Indiana's 7th districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
  9. House · Indiana's 7th districtJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011
  10. House · Indiana's 7th districtMar 13, 2008 – Jan 3, 2009

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
carson.house.gov
Phone
202-225-4011
Office
2135 Rayburn 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 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 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 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 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.