Representative · Maryland's 6th district

April McClain Delaney

April McClain Delaney is a Democratic representative for Maryland's 6th district, in Congress since 2025. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 18, and cast 442 of 462 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Jan 3, 2025
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

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 Representatives6752.7%18 of 675 · rank 156 of 43996%442 of 462 · rank 356 of 439300 became law27%121 of 455

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 −1−0.29+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. Jul 15, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 104–314· Against party
  2. May 14, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 308–116· Against party
  3. May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· Against party
  4. Dec 3, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 269–146· Against party
  5. Nov 21, 2025· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 285–98· Against party
  6. Sep 10, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 231–196· Against party
  7. Jul 17, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 308–122· Against party
  8. Jul 17, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 294–134· Against party

Recent votes

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

  1. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
  2. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
  3. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
  4. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
  5. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
  6. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
  7. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
  8. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
  9. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
  10. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
  11. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
  12. 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.

30 sponsored · 0 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced30100%

Policy areas

  1. Agriculture and Food7
  2. Science, Technology, Communications5
  3. Emergency Management4
  4. Government Operations and Politics4
  5. Armed Forces and National Security3
  6. Arts, Culture, Religion1
  7. Crime and Law Enforcement1
  8. Families1

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 10684 DOE Bioenergy Program Reauthorization Act
    Introduced· Oct 1, 2026
  2. H.R. 8981 SCALE Biology Act
    Introduced· Science, Technology, Communications· Jul 21, 2026
  3. H.R. 9286 Broadband Deployment and Economic Impact Study Act of 2026
    Introduced· Science, Technology, Communications· Jun 11, 2026
  4. H.R. 8825 Democracy Without Intimidation Act
    Introduced· Crime and Law Enforcement· May 14, 2026
  5. H.R. 3159 Improving SCRA Benefit Utilization Act
    Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· May 14, 2026
  6. H.R. 8453 Rural Child Care Facility Expansion Act
    Introduced· Families· Apr 22, 2026
  7. H.R. 7914 Agricultural Conservation Mentorship Act
    Introduced· Agriculture and Food· Apr 3, 2026
  8. H.R. 7913 Higher Education Challenge Grant Modernization Act
    Introduced· Agriculture and Food· Apr 3, 2026

Committees

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

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Maryland's 6th 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
$2.2B
Per resident
$2,769
Rank in Maryland
6 of 8
Contract actions
13K
New awards: 5,525

By fiscal year

  1. 2.8BFY2017
  2. 2.7BFY2018
  3. 2.7BFY2019
  4. 3.4BFY2020
  5. 3.4BFY2021
  6. 3.2BFY2022
  7. 3.5BFY2023
  8. 3.5BFY2024
  9. 2.6BFY2025
  10. 2.2BFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Department of Commerce
  3. Department of Homeland Security
  4. Department of Health and Human Services
  5. Department of Defense
  6. Department of Health and Human Services
  7. Department of Defense

Top recipients

  1. 116 awards
  2. KVG LLC$113.1M5.1%
    1 award
  3. 192 awards
  4. LEIDOS, INC.$73.9M3.4%
    1 award
  5. 23 awards
  6. 3 awards
  7. 1 award
  8. 16 awards
  9. 5 awards
  10. TRIBILITY LLC$34.6M1.6%
    9 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
$12.3M
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$307.6K
From committees
$404.2K
143 committees
From contractor PACs
$83K
29 PACs · 21% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
northrop grumman corporationemployees of northrop grumman corporation pac$10KNORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$1.1B
firstenergy corp.firstenergy corp political action committee$10KFIRSTENERGY PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANYAI match · 99% · of one corporate family$5.4M
thales usa, inc.thales usa, inc. political action committee (thales usa pac)$7,000THALES USA, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$7.5M
constellation energy corporationconstellation energy corporation employee political action committee (cepac)$5,500CONSTELLATION NEWENERGY INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$1.9M
sierra nevada corporationsierra nevada company, llc political action committee$5,000SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$5.4M
gilead sciences, inc.gilead sciences inc healthcare policy pac$5,000GILEAD SCIENCES INCAI match · 100% · the same organization-$779
charter communications inc.charter communications inc. political action committee$5,000CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$130.5K
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)$2,500AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization—
united parcel service, inc.united parcel service, inc. pac (upspac)$2,500UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$685.7K
comcast corporationcomcast corporation & nbcuniversal political action committee - federal$2,500COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$453.1K

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$12.3M$404.2K$83K29 PACs · 21% of committee money
2024$5.9M$374.4K$10.4K6 PACs · 3% 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 · Maryland's 6th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Office
1130 Longworth 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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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.