Former representative · Ohio's 7th district

Bob Gibbs

Bob Gibbs served in Congress from 2011 to 2023, last as a Republican representative for Ohio's 7th district. In the 117th Congress, 997 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 53, and cast 541 of 553 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Republican
Chamber: House; Former
In Congress since: Jan 5, 2011
Last term ended: Jan 3, 2023

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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.

Congress	Roll calls	Missed	Votes with party	Sponsored	Cosponsored across the aisle
117th CongressHouse of Representatives	997	5.3%53 of 997 · rank 34 of 443	98%541 of 553 · rank 245 of 443	160 became law	15%48 of 318

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 117th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.48+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.

H.J.Res. 100: To provide for a resolution with respect to the unresolved disputes between certain railroads represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference and certain of their employees.Yea
Nov 30, 2022· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 290–137· Against party
H.R. 5118: Continental Divide Trail Completion ActYea
Jul 29, 2022· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 296–128· Against party
H.R. 4346: Chips and Science ActYea
Jul 28, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Adt to the House Adt to the Senate Adt· Passed 243–187· Against party
H.R. 6929: Susan Muffley Act of 2022Yea
Jul 27, 2022· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 254–175· Against party
H.R. 8294: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023Yea
Jul 20, 2022· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 238–191· Against party
H.R. 7900: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023Yea
Jul 14, 2022· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 277–150· Against party
H.R. 5547: CEDS ActYea
Mar 30, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 304–122· Against party
H.R. 4521: United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021Nay
Feb 3, 2022· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 264–163· Against party

Recent votes

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

H.R. 2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023Nay
Dec 23, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Adt to the House Adt to the Senate Adt· Passed 225–201
H.R. 7939: Veterans Auto and Education Improvement Act of 2022Not voting
Dec 22, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment· Passed 380–35
S. 1402: Durbin Feeling Native American Languages Act of 2022Not voting
Dec 22, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 337–79
S. 989: Native American Language Resource Center Act of 2022Not voting
Dec 22, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 342–71
S. 5087: A bill to amend the Not Invisible Act of 2019 to extend, and provide additional support for, the activities of the Department of the Interior and the Department of Justice Joint Commission on Reducing Violent Crime Against Indians, and for other purposes.Not voting
Dec 22, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 374–44
S. 4104: Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2022Not voting
Dec 22, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 360–55
S. 3773: A bill to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation.Not voting
Dec 22, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 377–42
S. 1942: National Heritage Area ActNot voting
Dec 22, 2022· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 326–95
H.R. 9640: Presidential Tax Filings and Audit Transparency Act of 2022Nay
Dec 22, 2022· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 222–201
S. 3308: Colorado River Indian Tribes Water Resiliency Act of 2022Not voting
Dec 21, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 397–12
S. 3168: A bill to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to modify the enforceability date for certain provisions, and for other purposes.Not voting
Dec 21, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 378–33
H.R. 1917: Hazard Eligibility and Local Projects ActNot voting
Dec 21, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment· Passed 393–19

Committees

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

No committee seats are listed.

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Ohio'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.

Contract money is attributed to districts from the 118th Congress boundaries onward; this member's last district predates them.

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: $5,167; through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand: $190.5K
From committees: $4,000; 1 committees
From contractor PACs: $0; 0 PACs · 0% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$5,167	$4,000	$00 PACs · 0% of committee money
2024	$6,830	-$2,500	-$2,5000 PACs · — of committee money
2022	$603.5K	$220K	$32K13 PACs · 15% 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.

House · Ohio's 7th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
House · Ohio's 7th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
House · Ohio's 7th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
House · Ohio's 7th districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
House · Ohio's 7th districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
House · Ohio's 18th districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013

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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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)
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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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.