Representative · Colorado's 7th district

Brittany Pettersen

Brittany Pettersen is a Democratic representative for Colorado's 7th district, in Congress since 2023. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 104, and cast 413 of 422 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Democrat
Chamber: House; Current
In Congress since: Jan 3, 2023
Term ends: Jan 3, 2027

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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
119th CongressHouse of Representatives	675	15.4%104 of 675 · rank 11 of 439	98%413 of 422 · rank 249 of 439	460 became law	33%145 of 439
118th CongressHouse of Representatives	1,222	0.7%8 of 1,222 · rank 373 of 442	95%806 of 845 · rank 282 of 442	250 became law	36%177 of 497

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 −1−0.38+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.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Nay
Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 265–161· Against party
H.R. 3383: Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation Act of 2025Yea
Dec 11, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 302–123· Against party
H.Con.Res. 58: Denouncing the horrors of socialism.Yea
Nov 21, 2025· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 285–98· Against party
H.R. 3095: To direct the United States Postal Service to designate single, unique ZIP Codes for certain communities, and for other purposes.Yea
Jul 21, 2025· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 278–121· Against party
S. 1582: GENIUS ActYea
Jul 17, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 308–122· Against party
H.R. 884: To prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022.Yea
Jun 10, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 266–148· Against party
H.R. 2096: Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency ActYea
Jun 10, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 235–178· Against party
H.Res. 488: Denouncing the antisemitic terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado.Yea
Jun 9, 2025· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree· Passed 280–113· Against party

Recent votes

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

S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
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
H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
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
H.R. 10326: PROOF ActNay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Nay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72· Against party
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
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
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
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
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
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

Committees

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

Current seats

House Committee on Financial Services
Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence
Housing and Insurance

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Colorado'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: $2.3B
Per resident: $3,118
Rank in Colorado: 4 of 8
Contract actions: 5,035; New awards: 1,885

By fiscal year

2.8BFY2017
2.3BFY2018
2.5BFY2019
2.9BFY2020
2.3BFY2021
2.7BFY2022
3.1BFY2023
2.8BFY2024
2.7BFY2025
2.3BFY2026

Top buyers

Department of Energy$825.8M37%
Department of Veterans Affairs$654M29%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$127.5M5.6%
Departmental Offices$72.1M3.2%
Department of the Interior
Defense Information Systems Agency$55.4M2.5%
Department of Defense
Department of the Air Force$55.2M2.4%
Department of Defense
Forest Service$53.6M2.4%
Department of Agriculture
Federal Bureau of Investigation$47.8M2.1%
Department of Justice

Top recipients

ALLIANCE FOR ENERGY INNOVATION, LLC$762.8M34%
1 award
OPTUMRX ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, LLC$508.7M22%
4 awards
COUNTERTRADE PRODUCTS, INC.$164.9M7.3%
357 awards
LUNAR OUTPOST INC$121M5.4%
1 award
SOLDIERPOINT DIGITAL HEALTH, LLC$45.9M2.0%
22 awards
PILATUS AIRCRAFT USA LTD.$42.2M1.9%
6 awards
BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC.$28M1.2%
18 awards
EXXEL OUTDOORS, LLC$26.5M1.2%
14 awards
MEDTRONIC CARE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC$23.8M1.1%
5 awards
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$22.8M1.0%
26 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: $1.9M; through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand: $1.1M
From committees: $1.1M; 296 committees
From contractor PACs: $177.2K; 58 PACs · 17% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)	$10K	AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
ball corporationball corporation political action committee	$10K	BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP.AI match · 99% · of one corporate family	-$182.3K
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee	$10K	AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
novartis corporationnovartis corporation political action committee	$8,000	NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$36.2M
u.s. bancorpu.s. bancorp federal political action committee	$8,000	U.S. BANCORPAI match · 99% · the same organization	$8M
mortgage bankers associationmortgage bankers association political action committee (morpac)	$7,500	MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	$125K
davita inc.davita inc. political action committee (dapac)	$7,000	DAVITA INC.AI match · 97% · the same organization	$179.4M
the bank of new york mellon corporationthe bank of new york mellon corporation bipartisan pac (bny bipac)	$5,000	BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON (THE)AI match · 100% · the same organization	$39.1M
united parcel service, inc.united parcel service, inc. pac (upspac)	$5,000	UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$685.7K
eli lilly and companyeli lilly and company political action committee	$5,000	ELI LILLY AND COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization	$286.4K

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$1.9M	$1.1M	$177.2K58 PACs · 17% of committee money
2024	$2.5M	$1.2M	$179.8K52 PACs · 14% of committee money
2022	$2.9M	$610.3K	$28.5K8 PACs · 5% 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 · Colorado's 7th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
House · Colorado's 7th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: pettersen.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-2645
Office: 348 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 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)
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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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)

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.