Representative · Washington's 4th district

Dan Newhouse

Dan Newhouse is a Republican representative for Washington's 4th district, in Congress since 2015. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 16, and cast 443 of 464 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Republican
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Jan 6, 2015
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 Representatives6752.4%16 of 675 · rank 169 of 43995%443 of 464 · rank 369 of 439290 became law20%41 of 207
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2224.9%60 of 1,222 · rank 97 of 44284%673 of 805 · rank 409 of 442440 became law18%59 of 323
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9972.1%21 of 997 · rank 125 of 44389%499 of 563 · rank 419 of 443240 became law23%79 of 337

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+0.32+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. 8595: Making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.Nay
    Jul 15, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 136–291· Against party
  2. H.R. 8595: Making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.Nay
    Jul 15, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 178–247· Against party
  3. H.R. 2913: Ukraine Support ActYea
    Jun 4, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 226–195· Against party
  4. H.J.Res. 72: Relating to a national emergency by the President on February 1, 2025.Yea
    Feb 11, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 219–211· Against party
  5. H.R. 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
    Jan 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 136–291· Against party
  6. H.R. 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
    Jan 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 164–268· Against party
  7. 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
  8. 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

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 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.

97 sponsored · 0 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced9093%
  2. Reported by committee44.1%
  3. Passed one chamber33.1%

Policy areas

  1. Native Americans11
  2. Water Resources Development11
  3. Armed Forces and National Security9
  4. Public Lands and Natural Resources9
  5. Agriculture and Food8
  6. Health8
  7. Crime and Law Enforcement7
  8. Energy7

Latest activity

  1. H.Res. 1552 Supporting the designation of the week of September 20 through September 26, 2026, as "Gold Star Families Remembrance Week".
    Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Sep 16, 2026
  2. H.R. 8986 Ensuring Rural Health Care Access for Military and Tribal Families Act
    Introduced· Health· May 21, 2026
  3. H.R. 8703 To designate the facility of the Federal Aviation Administration located at Yakima Air Terminal in Yakima, Washington, as the "Roy A. Rutherford Air Traffic Control Tower".
    Introduced· Transportation and Public Works· May 7, 2026
  4. H.Res. 1257 Expressing support for the designation of May 5, 2026, as the "National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls".
    Introduced· Native Americans· May 4, 2026
  5. H.R. 7406 Meeting Demand for Organic Produce Act
    Introduced· Agriculture and Food· Mar 20, 2026
  6. H.R. 2072 To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the time period during which licensees are required to commence construction of certain hydropower projects.
    Reported by committee· Energy· Feb 2, 2026
  7. H.R. 7074 Keeping Public Lands Out of Adversarial Hands Act
    Introduced· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Jan 14, 2026
  8. H.R. 6277 SAWMILL Act
    Introduced· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Jan 13, 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 Washington's 4th 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
$3.9B
Per resident
$4,970
Rank in Washington
3 of 10
Contract actions
1,914
New awards: 623

By fiscal year

  1. 3.8BFY2017
  2. 3.8BFY2018
  3. 3.9BFY2019
  4. 4.1BFY2020
  5. 3.8BFY2021
  6. 3.6BFY2022
  7. 4BFY2023
  8. 4.3BFY2024
  9. 4.6BFY2025
  10. 3.9BFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of Energy$3.7B96%
  2. Department of the Army$46.6M1.2%
    Department of Defense
  3. Federal Emergency Management Agency$20.5M0.5%
    Department of Homeland Security
  4. Forest Service$16.1M0.4%
    Department of Agriculture
  5. Bureau of Reclamation$14.7M0.4%
    Department of the Interior
  6. Agricultural Marketing Service$7.6M0.2%
    Department of Agriculture
  7. Bureau of Land Management$6.9M0.2%
    Department of the Interior
  8. Public Buildings Service$4M0.1%
    General Services Administration

Top recipients

  1. BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE$1.4B36%
    1 award
  2. HANFORD TANK WASTE OPERATIONS & CLOSURE, LLC$979.8M25%
    1 award
  3. BECHTEL NATIONAL, INC.$627M16%
    1 award
  4. CENTRAL PLATEAU CLEANUP COMPANY, LLC$551.2M14%
    8 awards
  5. HANFORD LABORATORY MANAGEMENT AND INTEGRATION LLC$120M3.1%
    1 award
  6. RANGER LAND SYSTEMS, INC.$20.4M0.5%
    1 award
  7. STREET LEGAL INDUSTRIES LLC$12.8M0.3%
    29 awards
  8. SEATECH GLOBAL SECURITY SOLUTIONS$12.6M0.3%
    3 awards
  9. OLSSON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRIC, INC$8M0.2%
    1 award
  10. PALOUSE POWER LLC$7.4M0.2%
    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
$718.9K
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$99.7K
From committees
$355.2K
143 committees
From contractor PACs
$102.3K
36 PACs · 29% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
space exploration technologies corp.space exploration technologies corp. pac$10KSPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORPAI match · 100% · the same organization$6.6M
international paperinternational paper political action committee (ip-pac)$5,000INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization—
chevron corporationchevron employees political action committee - chevron corporation$5,000CHEVRON U.S.A. INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$713.4K
j. r. simplot companyj. r. simplot company political action committee$5,000J. R. SIMPLOT COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization—
the boeing companythe boeing company pac$5,000THE BOEING COMPANYAI match · 99% · the same organization$9B
deere & companydeere & company pac (aka john deere pac)$5,000DEERE & COMPANYAI match · 99% · the same organization$10.2M
bnsf railway companybnsf railway company railpac (bnsf railpac)$5,000BNSF RAILWAY COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization$439.8K
westinghouse electric company llcwestinghouse electric company llc pac$5,000WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLCAI match · 99% · the same organization$296.9K
constellation energy corporationconstellation energy corporation employee political action committee (cepac)$5,000CONSTELLATION NEWENERGY INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$1.9M
general dynamics corporationgeneral dynamics corporation political action committee (general dynamics employee pac)$4,500GENERAL DYNAMICS-OTS, INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family$29.3K

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$718.9K$355.2K$102.3K36 PACs · 29% of committee money
2024$2.5M$1.4M$276.8K65 PACs · 19% of committee money
2022$2.1M$1.2M$238K54 PACs · 21% 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 · Washington's 4th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · Washington's 4th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. House · Washington's 4th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  4. House · Washington's 4th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
  5. House · Washington's 4th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
  6. House · Washington's 4th districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
newhouse.house.gov
Phone
202-225-5816
Office
460 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.