Former representative · Michigan's 8th district
Daniel T. Kildee
Daniel T. Kildee served in Congress from 2013 to 2025, last as a Democratic representative for Michigan's 8th district. In the 118th Congress, 1,222 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 45, and cast 791 of 824 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.
- Party
- Democrat
- Chamber
- House
- Former
- In Congress since
- Jan 3, 2013
- Last term ended
- Jan 3, 2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 118th CongressHouse of Representatives | 1,222 | 3.7%45 of 1,222 · rank 140 of 442 | 96%791 of 824 · rank 264 of 442 | 130 became law | 32%140 of 437 |
| 117th CongressHouse of Representatives | 997 | 0.2%2 of 997 · rank 389 of 443 | 99%566 of 571 · rank 121 of 443 | 250 became law | 10%52 of 506 |
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 118th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.
Liberal −1−0.36+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.
- Sep 23, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 257–125· Against party
- Sep 11, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 269–149· Against party
- Sep 10, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 253–151· Against party
- H.R. 8771: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025YeaJun 27, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 257–154· Against party
- May 16, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 254–157· Against party
- May 15, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 265–148· Against party
- Apr 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 219–199· Against party
- Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 269–153· Against party
Recent votes
The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.
- Dec 20, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 366–34
- Dec 19, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 174–235
- Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 381–20
- Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 404–1
- Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 369–37
- Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 373–33
- Dec 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 311–96
- Dec 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 402–12
- Dec 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 210–201
- Dec 16, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 348–39
- Dec 16, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 382–12
- Dec 16, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 390–0
Sponsored bills
Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.
38 sponsored · 0 became law
How far they got
- Introduced3592%
- Passed one chamber37.9%
Policy areas
- Taxation10
- Health5
- Social Welfare4
- Environmental Protection3
- Labor and Employment3
- Armed Forces and National Security2
- Arts, Culture, Religion2
- Housing and Community Development2
Latest activity
- H.R. 7697 Dignity and Autonomy for Our Supplemental Security Income PNA Beneficiaries ActIntroduced· Social Welfare· Dec 17, 2024
- H.R. 4917 Expanding Seniors’ Access to PFAS Testing ActIntroduced· Health· Dec 17, 2024
- H.R. 4874 Technical Assistance for Health Grants ActIntroduced· Health· Dec 17, 2024
- H.R. 1407 Financing Lead Out of Water ActIntroduced· Taxation· Dec 17, 2024
- H.Res. 1291 Electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.Passed one chamber· Congress· Jun 12, 2024
- H.R. 3058 Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2023Passed one chamber· Families· Jan 22, 2024
- H.R. 6674 Better Care for PFAS Patients Act of 2023Introduced· Health· Dec 8, 2023
- H.R. 4249 VET PFAS ActIntroduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Aug 8, 2023
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 Michigan's 8th 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
- $33M
- Per resident
- $42.86
- Rank in Michigan
- 13 of 13
- Contract actions
- 2,404
- New awards: 2,164
By fiscal year
- 86.8MFY2017
- 61MFY2018
- 65.9MFY2019
- 64.8MFY2020
- 162.5MFY2021
- 45.1MFY2022
- 52MFY2023
- 51MFY2024
- 47.9MFY2025
- 33MFY2026
Top buyers
- Department of Veterans Affairs$11.2M34%
- Department of Labor
- Department of the Army$3.1M9.4%Department of Defense
- Defense Logistics Agency$2.4M7.4%Department of Defense
- Public Buildings Service$2.1M6.3%General Services Administration
- Food and Drug Administration$848.1K2.6%Department of Health and Human Services
- Forest Service$778.5K2.4%Department of Agriculture
- Department of the Navy$771.3K2.3%Department of Defense
Top recipients
- SERRATO CORPORATION$10.7M32%2 awards
- SIEMENS INDUSTRY INC$3.1M9.3%2 awards
- ELECTRA-MED CORPORATION$2.3M7.0%671 awards
- DEAN MARINE AND EXCAVATING, INC.$1.8M5.4%1 award
- LANG CONSTRUCTORS INC$1.7M5.2%1 award
- VETS ACCESS LLC$1M3.1%66 awards
- LWH ENTERPRISES, INC$848.1K2.6%1 award
- NORRIS CONTRACTING INC$778.5K2.4%1 award
- FORCECO LLC$738.4K2.2%10 awards
- HOLT TRANSPORT SERVICES LLC$712.7K2.2%3 awards
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.
2024 cycle
- Raised
- $1.5M
- through Dec 31, 2024
- Cash on hand
- $418.5K
- From committees
- $891.6K
- 343 committees
- From contractor PACs
- $161.1K
- 55 PACs · 18% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf
Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2024
| PAC sponsor | Given | Matched contract recipient | Its contracts, FY2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| general motors companygeneral motors company political action committee (gm pac) | $7,000 | GENERAL MOTORS LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $652.9M |
| the northwestern mutual life insurance companythe northwestern mutual life insurance company political action committee (nmpac) | $6,000 | NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO, THEAI match · 100% · the same organization | — |
| abbvieabbvie political action committee | $5,500 | ABBVIE US LLCAI match · 100% · the same organization | $154.6K |
| american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac) | $5,000 | AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization | — |
| international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac | $5,000 | INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization | $5,280 |
| corning incorporatedcorning incorporated employees political action committee (corepac) | $5,000 | CORNING NETOPTIXAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | — |
| ford motor companyford motor company civic action fund | $5,000 | FORD MOTOR COAI match · 100% · the same organization | $772.3M |
| united parcel service, inc.united parcel service, inc. pac (upspac) | $5,000 | UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $685.7K |
| american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee | $5,000 | AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization | — |
| dte energy companydte energy company political action committee | $5,000 | DTE ENERGY COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization | $2.3M |
By cycle
| Cycle | Raised (FEC summary) | From committees | From contractor PACs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $891.6K | $161.1K55 PACs · 18% of committee money |
| 2022 | $5.6M | $2.3M | $346.1K77 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 · Michigan's 8th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
- House · Michigan's 5th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
- House · Michigan's 5th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
- House · Michigan's 5th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
- House · Michigan's 5th districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
- House · Michigan's 5th districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
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 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 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 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 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 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 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.