Former representative · Maryland's 6th district
David J. Trone
David J. Trone served in Congress from 2019 to 2025, last as a Democratic representative for Maryland's 6th district. In the 118th Congress, 1,223 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 168, and cast 731 of 755 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.
- Party
- Democrat
- Chamber
- House
- Former
- In Congress since
- Jan 3, 2019
- 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 | 1,223 | 13.7%168 of 1,223 · rank 16 of 442 | 97%731 of 755 · rank 239 of 442 | 302 became law | 24%228 of 964 |
| 117th CongressHouse of Representatives | 997 | 1.2%12 of 997 · rank 192 of 443 | 97%548 of 567 · rank 300 of 443 | 453 became law | 15%115 of 778 |
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.
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.
- Dec 11, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment with an Amendment· Passed 281–140· Against party
- Sep 23, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 257–125· Against party
- Jun 27, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 161–251· 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 269–144· 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 213–199· Against party
- Jun 14, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 272–144· Against party
- Apr 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 271–147· Against party
- Apr 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 278–141· 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
- S. 141: Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement ActNot votingDec 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.
75 sponsored · 5 became law
How far they got
- Introduced6789%
- Reported by committee11.3%
- Passed one chamber22.7%
- Became law56.7%
Policy areas
- Health32
- Crime and Law Enforcement13
- Education9
- Armed Forces and National Security5
- International Affairs4
- Agriculture and Food3
- Public Lands and Natural Resources3
- Emergency Management2
Latest activity
- H.R. 1727 Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission Extension ActBecame law· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Dec 23, 2024
- H.R. 8220 Occupational Therapy Mental Health Parity ActIntroduced· Health· Dec 17, 2024
- H.R. 4190 Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans ActBecame law· Armed Forces and National Security· Nov 25, 2024
- H.R. 9888 To direct the Secretary of Transportation to update guidance for the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program to increase the flexibility of States related to the location of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and for other purposes.Introduced· Energy· Sep 28, 2024
- H.Res. 1214 Honoring the resiliency of America's teachers during Teacher Appreciation Week of May 6, 2024, through May 13, 2024.Introduced· Education· May 8, 2024
- H.R. 7474 Robert E. Lee Monument Removal ActIntroduced· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Feb 28, 2024
- H.R. 6928 CONNECT Act of 2024Introduced· Health· Jan 12, 2024
- H.R. 6985 BOP Release Card ID Act of 2024Introduced· Crime and Law Enforcement· Jan 11, 2024
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 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
- $2,768
- Rank in Maryland
- 6 of 8
- Contract actions
- 13K
- New awards: 5,523
By fiscal year
- 2.8BFY2017
- 2.7BFY2018
- 2.7BFY2019
- 3.4BFY2020
- 3.4BFY2021
- 3.2BFY2022
- 3.5BFY2023
- 3.5BFY2024
- 2.6BFY2025
- 2.2BFY2026
Top buyers
- National Institutes of Health$590.7M27%Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Commerce
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$139.8M6.4%Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Defense Health Agency$112.1M5.1%Department of Defense
- Department of Veterans Affairs$110.8M5.0%
- Food and Drug Administration$107M4.9%Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of the Army$96.6M4.4%Department of Defense
Top recipients
- LEIDOS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INC$415.6M19%116 awards
- KVG LLC$113.1M5.1%1 award
- THALES DEFENSE & SECURITY INC$86.4M3.9%192 awards
- LEIDOS, INC.$73.9M3.4%1 award
- NCR GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS LLC$57.9M2.6%23 awards
- RADA TECHNOLOGIES LLC$56.4M2.6%3 awards
- HITT CONTRACTING, INC.$51.8M2.4%1 award
- AMENTUM SERVICES, INC.$37M1.7%16 awards
- PLANET TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$36.6M1.7%5 awards
- TRIBILITY LLC$34.6M1.6%9 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.
2026 cycle
- Raised
- $26.2M
- through Jun 30, 2026
- Cash on hand
- $1.5M
- From committees
- $4,000
- 1 committees
- From contractor PACs
- $0
- 0 PACs · 0% of committee money
By cycle
| Cycle | Raised (FEC summary) | From committees | From contractor PACs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $26.2M | $4,000 | $00 PACs · 0% of committee money |
| 2024 | $63.8M | -$14.5K | -$12.5K0 PACs · — of committee money |
| 2022 | $13.1M | $40.8K | $12.5K2 PACs · 31% 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 · Maryland's 6th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
- House · Maryland's 6th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
- House · Maryland's 6th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
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.