Representative · Ohio's 13th district

Emilia Strong Sykes

Emilia Strong Sykes is a Democratic representative for Ohio's 13th district, in Congress since 2023. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 18, and cast 438 of 458 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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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	2.7%18 of 675 · rank 156 of 439	96%438 of 458 · rank 360 of 439	400 became law	19%58 of 307
118th CongressHouse of Representatives	1,222	3.1%38 of 1,222 · rank 168 of 442	96%801 of 831 · rank 252 of 442	251 became law	27%62 of 232

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 −1−0.33+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. 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 104–314· Against party
H.R. 1346: To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes.Yea
May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· Against party
H.R. 5184: Affordable HOMES ActYea
Jan 9, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 263–147· Against party
H.R. 3638: Electric Supply Chain ActYea
Dec 11, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 267–159· Against party
H.R. 4305: DUMP Red Tape ActYea
Dec 3, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 269–146· 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. 3109: REFINER ActYea
Nov 20, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 230–176· Against party
H.R. 3838: Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026Yea
Sep 10, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 231–196· 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 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
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

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Ohio's 13th 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: $65.6M
Per resident: $83.40
Rank in Ohio: 14 of 15
Contract actions: 987; New awards: 617

By fiscal year

307MFY2017
207.6MFY2018
145.3MFY2019
208.6MFY2020
72.1MFY2021
95.4MFY2022
83.3MFY2023
91.5MFY2024
268.4MFY2025
65.6MFY2026

Top buyers

Defense Logistics Agency$16.8M26%
Department of Defense
Department of Veterans Affairs$16.6M25%
Department of the Army$6.5M9.9%
Department of Defense
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$6.1M9.4%
Department of Justice
Public Buildings Service$4.9M7.5%
General Services Administration
Department of the Navy$4.4M6.7%
Department of Defense
Agricultural Marketing Service$3.6M5.5%
Department of Agriculture
National Park Service$3.1M4.7%
Department of the Interior

Top recipients

MEGGITT AIRCRAFT BRAKING SYSTEMS CORPORATION$12M18%
25 awards
THUNDERCAT TECHNOLOGY, LLC$6.2M9.5%
1 award
NATIONAL MACHINE COMPANY$4.3M6.6%
19 awards
ADAPTIVE DRIVING ALLIANCE, LLC$4.1M6.3%
100 awards
PAIN MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$4.1M6.2%
5 awards
PETERSON BRANDS, LLC$3.6M5.5%
2 awards
PARAGON ROBOTICS LLC$3.5M5.3%
6 awards
GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, THE$3.2M4.9%
8 awards
MONONGAHELA POWER COMPANY$3M4.6%
4 awards
DAWN INCORPORATED$2.3M3.5%
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: $3.1M; through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand: $1.9M
From committees: $1.1M; 326 committees
From contractor PACs: $119.3K; 43 PACs · 11% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac	$10K	INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization	$5,280
honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac)	$10K	HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$260.5M
cardinal health inc.cardinal health inc. pac	$6,000	CARDINAL HEALTH 200, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$276.6M
the boeing companythe boeing company pac	$5,500	THE BOEING COMPANYAI match · 99% · the same organization	$9B
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)	$5,000	AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
the goodyear tire & rubber companythe goodyear tire & rubber company good government fund (goodyear good government fund)	$5,000	GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, THEAI match · 100% · the same organization	$3.2M
general motors companygeneral motors company political action committee (gm pac)	$4,500	GENERAL MOTORS LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$652.9M
bridgestone americas inc.bridgestone americas inc. pac	$4,500	BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS TIRE OPERATIONS, LLCAI match · 99% · of one corporate family	—
steris corporationsteris corporation employee political action committee (a.k.a. steris employee pac)	$4,000	STERIS CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	$37.5M
united parcel service, inc.united parcel service, inc. pac (upspac)	$3,500	UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$685.7K

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$3.1M	$1.1M	$119.3K43 PACs · 11% of committee money
2024	$5.3M	$1.5M	$165K48 PACs · 11% of committee money
2022	$2.5M	$555.7K	$10.5K4 PACs · 2% 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 13th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
House · Ohio's 13th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: sykes.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-6265
Office: 1217 Longworth 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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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.