Representative · Wisconsin's 6th district

Glenn Grothman

Glenn Grothman is a Republican representative for Wisconsin's 6th district, in Congress since 2015. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 14, and cast 461 of 462 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
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.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives6752.1%14 of 675 · rank 197 of 439100%461 of 462 · rank 26 of 439360 became law7%20 of 293
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2221.5%18 of 1,222 · rank 285 of 44299%827 of 838 · rank 141 of 442341 became law9%34 of 383
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9971.1%11 of 997 · rank 203 of 44398%551 of 565 · rank 261 of 443340 became law21%87 of 413

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+0.60+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. Sep 10, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 261–167· Against party
  2. Nov 12, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 175–225· Against party
  3. Jul 11, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 128–289· Against party
  4. Jun 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 201–217· Against party
  5. Jun 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 196–231· Against party
  6. Jun 4, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 290–116· Against party
  7. Dec 1, 2023· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 311–114· Against party
  8. Sep 28, 2023· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 311–117· Against party

Recent votes

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

  1. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
  2. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
  3. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
  4. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
  5. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
  6. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
  7. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
  8. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
  9. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
  10. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
  11. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
  12. 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.

104 sponsored · 1 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced9995%
  2. Reported by committee21.9%
  3. Passed one chamber21.9%
  4. Became law11.0%

Policy areas

  1. Education13
  2. Taxation12
  3. Health11
  4. Labor and Employment9
  5. Government Operations and Politics8
  6. Social Welfare8
  7. Economics and Public Finance6
  8. Environmental Protection5

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 3342 BOP Direct-Hire Authority Act
    Introduced· Crime and Law Enforcement· Sep 16, 2026
  2. H.R. 10439 Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act
    Introduced· Finance and Financial Sector· Sep 16, 2026
  3. H.R. 10335 Restoring Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Act of 2026
    Introduced· Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues· Sep 10, 2026
  4. H.R. 10051 PERM Backlog Reduction Act of 2026
    Introduced· Labor and Employment· Aug 6, 2026
  5. H.R. 9605 Less Bureaucracy, Better Foreign Medical Accreditation Act
    Introduced· Education· Jul 15, 2026
  6. H.R. 9627 Hmong Congressional Gold Medal Act
    Introduced· International Affairs· Jul 9, 2026
  7. H.R. 9515 MFA Act
    Introduced· Health· Jun 29, 2026
  8. H.R. 9315 Workforce Dignity Act
    Introduced· Social Welfare· Jun 15, 2026

Committees

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

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Wisconsin'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
$974.7M
Per resident
$1,319
Rank in Wisconsin
2 of 8
Contract actions
26.7K
New awards: 25.6K

By fiscal year

  1. 1.6BFY2017
  2. 1.7BFY2018
  3. 2.9BFY2019
  4. 2.7BFY2020
  5. 2.3BFY2021
  6. 1.7BFY2022
  7. 2.1BFY2023
  8. 1.6BFY2024
  9. 1.6BFY2025
  10. 974.7MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of Defense
  2. Department of Defense
  3. Department of Defense
  4. Department of Agriculture
  5. Department of Transportation
  6. Department of the Interior
  7. Department of Justice
  8. Department of the Interior

Top recipients

  1. 3,992 awards
  2. 49 awards
  3. DIDION, INC.$31.5M3.2%
    20 awards
  4. 33 awards
  5. 23 awards
  6. 57 awards
  7. 17 awards
  8. 21,818 awards
  9. 12 awards
  10. 21 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
$929K
through Jul 22, 2026
Cash on hand
$829.7K
From committees
$325K
113 committees
From contractor PACs
$35.5K
10 PACs · 11% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
oshkosh corporationoshkosh corporation employees pac (ocepac)$10KOSHKOSH DEFENSE LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$761.2M
the northwestern mutual life insurance companythe northwestern mutual life insurance company political action committee (nmpac)$7,000NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO, THEAI match · 100% · the same organization—
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)$4,000AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization—
olin corporationolin corporation good government fund (olin winchester good government fund)$3,500OLIN WINCHESTER LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$6.8M
national restaurant associationnational restaurant association pac (restaurant pac)$2,500NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONAI match · 93% · of one corporate family$2M
charter communications inc.charter communications inc. political action committee$2,500CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$130.5K
brunswick corporationbrunswick corporation marine policy political action committee$2,000BRUNSWICK CORPAI match · 96% · the same organization$44.7K
nextera energy, incnextera energy, inc. political action committee$1,500NEXTERA ENERGY SERVICES MAINE, LLCAI match · 95% · of one corporate family$1.4M
bnsf railway companybnsf railway company railpac (bnsf railpac)$1,500BNSF RAILWAY COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization$439.8K
international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac$1,000INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization$5,280

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$929K$325K$35.5K10 PACs · 11% of committee money
2024$998.2K$255.7K$40.5K15 PACs · 16% of committee money
2022$1.3M$289.3K$67.5K21 PACs · 23% 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 · Wisconsin's 6th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · Wisconsin's 6th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. House · Wisconsin's 6th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  4. House · Wisconsin's 6th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
  5. House · Wisconsin's 6th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
  6. House · Wisconsin's 6th districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Office
1211 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 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.