Representative · Connecticut's 5th district

Jahana Hayes

Jahana Hayes is a Democratic representative for Connecticut's 5th district, in Congress since 2019. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 13, and cast 462 of 468 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Democrat
Chamber: House; Current
In Congress since: Jan 3, 2019
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	1.9%13 of 675 · rank 211 of 439	99%462 of 468 · rank 168 of 439	400 became law	16%92 of 576
118th CongressHouse of Representatives	1,222	0.6%7 of 1,222 · rank 384 of 442	97%821 of 849 · rank 243 of 442	330 became law	11%79 of 699
117th CongressHouse of Representatives	997	0.4%4 of 997 · rank 343 of 443	99%567 of 573 · rank 131 of 443	331 became law	3%26 of 906

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 −1−0.34+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. 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. 3095: To direct the United States Postal Service to designate single, unique ZIP Codes for certain communities, and for other purposes.Yea
Jul 21, 2025· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 278–121· Against party
H.Res. 488: Denouncing the antisemitic terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado.Yea
Jun 9, 2025· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree· Passed 280–113· Against party
S. 5: Laken Riley ActYea
Jan 22, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 263–156· Against party
H.R. 30: Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens ActYea
Jan 16, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 274–145· Against party
H.R. 29: Laken Riley ActYea
Jan 7, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 264–159· Against party
H.R. 5009: Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025Yea
Dec 11, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment with an Amendment· Passed 281–140· Against party
H.R. 9495: Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages ActYea
Nov 12, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Failed 256–145· 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 Connecticut's 5th 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: $144.7M
Per resident: $200
Rank in Connecticut: 4 of 5
Contract actions: 1,781; New awards: 1,135

By fiscal year

10.2MFY2017
3.8MFY2018
5.6MFY2019
33MFY2020
4.4MFY2021
28.5MFY2022
46.7MFY2023
63.5MFY2024
187.9MFY2025
144.7MFY2026

Top buyers

Defense Logistics Agency$75.4M52%
Department of Defense
Department of State$13.8M9.5%
Department of the Navy$13.3M9.2%
Department of Defense
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$9.7M6.7%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$6.9M4.7%
Department of Justice
Environmental Protection Agency$5M3.5%
Public Buildings Service$4.4M3.0%
General Services Administration
U.S. Coast Guard$4.1M2.9%
Department of Homeland Security

Top recipients

DANBURY MISSION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$57.4M40%
16 awards
ETHAN ALLEN RETAIL, INC.$13.8M9.5%
217 awards
TREADWELL CORPORATION (DELAWARE)$12.4M8.6%
96 awards
CW RESOURCES, INC.$8.5M5.9%
14 awards
ENCAPSULATE INC.$4.7M3.3%
3 awards
WARD LEONARD CT LLC$4.2M2.9%
26 awards
HYDROGEOLOGIC, INC.$3.8M2.6%
1 award
LINDE INC.$3.2M2.2%
43 awards
DMT SOLUTIONS GLOBAL CORPORATION$3.1M2.1%
5 awards
LAMBDAVISION INCORPORATED$2.6M1.8%
2 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: $1.3M; through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand: $1.1M
From committees: $630.8K; 218 committees
From contractor PACs: $54K; 20 PACs · 9% 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
american hospital associationamerican hospital association pac	$5,500	AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization	$1.2M
dairy farmers of america, inc.dairy farmers of america, inc. political action committee; aka dfa-pac	$5,000	DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$3.3M
lockheed martin corporationlockheed martin corporation employees' political action committee	$5,000	LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	$13.3B
general dynamics corporationgeneral dynamics corporation political action committee (general dynamics employee pac)	$4,000	GENERAL DYNAMICS-OTS, INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$29.3K
tyson foods inc.tyson foods inc political action committee (typac)	$3,000	TYSON FOODS INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$226.3M
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)	$2,500	AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
general mills inc.general mills, inc. political action committee	$2,500	GENERAL MILLS INCAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
bank of america corporationbank of america corporation federal pac	$2,500	BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · of one corporate family	—
mortgage bankers associationmortgage bankers association political action committee (morpac)	$2,000	MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	$125K

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$1.3M	$630.8K	$54K20 PACs · 9% of committee money
2024	$4.2M	$956.4K	$66.5K22 PACs · 7% of committee money
2022	$2.8M	$940.2K	$70K21 PACs · 7% 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 · Connecticut's 5th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
House · Connecticut's 5th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
House · Connecticut's 5th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
House · Connecticut's 5th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: hayes.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-4476
Office: 2049 Rayburn 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.