Former representative · New York's 16th district

Jamaal Bowman

Jamaal Bowman served in Congress from 2021 to 2025, last as a Democratic representative for New York's 16th district. In the 118th Congress, 1,222 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 171, and cast 730 of 740 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
House
Former
In Congress since
Jan 3, 2021
Last term ended
Jan 3, 2025
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
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,22214.0%171 of 1,222 · rank 15 of 44299%730 of 740 · rank 145 of 442140 became law4%21 of 521
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9971.1%11 of 997 · rank 203 of 44399%561 of 566 · rank 127 of 443190 became law2%11 of 586

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.

  1. Apr 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 219–199· Against party
  2. Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 269–153· Against party
  3. Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 212–212· Against party
  4. Mar 22, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree· Passed 286–134· Against party
  5. Oct 26, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 116–303· Against party
  6. Sep 27, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 206–223· Against party
  7. Sep 27, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 203–231· Against party
  8. Sep 27, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 240–191· Against party

Recent votes

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

  1. Dec 20, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 366–34
  2. Dec 19, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 174–235
  3. Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 381–20
  4. Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 404–1
  5. Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 369–37
  6. Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 373–33
  7. Dec 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 311–96
  8. Dec 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 402–12
  9. Dec 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 210–201
  10. Dec 16, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 348–39
  11. Dec 16, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 382–12
  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.

33 sponsored · 0 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced3297%
  2. Passed one chamber13.0%

Policy areas

  1. Education6
  2. Arts, Culture, Religion5
  3. Energy3
  4. Housing and Community Development3
  5. Taxation3
  6. Crime and Law Enforcement2
  7. Labor and Employment2
  8. Science, Technology, Communications2

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 New York's 16th 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
$173.4M
Per resident
$223
Rank in New York
18 of 26
Contract actions
7,312
New awards: 6,570

By fiscal year

  1. 56MFY2017
  2. 85.5MFY2018
  3. 108.5MFY2019
  4. 314.4MFY2020
  5. 2BFY2021
  6. 59.5MFY2022
  7. 186.1MFY2023
  8. 106.1MFY2024
  9. -32.1MFY2025
  10. 173.4MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of Health and Human Services
  2. USTRANSCOM$19.8M11%
    Department of Defense
  3. Department of Defense
  4. General Services Administration
  5. Department of Health and Human Services
  6. Department of Defense
  7. Department of Commerce

Top recipients

  1. 2 awards
  2. 4 awards
  3. 45 awards
  4. 236 awards
  5. 43 awards
  6. 3 awards
  7. 440 awards
  8. 3,967 awards
  9. 56 awards
  10. 137 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
$4,313
through Sep 30, 2025
Cash on hand
$8,990
From committees
-$1,000
0 committees
From contractor PACs
$0
0 PACs · — of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$4,313-$1,000$00 PACs · — of committee money
2024$6.1M$278.6K$11.5K4 PACs · 4% of committee money
2022$1.9M$195.4K$1,0001 PACs · 1% 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 · New York's 16th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  2. House · New York's 16th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023

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.