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

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 | 1,222 | 14.0%171 of 1,222 · rank 15 of 442 | 99%730 of 740 · rank 145 of 442 | 140 became law | 4%21 of 521 |
| 117th CongressHouse of Representatives | 997 | 1.1%11 of 997 · rank 203 of 443 | 99%561 of 566 · rank 127 of 443 | 190 became law | 2%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.
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.
- Apr 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 219–199· Against party
- Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 269–153· Against party
- Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 212–212· Against party
- Mar 22, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree· Passed 286–134· Against party
- Oct 26, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 116–303· Against party
- Sep 27, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 206–223· Against party
- Sep 27, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 203–231· Against party
- 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.
- 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
- S. 759: Beagle Brigade Act of 2023Not votingDec 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
- H.R. 1101: Lumbee Fairness ActNot votingDec 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
- H.R. 115: Midnight Rules Relief ActNot votingDec 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.
33 sponsored · 0 became law
How far they got
- Introduced3297%
- Passed one chamber13.0%
Policy areas
- Education6
- Arts, Culture, Religion5
- Energy3
- Housing and Community Development3
- Taxation3
- Crime and Law Enforcement2
- Labor and Employment2
- Science, Technology, Communications2
Latest activity
- H.Res. 1617 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that it is the duty of the Federal Government to dramatically expand and strengthen the care economy.Introduced· Social Welfare· Dec 17, 2024
- H.R. 8797 Ending Corporate Greed ActIntroduced· Taxation· Jun 21, 2024
- H.R. 8678 FAIR Costs ActIntroduced· Housing and Community Development· Jun 11, 2024
- H.R. 7924 ACCESS in Mental Health ActIntroduced· Education· May 6, 2024
- H.Res. 988 Supporting the values of the Equity or Else quality-of-life platform and acknowledging the need for the House of Representatives to use the platform as a holistic framework for drafting and implementing policy that promotes racial and economic equity for all across various social issues.Introduced· Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues· Jan 31, 2024
- H.R. 6616 College Athlete Right to Organize ActIntroduced· Labor and Employment· Dec 6, 2023
- H.R. 5784 Green New Deal for Public Schools Act of 2023Introduced· Education· Sep 28, 2023
- H.R. 4900 Fair College Admissions for Students ActIntroduced· Education· Jul 26, 2023
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
- 56MFY2017
- 85.5MFY2018
- 108.5MFY2019
- 314.4MFY2020
- 2BFY2021
- 59.5MFY2022
- 186.1MFY2023
- 106.1MFY2024
- -32.1MFY2025
- 173.4MFY2026
Top buyers
- Department of Health and Human Services
- USTRANSCOM$19.8M11%Department of Defense
- Defense Logistics Agency$17.2M9.9%Department of Defense
- Public Buildings Service$10.5M6.1%General Services Administration
- Department of Veterans Affairs$9.1M5.2%
- National Institutes of Health$4.3M2.5%Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of the Army$2.3M1.3%Department of Defense
- Department of Commerce
Top recipients
- REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC$98.4M57%2 awards
- ATLAS AIR, INC.$19.8M11%4 awards
- CARL ZEISS MICROSCOPY, LLC$7.4M4.3%45 awards
- SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC.$6.9M4.0%236 awards
- 43 awards
- DCM ARCHITECTURE & ENGINEERING, LLC$3.6M2.1%3 awards
- EMPIRE AVIONICS CORP.$3.5M2.0%440 awards
- PEPSICO BEVERAGE SALES, LLC$3.3M1.9%3,967 awards
- TRI-TECHNOLOGIES INC.$2.9M1.7%56 awards
- CRESTWOOD TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LLC$2.8M1.6%137 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
- $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
By cycle
| Cycle | Raised (FEC summary) | From committees | From 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.
- House · New York's 16th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
- 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.