Representative · New Jersey's 2nd district

Jefferson Van Drew

Jefferson Van Drew is a Republican representative for New Jersey's 2nd district, in Congress since 2019. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 10, and cast 444 of 467 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Republican
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	1.5%10 of 675 · rank 263 of 439	95%444 of 467 · rank 379 of 439	570 became law	29%134 of 455
118th CongressHouse of Representatives	1,222	0.7%9 of 1,222 · rank 359 of 442	97%819 of 847 · rank 245 of 442	532 became law	26%128 of 493
117th CongressHouse of Representatives	997	1.0%10 of 997 · rank 221 of 443	88%495 of 564 · rank 423 of 443	300 became law	43%264 of 612

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+0.38+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. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Nay
Jul 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 175–254· Against party
H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Yea
Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 265–161· Against party
H.R. 5408: Faster Labor Contracts ActYea
Jun 9, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 230–193· 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.Nay
May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· Against party
H.R. 7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026Yea
Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment, as Modified· Agreed to 233–194· Against party
H.R. 7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026Nay
Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 187–239· Against party
H.R. 7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026Yea
Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 280–142· Against party
H.Res. 1175: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8035) to amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 through October 20, 2027, and for other purposes.Nay
Apr 17, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 200–220· 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".Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
H.R. 10326: PROOF ActYea
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 2026Yea
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.Nay
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".Yea
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 New Jersey's 2nd 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: $931.9M
Per resident: $1,185
Rank in New Jersey: 3 of 12
Contract actions: 74.7K; New awards: 73K

By fiscal year

437MFY2017
378.7MFY2018
460.8MFY2019
584.6MFY2020
639.5MFY2021
479.1MFY2022
497.2MFY2023
629MFY2024
464.7MFY2025
931.9MFY2026

Top buyers

U.S. Coast Guard$452.4M49%
Department of Homeland Security
Federal Aviation Administration$269.7M29%
Department of Transportation
Defense Logistics Agency$74.1M8.0%
Department of Defense
Department of the Army$73.4M7.9%
Department of Defense
Transportation Security Administration$26.8M2.9%
Department of Homeland Security
Office of Procurement Operations$19.5M2.1%
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Veterans Affairs$5M0.5%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$3.9M0.4%
Department of the Interior

Top recipients

WHITING-TURNER CONTRACTING COMPANY, THE$400M43%
1 award
SEASHORE FRUIT & PRODUCE CO., INC.$57.8M6.2%
64,079 awards
NORFOLK DREDGING COMPANY$37.4M4.0%
2 awards
CDW GOVERNMENT LLC$33M3.5%
134 awards
AMENTUM ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY, INC.$29M3.1%
18 awards
QUECON, INC.$22.5M2.4%
33 awards
GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.$22.5M2.4%
20 awards
GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK CO, LLC$18.8M2.0%
3 awards
IRON BOW TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$16.3M1.8%
123 awards
STATE OF NEW JERSEY$12.9M1.4%
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: $1.9M; through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand: $1.5M
From committees: $386.7K; 108 committees
From contractor PACs: $50.5K; 17 PACs · 13% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
american hospital associationamerican hospital association pac	$8,500	AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization	$1.2M
american dental associationamerican dental association political action committee	$5,000	AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 98% · the same organization	$78.5K
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee	$5,000	AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
lockheed martin corporationlockheed martin corporation employees' political action committee	$5,000	LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	$13.3B
bnsf railway companybnsf railway company railpac (bnsf railpac)	$4,000	BNSF RAILWAY COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization	$439.8K
the boeing companythe boeing company pac	$3,000	THE BOEING COMPANYAI match · 99% · the same organization	$9B
the geo group, inc.the geo group, inc. political action committee	$3,000	THE GEO GROUP, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$952.1M
constellation energy corporationconstellation energy corporation employee political action committee (cepac)	$3,000	CONSTELLATION NEWENERGY INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$1.9M
international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac	$2,500	INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization	$5,280
delta airlinesdelta air lines pac	$2,500	DELTA AIR LINES, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$8.9M

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$1.9M	$386.7K	$50.5K17 PACs · 13% of committee money
2024	$3.2M	$449.5K	$43.8K18 PACs · 10% of committee money
2022	$3.1M	$504.1K	$49.8K19 PACs · 10% 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 Jersey's 2nd districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
House · New Jersey's 2nd districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
House · New Jersey's 2nd districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
House · New Jersey's 2nd districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: vandrew.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-6572
Office: 2447 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.