Representative · Michigan's 10th district

John James

John James is a Republican representative for Michigan's 10th district, in Congress since 2023. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 67, and cast 441 of 454 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Republican
Chamber: House; Current
In Congress since: Jan 3, 2023
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	9.9%67 of 675 · rank 28 of 439	97%441 of 454 · rank 298 of 439	271 became law	13%17 of 129
118th CongressHouse of Representatives	1,222	2.5%30 of 1,222 · rank 216 of 442	82%685 of 833 · rank 418 of 442	360 became law	29%52 of 177

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+0.32+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. 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.R. 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Jan 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 136–291· Against party
H.R. 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Jan 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 164–268· Against party
H.R. 3838: Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026Yea
Sep 10, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 261–167· Against party
H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Sep 4, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 127–297· Against party
H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Sep 4, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 120–302· Against party
H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 120–307· Against party

Recent votes

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

S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActNot voting
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

House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade
Energy
Health

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Michigan's 10th 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: $1.8B
Per resident: $2,355
Rank in Michigan: 1 of 13
Contract actions: 81.7K; New awards: 76.5K

By fiscal year

2BFY2017
3.2BFY2018
3.4BFY2019
2.8BFY2020
3BFY2021
4.3BFY2022
3.6BFY2023
3.3BFY2024
2.1BFY2025
1.8BFY2026

Top buyers

Department of the Army$1.6B87%
Department of Defense
U.S. Secret Service$64.2M3.5%
Department of Homeland Security
Defense Logistics Agency$52.3M2.9%
Department of Defense
Federal Acquisition Service$50.5M2.8%
General Services Administration
Department of Housing and Urban Development$28.2M1.6%
Department of the Air Force$21.6M1.2%
Department of Defense
U.S. Customs and Border Protection$5.5M0.3%
Department of Homeland Security
Department of the Navy$5.5M0.3%
Department of Defense

Top recipients

GENERAL DYNAMICS LAND SYSTEMS INC.$1.4B76%
322 awards
GM DEFENSE LLC$112.3M6.2%
7 awards
GENERAL MOTORS LLC$64.2M3.5%
5 awards
WRIGHT TOOL COMPANY, LLC$55.1M3.0%
69,137 awards
BAE SYSTEMS LAND AND ARMAMENTS L.P.$28.7M1.6%
8 awards
J G M PROPERTY GROUP, INC.$28.4M1.6%
6 awards
GENERAL DYNAMICS LAND SYSTEMS CUSTOMER SERVICE & SUPPORT COMPANY$15.7M0.9%
3 awards
FONTAINE COMMERCIAL TRAILER, INC.$13.2M0.7%
1 award
PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT SERVICES, INC.$10.7M0.6%
2 awards
ASRC FEDERAL ADVANCED RESEARCH, LLC$8.8M0.5%
26 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: $554.4K; through Dec 23, 2025
Cash on hand: $0
From committees: $224K; 94 committees
From contractor PACs: $25K; 12 PACs · 11% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
torch technologies, inctorch technologies, inc political action committee	$5,000	TORCH TECHNOLOGIES INCAI match · 100% · the same organization	$511.5M
allison transmission inc.allison transmission inc. political action committee	$5,000	ALLISON TRANSMISSION INCAI match · 100% · the same organization	$2.8M
dte energy companydte energy company political action committee	$2,500	DTE ENERGY COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization	$2.3M
comcast corporationcomcast corporation & nbcuniversal political action committee - federal	$2,500	COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$453.1K
the boeing companythe boeing company pac	$2,000	THE BOEING COMPANYAI match · 99% · the same organization	$9B
google llcgoogle llc netpac	$2,000	GOOGLE LLCAI match · 94% · the same organization	$9.1M
national community pharmacists associationnational community pharmacists association - pac	$1,000	NATIONAL COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
corning incorporatedcorning incorporated employees political action committee (corepac)	$1,000	CORNING NETOPTIXAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	—
american hospital associationamerican hospital association pac	$1,000	AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization	$1.2M
dominion energy, inc.dominion energy, inc. political action committee - dominion pac	$1,000	DOMINION ENERGY, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$25.5K

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$554.4K	$224K	$25K12 PACs · 11% of committee money
2024	$9.5M	$1.4M	$180K48 PACs · 13% of committee money
2022	$7M	$466.7K	$43K14 PACs · 9% 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 · Michigan's 10th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
House · Michigan's 10th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: james.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-4961
Office: 1519 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 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 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 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 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 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 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.