Representative · Florida's 22nd district

Lois Frankel

Lois Frankel is a Democratic representative for Florida's 22nd district, in Congress since 2013. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 27, and cast 439 of 451 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Jan 3, 2013
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
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
119th CongressHouse of Representatives6754.0%27 of 675 · rank 103 of 43997%439 of 451 · rank 285 of 439150 became law17%53 of 309
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2225.1%62 of 1,222 · rank 92 of 44297%795 of 818 · rank 229 of 442141 became law23%79 of 351
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9971.4%14 of 997 · rank 177 of 44399%559 of 566 · rank 156 of 443160 became law8%29 of 379

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 −1−0.39+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. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159· Against party
  2. Sep 3, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 237–169· Against party
  3. Jul 21, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 270–155· Against party
  4. Jul 15, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 104–314· Against party
  5. Apr 29, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 235–191· Against party
  6. Nov 21, 2025· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 285–98· Against party
  7. Jul 17, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 308–122· Against party
  8. Jul 17, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 294–134· Against party

Recent votes

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

  1. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
  2. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
  3. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
  4. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
  5. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
  6. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
  7. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159· Against party
  8. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
  9. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
  10. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
  11. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
  12. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

45 sponsored · 1 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced4293%
  2. Passed one chamber24.4%
  3. Became law12.2%

Policy areas

  1. Health13
  2. International Affairs7
  3. Labor and Employment6
  4. Education4
  5. Families4
  6. Armed Forces and National Security3
  7. Congress2
  8. Taxation2

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Florida's 22nd 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
$112.1M
Per resident
$143
Rank in Florida
24 of 28
Contract actions
15.8K
New awards: 14.7K

By fiscal year

  1. 116.8MFY2017
  2. 167MFY2018
  3. 136.3MFY2019
  4. 119.8MFY2020
  5. 71.4MFY2021
  6. 72.7MFY2022
  7. 59.5MFY2023
  8. 137.4MFY2024
  9. 178.5MFY2025
  10. 112.1MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of Defense
  2. General Services Administration
  3. General Services Administration
  4. Department of Defense
  5. Department of Justice
  6. Department of Agriculture
  7. Department of Health and Human Services

Top recipients

  1. 21 awards
  2. 2 awards
  3. 12,371 awards
  4. 1 award
  5. 35 awards
  6. 5 awards
  7. 13 awards
  8. CMN, LLC$4M3.5%
    2 awards
  9. 461 awards
  10. 430 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
$2.3M
through Jul 29, 2026
Cash on hand
$1.2M
From committees
$555.7K
167 committees
From contractor PACs
$85K
30 PACs · 15% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
northrop grumman corporationemployees of northrop grumman corporation pac$10KNORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$1.1B
international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac$7,500INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization$5,280
leidos, inc.leidos inc. political action committee$6,000LEIDOS, INC.AI match · 99% · the same organization$1.1B
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)$5,000AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization—
united parcel service, inc.united parcel service, inc. pac (upspac)$5,000UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$685.7K
rtx corporationemployees of rtx corporation political action committee$5,000RTX CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization$3.9B
general dynamics corporationgeneral dynamics corporation political action committee (general dynamics employee pac)$4,000GENERAL DYNAMICS-OTS, INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family$29.3K
l3harris technologies, inc.l3harris technologies, inc. pac$3,500L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$115.4M
gilead sciences, inc.gilead sciences inc healthcare policy pac$3,500GILEAD SCIENCES INCAI match · 100% · the same organization-$779
at&t inc.at&t inc. employee federal political action committee (at&t employee federal pac)$3,000AT&T CORP.,AI match · 100% · of one corporate family-$3,412

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$2.3M$555.7K$85K30 PACs · 15% of committee money
2024$1.9M$611K$99K28 PACs · 16% of committee money
2022$1.3M$508.6K$88K26 PACs · 17% 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 · Florida's 22nd districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · Florida's 22nd districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. House · Florida's 21st districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  4. House · Florida's 21st districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
  5. House · Florida's 21st districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
  6. House · Florida's 22nd districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
  7. House · Florida's 22nd districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Office
2305 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.