Representative · Oregon's 3rd district

Maxine Dexter

Maxine Dexter is a Democratic representative for Oregon's 3rd district, in Congress since 2025. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 8, and cast 468 of 468 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Democrat
Chamber: House; Current
In Congress since: Jan 3, 2025
Term ends: Jan 3, 2027

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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.

Congress	Roll calls	Missed	Votes with party	Sponsored	Cosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives	675	1.2%8 of 675 · rank 294 of 439	100%468 of 468 · rank 1 of 439	201 became law	9%35 of 388

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 −1−0.46+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.

No recorded vote against the party majority on bills or amendments in the loaded Congresses.

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".Nay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
H.R. 10326: PROOF ActNay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Nay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72· Against party
H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Nay
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.Yea
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".Nay
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 Oregon's 3rd 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: $859.2M
Per resident: $1,227
Rank in Oregon: 1 of 6
Contract actions: 2,112; New awards: 1,229

By fiscal year

310.5MFY2017
233.5MFY2018
296.9MFY2019
417.7MFY2020
261.2MFY2021
215.3MFY2022
525.4MFY2023
555.3MFY2024
562.2MFY2025
859.2MFY2026

Top buyers

Department of the Navy$562.8M66%
Department of Defense
Maritime Administration$80M9.3%
Department of Transportation
Department of the Army$75.8M8.8%
Department of Defense
Forest Service$57.4M6.7%
Department of Agriculture
U.S. Coast Guard$32.7M3.8%
Department of Homeland Security
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$10.4M1.2%
Department of Labor
Federal Highway Administration$10.1M1.2%
Department of Transportation
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$5.7M0.7%
Department of Justice

Top recipients

VIGOR MARINE LLC$578.2M67%
17 awards
KEYSTONE SHIPPING SERVICES, INC.$49.8M5.8%
48 awards
MANSON CONSTRUCTION CO$33M3.8%
2 awards
TOTE SERVICES, LLC$30.3M3.5%
70 awards
PORT OF PORTLAND$12.9M1.5%
1 award
CAREER SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$9.7M1.1%
2 awards
EATON CORPORATION$9.2M1.1%
1 award
JAG INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC$6.8M0.8%
1 award
SNC CORE JV, LLC$6.6M0.8%
1 award
JAL CONSTRUCTION, INC.$6.3M0.7%
1 award

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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: $1M; through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand: $173.7K
From committees: $365.7K; 116 committees
From contractor PACs: $32.5K; 11 PACs · 9% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
american college of emergency physiciansnational emergency medicine political action committee / american college of emergency physicians	$10K	AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANSAI match · 100% · the same organization	$92K
american hospital associationamerican hospital association pac	$5,000	AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization	$1.2M
american psychiatric associationamerican psychiatric association political action committee	$3,000	AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	$645K
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
bnsf railway companybnsf railway company railpac (bnsf railpac)	$2,500	BNSF RAILWAY COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization	$439.8K
leidos, inc.leidos inc. political action committee	$2,500	LEIDOS, INC.AI match · 99% · the same organization	$1.1B
american dental associationamerican dental association political action committee	$2,000	AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 98% · the same organization	$78.5K
honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac)	$2,000	HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$260.5M
at&t inc.at&t inc. employee federal political action committee (at&t employee federal pac)	$1,000	AT&T CORP.,AI match · 100% · of one corporate family	-$3,412
college of american pathologistscollege of american pathologists political action committee	$1,000	COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTSAI match · 99% · the same organization	$18M

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$1M	$365.7K	$32.5K11 PACs · 9% of committee money
2024	$1.8M	$261.3K	$26.5K7 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 · Oregon's 3rd districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: dexter.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-4811
Office: 1207 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 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 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 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 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 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 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.