Former representative · Florida's 6th district

Michael Waltz

Michael Waltz served in Congress from 2019 to 2025, last as a Republican representative for Florida's 6th district. In the 119th Congress, 16 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 9, and cast 5 of 5 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Republican
Chamber
House
Former
In Congress since
Jan 3, 2019
Last term ended
Jan 20, 2025
Open in the Congress explorerOfficial record
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 Representatives1656.3%9 of 16100%5 of 500 became law—0 of 0
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,22210.5%128 of 1,222 · rank 30 of 44299%765 of 776 · rank 149 of 442312 became law17%47 of 270
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9971.5%15 of 997 · rank 164 of 44395%535 of 565 · rank 366 of 443280 became law30%99 of 329

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+0.45+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. H.R. 8580: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025Yea
    Jun 4, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 290–116· Against party
  2. H.R. 4639: Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale ActNay
    Apr 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 219–199· Against party
  3. H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActNay
    Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 212–212· Against party
  4. H.R. 5894: Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.Nay
    Nov 14, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 140–294· Against party
  5. H.R. 5692: Ukraine Security Assistance and Oversight Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024Yea
    Sep 28, 2023· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 311–117· Against party
  6. H.R. 4665: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024Nay
    Sep 28, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 120–309· Against party
  7. H.R. 4665: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024Nay
    Sep 28, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 121–311· Against party
  8. H.R. 4665: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024Nay
    Sep 28, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 134–298· Against party

Recent votes

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

  1. H.R. 30: Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens ActNot voting
    Jan 16, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 274–145
  2. H.R. 33: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for the taxation of certain residents of Taiwan with income from sources within the United States.Not voting
    Jan 15, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 423–1
  3. H.R. 144: Tennessee Valley Authority Salary Transparency ActNot voting
    Jan 15, 2025· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 423–0
  4. H.R. 164: POWER Act of 2025Not voting
    Jan 15, 2025· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 419–2
  5. H.R. 28: Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025Yea
    Jan 14, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–206
  6. H.R. 153: Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability ActYea
    Jan 14, 2025· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 426–0
  7. H.R. 152: Federal Disaster Assistance Coordination ActNot voting
    Jan 13, 2025· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 405–5
  8. H.R. 192: Amtrak Executive Bonus Disclosure ActNot voting
    Jan 13, 2025· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 407–0
  9. H.R. 23: Illegitimate Court Counteraction ActNot voting
    Jan 9, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 243–140
  10. H.R. 29: Laken Riley ActNot voting
    Jan 7, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 264–159
  11. H.Res. 5: Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, and for other purposes.Yea
    Jan 3, 2025· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 215–209
  12. H.R. 10545: American Relief Act, 2025Not voting
    Dec 20, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 366–34

Sponsored bills

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

59 sponsored · 2 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced5390%
  2. Reported by committee11.7%
  3. Passed one chamber35.1%
  4. Became law23.4%

Policy areas

  1. International Affairs11
  2. Armed Forces and National Security10
  3. Government Operations and Politics7
  4. Energy5
  5. Health5
  6. Science, Technology, Communications4
  7. Crime and Law Enforcement3
  8. Foreign Trade and International Finance3

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 8012 Jackie Robinson Ballpark National Commemorative Site Act
    Became law· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Jan 4, 2025
  2. H.R. 7304 Protecting the Families of Our Fallen Patriots Act
    Introduced· Social Welfare· Dec 17, 2024
  3. H.R. 6112 Further Strengthening America’s Supply Chain and National Security Act
    Introduced· Health· Dec 17, 2024
  4. H.R. 5912 PUNISH Act of 2023
    Introduced· International Affairs· Dec 17, 2024
  5. H.R. 5093 PAATCH Act
    Introduced· Health· Dec 17, 2024
  6. H.R. 825 BOLIVAR Act
    Passed one chamber· Government Operations and Politics· Nov 19, 2024
  7. H.R. 9745 Lifesaving Gear for Police Act of 2024
    Introduced· Crime and Law Enforcement· Sep 20, 2024
  8. H.R. 5613 Sanctions Lists Harmonization Act
    Passed one chamber· International Affairs· Sep 18, 2024

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 Florida's 6th 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
$114.7M
Per resident
$138
Rank in Florida
23 of 28
Contract actions
2,133
New awards: 1,726

By fiscal year

  1. 51.3MFY2017
  2. 61.6MFY2018
  3. 85.6MFY2019
  4. 77.8MFY2020
  5. 62.6MFY2021
  6. 88.8MFY2022
  7. 129.2MFY2023
  8. 222.4MFY2024
  9. 299.9MFY2025
  10. 114.7MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$32.5M28%
    Department of Defense
  2. Department of the Navy$20.2M18%
    Department of Defense
  3. National Park Service$15.9M14%
    Department of the Interior
  4. Department of the Army$11.4M9.9%
    Department of Defense
  5. Department of Veterans Affairs$11.3M9.9%
  6. Forest Service$9.2M8.0%
    Department of Agriculture
  7. Federal Aviation Administration$2.2M1.9%
    Department of Transportation
  8. Departmental Offices$1.7M1.5%
    Department of the Interior

Top recipients

  1. US FOODS INC$29.4M26%
    1,416 awards
  2. STONE & LIME IMPORTS, INC$15.7M14%
    1 award
  3. SPARTON DELEON SPRINGS, LLC$12M10%
    11 awards
  4. COMPLETE PARACHUTE SOLUTIONS, INC.$9.7M8.5%
    15 awards
  5. G2 INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS INC$6.5M5.7%
    1 award
  6. BRAINERD HELICOPTERS, INC$6.3M5.5%
    28 awards
  7. EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY, INC.$5.6M4.9%
    5 awards
  8. HELI-1 CORP$3.9M3.4%
    1 award
  9. COMPUTER EVIDENCE SPECIALISTS, LLC$3.5M3.0%
    28 awards
  10. VIGIL AMERICA INC$3.1M2.7%
    5 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
$3,186
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$632.9K
From committees
-$4,500
0 committees
From contractor PACs
-$2,500
0 PACs · — of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$3,186-$4,500-$2,5000 PACs · — of committee money
2024$2.8M$535.1K$211.5K42 PACs · 40% of committee money
2022$3.2M$523.2K$186K38 PACs · 36% 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 6th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 20, 2025
  2. House · Florida's 6th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. House · Florida's 6th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  4. House · Florida's 6th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021

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.