Former representative · Wisconsin's 8th district
Mike Gallagher
Mike Gallagher served in Congress from 2017 to 2024, last as a Republican representative for Wisconsin's 8th district. In the 118th Congress, 857 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 19, and cast 561 of 593 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.
- Party
- Republican
- Chamber
- House
- Former
- In Congress since
- Jan 3, 2017
- Last term ended
- Apr 24, 2024
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 118th CongressHouse of Representatives | 857 | 2.2%19 of 857 · rank 236 of 442 | 95%561 of 593 · rank 303 of 442 | 440 became law | 28%43 of 153 |
| 117th CongressHouse of Representatives | 997 | 2.4%24 of 997 · rank 106 of 443 | 94%524 of 559 · rank 384 of 443 | 550 became law | 34%73 of 216 |
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 118th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.
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.
- Apr 20, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 311–112· Against party
- Apr 20, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 154–272· Against party
- Apr 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 219–199· Against party
- Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 269–153· Against party
- Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 212–212· Against party
- Mar 22, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree· Passed 286–134· Against party
- Feb 13, 2024· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution, as Amended· Passed 214–213· Against party
- Feb 6, 2024· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution, as Amended· Failed 214–216· Against party
Recent votes
The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.
- Apr 20, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 366–58
- Apr 20, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 311–112· Against party
- Apr 20, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 154–272· Against party
- Apr 20, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 71–351
- Apr 20, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 105–319
- Apr 20, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 385–34
- Apr 20, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 360–58
- Apr 20, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 249–167
- Apr 20, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Failed 215–199
- Apr 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 404–14
- Apr 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 271–147
- Apr 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 259–160
Sponsored bills
Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.
99 sponsored · 0 became law
How far they got
- Introduced9697%
- Reported by committee11.0%
- Passed one chamber22.0%
Policy areas
- International Affairs24
- Armed Forces and National Security11
- Government Operations and Politics11
- Health7
- Transportation and Public Works7
- Crime and Law Enforcement6
- Immigration6
- Congress5
Latest activity
- H.R. 7229 WALL Act of 2024Introduced· Immigration· Dec 17, 2024
- H.R. 6857 Simplify and Expand Health Savings Accounts ActIntroduced· Taxation· Dec 17, 2024
- H.R. 5188 Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2023Introduced· Foreign Trade and International Finance· Dec 17, 2024
- H.R. 2372 STAND with Taiwan Act of 2023Introduced· Crime and Law Enforcement· Dec 17, 2024
- H.R. 4545 Retroactive Foreign Agents Registration ActIntroduced· International Affairs· Dec 10, 2024
- H.R. 915 Motor Carrier Safety Selection Standard ActReported by committee· Transportation and Public Works· Nov 26, 2024
- H.R. 1803 CURD ActIntroduced· Agriculture and Food· Apr 29, 2024
- H.R. 8043 NO LIMITS Act of 2024Introduced· International Affairs· Apr 17, 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 Wisconsin's 8th 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
- -$704.4M
- Per resident
- -$949
- Rank in Wisconsin
- 8 of 8
- Contract actions
- 12.7K
- New awards: 12.4K
By fiscal year
- 185.4MFY2017
- 156.9MFY2018
- 233.4MFY2019
- 962.3MFY2020
- 781.3MFY2021
- 795.2MFY2022
- 756MFY2023
- 1.4BFY2024
- 314.7MFY2025
- -704.4MFY2026
Top buyers
- Department of Defense
- Department of Justice
- Defense Logistics Agency$13.7MDepartment of Defense
- U.S. Coast Guard$13.2MDepartment of Homeland Security
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Defense
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of State$2.8M
Top recipients
- ALLIED METAL TECH, LLC$23.9M1 award
- 343 awards
- 32 awards
- 10 awards
- 7 awards
- 11,447 awards
- 1 award
- 68 awards
- MARINE TRAVELIFT INC$5.8M5 awards
- 1 award
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.
2022 cycle
- Raised
- $3.2M
- through Dec 31, 2022
- Cash on hand
- $3M
- From committees
- $1.1M
- 274 committees
- From contractor PACs
- $301K
- 72 PACs · 28% of committee money
Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2022
| PAC sponsor | Given | Matched contract recipient | Its contracts, FY2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac) | $10K | AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization | — |
| honeywell internationalhoneywell international political action committee | $10K | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | $260.5M |
| l3harris technologies, inc.l3harris technologies, inc. pac | $10K | L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | $115.4M |
| at&t inc.at&t inc. employee federal political action committee (at&t employee federal pac) | $10K | AT&T CORP.,AI match · 100% · of one corporate family | -$3,412 |
| cubic corporationcubic corporation employees' political action committee | $10K | CUBIC GLOBAL DEFENCE, INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | -$3,522 |
| space exploration technologies corp.space exploration technologies corp. pac | $10K | SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORPAI match · 100% · the same organization | $6.6M |
| lockheed martin corporationlockheed martin corporation employees' political action committee | $8,000 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization | $13.3B |
| united parcel service, inc.united parcel service inc. pac | $7,500 | UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $685.7K |
| northrop grumman corporationemployees of northrop grumman corporation pac | $7,500 | NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $1.1B |
| johnson controls inc.johnson controls inc. pac | $7,500 | JOHNSON CONTROLS, INCAI match · 99% · the same organization | $66.6M |
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 · Wisconsin's 8th districtJan 3, 2023 – Apr 24, 2024
- House · Wisconsin's 8th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
- House · Wisconsin's 8th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
- House · Wisconsin's 8th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
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.