Representative · New York's 20th district

Paul Tonko

Paul Tonko is a Democratic representative for New York's 20th district, in Congress since 2009. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 9, and cast 465 of 467 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Democrat
Chamber: House; Current
In Congress since: Jan 6, 2009
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	1.3%9 of 675 · rank 278 of 439	100%465 of 467 · rank 48 of 439	290 became law	18%117 of 643
118th CongressHouse of Representatives	1,222	0.7%9 of 1,222 · rank 359 of 442	99%836 of 846 · rank 132 of 442	300 became law	19%120 of 639
117th CongressHouse of Representatives	997	0.3%3 of 997 · rank 368 of 443	100%570 of 570 · rank 1 of 443	360 became law	6%42 of 649

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 −1−0.42+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. 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· Against party
H.R. 1346: To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes.Yea
May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· Against party
H.R. 5009: Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025Yea
Dec 11, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment with an Amendment· Passed 281–140· Against party
H.R. 6046: Standing Against Houthi Aggression ActYea
Apr 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 285–135· Against party
H.R. 4639: Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale ActYea
Apr 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 219–199· Against party
H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActYea
Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 269–153· Against party
H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActYea
Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 212–212· Against party
H.R. 1338: SAT Streamlining ActYea
Jul 25, 2023· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Failed 250–163· Against party

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 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159· Against party
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 New York's 20th 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: $269.4M
Per resident: $346
Rank in New York: 12 of 26
Contract actions: 2,084; New awards: 1,201

By fiscal year

342.2MFY2017
422.9MFY2018
454.6MFY2019
427.6MFY2020
337.7MFY2021
290.3MFY2022
426.1MFY2023
429.2MFY2024
371.1MFY2025
269.4MFY2026

Top buyers

Department of the Army$67.8M25%
Department of Defense
Department of Veterans Affairs$44.5M17%
Office of Procurement Operations$26.8M9.9%
Department of Homeland Security
Federal Bureau of Investigation$18.9M7.0%
Department of Justice
Department of the Navy$15.7M5.8%
Department of Defense
Defense Microelectronics Activity$15.5M5.8%
Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$14.8M5.5%
Department of Labor
Department of the Air Force$11.9M4.4%
Department of Defense

Top recipients

CONSIGLI CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.$35.6M13%
2 awards
PROFESSIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT, INC.$18.7M6.9%
1 award
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION$15.5M5.8%
2 awards
ADAMS AND ASSOCIATES INC$14.8M5.5%
2 awards
PARAGON SYSTEMS INC$13.7M5.1%
10 awards
WAINSCHAF ASSOCIATES, INC.$13.3M4.9%
1 award
KITWARE INC$12.4M4.6%
15 awards
UNIVERSAL PROTECTION SERVICE, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP$12M4.4%
1 award
C W WORLDWIDE MEETINGS INC$9.3M3.5%
5 awards
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$9M3.3%
3 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: $957.6K; through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand: $404.3K
From committees: $698.1K; 204 committees
From contractor PACs: $161.5K; 46 PACs · 23% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
ball corporationball corporation political action committee	$10K	BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP.AI match · 99% · of one corporate family	-$182.3K
american society of helath system pharmacistsamerican society of health system pharmacist - pac	$10K	AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEALTH-SYSTEM PHARMACISTS INCAI match · 100% · the same organization	$350.5K
american society for radiation oncologyamerican society for radiation oncology pac (''astro-pac'')	$10K	AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR RADIATION ONCOLOGYAI match · 100% · the same organization	$307.1K
charter communications inc.charter communications inc. political action committee	$10K	CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$130.5K
american psychiatric associationamerican psychiatric association political action committee	$9,000	AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	$645K
american psychological association services inc. (apasi)psychology pac of american psychological association services inc.	$7,500	AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization	$710.8K
american hospital associationamerican hospital association pac	$7,000	AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization	$1.2M
nextera energy, incnextera energy, inc. political action committee	$6,000	NEXTERA ENERGY SERVICES MAINE, LLCAI match · 95% · of one corporate family	$1.4M
dominion energy, inc.dominion energy, inc. political action committee - dominion pac	$6,000	DOMINION ENERGY, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$25.5K
national association of broadcastersnational association of broadcasters political action committee (nabpac)	$5,000	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization	$0

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$957.6K	$698.1K	$161.5K46 PACs · 23% of committee money
2024	$1.5M	$992K	$219.6K52 PACs · 22% of committee money
2022	$1.8M	$1M	$218K53 PACs · 22% 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 · New York's 20th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
House · New York's 20th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
House · New York's 20th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
House · New York's 20th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
House · New York's 20th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
House · New York's 20th districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
House · New York's 20th districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
House · New York's 21st districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
House · New York's 21st districtJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: tonko.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-5076
Office: 2269 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.