Representative · Maryland's 3rd district

Sarah Elfreth

Sarah Elfreth is a Democratic representative for Maryland's 3rd district, in Congress since 2025. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 0, and cast 463 of 470 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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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 Representatives6750.0%0 of 675 · rank 413 of 43999%463 of 470 · rank 191 of 439170 became law18%66 of 358

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 −1−0.37+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. 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
  2. H.R. 5625: Cashless Bail Reporting ActYea
    May 14, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 308–116· Against party
  3. H.Res. 488: Denouncing the antisemitic terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado.Yea
    Jun 9, 2025· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree· Passed 280–113· Against party
  4. H.R. 1048: DETERRENT ActYea
    Mar 27, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 241–169· Against party
  5. H.J.Res. 25: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service relating to "Gross Proceeds Reporting by Brokers That Regularly Provide Services Effectuating Digital Asset Sales".Yea
    Mar 11, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 292–132· Against party
  6. H.R. 1156: Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement ActYea
    Mar 11, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 295–127· Against party
  7. H.R. 27: HALT Fentanyl ActYea
    Feb 6, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 312–108· Against party

Recent votes

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

  1. S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
  2. 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
  3. H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
  4. 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
  5. H.R. 10326: PROOF ActNay
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
  6. H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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

Sponsored bills

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

17 sponsored · 0 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced1694%
  2. Passed one chamber15.9%

Policy areas

  1. Armed Forces and National Security7
  2. Public Lands and Natural Resources3
  3. Crime and Law Enforcement1
  4. Education1
  5. Energy1
  6. Environmental Protection1
  7. Government Operations and Politics1
  8. Labor and Employment1

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 9188 Military Readiness Permitting Efficiency Act of 2026
    Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Jun 8, 2026
  2. H.R. 7251 Prohibit Partisan Park Passes Act
    Introduced· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Mar 20, 2026
  3. H.R. 4294 MAWS Act of 2026
    Passed one chamber· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Mar 18, 2026
  4. H.R. 7788 Maryland Whole Watershed Program Federal Partnership Act
    Introduced· Environmental Protection· Mar 5, 2026
  5. H.R. 7494 Preventing Domestic Violence Homicides Through Lethality Assessment Training and Technical Assistance Act
    Introduced· Crime and Law Enforcement· Feb 11, 2026
  6. H.R. 7061 Protecting American Energy Security Act of 2026
    Introduced· Energy· Jan 14, 2026
  7. H.R. 6631 Establishing Cyber Security Educational Programs at Academic Institutions Act
    Introduced· Science, Technology, Communications· Dec 11, 2025
  8. H.R. 6630 Expanding Mental Health Access for Cyber Command Personnel Act
    Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Dec 11, 2025

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 Maryland'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
$6.2B
Per resident
$7,945
Rank in Maryland
2 of 8
Contract actions
15.1K
New awards: 3,944

By fiscal year

  1. 3.7BFY2017
  2. 3.7BFY2018
  3. 4.3BFY2019
  4. 4.7BFY2020
  5. 4.8BFY2021
  6. 5.7BFY2022
  7. 6.3BFY2023
  8. 6.2BFY2024
  9. 6.5BFY2025
  10. 6.2BFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Federal Aviation Administration$1.3B22%
    Department of Transportation
  2. Department of the Navy$979.8M16%
    Department of Defense
  3. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services$555.7M8.9%
    Department of Homeland Security
  4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$524.8M8.4%
  5. Department of the Air Force$457.1M7.4%
    Department of Defense
  6. Defense Contract Management Agency$349.4M5.6%
    Department of Defense
  7. Department of the Army$225.8M3.6%
    Department of Defense
  8. Department of Veterans Affairs$182.8M2.9%

Top recipients

  1. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$1.7B28%
    754 awards
  2. ROHDE & SCHWARZ USA, INC.$661.3M11%
    49 awards
  3. FREQUENTIS USA, INC$618.9M10.0%
    6 awards
  4. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$529.4M8.5%
    62 awards
  5. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$203.8M3.3%
    258 awards
  6. GOVCIO, LLC$80.9M1.3%
    1 award
  7. COLOSSAL CONTRACTING LLC$80.8M1.3%
    208 awards
  8. PERATON ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS LLC$80.2M1.3%
    1 award
  9. TCOM, L.P.$70.7M1.1%
    7 awards
  10. ENLIGHTEN IT CONSULTING LLC$64.8M1.0%
    6 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
$1.1M
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$335.8K
From committees
$475.6K
149 committees
From contractor PACs
$137.5K
34 PACs · 29% 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
leidos, inc.leidos inc. political action committee$10KLEIDOS, INC.AI match · 99% · the same organization$1.1B
booz allen hamilton inc.booz allen hamilton inc. pac (booz allen pac)$8,500BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INCAI match · 100% · the same organization$5.6B
honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac)$8,000HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$260.5M
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee$7,500AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization—
thales usa, inc.thales usa, inc. political action committee (thales usa pac)$7,500THALES USA, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$7.5M
peraton corp.peraton corp. political action committee (a.k.a. 'peraton pac')$7,000PERATON INC.AI match · 99% · the same organization-$756.1K
rtx corporationemployees of rtx corporation political action committee$5,500RTX CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization$3.9B
the boeing companythe boeing company pac$5,500THE BOEING COMPANYAI match · 99% · the same organization$9B
huntington ingalls industries, inc.huntington ingalls industries, inc. employees political action committee (hiipac)$5,500HUNTINGTON INGALLS INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$3.1B

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$1.1M$475.6K$137.5K34 PACs · 29% of committee money
2024$2.3M$280.7K$32.5K11 PACs · 12% 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 · Maryland's 3rd districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
elfreth.house.gov
Phone
202-225-4016
Office
1213 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 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 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 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 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 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 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.