Representative · Wisconsin's 5th district

Scott Fitzgerald

Scott Fitzgerald is a Republican representative for Wisconsin's 5th district, in Congress since 2021. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 8, and cast 462 of 468 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Republican
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Jan 3, 2021
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
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 Representatives6751.2%8 of 675 · rank 294 of 43999%462 of 468 · rank 168 of 439320 became law7%13 of 189
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2220.7%9 of 1,222 · rank 359 of 44299%840 of 849 · rank 116 of 442261 became law6%12 of 206
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9971.2%12 of 997 · rank 192 of 44399%564 of 570 · rank 139 of 443160 became law19%29 of 155

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+0.60+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. Jul 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 175–254· Against party
  2. Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 265–161· Against party
  3. Jul 15, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 136–291· Against party
  4. May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· Against party
  5. Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 186–238· Against party
  6. Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 120–306· Against party
  7. Sep 23, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 257–125· Against party
  8. Jun 27, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 175–236· Against party

Recent votes

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

  1. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
  2. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
  3. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
  4. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
  5. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
  6. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
  7. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
  8. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
  9. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
  10. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
  11. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
  12. 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.

74 sponsored · 1 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced5878%
  2. Reported by committee811%
  3. Passed one chamber79.5%
  4. Became law11.4%

Policy areas

  1. Crime and Law Enforcement20
  2. Finance and Financial Sector16
  3. Commerce8
  4. International Affairs7
  5. Education4
  6. Government Operations and Politics4
  7. Taxation4
  8. Law3

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 9385 PROTECT USA Act of 2026
    Introduced· International Affairs· Sep 16, 2026
  2. H.R. 10390 Judicial Conduct and Disability Reform Act of 2026
    Introduced· Law· Sep 15, 2026
  3. H.R. 6048 NDO Fairness Act of 2025
    Passed one chamber· Crime and Law Enforcement· Sep 14, 2026
  4. H.R. 7495 To authorize the establishment of memorials to the Wisconsin infantry officers and enlisted men who fought in the Battle of Antietam and the Second Battle of Bull Run, and for other purposes.
    Introduced· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Sep 10, 2026
  5. H.R. 9461 Working Families Home Construction Act of 2026
    Introduced· Finance and Financial Sector· Jun 25, 2026
  6. H.R. 9460 Sustainable Homeownership Act
    Introduced· Housing and Community Development· Jun 25, 2026
  7. H.R. 9459 Home Affordability Through Mortgage Simplification Act
    Introduced· Housing and Community Development· Jun 25, 2026
  8. H.R. 9143 Foreign Adversary Patent Disclosure Act
    Introduced· Commerce· Jun 4, 2026

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Wisconsin's 5th 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
$327.2M
Per resident
$440
Rank in Wisconsin
4 of 8
Contract actions
2,826
New awards: 1,933

By fiscal year

  1. 192.4MFY2017
  2. 299.2MFY2018
  3. 313.8MFY2019
  4. 263.5MFY2020
  5. 265.3MFY2021
  6. 287.9MFY2022
  7. 289.1MFY2023
  8. 278.4MFY2024
  9. 300.9MFY2025
  10. 327.2MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of Defense
  2. Department of Defense
  3. Department of Justice
  4. Department of Defense
  5. Department of Defense
  6. Department of Transportation
  7. Department of Health and Human Services

Top recipients

  1. 415 awards
  2. 5 awards
  3. 94 awards
  4. 20 awards
  5. 267 awards
  6. 4 awards
  7. 3 awards
  8. 51 awards
  9. 1 award
  10. 8 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
$1.4M
through Jul 22, 2026
Cash on hand
$1.3M
From committees
$919K
224 committees
From contractor PACs
$168K
37 PACs · 18% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee$10KAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization—
exxon mobil corporationexxon mobil corporation political action committee (exxonmobil pac)$10KEXXON MOBIL CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization—
hewlett packard enterprise companyhewlett packard enterprise company pac$10KHEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization$53.4M
the northwestern mutual life insurance companythe northwestern mutual life insurance company political action committee (nmpac)$10KNORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO, THEAI match · 100% · the same organization—
transdigm group inc.transdigm group inc. employee political action committee$10KTRANSDIGM INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$5.1M
oshkosh corporationoshkosh corporation employees pac (ocepac)$8,500OSHKOSH DEFENSE LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$761.2M
transuniontransunion political action committee (tu pac)$8,000TRANS UNION LLCAI match · 99% · the same organization$3.6M
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)$7,500AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization—
office of the commissioner of major league baseballoffice of the commissioner of major league baseball political action committee$7,500OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL, THEAI match · 96% · the same organization$1.3M
the bank of the new york mellon corporationthe bank of new york mellon corporation federal pac (bny fedpac)$7,000BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON (THE)AI match · 100% · the same organization$39.1M

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$1.4M$919K$168K37 PACs · 18% of committee money
2024$1.3M$789.3K$114K26 PACs · 14% of committee money
2022$996.7K$363.2K$56.5K14 PACs · 16% 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 · Wisconsin's 5th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · Wisconsin's 5th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. House · Wisconsin's 5th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Office
2444 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.