Representative · Rhode Island's 2nd district

Seth Magaziner

Seth Magaziner is a Democratic representative for Rhode Island's 2nd district, in Congress since 2023. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 19, and cast 442 of 463 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Democrat
Chamber: House; Current
In Congress since: Jan 3, 2023
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	2.8%19 of 675 · rank 143 of 439	95%442 of 463 · rank 370 of 439	270 became law	21%117 of 559
118th CongressHouse of Representatives	1,222	9.7%118 of 1,222 · rank 35 of 442	96%762 of 793 · rank 260 of 442	200 became law	18%98 of 547

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 −1−0.30+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. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Nay
Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 265–161· Against party
H.R. 7892: No Aid for Ghost Students Act of 2026Yea
Jun 10, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 249–172· Against party
H.R. 6047: Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026Yea
May 21, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 235–179· Against party
H.R. 5625: Cashless Bail Reporting ActYea
May 14, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 308–116· 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. 1958: Deporting Fraudsters Act of 2026Yea
Mar 18, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 231–186· Against party
H.R. 5184: Affordable HOMES ActYea
Jan 9, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 263–147· 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 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
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 Rhode Island's 2nd 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: $136.4M
Per resident: $245
Rank in Rhode Island: 2 of 2
Contract actions: 2,114; New awards: 1,514

By fiscal year

117.5MFY2017
133.7MFY2018
163.7MFY2019
161.2MFY2020
174.1MFY2021
167.3MFY2022
180.8MFY2023
223.3MFY2024
195.9MFY2025
136.4MFY2026

Top buyers

Department of Veterans Affairs$46.4M34%
Department of the Navy$22.1M16%
Department of Defense
Defense Logistics Agency$14.9M11%
Department of Defense
U.S. Coast Guard$12.7M9.3%
Department of Homeland Security
Department of the Army$10.6M7.8%
Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$7.5M5.5%
Department of Labor
Environmental Protection Agency$5.1M3.8%
Public Buildings Service$3M2.2%
General Services Administration

Top recipients

IMPERIAL CONSTRUCTION & ELECTRIC INC.$18.3M13%
1 award
CLAFLIN SERVICE COMPANY$9.5M7.0%
25 awards
P.A.R. PRODUCTS CO$7.9M5.8%
79 awards
ADAMS AND ASSOCIATES INC$7.5M5.5%
1 award
J. GOODISON COMPANY$5.8M4.3%
10 awards
HEXAGON MANUFACTURING INTELLIGENCE, LLC$5.8M4.3%
28 awards
AMETEK SCP INC$5.3M3.9%
13 awards
SYQWEST LLC$5.1M3.7%
11 awards
PROTERIAL CABLE AMERICA INC$4.9M3.6%
2 awards
MONUMENT CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, LLC$4.8M3.5%
1 award

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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 Aug 20, 2026
Cash on hand: $1.5M
From committees: $514.1K; 157 committees
From contractor PACs: $89.5K; 29 PACs · 17% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
bank of america corporationbank of america corporation federal pac	$10K	BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · of one corporate family	—
general dynamics corporationgeneral dynamics corporation political action committee (general dynamics employee pac)	$8,500	GENERAL DYNAMICS-OTS, INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$29.3K
international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac	$7,500	INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization	$5,280
leidos, inc.leidos inc. political action committee	$6,000	LEIDOS, INC.AI match · 99% · the same organization	$1.1B
american dental associationamerican dental association political action committee	$5,000	AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 98% · the same organization	$78.5K
l3harris technologies, inc.l3harris technologies, inc. pac	$5,000	L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$115.4M
pricewaterhousecooperspricewaterhousecoopers political action committee i	$5,000	PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLPAI match · 98% · the same organization	$4.8M
serco inc.serco inc. political action committee (serco pac)	$5,000	SERCO INCAI match · 100% · the same organization	$1B
anduril industries, inc.anduril industries, inc. political action committee (anduril pac)	$3,000	ANDURIL INDUSTRIES, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$89.4M
national association of broadcastersnational association of broadcasters political action committee (nabpac)	$2,500	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization	$0

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$1.4M	$514.1K	$89.5K29 PACs · 17% of committee money
2024	$2M	$736.4K	$91K35 PACs · 12% of committee money
2022	$3.9M	$653.1K	$45.5K10 PACs · 7% 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 · Rhode Island's 2nd districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
House · Rhode Island's 2nd districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: magaziner.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-2735
Office: 252 Cannon 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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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.