Representative · Massachusetts's 6th district

Seth Moulton

Seth Moulton is a Democratic representative for Massachusetts's 6th district, in Congress since 2015. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 102, and cast 408 of 417 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Jan 6, 2015
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 Representatives67515.1%102 of 675 · rank 12 of 43998%408 of 417 · rank 255 of 439221 became law18%124 of 690
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2222.5%30 of 1,222 · rank 216 of 44296%810 of 843 · rank 261 of 442131 became law23%128 of 553
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9970.2%2 of 997 · rank 389 of 44398%562 of 573 · rank 213 of 443210 became law10%55 of 573

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 −1−0.29+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. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159· Against party
  2. Apr 23, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 231–186· Against party
  3. Dec 11, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 302–123· Against party
  4. Nov 21, 2025· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 285–98· Against party
  5. Nov 18, 2025· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 236–183· Against party
  6. Jul 17, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 308–122· Against party
  7. Jul 17, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 294–134· Against party
  8. Jun 9, 2025· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree· Passed 280–113· 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· Against party
  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.

56 sponsored · 2 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced5191%
  2. Reported by committee11.8%
  3. Passed one chamber23.6%
  4. Became law23.6%

Policy areas

  1. Armed Forces and National Security8
  2. Crime and Law Enforcement6
  3. Health6
  4. Transportation and Public Works6
  5. Public Lands and Natural Resources5
  6. Finance and Financial Sector4
  7. Immigration3
  8. International Affairs3

Latest activity

  1. 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.
    Passed one chamber· International Affairs· Sep 16, 2026
  2. H.R. 10404 For the relief of Sindy Gualdina Rodriguez-Fernandez.
    Introduced· Sep 15, 2026
  3. H.R. 10059 Building Safer Streets Act
    Introduced· Transportation and Public Works· Aug 6, 2026
  4. H.R. 9812 Protecting Mail-In Voting Act of 2026
    Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· Jul 21, 2026
  5. H.R. 9523 TPS Relief Act
    Introduced· Immigration· Jun 29, 2026
  6. H.R. 9036 American High-Speed Rail Act
    Introduced· Transportation and Public Works· May 26, 2026
  7. H.R. 8858 Protecting American Voters’ Rights Act
    Introduced· Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues· May 15, 2026
  8. H.R. 8148 Prediction Market RISK Act
    Introduced· Finance and Financial Sector· Mar 27, 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 Massachusetts's 6th 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
$7.5B
Per resident
$9,621
Rank in Massachusetts
1 of 9
Contract actions
5,402
New awards: 2,208

By fiscal year

  1. 4.4BFY2017
  2. 5.9BFY2018
  3. 5.4BFY2019
  4. 5.3BFY2020
  5. 5.4BFY2021
  6. 5.1BFY2022
  7. 7.4BFY2023
  8. 7.1BFY2024
  9. 8BFY2025
  10. 7.5BFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of Defense
  2. Department of Defense
  3. Department of Defense
  4. Department of Defense
  5. Department of Homeland Security
  6. Department of Homeland Security
  7. Department of Defense

Top recipients

  1. 110 awards
  2. 490 awards
  3. 49 awards
  4. 12 awards
  5. 11 awards
  6. ANALOGIC CORP$117.9M1.6%
    10 awards
  7. 1 award
  8. 2 awards
  9. 4 awards
  10. 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
$6.2M
through Aug 12, 2026
Cash on hand
$1.8M
From committees
$201.5K
84 committees
From contractor PACs
$62.5K
27 PACs · 31% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac)$7,000HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$260.5M
northrop grumman corporationemployees of northrop grumman corporation pac$6,000NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$1.1B
general electric companygeneral electric company aerospace employee political action committee (ge aerospace pac)$5,000GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYAI match · 98% · the same organization$636.3M
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee$5,000AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization—
general atomicsgeneral atomics political action committee$5,000GENERAL ATOMICSAI match · 95% · the same organization—
liberty mutual insurance companyliberty mutual insurance company - pac$3,500LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization—
bnsf railway companybnsf railway company railpac (bnsf railpac)$3,500BNSF RAILWAY COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization$439.8K
blue origin, llcblue origin llc political action committee (blue origin pac)$3,500BLUE ORIGIN, LLCAI match · 100% · the same organization$1.1B
crowley maritime corporationcrowley maritime corporation federal pac$3,000CROWLEY MARITIME CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization—
aecomaecom pac$3,000AECOM SERVICES, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$3.8M

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$6.2M$201.5K$62.5K27 PACs · 31% of committee money
2024$2.9M$542K$178.4K47 PACs · 33% of committee money
2022$2.1M$309K$118.9K34 PACs · 38% 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 · Massachusetts's 6th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · Massachusetts's 6th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. House · Massachusetts's 6th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  4. House · Massachusetts's 6th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
  5. House · Massachusetts's 6th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
  6. House · Massachusetts's 6th districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Office
1126 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 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.