Former representative · Florida's 20th district

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick served in Congress from 2022 to 2026, last as a Democratic representative for Florida's 20th district. In the 119th Congress, 487 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 13, and cast 339 of 346 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Democrat
Chamber: House; Former
In Congress since: Jan 18, 2022
Last term ended: Apr 21, 2026

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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	487	2.7%13 of 487 · rank 155 of 439	98%339 of 346 · rank 246 of 439	200 became law	15%61 of 395
118th CongressHouse of Representatives	1,222	2.9%36 of 1,222 · rank 181 of 442	99%819 of 827 · rank 109 of 442	200 became law	18%114 of 644
117th CongressHouse of Representatives	540	0.4%2 of 540 · rank 365 of 443	98%276 of 281 · rank 207 of 443	40 became law	5%13 of 253

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 −1−0.43+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.Con.Res. 58: Denouncing the horrors of socialism.Yea
Nov 21, 2025· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 285–98· Against party
H.R. 3095: To direct the United States Postal Service to designate single, unique ZIP Codes for certain communities, and for other purposes.Yea
Jul 21, 2025· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 278–121· Against party
S. 1582: GENIUS ActYea
Jul 17, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 308–122· Against party
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
H.R. 27: HALT Fentanyl ActYea
Feb 6, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 312–108· Against party
H.R. 23: Illegitimate Court Counteraction ActYea
Jan 9, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 243–140· 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. 4639: Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale ActYea
Apr 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 219–199· Against party

Recent votes

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

H.R. 5200: Emergency Reporting ActNot voting
Apr 20, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 386–7
H.R. 1681: Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews ActYea
Apr 20, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 384–9
H.Res. 1175: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8035) to amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 through October 20, 2027, and for other purposes.Nay
Apr 17, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 200–220
H.Res. 1156: Expressing support for tax policies that support working families.Nay
Apr 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 219–207
H.R. 1689: To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status.Yea
Apr 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 224–204
H.R. 6398: RED Tape ActNay
Apr 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 222–205
H.R. 6409: FENCES ActNay
Apr 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 220–208
H.Con.Res. 40: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Yea
Apr 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Failed 213–214
H.R. 7613: ALERT ActYea
Apr 14, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 396–10
H.R. 1011: Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025Yea
Apr 14, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 395–10
H.Res. 1142: Providing for disposition of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 7147) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.Nay
Mar 27, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 213–203
H.R. 7084: Defending American Property Abroad Act of 2026Not voting
Mar 27, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 247–164

Committees

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

No committee seats are listed.

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Florida'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: $2B
Per resident: $2,490
Rank in Florida: 4 of 28
Contract actions: 8,797; New awards: 6,210

By fiscal year

213.8MFY2017
321.4MFY2018
310.6MFY2019
229.6MFY2020
263.9MFY2021
498.3MFY2022
486.2MFY2023
579.7MFY2024
508.9MFY2025
2BFY2026

Top buyers

Department of the Army$1.8B93%
Department of Defense
Defense Logistics Agency$56.4M2.8%
Department of Defense
U.S. Customs and Border Protection$32.3M1.6%
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Veterans Affairs$10.5M0.5%
Federal Acquisition Service$9.4M0.5%
General Services Administration
U.S. Special Operations Command$5.8M0.3%
Department of Defense
Public Buildings Service$4.3M0.2%
General Services Administration
Department of State$3M0.1%

Top recipients

THALLE CONSTRUCTION CO INC$1.7B84%
1 award
FORGEN-ODIN JV$161.5M8.2%
1 award
GLOBAL MARITEK SYSTEMS INC$31.6M1.6%
1 award
TAYRONA INVESTMENTS LLC$11.5M0.6%
591 awards
OSC SOLUTIONS INC$9.5M0.5%
950 awards
THERMO ELECTRON NORTH AMERICA LLC$8.6M0.4%
114 awards
SLATE SOLUTIONS LLC$8.5M0.4%
3 awards
DIRECT LINE, INC$7.5M0.4%
1,139 awards
POINTER CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC$6.6M0.3%
2 awards
RYZHKA INTERNATIONAL LLC$5.9M0.3%
319 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: $389.3K; through Jul 29, 2026
Cash on hand: -$1,264
From committees: $86K; 35 committees
From contractor PACs: $3,500; 3 PACs · 4% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
oracle america, inc.oracle america, inc. political action committee (oracle pac)	$1,500	ORACLE AMERICA, INCAI match · 100% · the same organization	$53.4M
nextera energy, incnextera energy, inc. political action committee	$1,000	NEXTERA ENERGY SERVICES MAINE, LLCAI match · 95% · of one corporate family	$1.4M
davita inc.davita inc. political action committee (dapac)	$1,000	DAVITA INC.AI match · 97% · the same organization	$179.4M

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$389.3K	$86K	$3,5003 PACs · 4% of committee money
2024	$639.2K	$298.1K	$61K21 PACs · 20% of committee money
2022	$6.8M	$237K	$33K9 PACs · 14% 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 · Florida's 20th districtJan 3, 2025 – Apr 21, 2026
House · Florida's 20th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
House · Florida's 20th districtJan 18, 2022 – Jan 3, 2023

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.