Representative · New Jersey's 7th district

Thomas H. Kean, Jr.

Thomas H. Kean, Jr. is a Republican representative for New Jersey's 7th district, in Congress since 2023. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 146, and cast 345 of 371 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Republican
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	21.6%146 of 675 · rank 6 of 439	93%345 of 371 · rank 395 of 439	400 became law	38%142 of 378
118th CongressHouse of Representatives	1,222	0.7%8 of 1,222 · rank 373 of 442	74%632 of 850 · rank 437 of 442	280 became law	30%123 of 405

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+0.20+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. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Nay
Jul 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 175–254· Against party
H.R. 8595: Making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.Nay
Jul 15, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 136–291· Against party
H.R. 8595: Making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.Nay
Jul 15, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 178–247· Against party
H.R. 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Jan 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 136–291· Against party
H.R. 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Jan 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 164–268· Against party
H.R. 7006: Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Jan 14, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 127–291· Against party
H.R. 7006: Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Jan 14, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 163–257· Against party
H.R. 1834: To advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock.Yea
Jan 8, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 230–196· 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".Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
H.R. 10326: PROOF ActYea
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
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.Nay
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".Yea
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 New Jersey's 7th 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: $490.8M
Per resident: $625
Rank in New Jersey: 6 of 12
Contract actions: 10.5K; New awards: 7,727

By fiscal year

1.4BFY2017
774MFY2018
350MFY2019
504.4MFY2020
369.6MFY2021
297.6MFY2022
509.5MFY2023
644.2MFY2024
363.4MFY2025
490.8MFY2026

Top buyers

Defense Logistics Agency$222.1M45%
Department of Defense
Department of Veterans Affairs$85.9M18%
Department of the Army$46.6M9.5%
Department of Defense
Department of the Air Force$41.1M8.4%
Department of Defense
Department of the Navy$24.5M5.0%
Department of Defense
Office of the Chief Financial Officer$14.7M3.0%
Department of Agriculture
Federal Acquisition Service$7.4M1.5%
General Services Administration
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$6.4M1.3%
Department of Defense

Top recipients

ICF MERCANTILE LLC$150M31%
2 awards
CELLCO PARTNERSHIP$53M11%
751 awards
NIRAM INC$43.3M8.8%
1 award
PERATON LABS INC$36.8M7.5%
19 awards
JOHNSON & JOHNSON HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS INC.$35.4M7.2%
3,458 awards
LEIDOS, INC.$18.8M3.8%
2 awards
CAPE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT INC$16M3.3%
2 awards
SEQIRUS USA INC$13M2.7%
58 awards
TRIMAN INDUSTRIES INC$10.7M2.2%
2,714 awards
LINDE SPECIAL PROJECTS LLC$8M1.6%
3 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: $4.9M; through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand: $3.6M
From committees: $1.2M; 353 committees
From contractor PACs: $207.5K; 58 PACs · 17% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
american dental associationamerican dental association political action committee	$10K	AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 98% · the same organization	$78.5K
national association of broadcastersnational association of broadcasters political action committee (nabpac)	$10K	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization	$0
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee	$10K	AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
johnson & johnsonjohnson & johnson political action committee	$8,500	JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION CARE INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	—
merck & co., inc.merck & co., inc., employees political action committee (merck pac)	$7,500	MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$445.3K
charter communications inc.charter communications inc. political action committee	$7,500	CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$130.5K
american hospital associationamerican hospital association pac	$7,000	AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization	$1.2M
thermo fisher scientific inc. pacthermo fisher scientific inc. pac	$7,000	THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC (THAILAND) CO., LTD.AI match · 96% · of one corporate family	$31.3K
bristol-myers squibb companybristol-myers squibb company political action committee	$6,000	BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization	$8.8M
peraton corp.peraton corp. political action committee (a.k.a. 'peraton pac')	$6,000	PERATON INC.AI match · 99% · the same organization	-$756.1K

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$4.9M	$1.2M	$207.5K58 PACs · 17% of committee money
2024	$6M	$1.3M	$188K53 PACs · 15% of committee money
2022	$4.5M	$409.9K	$18K7 PACs · 4% 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 · New Jersey's 7th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
House · New Jersey's 7th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: kean.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-5361
Office: 251 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 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.