Representative · Michigan's 7th district

Tom Barrett

Tom Barrett is a Republican representative for Michigan's 7th district, in Congress since 2025. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 5, and cast 456 of 468 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Republican
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Jan 3, 2025
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 Representatives6750.7%5 of 675 · rank 338 of 43997%456 of 468 · rank 275 of 439530 became law16%34 of 216

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+0.50+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 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204· Against party
  2. Jul 23, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 214–208· Against party
  3. Jul 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 207–224· Against party
  4. Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 265–161· Against party
  5. Jun 3, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 215–208· Against party
  6. May 14, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Failed 212–212· Against party
  7. Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 280–142· Against party
  8. Apr 29, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 235–191· 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· Against party
  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· Against party
  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.

53 sponsored · 0 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced4483%
  2. Reported by committee23.8%
  3. Passed one chamber713%

Policy areas

  1. Armed Forces and National Security21
  2. Government Operations and Politics7
  3. Congress4
  4. Transportation and Public Works4
  5. Health3
  6. Finance and Financial Sector2
  7. International Affairs2
  8. Taxation2

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 9570 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 117 West Lovett Street in Charlotte, Michigan, as the "Francis C. Flaherty Post Office Building".
    Passed one chamber· Government Operations and Politics· Sep 17, 2026
  2. H.R. 10418 VA Claims AI Accountability Act
    Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Sep 16, 2026
  3. H.R. 10417 VA AI Transparency Act of 2026
    Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Sep 16, 2026
  4. H.R. 7083 CRUISE Act
    Reported by committee· Armed Forces and National Security· Sep 15, 2026
  5. H.R. 10119 Protecting Local Control of Data Centers Act
    Introduced· Science, Technology, Communications· Aug 20, 2026
  6. H.R. 10118 No Data Center NDAs Act
    Introduced· Congress· Aug 20, 2026
  7. H.R. 9952 Healthy Recess for Learning Act
    Introduced· Education· Jul 27, 2026
  8. H.R. 9951 Know What’s on the Tray Act of 2026
    Introduced· Agriculture and Food· Jul 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 Michigan'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
$152.3M
Per resident
$195
Rank in Michigan
10 of 13
Contract actions
1,429
New awards: 1,083

By fiscal year

  1. 511.7MFY2017
  2. 384.3MFY2018
  3. 451.4MFY2019
  4. 328.7MFY2020
  5. 216.6MFY2021
  6. 316MFY2022
  7. 247.2MFY2023
  8. 279.7MFY2024
  9. 231.7MFY2025
  10. 152.3MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of Defense
  2. Department of Defense
  3. Department of Agriculture
  4. Department of Agriculture
  5. Department of Health and Human Services
  6. Department of Defense
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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
$6.3M
through Jul 15, 2026
Cash on hand
$2.9M
From committees
$1.1M
303 committees
From contractor PACs
$147K
36 PACs · 13% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
dte energy companydte energy company political action committee$10KDTE ENERGY COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization$2.3M
delta airlinesdelta air lines pac$10KDELTA AIR LINES, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$8.9M
pricewaterhousecooperspricewaterhousecoopers political action committee i$10KPRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLPAI match · 98% · the same organization$4.8M
oshkosh corporationoshkosh corporation employees pac (ocepac)$10KOSHKOSH DEFENSE LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$761.2M
document storage systems, inc.document storage systems, inc. (dss pac)$10KDOCUMENT STORAGE SYSTEMS, INC.AI match · 99% · the same organization$85.9M
bnsf railway companybnsf railway company railpac (bnsf railpac)$8,000BNSF RAILWAY COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization$439.8K
american hospital associationamerican hospital association pac$6,500AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization$1.2M
google llcgoogle llc netpac$6,000GOOGLE LLCAI match · 94% · the same organization$9.1M
american dental associationamerican dental association political action committee$5,000AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 98% · the same organization$78.5K
microsoft corporationmicrosoft corporation stakeholders voluntary pac - msvpac$5,000MICROSOFT CORPORATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization$443M

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$6.3M$1.1M$147K36 PACs · 13% of committee money
2024$5.1M$739.9K$8,5004 PACs · 1% of committee money
2022$2.8M$440.7K$00 PACs · 0% 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 · Michigan's 7th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Office
1232 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 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 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 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 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 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 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.