Former representative · New Jersey's 7th district

Tom Malinowski

Tom Malinowski served in Congress from 2019 to 2023, last as a Democratic representative for New Jersey's 7th district. In the 117th Congress, 997 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 6, and cast 558 of 571 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
House
Former
In Congress since
Jan 3, 2019
Last term ended
Jan 3, 2023
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
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9970.6%6 of 997 · rank 294 of 44398%558 of 571 · rank 251 of 443270 became law8%37 of 445

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 117th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.27+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. Jul 20, 2022· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 163–260· Against party
  2. Jul 14, 2022· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 170–257· Against party
  3. Jul 14, 2022· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 207–219· Against party
  4. Jul 14, 2022· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 155–273· Against party
  5. Apr 1, 2022· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 209–214· Against party
  6. Feb 3, 2022· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 264–163· Against party
  7. Feb 3, 2022· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 181–248· Against party
  8. Sep 23, 2021· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 141–286· Against party

Recent votes

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

  1. Dec 23, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Adt to the House Adt to the Senate Adt· Passed 225–201
  2. Dec 22, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment· Passed 380–35
  3. Dec 22, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 337–79
  4. Dec 22, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 342–71
  5. Dec 22, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 374–44
  6. Dec 22, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 360–55
  7. Dec 22, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 377–42
  8. Dec 22, 2022· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 326–95
  9. Dec 22, 2022· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 222–201
  10. Dec 21, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 397–12
  11. Dec 21, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 378–33
  12. Dec 21, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment· Passed 393–19

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

27 sponsored · 0 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced2489%
  2. Passed one chamber311%

Policy areas

  1. International Affairs10
  2. Commerce2
  3. Congress2
  4. Crime and Law Enforcement2
  5. Energy2
  6. Health2
  7. Science, Technology, Communications2
  8. Emergency Management1

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 9686 Assault Weapon Financing Accountability Act
    Introduced· Crime and Law Enforcement· Dec 22, 2022
  2. H.R. 6600 Ethiopia Stabilization, Peace, and Democracy Act
    Introduced· International Affairs· Nov 1, 2022
  3. H.R. 4322 Combating Global Corruption Act of 2021
    Introduced· International Affairs· Nov 1, 2022
  4. H.R. 4276 Hong Kong People’s Freedom and Choice Act of 2021
    Introduced· Immigration· Nov 1, 2022
  5. H.R. 3781 Justice for Victims of Kleptocracy Act of 2021
    Introduced· Crime and Law Enforcement· Nov 1, 2022
  6. H.R. 9168 Strained Partnership Act
    Introduced· International Affairs· Oct 11, 2022
  7. H.R. 6846 Corruption, Overthrowing Rule of Law, and Ruining Ukraine: Putin’s Trifecta Act
    Passed one chamber· International Affairs· Sep 21, 2022
  8. H.R. 8708 Madeleine K. Albright Democracy in the 21st Century Act
    Introduced· International Affairs· Aug 12, 2022

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 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.

Contract money is attributed to districts from the 118th Congress boundaries onward; this member's last district predates them.

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
—
Cash on hand
—
From committees
$1,000
1 committees
From contractor PACs
$0
0 PACs · 0% of committee money

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026—$1,000$00 PACs · 0% of committee money
2022$9M$816.4K$17.8K3 PACs · 2% 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 · New Jersey's 7th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  2. House · New Jersey's 7th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021

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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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.