Joe Courtney

Democrat · CT-2 · U.S. House

Bio

Joseph David Courtney is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Connecticut's 2nd congressional district since 2007. His district encompasses most of the eastern third of the state, including Norwich and New London. A member of the Democratic Party, Courtney served as the Connecticut state representative for the 56th district from 1987 to 1995 and Vernon town attorney from 2003 until 2006.

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Record of service

In office: 19.6 years
First took office: 2007 (10 terms)
Seniority: 59 of 437 by time served
Age: 73

District offices

Enfield, CT · 860-741-6011
Norwich, CT · 860-886-0139

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Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.

Reported net worth

2019

$1.4M

2020

$1.4M

2021

$1.6M

2022

$1.5M

2023

$1.7M

2024

$1.9M

2025

$1.7M

Most recent filing (2025)

Assets: $746k – $2.7M
Liabilities: $0 – $0
Net worth: $746k – $2.7M
Since 2019: +$291k

Largest holdings in the 2025 filing · 86 assets reported

IRA ⇒ JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Equity ETF (BBUS)$100k – $250k

TR 403(b) ⇒ T. Rowe Price Retirement 2025$100k – $250k

Inherited Brokerage Account ⇒ State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE Municipal Bond ETF (TFI)$50k – $100k

IRA ⇒ JPMorgan Active Bond ETF (JBND)$50k – $100k

IRA ⇒ JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF (JCPB)$50k – $100k

M&T Bank Accounts$15k – $50k

Mass Mutual Whole Life Policy$15k – $50k

Hartford Healthcare 401k ⇒ American Funds 2025 Target Date Retirement Fd Cl R-6 (RFDTX)$15k – $50k

Inherited Brokerage Account ⇒ iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV)$15k – $50k

Inherited Brokerage Account ⇒ Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF (SCHA)$15k – $50k

IRA ⇒ iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEMG)$15k – $50k

IRA ⇒ iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG)$15k – $50k

IRA ⇒ J.P. Morgan Exchange-Traded Fund Trust JPMorgan Active Growth ETF (JGRO)$15k – $50k

IRA ⇒ JPMorgan Active Value ETF (JAVA)$15k – $50k

IRA ⇒ JPMorgan ActiveBuilders Emerging Markets Equity ETF (JEMA)$15k – $50k

IRA ⇒ JPMorgan Global Select Equity ETF (JGLO)$15k – $50k

IRA ⇒ JPMorgan Income ETF (JPIE)$15k – $50k

IRA ⇒ JPMorgan International Value ETF (JIVE)$15k – $50k

IRA ⇒ Sweep Account$15k – $50k

Rollover IRA ⇒ AB Sustainable Global Thematic Fund - ADV (ATEYX)$15k – $50k

Rollover IRA ⇒ Calvert Green Bond Fund Class I (CGBIX)$15k – $50k

Rollover IRA ⇒ Calvert Income Fund Class I (CINCX)$15k – $50k

Rollover IRA ⇒ Large Cap Equity Fund - I Class (AFEIX)$15k – $50k

Rollover IRA ⇒ Mirova Global Megatrends Fund Class Y (ESGYX)$15k – $50k

Rollover IRA ⇒ UBS Engage For Impact Fund Class P2 (EIPTX)$15k – $50k

Rollover IRA ⇒ UBS International Sustainable Equity Fund Class P2 (ESPTX)$15k – $50k

Rollover IRA ⇒ UBS Sustainable Development Bank Bond Fund Class P2 (UDBTX)$15k – $50k

Rollover IRA ⇒ Victory Pioneer Global Equity Fund Class Y (PGSYX)$15k – $50k

Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center Pension Plan$5k – $15k

Inherited Brokerage Account ⇒ iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF (SGOV)$1k – $15k

Inherited Brokerage Account ⇒ iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT)$1k – $15k

Inherited Brokerage Account ⇒ iShares Gold Trust Shares (IAU)$1k – $15k

Inherited Brokerage Account ⇒ iShares MBS ETF (MBB)$1k – $15k

Inherited Brokerage Account ⇒ iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF (EFV)$1k – $15k

Inherited Brokerage Account ⇒ iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (QUAL)$1k – $15k

Inherited Brokerage Account ⇒ iShares S&P 100 ETF (OEF)$1k – $15k

Inherited Brokerage Account ⇒ iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF (IVW)$1k – $15k

Inherited Brokerage Account ⇒ iShares Short-Term National Muni Bond ETF (SUB)$1k – $15k

Inherited Brokerage Account ⇒ SPDR Nuveen Bloomberg Short Term Municipal Bond ETF (SHM)$1k – $15k

Inherited Brokerage Account ⇒ SPDR Select Sector Fund - Financial (XLF)$1k – $15k

Largest first, capped at 40 line items. Each is the asset's reported value bracket, not the income it produced.

From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

LeftCenterRight

Issue profile

Taxes & Fiscal

D+0.48

Healthcare

D+0.63

Immigration & Border

D+0.41

Guns

D+0.99

Abortion & Reproductive Rights

D+0.99

Environment & Energy

D+0.85

Crime & Policing

D+0.14

Defense & Veterans

R+0.05

Economy & Labor

D+0.47

Foreign Policy & Trade

D+0.17

Civil Rights & Social

D+0.87

Education

D+0.70

Government & Democracy

D+0.79

Judicial & Executive Nominations

D+1.00

Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.

How they score against the parties

Joe Courtney's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.

Democratic Party

91%Closest

Green Party

83%

Democratic Socialists (DSA)

80%

Communist Party USA

79%

Libertarian Party

55%

Republican Party

36%

On the political map

Joe Courtney (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

Party platforms:Communist Party USADemocratic Socialists (DSA)Green PartyDemocratic PartyRepublican PartyLibertarian Party

Each small dot is a current member (Dem · Rep); the larger dots are party platforms — click one for its closest members. Economic axis: taxes, healthcare, labor, energy. Social axis: abortion, guns, immigration, civil rights, crime.

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Caucuses & committees

Where Courtneysits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.

Caucuses

New Democrat Coalitionstrongly left · 109 members
Congressional Equality Caucusstrongly left · 153 members

Committees

House Committee on Armed Servicescenter · 57 members
Tactical Air and Land Forces Seapower and Projection Forces (Ranking Member)
House Committee on Education and Workforcecenter · 36 members
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Higher Education and Workforce Development

Most and least aligned members

Treating Courtney's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.