John James

Republican · MI-10 · U.S. House

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Bio

John Edward James is an American politician, businessman, and former military officer serving as the U.S. representative for Michigan's 10th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he was the party's nominee for U.S. Senate in 2018 and 2020.

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Record of service

In office: 3.6 years
First took office: 2023 (2 terms)
Seniority: 321 of 437 by time served
Age: 45

District offices

Warren, MI · 586-498-7122

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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

2022

$4.4M

2023

$7.9M

2024

$15.3M

2025

$30.6M

Most recent filing (2025)

Assets: $11.7M – $51.1M
Liabilities: $500k – $1.0M
Net worth: $10.7M – $50.6M
Since 2022: +$26.2M

Largest holdings in the 2025 filing · 37 assets reported

John A. James Children’s Trust ⇒ James Group, Inc.$5.0M – $25.0M

John A. James Children’s Trust ⇒ MSBNA Preferred Savings - QC$1.0M – $5.0M

John A. James Qualified Sub chapter S Trust ⇒ OJ Land Development, Inc. ⇒ 4005 WFS$1.0M – $5.0M

John A. James Qualified Sub chapter S Trust ⇒ OJ Land Development, Inc. ⇒ 4610 WJS$1.0M – $5.0M

John A. James Qualified Sub chapter S Trust ⇒ OJ Land Development, Inc. ⇒ 4700 WJS$1.0M – $5.0M

USAA Checking$500k – $1.0M

John A. James Qualified Sub chapter S Trust ⇒ OJ Land Development, Inc. ⇒ 4485 WJS$500k – $1.0M

Everbank Bank Account$250k – $500k

John A. James Children’s Trust ⇒ Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF (VONG)$250k – $500k

Fiat Chrysler Auto Custom Blend 2040 Target Date Fund$100k – $250k

Fifth-Third Bank$100k – $250k

James Group, Inc.$100k – $250k

USAA Savings$100k – $250k

Amway Retirement Account ⇒ FID Frdm Blnd 2045 R$100k – $250k

James Group Inc 401k ⇒ American Funds 2045 Target DateLT$100k – $250k

John A. James Children’s Trust ⇒ Federated Hermes Government Obligations Fund AVR Shares ($100k – $250k

John A. James Children’s Trust ⇒ Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF (VEA)$100k – $250k

John A. James Children’s Trust ⇒ Vanguard Russell 1000 Value ETF (VONV)$100k – $250k

John A. James Children’s Trust ⇒ Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF (VTWO)$100k – $250k

Conoco Phillips Retirement Account ⇒ Vanguard Target Retirement 2045 Fund (VTIVX)$50k – $100k

LP Retirement Account ⇒ Calamos Growth$50k – $100k

LPL Account ⇒ US Bank National Association$50k – $100k

Chase Bank Bus. Complete$15k – $50k

LP Retirement Account ⇒ UBS Bank$15k – $50k

Fiat Chrysler Auto Custom Blend 2045 Target Date Mutual Fund$1k – $15k

JP Morgan Chase Insured Cash account (-)$1k – $15k

Morgan Stanley Bank Account$1k – $15k

Conoco Phillips Retirement Account ⇒ Vanguard Treasury Money Market Fund (VUSXX)$1k – $15k

John A. James Children’s Trust ⇒ Morgan Stanley Private Bank$1k – $15k

LP Retirement Account ⇒ Eaton Vance Worldwide Health Services$1k – $15k

LPL Account ⇒ Baron Emerging Markets Fd Inst Shs (BEXIX)$1k – $15k

LPL Account ⇒ Brandes Emerging Markets Value CL$1k – $15k

LPL Account ⇒ Clipper Fund Inc$1k – $15k

LPL Account ⇒ Harbor Cap Apprec Instl CL$1k – $15k

LPL Account ⇒ Lazard Intl Strategic Equity Instl CL$1k – $15k

LPL Account ⇒ Oakmark Advisor CL$1k – $15k

LPL Account ⇒ Oakmark Global Select Advisor CL$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

R+0.86

Healthcare

R+0.89

Immigration & Border

R+1.00

Guns

R+1.00

Abortion & Reproductive Rights

R+1.00

Environment & Energy

R+0.86

Crime & Policing

R+0.99

Defense & Veterans

R+0.99

Economy & Labor

R+0.92

Foreign Policy & Trade

R+0.89

Civil Rights & Social

R+0.56

Education

R+1.00

Government & Democracy

R+0.98

Judicial & Executive Nominations

R+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

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

87%Closest

58%

22%

12%

Democratic Socialists (DSA)

Communist Party USA

On the political map

John James (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 Jamessits 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

Republican Study Committeestrongly right · 139 members

Committees

House Committee on Energy and Commercecenter · 54 members
Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Energy Health

Most and least aligned members

Treating James'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.

Most aligned

Least aligned

Recent notable votes

YEA

Financial Exploitation Prevention Act of 2025

2026-06-25 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Crime & Policing

YEA

Financial Exploitation Prevention Act of 2025

2026-06-25 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Crime & Policing

YEA

Financial Exploitation Prevention Act of 2025

2026-06-25 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Crime & Policing

YEA

Small Business Technological Advancement Act

2026-06-24 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy

YEA

Small Business Technological Advancement Act

2026-06-24 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy

NAY

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5408) to accelerate workplace time-to-contract under the National Labor Relations Act.

2026-06-09 · Passed · Economy & Labor

NAY

Ukraine Support Act

2026-06-04 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Defense & Veterans

YEA

American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2026

2026-06-03 · Passed · Environment & Energy

YEA

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8646) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7726) to amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to withhold funds from noncompliant States under such Act; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7892) to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require to the Secretary of Education to use an identity fraud detection system to review each FAFSA to determine whether the FAFSA presents a reasonable suspicion of identity fraud; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8872) to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to target funds to low-income families, strengthen program integrity guardrails for State expenditure of funds, require measurement of improper payments, and establish goals for eliminating fraud and improper payments under the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families, and for other purposes.

2026-06-03 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Education, Government & Democracy

YEA

Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2025

2026-06-03 · Passed · Environment & Energy

YEA

Stop Child Care Scams Act of 2026

2026-06-03 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Taxes & Fiscal, Education

YEA

ARTIST Act

2026-06-03 · Passed · Civil Rights & Social, Economy & Labor

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John James

Bio

Record of service

Reported net worth

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

Issue profile

How they score against the parties

On the political map

Do you vote like James?

Caucuses & committees

Caucuses

Committees

Most and least aligned members

Most aligned

Least aligned

Recent notable votes

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