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Jefferson Van Drew

Republican · NJ-2 · U.S. House

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Bio

Jefferson H. Van Drew is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 2nd congressional district since 2019. He was first elected as a Democrat and later switched to the Republican Party in 2020.

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Record of service

In office
7.7 years
First took office
2019 (4 terms)
Seniority
216 of 439 by time served
Age
73
District offices
  • Northfield, NJ · 609-625-5008

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.

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

LeftCenterRight

Issue profile

FiscalHealthImmig.GunsAbortionEnviron.CrimeDefenseEconomyForeignCivil R.Educ.GovtJudicial
Taxes & Fiscal
R+0.57
Healthcare
R+0.14
Immigration & Border
R+0.76
Guns
R+0.83
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
R+1.00
Environment & Energy
R+0.50
Crime & Policing
R+0.86
Defense & Veterans
R+0.41
Economy & Labor
R+0.31
Foreign Policy & Trade
R+0.62
Civil Rights & Social
R+0.06
Education
R+0.69
Government & Democracy
R+0.58
Judicial & Executive Nominations
R+0.54

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

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

On the political map

Jefferson Van Drew (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

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Caucuses & committees

Where Drewsits 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

Most and least aligned members

Treating Drew'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.

Recent notable votes

YEA
Water Resources Development Act of 2026
2026-09-16 · Passed · Environment & Energy, Economy & Labor
YEA
Retire through Ownership Act
2026-09-16 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
PROOF Act
2026-09-16 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Crime & Policing, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Ratepayer Protection Act
2026-09-16 · Passed · Environment & Energy, Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
YEA
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025
2026-09-15 · Passed · Environment & Energy, Economy & Labor
YEA
Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025
2026-09-15 · Passed · Government & Democracy
YEA
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9576) to establish the National Fraud Enforcement Division of the Department of Justice; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 10326) to enhance information-sharing capabilities between Federal law enforcement and State agencies to detect, investigate, and prosecute fraud in certain Federal programs, and to protect individual privacy; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (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''; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (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''; and providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 5334) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes.
2026-09-15 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Crime & Policing, Environment & Energy, Taxes & Fiscal, Education
YEA
GUARD Act
2026-09-15 · Passed · Crime & Policing, Economy & Labor
YEA
Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act
2026-09-15 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
YEA
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.
2026-09-02 · Failed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025
2026-09-02 · Passed · Environment & Energy, Economy & Labor
YEA
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.
2026-09-02 · Failed · Judicial & Executive Nominations

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