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Josh Gottheimer

Democrat · NJ-5 · U.S. House

On the ballot in 2026

NJ-5 — U.S. House

Likely D 91%

Josh Gottheimer is on the ballot. Josh Gottheimer vs. Sean Kirrane.

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Record of service

In office
9.7 years
First took office
2017 (5 terms)
Seniority
174 of 439 by time served
Age
51
District offices
  • Newton, NJ · 973-940-1117
  • Ringwood, NJ · 973-814-4076
  • Hackensack, NJ · 973-814-4076
  • Vernon Township, NJ · 973-814-4076
  • Fort Lee, NJ · 973-814-4076
  • Fair Lawn, NJ · 201-389-1100
  • Englewood, NJ · 973-814-4076
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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
$7.1M
2020
$23.9M
2021
$44.6M
2022
$28.5M
2023
$43.7M
2024
$32.1M
2025
$34.8M
Most recent filing (2025)
Assets
$14.9M – $60.8M
Liabilities
$1.0M – $5.0M
Net worth
$9.9M – $59.8M
Since 2019
+$27.7M
Largest holdings in the 2025 filing · 352 assets reported
Morgan Stanley - Portfolio Management Active Assets Account ⇒ Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)$5.0M – $25.0M
Morgan Stanley - Active Asset Account # 3 ⇒ Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)$1.0M – $5.0M
Morgan Stanley - Portfolio Management ⇒ Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)$1.0M – $5.0M
Morgan Stanley - Portfolio Management Active Assets Account ⇒ Microsoft Corporation - Comm$1.0M – $5.0M
Morgan Stanley - Active Asset Account # 3 ⇒ Apple Inc. (AAPL)$500k – $1.0M
Morgan Stanley - Portfolio Management Active Assets Account ⇒ Microsoft Corporation - Comm$500k – $1.0M
Morgan Stanley - Portfolio Management Active Assets Account ⇒ Microsoft Corporation - Comm$100k – $1.0M
Morgan Stanley - Portfolio Management Active Assets Account ⇒ Microsoft Corporation - Comm$500k – $1.0M
Morgan Stanley - Portfolio Management Active Assets Account ⇒ Microsoft Corporation - Comm$100k – $1.0M
Morgan Stanley - Portfolio Management Active Assets Account ⇒ Microsoft Corporation - Comm$100k – $1.0M
JANA STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS BENCHMARK FUND, LP$250k – $500k
Morgan Stanley - Active Asset Account # 1 ⇒ Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc.$250k – $500k
Morgan Stanley - Active Asset Account # 1 ⇒ SPDR S&P 500 (SPY)$250k – $500k
Morgan Stanley - Active Asset Account # 3 ⇒ Meta Platforms, Inc. - Class A (META)$250k – $500k
Morgan Stanley - Portfolio Management ⇒ SPDR S&P 500 (SPY)$250k – $500k
Morgan Stanley - Traditional Inherited IRA ⇒ ACAP Strategic Fund (XCAPX)$250k – $500k
Tusk Strategies 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan ⇒ Fidelity 500 Index Fund (FXAIX)$250k – $500k
SP None Tax-Deferred Tusk Strategies 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan ⇒ Vanguard Target Retireme$250k – $500k
Tusk Venture Partners I GP, LLC$100k – $250k
Microsoft 401(k) ⇒ BTC LifePath$100k – $250k
Microsoft 401(k) ⇒ Vanguard Russell 1000 Index Fd Insti Cl (VRNIX)$100k – $250k
Morgan Stanley - Active Asset Account # 3 ⇒ Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN)$100k – $250k
Morgan Stanley - Portfolio Management ⇒ Global X Funds Global X U.S. Infrastructure Develo$100k – $250k
Morgan Stanley - Portfolio Management ⇒ Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 (QQQ)$100k – $250k
Morgan Stanley - Portfolio Management ⇒ iShares U.S. Technology ETF (IYW)$100k – $250k
Wells Fargo - SEP IRA ⇒ Fidelity Asset Manager 85% (FAMRX)$100k – $250k
WPP - Vanguard - The Savings & Investment Plan ⇒ Vanguard Target Retirement 2045 TR$100k – $250k
Morgan Stanley - Active Asset Account # 1 ⇒ SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA)$50k – $100k
Morgan Stanley - Active Asset Account # 2 ⇒ Circle Internet Group, Inc. Class A Common Sto$50k – $100k
Morgan Stanley - Active Asset Account # 3 ⇒ Eli Lilly and Company (LLY)$50k – $100k
Morgan Stanley - Active Asset Account # 3 ⇒ United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (UAL)$50k – $100k
Morgan Stanley - Active Asset Account # 4 ⇒ SPDR S&P 500 (SPY)$50k – $100k
Morgan Stanley - Portfolio Management ⇒ iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF (IJH)$50k – $100k
Morgan Stanley - Portfolio Management ⇒ Morgan Stanley Insti Liquidity Fds, Government Por$50k – $100k
Morgan Stanley - Select UMA Account # 1 ⇒ Alphabet Inc. - Class C Capital Stock (GOOG)$50k – $100k
Morgan Stanley - Select UMA Account # 1 ⇒ Apple Inc. (AAPL)$50k – $100k
Morgan Stanley - Select UMA Account # 1 ⇒ Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)$50k – $100k
Morgan Stanley - Select UMA Account # 1 ⇒ NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA)$50k – $100k
Morgan Stanley - SEP / Traditional IRA ⇒ The Growth Fund of America Class A Shares (AGTHX)$50k – $100k
Morgan Stanley - Traditional IRA ⇒ U.S. Strategic Equity Fund Class S (RSESX)$50k – $100k

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

FiscalHealthImmig.GunsAbortionEnviron.CrimeDefenseEconomyForeignCivil R.Educ.GovtJudicial
Taxes & Fiscal
D+0.54
Healthcare
D+0.45
Immigration & Border
D+0.65
Guns
D+0.85
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
D+0.87
Environment & Energy
D+0.76
Crime & Policing
D+0.02
Defense & Veterans
D+0.07
Economy & Labor
D+0.40
Foreign Policy & Trade
R+0.10
Civil Rights & Social
D+0.89
Education
D+0.51
Government & Democracy
D+0.63
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

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

Democratic Party
90%
Green Party
82%
Democratic Socialists (DSA)
78%
Communist Party USA
77%
Libertarian Party
56%
Republican Party
39%

On the political map

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

Socially conservativeSocially progressiveEconomic leftEconomic rightGottheimer
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 Gottheimersits 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

Committees

Most and least aligned members

Treating Gottheimer'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

Jimmy Panetta
D · CA-19 · House
+99%
Stephen F. Lynch
D · MA-8 · House
+98%
Darren Soto
D · FL-9 · House
+98%
Brendan F. Boyle
D · PA-2 · House
+98%
Donald Norcross
D · NJ-1 · House
+98%

Least aligned

Thomas Massie
R · KY-4 · House
−95%
Warren Davidson
R · OH-8 · House
−91%
Paul A. Gosar
R · AZ-9 · House
−89%
Scott Perry
R · PA-10 · House
−89%
Chip Roy
R · TX-21 · House
−89%

Recent notable votes

YEA
Retire through Ownership Act
2026-09-16 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Ratepayer Protection Act
2026-09-16 · Passed · Environment & Energy, Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
NAY
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".
2026-09-16 · Passed · Environment & Energy
YEA
Water Resources Development Act of 2026
2026-09-16 · Passed · Environment & Energy, Economy & Labor
YEA
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.
2026-09-15 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Defense & Veterans, Government & Democracy
YEA
Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act
2026-09-15 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
YEA
Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025
2026-09-15 · Passed · Government & Democracy
YEA
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025
2026-09-15 · Passed · Environment & Energy, Economy & Labor
YEA
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
2026-09-15 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Crime & Policing
NAY
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
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.
2026-09-15 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Defense & Veterans, Government & Democracy
YEA
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
2026-09-15 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Crime & Policing

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