DemocratApril McClain Delaney
U.S. Representative · Maryland
Maryland's 6th district
U.S. Representative from Maryland
6 tracked promises
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How they won their seat
April McClain Delaney won the 2024 U.S. House election in Maryland (District 6) with 53% of the vote (199,788 votes).
- April McClain Delaney · Democrat53%199,788
- Neil C. Parrott · Republican46.7%175,974
- 1 Other Candidate0.2%862
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
The record indicates a pattern of bills related to rural development, broadband access, and agricultural issues, as evidenced by the sponsorship of bills such as the 'Rural Child Care Facility Expansion Act' and the 'Prioritizing Rural Broadband Affordability Act.' Additionally, participation in committees related to agriculture and science suggests an emphasis on these areas. Focus areas (from the record): Rural Development · Broadband Access · Agriculture · Technology · Education Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. The absence of declared positions limits the ability to draw comprehensive conclusions about the politician's priorities. What this can't tell you: The record does not provide information on the effectiveness of the sponsored bills; The absence of declared positions limits understanding of priorities. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. April McClain Delaney has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Activity in office
What April McClain Delaney has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score. The tracked-positions tile counts sourced stated positions — claims about what they believe, not conduct — and is likewise never scored.
Roll-call data last updated September 7, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Monthly voting activity
- Yea
- Nay
- Total
Roll-call votes per month — most recent on file. Source: Voteview.
Vote attendance
Share of roll calls participated in — most recent votes on file. Source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Independence
How often they break with their party’s majority — neither good nor bad, just the record.
Most recent roll-call votes on file. Source: Voteview.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$35K3%
- Large individual (itemized)$834K67%
- PAC / committee$377K30%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, House Committee on Science, Space, and TechnologyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on AgricultureOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Agriculture — Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural DevelopmentOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Agriculture — Conservation, Research, and BiotechnologyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology — Research and TechnologyOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Integrity
Not yet ratedNo promises have been rated yet, so there is no Integrity Score to show. Lifecycle promises (in progress, not yet rated) are tracked but never scored.
The score, once promises are rated, is a signed −100…+100 breakdown weighted by significance and evidence confidence — never a single opaque grade. How this is measured.
Integrity over time
Topic coverage
6 promises across 5 topicsWhat this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.
- Healthcare2
- Broadband/Rural Development1
- Food Assistance1
- Housing1
- Taxes1
Evidence & significance
Evidence quality
Strongest source cited per promise.
- Primary (official record)6100%
Significance mix
How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
6 tracked promises
“Extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits (Inflation Reduction Act healthcare benefits) beyond 2025 to protect coverage for 190,000 Marylanders.”
“Implement a federally incentivized national strategy to build 5 million new homes nationwide to address the housing shortage.”
“Advance Medicare For All to guarantee affordable health care for every American, working with Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Pramila Jayapal.”
“Reverse harmful cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), on which 1 in 9 families in the Sixth District depend.”
“Implement the Buffett Rule by closing tax loopholes for private equity and hedge funds so wealthy Americans pay their fair share.”
“Reauthorize the Affordable Connectivity Program and expand rural broadband access and affordability through targeted USDA legislation.”
Verified record
29 sponsored bills · finance on fileFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
FEC 2026 cycle — raised $8,545,342, spent $8,131,886, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored HR 9286: Broadband Deployment and Economic Impact Study Act of 2026 ↗Jun 11, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8981: SCALE Biology Act ↗May 21, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8825: Democracy Without Intimidation Act ↗May 14, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8453: Rural Child Care Facility Expansion Act ↗Apr 22, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8147: Prioritizing Rural Broadband Affordability Act ↗Mar 27, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8146: Rural Utilities Service Modernization Act ↗Mar 27, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8145: Expanding Access to Distance Learning and Telemedicine Act ↗Mar 27, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8144: Quality Broadband for Connected Communities Act ↗Mar 27, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7913: Higher Education Challenge Grant Modernization Act ↗Mar 12, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7914: Agricultural Conservation Mentorship Act ↗Mar 12, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7507: Fiscal Harms of Federal Firings Act ↗Feb 11, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7470: Keep ICE Out of Washington County, Maryland Act ↗Feb 10, 2026
Showing the 12 most recent of 29 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 655
- Yea
- 289
- Nay
- 347
- Present
- 1
- Not voting
- 18
Full voting record
655 votes- HR4795Nay
- HR1501Nay
- HJRES1Nay
- HRES1498Yea
- HR9436Nay
- HR9436Yea
- HRES1490Nay
- HRES1499Nay
- HRES1499Nay
- HR6500Yea
- S32Yea
- S307Yea
- HR8884Nay
- HCONRES89Yea
- HCONRES113Nay
- HR7008Nay
- HR7008Yea
- HR8800Nay
- HR8800Yea
- HR8800Nay
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Positions on record
6 positions on recordThe record on this issue — recorded votes this official cast, and sourced claims about what they believe. Each is labelled with which it is, because a vote is what someone did and a statement is what they said. Neither is scored, and neither affects the Integrity Score.
- Broadband/Rural DevelopmentStated position
Reauthorize the Affordable Connectivity Program and expand rural broadband access and affordability through targeted USDA legislation.
SourcesU.S. House of Representatives - Office of Rep. April McClain DelaneyU.S. House of Representatives - Office of Rep. April McClain DelaneyView position & sources → - Food AssistanceStated position
Reverse harmful cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), on which 1 in 9 families in the Sixth District depend.
SourcesU.S. House of Representatives - Office of Rep. April McClain DelaneyU.S. House of Representatives - Office of Rep. April McClain DelaneyView position & sources → - TaxesStated position
Implement the Buffett Rule by closing tax loopholes for private equity and hedge funds so wealthy Americans pay their fair share.
SourcesU.S. House of Representatives - Office of Rep. April McClain DelaneyU.S. House of Representatives - Office of Rep. April McClain DelaneyView position & sources → - HousingStated position
Implement a federally incentivized national strategy to build 5 million new homes nationwide to address the housing shortage.
SourcesU.S. House of Representatives - Office of Rep. April McClain DelaneyU.S. House of Representatives - Office of Rep. April McClain DelaneyView position & sources → - HealthcareStated position
Extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits (Inflation Reduction Act healthcare benefits) beyond 2025 to protect coverage for 190,000 Marylanders.
SourcesU.S. House of Representatives - Office of Rep. April McClain DelaneyU.S. House of Representatives - Office of Rep. April McClain DelaneyView position & sources → - Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyStated position
On record demanding that DHS and ICE account for their use of Palantir-developed data analytics together with Clearview AI facial recognition, PenLink, L3Harris stingray and Paragon Solutions phone surveillance, and objecting to a mass surveillance ecosystem that has swept in U.S. citizens observing or protesting immigration enforcement.
SourcesLetter from Reps. Dan Goldman and Nydia M. Velazquez, Sen. Ron Wyden and 30 colleagues to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin and ICE Acting Director Todd M. Lyons on Palantir-developed data surveillance contractsView position & sources →
Disclosure
A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.
No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.
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