DemocratJames P. McGovern
U.S. Representative · Massachusetts
Massachusetts's 2nd district
U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
4 tracked promises, 4 rated
Running against
How they won their seat
James P. McGovern won the 2024 U.S. House election in Massachusetts (District 2) with 64.6% of the vote (251,441 votes).
- James P. McGovern · Democrat64.6%251,441
- Cornelius Shea · Independent29.3%114,065
- Blanks · Na5.9%23,009
- 1 Other Candidate0.2%822
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
James P. McGovern's record includes sponsored legislative initiatives related to agriculture, nutrition, and health, as evidenced by bills such as the Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act of 2025 and the Grandfamily Housing Act of 2025. Additionally, he has sponsored measures addressing foreign policy and military engagement, including the Southern Mongolian Human Rights Policy Act and resolutions concerning U.S. military actions in Venezuela. Focus areas (from the record): Agriculture · Nutrition · Health · Foreign Policy · Military Engagement Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. There are no declared positions or tracked promises on file to compare against McGovern's legislative activity, limiting the ability to assess alignment. What this can't tell you: The effectiveness of the sponsored bills is not assessed in the available evidence; Unlogged work or informal activities are outside the scope of the available evidence; The absence of declared positions limits understanding of his legislative actions. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. James P. McGovern 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.
Showing 2011. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What James P. McGovern 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.
- Bills sponsored
- 12
Roll-call data last updated July 20, 2026 · 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.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$168K22%
- Large individual (itemized)$363K48%
- PAC / committee$218K29%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, House Committee on AgricultureOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ranking Member, House Committee on RulesOn record since Jan 2025Ranking
- Member, House Committee on Agriculture — Nutrition and Foreign AgricultureOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Rules — Rules and Organization of the HouseOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Integrity
Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown+75 · based on 4 rated promises
- Championed 4
Teal segments are promises kept; amber and stone segments are promises worked against. The signed score weights each rated promise by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is shown separately from popularity, finance, disclosure, and stated positions. Methodology is open.
Integrity over time
In office since Jan 2019 · 4 rated promisesEach step is a real change in the sourced record — the score holds between assessments.
Promise status over time
How the tracked promise record has evolved.
- Kept4
- Against0
- No opportunity0
- In progress0
Replayed from this official’s sourced assessment history — the bands step only when an assessment is recorded or changed. Based on the most recent roll-call votes on file and the tracked promise assessments; never interpolated.
Topic coverage
4 promises across 4 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.
- Campaign Finance / Money in Politics1
- Child Nutrition / Education1
- Human Rights / Foreign Policy (Tibet)1
- Hunger / Food Security1
Evidence & significance
Evidence quality
Strongest source cited per promise.
- Primary (official record)4100%
Significance mix
How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
4 tracked promises
“End hunger in America by 2030: having secured the 2022 White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, McGovern committed to implementing the national whole-of-government strategy to end hunger and reduce diet-related disease by 2030.”
“Enact legislation pressing China to enter genuine negotiations with the Dalai Lama and Tibetan leaders and to safeguard Tibetans' rights and future, through his Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act and Assuring the Future of Tibet Act.”
“Pass the Democracy for All Amendment, a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United by affirming the power of states and the federal government to set limits on and regulate campaign contributions and spending in elections.”
“Expand access to healthy school meals and breakfasts for students nationwide so no child comes to school hungry, by enacting his bipartisan Healthy Meals / Healthy Breakfasts Help Kids Learn Act.”
Verified record
399 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 $515,774, spent $646,932, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored HR 9681: Fair Seeds for Farmers Act ↗Jul 14, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9586: Delivering Priority Legislation Act ↗Jul 2, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9226: Connecticut River Watershed Partnership Act ↗Jun 9, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8982: Assuring the Future of Tibet Act of 2026 ↗May 21, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 1068: Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 143) enabling Congress to advance important policies. ↗Feb 20, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7546: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for wigs as durable medical equipment under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. ↗Feb 12, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7521: United States-Cuba Trade Act of 2026 ↗Feb 12, 2026
- Sponsored HJRES 143: Resolution Act. ↗Jan 22, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 997: Enabling the House of Representatives to be responsive to its membership. ↗Jan 14, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 999: Providing for the consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 997) enabling the House of Representatives to be responsive to its membership. ↗Jan 14, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7007: Governing for the People Act ↗Jan 12, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 986: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7007) to govern on behalf of the American people. ↗Jan 12, 2026
Showing the 12 most recent of 399 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 609
- Yea
- 243
- Nay
- 351
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 15
Full voting record
609 votes- HR9237Yea
- HR5362Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Nay
- HR1181Nay
- HR1181Yea
- HR139Yea
- HRES1423Nay
- HRES1423Nay
- HR8897Yea
- HR3106Yea
- HRES1399Yea
- HCONRES108Yea
- HRES1398Nay
- HRES1398Nay
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Stated positions
4 positions on recordWhat this official says they believe — sourced claims, shown distinctly from tracked promises and from any assessment of what they did. A stated position is never scored and never affects the Integrity Score.
- Human Rights / Foreign Policy (Tibet)Stated position
Enact legislation pressing China to enter genuine negotiations with the Dalai Lama and Tibetan leaders and to safeguard Tibetans' rights and future, through his Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act and Assuring the Future of Tibet Act.
Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/533https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8982https://mcgovern.house.gov/Issues/Issue/?IssueID=120524View position & sources → - Campaign Finance / Money in PoliticsStated position
Pass the Democracy for All Amendment, a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United by affirming the power of states and the federal government to set limits on and regulate campaign contributions and spending in elections.
Sourceshttps://mcgovern.house.gov/Issues/Issue/?IssueID=120514https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/119https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-joint-resolution/78View position & sources → - Child Nutrition / EducationStated position
Expand access to healthy school meals and breakfasts for students nationwide so no child comes to school hungry, by enacting his bipartisan Healthy Meals / Healthy Breakfasts Help Kids Learn Act.
Sourceshttps://mcgovern.house.gov/Issues/Issue/?IssueID=120517https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5753https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6718View position & sources → - Hunger / Food SecurityStated position
End hunger in America by 2030: having secured the 2022 White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, McGovern committed to implementing the national whole-of-government strategy to end hunger and reduce diet-related disease by 2030.
Sourceshttps://mcgovern.house.gov/Issues/Issue/?IssueID=120517https://mcgovern.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398857https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5724View 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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