DemocratJoe Neguse
U.S. Representative · Colorado
Colorado's 2nd district
U.S. Representative from Colorado
5 tracked promises, 5 rated
How they won their seat
Joe Neguse won the 2024 U.S. House election in Colorado (District 2) with 68.4% of the vote (284,994 votes).
- Joe Neguse · Democrat68.4%284,994
- Marshall Dawson · Republican28.9%120,633
- 4 Other Candidates2.7%11,281
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
Joe Neguse's record indicates a pattern of involvement in issues related to wildfire management, public lands, and government ethics. He has sponsored multiple bills aimed at wildfire recovery and mitigation, such as the Wildfire Recovery Act and the Western Wildfire Support Act of 2025, and has sponsored bills related to public lands conservation through the CORE Act. Additionally, his involvement in the TRUST Act indicates involvement in government ethics and anti-corruption initiatives. Focus areas (from the record): Wildfire Management · Public Lands Conservation · Government Ethics · LGBTQ Rights · Disaster Relief Alignment with declared positions: Consistent. The sponsored bills and tracked promises are related, particularly in areas of wildfire management and public lands conservation, as seen in his support for the Wildfire Recovery Act and the CORE Act. What this can't tell you: The effectiveness of the sponsored bills is unclear, as none have become law; There are no statements on file to provide insight into his public communication or rationale; The record does not reveal any potential unlogged work or initiatives outside of the sponsored bills and committee memberships. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Joe Neguse 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 2020. 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 Joe Neguse 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.
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)$223K9%
- Large individual (itemized)$1.3M53%
- PAC / committee$982K39%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, House Committee on Natural ResourcesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on the JudiciaryOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on RulesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Natural Resources — Water, Wildlife and FisheriesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ranking Member, House Committee on Natural Resources — Federal LandsOn record since Jan 2025Ranking
- Member, House Committee on the Judiciary — Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the InternetOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on the Judiciary — The Constitution and Limited GovernmentOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Rules — Legislative and Budget ProcessOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Integrity
Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown+75 · based on 5 rated promises
- Championed 5
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 · 5 rated promisesThe line steps at each recorded assessment and holds between them; it ends on the current published score.
| Date | Integrity Score |
|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 75 |
| Jul 2026 | 75 |
| Jul 2026 | 75 |
| Jul 2026 | 75 |
| Jul 2026 | 75 |
| Jan 2027 | 75 (current, held from last rating) |
Promise status over time
How the tracked promise record has evolved.
- Kept5
- 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
5 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.
- Government Ethics & Anti-Corruption1
- LGBTQ Civil Rights1
- Public Lands & Conservation1
- Public Lands & Outdoor Recreation1
- Wildfire & Public Safety1
Evidence & significance
Evidence quality
Strongest source cited per promise.
- Primary (official record)5100%
Significance mix
How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
5 tracked promises
“Pass the Equality Act to amend federal civil-rights law and explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.”
“Advance federal wildfire mitigation legislation and secure funding for wildfire resiliency, including his Wildfire Recovery Act and Cross-Boundary Wildfire Solutions Act.”
“Sponsor and pass the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail Completion Act to close the remaining gaps in the 3,100-mile trail.”
“Ban Members of Congress from trading individual stocks, as part of his 'End Corruption' agenda — sponsoring the Ban Conflicted Trading Act and cosponsoring/pushing a floor vote on the TRUST (Restore Trust) in Congress Act.”
“Protect approximately 400,000 acres of Colorado public land by enacting the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy (CORE) Act, for which he is the lead U.S. House sponsor.”
Verified record
340 sponsored billsFacts 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.
Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored HR 9292: Disaster Relief Integrity and Independence Act ↗Jun 11, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9068: TRUST Act ↗May 29, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9070: OPEN Act ↗May 29, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9069: KIDS Act ↗May 29, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8523: Public Lands Workforce Stability Act ↗Apr 27, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8149: Agricultural Access to Addiction and Mental Health Care Act ↗Mar 27, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8061: Forest Resources Accountability Act ↗Mar 24, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7706: Federal Retirement Safety Act ↗Feb 25, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7627: Tribal Conservation Priorities Inclusion Act ↗Feb 20, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 1069: Supporting the United States Olympic and Paralympic Teams in the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. ↗Feb 20, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7370: REUSE Act of 2026 ↗Feb 4, 2026
- Sponsored HR 6886: Reverse Transfer Efficiency Act of 2025 ↗Dec 18, 2025
Showing the 12 most recent of 340 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 655
- Yea
- 274
- Nay
- 380
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 1
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.
- Wildfire & Public SafetyStated position
Advance federal wildfire mitigation legislation and secure funding for wildfire resiliency, including his Wildfire Recovery Act and Cross-Boundary Wildfire Solutions Act.
SourcesJoe Neguse for Colorado (campaign site)· archivedOffice of Rep. Joe Neguse· archivedOffice of Rep. Joe Neguse· archivedView position & sources → - Public Lands & Outdoor RecreationStated position
Sponsor and pass the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail Completion Act to close the remaining gaps in the 3,100-mile trail.
SourcesOffice of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich· archivedOffice of Rep. Joe Neguse· archivedSteamboat Pilot & TodayView position & sources → - Government Ethics & Anti-CorruptionStated position
Ban Members of Congress from trading individual stocks, as part of his 'End Corruption' agenda — sponsoring the Ban Conflicted Trading Act and cosponsoring/pushing a floor vote on the TRUST (Restore Trust) in Congress Act.
SourcesOffice of Rep. Joe Neguse· archivedCBS News ColoradoOffice of Rep. Joe Neguse· archivedView position & sources → - Public Lands & ConservationStated position
Protect approximately 400,000 acres of Colorado public land by enacting the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy (CORE) Act, for which he is the lead U.S. House sponsor.
SourcesJoe Neguse for Colorado (campaign site)· archivedAmerican Alpine ClubOffice of Rep. Joe Neguse· archivedOffice of U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet· archivedView position & sources → - Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote
On record voting NO on Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment to prohibit warrantless searches of United States persons' communications in the FISA Section 702 database, with exceptions for imminent threats to life or bodily harm, consent searches, and known cybersecurity threat signatures. The amendment failed on a 212 to 212 tie.
SourcesHouse Roll Call Vote 114, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On Agreeing to the Amendment, Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Failed by recorded vote, 212 ayes to 212 noes, April 12, 2024.View position & sources → - LGBTQ Civil RightsStated position
Pass the Equality Act to amend federal civil-rights law and explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
SourcesOffice of Rep. Joe Neguse· archivedOffice of Rep. Joe Neguse· archivedCongress.gov (Library of Congress)· archivedView 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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