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DemocratJohn B. Larson
U.S. Representative · Connecticut
Connecticut's 1st district
U.S. Representative from Connecticut
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How they won their seat
John B. Larson won the 2024 U.S. House election in Connecticut (District 1) with 59.8% of the vote (197,788 votes).
- John B. Larson · Democrat59.8%197,788
- Jim Griffin · Republican34.8%115,065
- Working Families · Na3.3%10,861
- Mary L. Sanders · Green2%6,768
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
John B. Larson's record includes sponsorship of bills related to social security, national service, and election integrity, as evidenced by his sponsorship of bills such as the Social Security 2100 Act (HR 9519), the ACTION for National Service Act (HR 7910), and the Fair Elections Now Act (HR 9354). Additionally, his role as Ranking Member on the House Committee on Ways and Means is involved in social security issues. Focus areas (from the record): Social Security · National Service · Election Integrity · Accountability · Trade Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal the effectiveness of the sponsored bills; There is no information on the politician's motives or intentions; The absence of declared positions limits understanding of his priorities. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. John B. Larson 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 2019–2021 term. 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 John B. Larson 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)$149K6%
- Large individual (itemized)$1.2M50%
- PAC / committee$1.1M44%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, House Committee on Ways and MeansOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Ways and Means — TradeOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ranking Member, House Committee on Ways and Means — Social SecurityOn record since Jan 2025Ranking
Source: Congress.gov.
Verified record
254 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 $1,976,922, spent $1,198,120, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored HR 9519: Social Security 2100 Act ↗Jun 29, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9355: Don't Settle for Corruption Act ↗Jun 18, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9354: Fair Elections Now Act ↗Jun 18, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8694: Assault Weapon Financing Accountability Act ↗May 7, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 1241: Of inquiry requesting the President of the United States to furnish certain information to the House of Representatives relating to access to and usage of NUMIDENT, death information, and other personally identifiable information in the possession of the Social Security Administration by an individual acting for or on behalf of the Department of Government Efficiency. ↗Apr 30, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 1155: Impeaching Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. ↗Apr 6, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7910: ACTION for National Service Act ↗Mar 12, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7878: Segal AmeriCorps Educational Award Tax Relief Act of 2026 ↗Mar 9, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7621: Stop ICE Election Militarization Act ↗Feb 20, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 1059: Of inquiry requesting the President of the United States to furnish certain information to the House of Representatives relating to the Department of Government Efficiency's access to and usage of NUMIDENT and other personally identifiable information in the possession of the Social Security Administration. ↗Feb 11, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 865: Opening the People’s House Resolution ↗Nov 7, 2025
- Sponsored HR 5802: MAGA Act ↗Oct 21, 2025
Showing the 12 most recent of 254 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 655
- Yea
- 270
- Nay
- 365
- Present
- 1
- Not voting
- 19
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
2 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.
- 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 → - 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 →
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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