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Joseph D. Morelle

DemocratJoseph D. Morelle

U.S. Representative · New York

New York's 25th district

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U.S. Representative from New York

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How they won their seat

Joseph D. Morelle won the 2024 U.S. House election in New York (District 25) with 60.8% of the vote (219,175 votes).

60.8%
Win share
219,175
Votes for winner
379,616
Total cast
  • Joseph D. Morelle · Democrat60.8%
  • Gregg A. Sadwick · Republican39.2%
  • Blank · Na5.2%
  • 2 Other Candidates0.1%

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

Joseph D. Morelle's record has sponsored a variety of legislative initiatives, including support for cancer awareness and research, law enforcement, and education. He has sponsored numerous resolutions expressing support for specific designations, such as 'National Day of Light' and 'National Voter Registration Day', as well as bills addressing issues like climate resilience and veteran care. Focus areas (from the record): Cancer Research · Law Enforcement · Education · Veteran Support · Public Awareness Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. The available information does not provide a basis to assess alignment with declared positions or tracked promises. What this can't tell you: The outcomes of the sponsored bills are not documented. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).

Inferred, not stated. Joseph D. Morelle 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.

Time frame
All time2019–2021 term2021–2023 term2023–2025 term2025–2027 term202620252024202320222021202020192018

Showing 2023. 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 Joseph D. Morelle 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.

Bills sponsored — jump to the verified record
16
Tracked positions — jump to positions on record
1
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Roll-call data last updated September 7, 2026 · source: Voteview.

Bills sponsored over time

16bills sponsored
16 pending
05101520Bills2023: 16 pending162023

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

0%
0 of 16 sponsored bills became law
16 pending

Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.

Campaign finance over time

$0
Cash on hand · 2026
$1.8M
Raised, 2026–2026
RaisedSpentCash on hand
$0$500K$1M$1.5M$2M2026: raised $1.8M2026: spent $1.8M20262026: cash on hand $0
Where the money came from · 2026
Small-dollar (unitemized): $61K (4%)Large individual (itemized): $674K (42%)42%PAC / committee: $853K (54%)54%
  • Small-dollar (unitemized)$61K4%
  • Large individual (itemized)$674K42%
  • PAC / committee$853K54%

By election cycle. Source: FEC.

Committee memberships

Source: Congress.gov.

Voting record

Total votes
655
Yea
285
Nay
356
Present
1
Not voting
13

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
1–20 of 655
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Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.

Positions on record

1 position on record

The 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 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.
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Disclosure
No undisclosed priorities on record

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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