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Steny H. Hoyer

DemocratSteny H. Hoyer

U.S. Representative · Maryland

Maryland's 5th district

DemocratFederal

U.S. Representative from Maryland

0 tracked promises

Maryland · Maryland's 5th district

Maryland's 5th district

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How they won their seat

Steny H. Hoyer won the 2024 U.S. House election in Maryland (District 5) with 67.8% of the vote (283,619 votes).

67.8%
Win share
283,619
Votes for winner
418,603
Total cast
  • Steny H. Hoyer · Democrat67.8%
  • Michelle Talkington · Republican32%
  • 1 Other Candidate0.2%

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

Steny H. Hoyer's record shows a concentration of legislative activities related to appropriations, disability rights, and local heritage initiatives. He has sponsored multiple resolutions recognizing the importance of independent living for individuals with disabilities and has introduced bills aimed at local heritage areas, such as the Southern Maryland National Heritage Area Act. Additionally, his committee work is concentrated in appropriations. Focus areas (from the record): Appropriations · Disability Rights · Local Heritage · Legislative Procedures · Community Events Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. The absence of declared positions or tracked promises limits the ability to assess alignment with Hoyer's legislative activities. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal the effectiveness of the sponsored bills; There is no information on the motives or intent behind the legislation; The absence of declared positions limits the ability to assess the consistency of actions with stated goals. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).

Inferred, not stated. Steny H. Hoyer 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 Steny H. Hoyer 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
016324864VotesSep '25: 14 YeaSep '25: 47 NaySep '25Nov '25: 8 YeaNov '25: 15 NayNov '25Dec '25: 26 YeaDec '25: 30 NayDec '25Jan '26: 26 YeaJan '26: 21 NayJan '26Feb '26: 13 YeaFeb '26: 16 NayFeb '26Mar '26: 12 YeaMar '26: 17 NayMar '26Apr '26: 25 YeaApr '26: 21 NayApr '26May '26: 21 YeaMay '26: 15 NayMay '26Jun '26: 24 YeaJun '26: 18 NayJun '26Jul '26: 13 YeaJul '26: 37 NayJul '26Aug '26: 2 YeaAug '26: 0 NayAug '26Sep '26: 3 YeaSep '26: 7 NaySep '26Sep '25: 64 totalNov '25: 23 totalDec '25: 57 totalJan '26: 47 totalFeb '26: 30 totalMar '26: 30 totalApr '26: 47 totalMay '26: 36 totalJun '26: 42 totalJul '26: 50 totalAug '26: 2 totalSep '26: 10 total
Measures voted on:492 passed162 failed1 procedural/other

Roll-call votes per month — most recent on file. Source: Voteview.

Vote attendance

97.1%
attendance
636 of 655 roll calls19 missed
Monthly participation rate
0255075100100%Sep 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Sep 26

Share of roll calls participated in — most recent votes on file. Source: Voteview.

Bills sponsored over time

351bills sponsored
2 pending349 awaiting status
013253850Bills1981: 4 awaiting status419811982: 2 awaiting status219821983: 4 awaiting status419831984: 10 awaiting status1019841985: 8 awaiting status819851986: 7 awaiting status719861987: 9 awaiting status919871988: 6 awaiting status619881989: 7 awaiting status719891990: 13 awaiting status1319901991: 27 awaiting status2719911992: 12 awaiting status1219921993: 29 awaiting status2919931994: 15 awaiting status1519941995: 5 awaiting status519951996: 5 awaiting status519961997: 13 awaiting status1319971998: 4 awaiting status419981999: 9 awaiting status919992000: 4 awaiting status420002001: 11 awaiting status1120012002: 5 awaiting status520022003: 6 awaiting status620032004: 3 awaiting status320042005: 12 awaiting status1220052006: 3 awaiting status320062007: 22 awaiting status2220072008: 9 awaiting status920082009: 15 awaiting status1520092010: 9 awaiting status920102011: 5 awaiting status520112012: 1 awaiting status120122013: 4 awaiting status420132014: 3 awaiting status320142015: 2 awaiting status220152016: 2 awaiting status220162017: 4 awaiting status420172018: 5 awaiting status520182019: 12 awaiting status1220192020: 11 awaiting status1120202021: 9 awaiting status920212022: 3 awaiting status320222023: 1 pending120232024: 1 pending12024

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

3%
Votes against own party
16 of 634 recent votes

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

0%
0 of 2 sponsored bills became law
2 pending

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

Campaign finance over time

$0
Cash on hand · 2026
$3.7M
Raised, 20262026
RaisedSpentCash on hand
$0$1.3M$2.5M$3.8M$5M2026: raised $3.7M2026: spent $3.8M20262026: cash on hand $0
Where the money came from · 2026
Small-dollar (unitemized): $33K (1%)Large individual (itemized): $940K (27%)27%PAC / committee: $2.5M (72%)72%
  • Small-dollar (unitemized)$33K1%
  • Large individual (itemized)$940K27%
  • PAC / committee$2.5M72%

By election cycle. Source: FEC.

Committee memberships

Verified record

351 sponsored bills · finance on file

Facts 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.

Campaign financeas of Mar 31, 2026

FEC 2026 cycle — raised $402,330, spent $657,959, cash on hand $0.

View the FEC filing ↗

Sponsored legislation

Showing the 12 most recent of 351 sponsored measures.

Voting record

Total votes
655
Yea
276
Nay
358
Present
2
Not voting
19

Full voting record

655 votes
  • S32Yea
  • S307Yea
120 of 655
Page 1 / 33

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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