RepublicanTim Walberg
U.S. Representative · Michigan
Michigan's 5th district
U.S. Representative from Michigan
3 tracked promises, 3 rated
How they won their seat
Tim Walberg won the 2024 U.S. House election in Michigan (District 5) with 65.7% of the vote (269,215 votes).
- Tim Walberg · Republican65.7%269,215
- Libbi Urban · Democrat32.8%134,282
- James Bronke · Green1.6%6,379
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
Tim Walberg's record includes bills related to education, workforce development, and environmental issues, as evidenced by his sponsorship of bills such as the Less Bureaucracy, Better Student Aid Act (HR 9609) and the Aquatic Invasive Species Control and Prevention Act (HR 8876). Additionally, he sponsored bills related to gun rights and tax policy, including national concealed carry reciprocity and extending the 2017 tax cuts. Focus areas (from the record): Education · Workforce Development · Environmental Protection · Gun Rights · Tax Policy Alignment with declared positions: Consistent. Walberg's sponsored bills are related to education and workforce issues. His legislative actions, such as the sponsorship of the Worker Enfranchisement Act (HR 9302) and the commitment to concealed carry reciprocity, are consistent with his legislative actions. What this can't tell you: The effectiveness of the sponsored bills is unclear as none have become law; The record does not reveal any specific outcomes or impacts of his legislative efforts; There is no information on his engagement with constituents or public statements. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Tim Walberg 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 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 Tim Walberg 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)$120K5%
- Large individual (itemized)$985K44%
- PAC / committee$1.1M51%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, House Committee on Natural ResourcesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Chair, House Committee on Education and WorkforceOn record since Jan 2025Chair
- Member, House Committee on Natural Resources — Water, Wildlife and FisheriesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Natural Resources — Indian and Insular AffairsOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Integrity
Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown+100 · based on 3 rated promises
- Fully Kept 3
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 · 3 rated promisesThe line steps at each recorded assessment and holds between them; it ends on the current published score.
| Date | Integrity Score |
|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 100 |
| Jul 2026 | 100 |
| Jul 2026 | 100 |
| Jan 2027 | 100 (current, held from last rating) |
Promise status over time
How the tracked promise record has evolved.
- Kept3
- 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
3 promises across 2 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.
- Taxes2 promises
- Gun Rights / Second Amendment1 promise
Evidence & significance
Evidence quality
Strongest source cited per promise.
- Primary (official record)3100%
Significance mix
How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
3 tracked promises
“Committed to cosponsoring/supporting national concealed carry reciprocity legislation (H.R.38, Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act) so that a concealed-carry permit is valid across state lines.”
“Committed to extending and making permanent the 2017 Trump tax cuts (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act), and voted for the reconciliation legislation that extended them.”
“Pledged (via the Americans for Tax Reform Taxpayer Protection Pledge) to oppose any and all efforts to increase marginal income tax rates for individuals and businesses, and to oppose any net reduction or elimination of tax deductions and credits unless matched dollar-for-dollar by further rate cuts.”
Verified record
197 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 $1,438,809, spent $1,395,521, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored HR 9609: Less Bureaucracy, Better Student Aid Act ↗Jul 9, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9607: Less Bureaucracy, Better Workforce Development Act ↗Jul 9, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9381: AWARE Act ↗Jun 22, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8876: Aquatic Invasive Species Control and Prevention Act of 2026 ↗May 19, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 1236: Expressing support for the designation of May 2026 as "Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month". ↗Apr 29, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8210: A Stronger Workforce for America Act of 2026 ↗Apr 6, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8195: Responsible Cormorant Management and Control Act of 2026 ↗Apr 2, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7893: FAFSA Verification Efficiency Act ↗Mar 12, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7638: FAIR Act of 2026 ↗Feb 20, 2026
- Sponsored HR 6482: To rename the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Michigan Center, Michigan, as the "Captain Herbert Elfring VA Clinic". ↗Dec 4, 2025
- Sponsored HR 6291: Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act ↗Nov 25, 2025
- Sponsored HR 5539: POW Priority Care Act of 2025 ↗Sep 19, 2025
Showing the 12 most recent of 197 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 655
- Yea
- 498
- Nay
- 151
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 6
Full voting record
655 votes- HR4795Yea
- HR1501Yea
- HJRES1Yea
- HRES1498Yea
- HR9436Yea
- HR9436Nay
- HRES1490Yea
- HRES1499Yea
- HRES1499Yea
- HR6500Yea
- S32Yea
- S307Yea
- HR8884Yea
- HCONRES89Nay
- HCONRES113Yea
- HR7008Yea
- HR7008Nay
- HR8800Yea
- HR8800Nay
- HR8800Yea
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Positions on record
3 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.
- Gun Rights / Second AmendmentStated position
Committed to cosponsoring/supporting national concealed carry reciprocity legislation (H.R.38, Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act) so that a concealed-carry permit is valid across state lines.
SourcesTim Walberg for Congress· archivedU.S. Congress (Congress.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - TaxesStated position
Committed to extending and making permanent the 2017 Trump tax cuts (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act), and voted for the reconciliation legislation that extended them.
SourcesAmericans for Tax Reform· archivedAmericans for Tax Reform· archivedView position & sources → - Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote
On record voting AYE 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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