RepublicanTom Barrett
U.S. Representative · Michigan
Michigan's 7th district
U.S. Representative from Michigan
3 tracked promises, 2 rated
How they won their seat
Tom Barrett won the 2024 U.S. House election in Michigan (District 7) with 50.3% of the vote (226,722 votes).
- Tom Barrett · Republican50.3%226,722
- Curtis Hertel · Democrat46.6%209,959
- L. Rachel Dailey · Libertarian3.2%14,231
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
Tom Barrett's record includes sponsored bills related to campaign finance reform, military oversight, and housing initiatives. He has sponsored multiple bills aimed at amending the Federal Election Campaign Act, including HR 9727 and HJRES 191, as well as legislation related to military force and housing affordability, such as HR 7755 and HR 7009. His committee memberships include transportation, infrastructure, and veterans' affairs. Focus areas (from the record): Campaign Finance Reform · Military Oversight · Housing Affordability · Transportation Infrastructure · Veterans' Affairs Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. The absence of declared positions limits the ability to assess alignment with Barrett's legislative activities. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal any specific motives behind the sponsored bills; There is no information on the effectiveness of the proposed legislation; The absence of declared positions limits understanding of his priorities. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Tom Barrett 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 2026. 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 Tom Barrett 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
Roll-call votes per month — most recent on file. Source: Voteview.
Vote attendance
Share of roll calls participated in — most recent votes on file. 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.
Independence
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
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$1.6M33%
- Large individual (itemized)$1.7M35%
- PAC / committee$1.6M32%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Veterans' AffairsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure — AviationOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure — Highways and TransitOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure — Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency ManagementOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs — Economic OpportunityOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Chairman, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs — Technology ModernizationOn record since Jan 2025Chair
Source: Congress.gov.
Integrity
Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown+77 · based on 2 rated promises
- Partial 1
- Fully Kept 1
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 2025 · 2 rated promisesThe line steps at each recorded assessment and holds between them; it ends on the current published score.
| Date | Integrity Score |
|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 50 |
| Sep 2026 | 77 |
| Jan 2027 | 77 (current, held from last rating) |
Promise status over time
How the tracked promise record has evolved.
- Kept2
- 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 3 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.
- Immigration & Border Security1
- Public Safety & Crime1
- Taxes & Government Spending1
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
“Lower the federal tax burden on Americans — Barrett signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge (a written commitment to oppose net income-tax increases) and pledged to work to cut government spending and lower taxes.”
“Secure the southern border — ensure border-security agencies (DHS, Border Patrol, ICE, Customs) have the tools to stop illegal entry, and work to complete the border wall.”
“Support law enforcement funding and oppose all efforts to defund police and prosecutors.”
Verified record
45 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 $5,033,612, spent $2,236,973, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored HR 9727: To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide that not less than half of the funds used to make certain independent expenditures must be contributed by persons in the State where the expenditure is made. ↗Jul 16, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9726: To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to establish an expenditure limit with respect to candidates for the House of Representatives. ↗Jul 16, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9620: To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a plan for the deployment of Airborne Collision Avoidance System-X. ↗Jul 9, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9570: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 117 West Lovett Street in Charlotte, Michigan, as the "Francis C. Flaherty Post Office Building". ↗Jul 2, 2026
- Sponsored HJRES 191: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that Congress and the States shall have certain authority to regulate and limit contributions and spending in campaigns for elections for public office, elections for public office, and ballot initiatives and referendums. ↗Jun 3, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 1334: Reaffirming the Nation's commitment to one Nation Under God in the Pledge of Allegiance. ↗Jun 3, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9046: COVID-19 Military Mandate Transparency Act ↗May 29, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8673: To exempt stinger-steered combinations from a requirement to include warning flags on projecting loads. ↗May 7, 2026
- Sponsored HJRES 176: 2026 Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iran ↗May 7, 2026
- Sponsored HJRES 159: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the duration of authorizations of the use of force. ↗Apr 22, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8435: War Powers Priority Procedures Modernization Act ↗Apr 22, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8436: Cold War Military Force Repeal Act ↗Apr 22, 2026
Showing the 12 most recent of 45 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 655
- Yea
- 503
- Nay
- 147
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 5
Full voting record
655 votes- HR4795Yea
- HR1501Yea
- HJRES1Yea
- HRES1498Yea
- HR9436Yea
- HR9436Nay
- HRES1490Yea
- HRES1499Yea
- HRES1499Yea
- HR6500Yea
- S32Yea
- S307Yea
- HR8884Yea
- HCONRES89Yea
- 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
4 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.
- Public Safety & CrimeStated position
Support law enforcement funding and oppose all efforts to defund police and prosecutors.
SourcesTom Barrett for Congress (campaign website, via Internet Archive)BallotpediaView position & sources → - Taxes & Government SpendingStated position
Lower the federal tax burden on Americans — Barrett signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge (a written commitment to oppose net income-tax increases) and pledged to work to cut government spending and lower taxes.
SourcesTom Barrett for Congress (campaign website, via Internet Archive)BallotpediaView position & sources → - Immigration & Border SecurityStated position
Secure the southern border — ensure border-security agencies (DHS, Border Patrol, ICE, Customs) have the tools to stop illegal entry, and work to complete the border wall.
SourcesBallotpediaTom Barrett for Congress (campaign website, via Internet Archive)View position & sources → - Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote
On record voting YEA in the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on Perry Amendment No. 221 to H.R. 8870, an amendment providing that a recipient of assistance under title 23, United States Code, may not use automated license plate readers for any purpose other than tolling. The amendment was not agreed to, 20 yeas to 44 nays.
SourcesCommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 119th Congress, Full Committee Record of Committee Votes 75 to 127 on H.R. 8870 (markup of May 21, 2026); Vote 104 on Perry Amendment No. 221, restricting automated license plate reader use by recipients of title 23 highway assistance. Not agreed to, 20 yeas to 44 nays.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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