James P. McGovern

DemocratMA-2 · Representative

James P. McGovern

DemocratMA-2 · Representative

Voting Ideologyⓘ

Liberal

Conservative

Liberal (-0.538)

James P. McGovern is a Democrat Representative from MA, District 2. He has served 29 years in Congress across 15 terms. Based on his voting record, he is rated as liberal, voting with his party 97.6% of the time.

Years in Office

Terms Served

119

Current Congress

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Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

97.6%

Party Loyaltyⓘ

11 votes against party

3.4%

Missed Votesⓘ

470 total votes

Bills Sponsoredⓘ

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How James Compares

vs. the average House member

Party Loyalty+1.6% vs avg

97.6%

Avg: 96.0%

Missed Votes-0.2% vs avg

3.4%

Avg: 3.6%

Bills Sponsored+5.8 vs avg

Avg: 7.2

Committee Assignments

Committees shape which bills get heard. See what this member has influence over.

Agriculture CommitteeMember Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture SubcommitteeMember Rules CommitteeRanking Member Rules and Organization of the House SubcommitteeMember

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2025-12-31

$313,892

Cash on Handⓘ

$425,685

Total Receiptsⓘ

$505,957

Disbursementsⓘ

$307,588

Individual Donors

$115,800

PAC Contributionsⓘ

Self-Fundingⓘ

Service History

1997–2013House · MA-3 · Democrat

2013–2027House · MA-2 · DemocratCurrent

District Demographics

MA-2 · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.

776,258

Population

$95,618

Median Income

39.6

Median Age

45.8%

College Educated

Racial Composition

White 75.1%Black 5.0%Hispanic 11.5%Asian 7.0%