Christopher H. Smith

RepublicanNJ-4 · Representative

Christopher H. Smith

RepublicanNJ-4 · Representative

Voting Ideologyⓘ

Liberal

Conservative

Moderate (0.183)

Christopher H. Smith is a Republican Representative from NJ, District 4. He has served 45 years in Congress across 23 terms. Based on his voting record, he is rated as moderate, voting with his party 97% of the time.

Years in Office

Terms Served

119

Current Congress

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Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

97%

Party Loyaltyⓘ

14 votes against party

1.5%

Missed Votesⓘ

470 total votes

Bills Sponsoredⓘ

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How Christopher Compares

vs. the average House member

Party Loyalty+1.0% vs avg

97%

Avg: 96.0%

Missed Votes-2.1% vs avg

1.5%

Avg: 3.6%

Bills Sponsored+8.8 vs avg

Avg: 7.2

Committee Assignments

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Africa SubcommitteeChair Foreign Affairs CommitteeMember Western Hemisphere SubcommitteeMember

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2025-12-31

$412,424

Cash on Handⓘ

$358,906

Total Receiptsⓘ

$310,547

Disbursementsⓘ

$229,518

Individual Donors

$128,358

PAC Contributionsⓘ

Self-Fundingⓘ

Service History

1981–2027House · NJ-4 · RepublicanCurrent

District Demographics

NJ-4 · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.

780,618

Population

$95,512

Median Income

41.1

Median Age

39.5%

College Educated

Racial Composition

White 83.4%Black 3.5%Hispanic 11.0%Asian 2.5%