Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

James A. Himes

Official portrait of James A. Himes
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Connecticut’s 4th district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Cos Cob, CT
Born
1966
In Congress
House since 2009 · 17 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
HIMES, JIM
Next election
Primary August 11, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Connecticut with the current district highlighted

Connecticut, District 4

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · Connecticut District 4IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H8CT04172 · Principal campaign committee: HIMES FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Connecticut District 4$1,704,622.29General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Connecticut District 4$2,120,398.15Won the general election (61.06%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Connecticut District 4$1,695,711.93Won the general election (59.41%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Connecticut District 4$1,632,646.85Won the general election (62.2%)
Total raised$1,704,622.29
Total spent$1,392,027.06
Cash on hand$2,419,413.69
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $545,414.56PACs and other committees: $1,010,500.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $148,707.73
  • Individual contributions$545,414.5632%
  • PACs and other committees$1,010,500.0059%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$148,707.739%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$74,956.5618%
  • Contributions over $200$348,755.0082%
  • Itemized from inside Connecticut$205,235.0055%
  • Itemized from other states$167,580.0045%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: New York $60,300.00 · California $34,750.00 · Virginia $15,000.00 · District of Columbia $13,005.00 · Maryland $11,500.00. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$2.5M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $208,031.80APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $95,242.95JULY QUARTERLY: raised $199,477.64JULY QUARTERLY: spent $129,472.52OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $188,098.95OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $328,071.66YEAR-END: raised $208,330.61YEAR-END: spent $119,608.12APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $194,999.96APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $133,348.19PRE-CONVENTION: raised $81,572.70PRE-CONVENTION: spent $33,728.85JULY QUARTERLY: raised $299,048.82JULY QUARTERLY: spent $129,229.88OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $298,926.81OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $387,462.052025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea307
Voted nay359
Voted present2
Did not vote6 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored6
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored189

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 10142 Multi-State Worker Tax Fairness Act of 2026
    Introduced Aug 24, 2026 · Latest action Aug 24, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 10125 NO PROFIT Act
    Introduced Aug 20, 2026 · Latest action Aug 20, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently d…
  • H.R. 9983 Lori Jackson-Nicolette Elias Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act
    Introduced Jul 30, 2026 · Latest action Jul 30, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 7792 Property Improvement and Manufactured Housing Loan Modernization Act of 2026
    Introduced Mar 4, 2026 · Latest action Mar 4, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  • H.R. 3542 CLEAR (Committee Leadership and Enhanced Accountability for Resilience) Defense Production Act of 2025
    Introduced May 21, 2025 · Latest action May 21, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  • H.R. 3395 Middle Market IPO Cost Act
    Introduced May 14, 2025 · Latest action Jul 22, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

217 committees reported giving $910,455.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

Show all 217 committees

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Jim Himes$10.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing Jim Himes$0.00

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Connecticut U.S. House, District 4, 2026 · 8 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Jim Himes (D)$1,704,622.29$2,419,413.692026-10-14
Michael Goldstein (R)$59,216.32$26,664.732026-10-14
Dan Miressi (R)$10,721.85−$875.512026-09-19
Daniel Miressi (R)$10,721.85−$875.512026-09-19
Luz Helena Bueno (R)$700.68$0.002026-07-14

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe DJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DMay 29, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DJune 13, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DJune 13, 2025
  • The EconomistSafe DMay 6, 2026

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: HIMES FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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