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Christopher H. Smith

RepublicanIn office

New Jersey · District 4 · House 1981–present

198123 House terms — lighter bands are House, solid are Senatepresent

Voting record by issue

Where this member landed on each issue across their entire career, and how consistent that position stayed over time. Open an issue to see every vote behind the score.

Health Care ›366 votes · 62.9/100 consistent
Expand coverageRestrict coverage
Immigration ›195 votes · 51.3/100 consistent
ExpansiveRestrictive
Guns ›13 votes · 25.9/100 consistent
Gun restrictionsGun rights
Abortion & Contraception ›116 votes · 90.4/100 consistent
Expand accessRestrict access
Climate & Energy ›232 votes · 46.4/100 consistent
Climate actionFossil fuel priority
Taxes ›267 votes · 72.1/100 consistent
Raise revenueCut taxes
Labor & Wages ›306 votes · 60.5/100 consistent
Worker priorityEmployer priority
Defense & War Powers ›786 votes · 75.8/100 consistent
Military restraintMilitary expansion
Civil Rights ›127 votes · 45.1/100 consistent
Broaden protectionsNarrow protections
LGBTQ Policy ›7 votes · 100/100 consistent
Broaden protectionsNarrow protections
Voting & Elections ›21 votes · 16.1/100 consistent
Expand accessRestrict access
Criminal Justice ›425 votes · 70.8/100 consistent
Reform-orientedPunitive
Financial Regulation ›350 votes · 52.6/100 consistent
RegulateDeregulate
Trade ›231 votes · 64.2/100 consistent
ProtectionistFree trade

Not a left/right axis — both parties split on this issue.

Education ›237 votes · 65.4/100 consistent
Expand federal roleReduce federal role
Spending & Budget ›2,411 votes · 75.9/100 consistent
Fiscal expansionFiscal restraint

Money & lobbying ties

Political committees that gave to this member’s principal campaign committee.

55 committees, $212,100 total (cycle 2024). Source: FEC Schedule A, line 11C. A contribution is a documented financial relationship — it is not evidence that any vote was influenced by it. Conduit committees such as ActBlue and WinRed appear here as the FEC records them, but they forward earmarked donations from individuals rather than giving money of their own.

CommitteeCycleAmount
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC2024$10,000
PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS LOCAL NO. 9 PAC2024$10,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS PAC2024$9,000
LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC2024$9,000
SUSAN B. ANTHONY LIST INC. CANDIDATE FUND (DBA SUSAN B. ANTHONY PRO-LIFE AMERICA CANDIDATE FUND)2024$9,000
ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC2024$8,000
ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL2024$7,500
CITIZENS STRENGTHENING OUR MESSAGE IN THE HOUSE2024$6,600
NATIONAL ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE2024$6,500
SHEET METAL & AIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS' NATIONAL ASSOC., INC. PAC2024$6,000
AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC2024$5,000
ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANS (EMMER PAC)2024$5,000
CATERPILLAR INC. PAC (CATPAC)2024$5,000
AMERICAN ROAD & TRANSPORTATION BUILDERS ASSOCIATION PAC2024$5,000
ALZHEIMERS IMPACT MOVEMENT POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE2024$5,000
SMART TD PAC2024$5,000
AMERICAN REVIVAL PAC2024$5,000
TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION PAC2024$5,000
HUCKPAC2024$5,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND)2024$4,000
BUILD PAC OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC)2024$4,000
NORTH AMERICA'S BUILDING TRADES UNIONS POLITCAL EDUCATION FUND2024$4,000
AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION PAC2024$3,500
WAKEPAC- WAKEFERN FOOD CORP. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE2024$3,000
D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION (THE PAC OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROT...2024$3,000

Industry rollups are not shown

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Committee assignments

  • House Committee on Foreign Affairs
  • ↳ AfricaChair
  • ↳ Western Hemisphere

Full term history

YearsChamberStatePartyCongress
1981–1983HouseNJ-4Republican97–98
1983–1985HouseNJ-4Republican98–99
1985–1987HouseNJ-4Republican99–100
1987–1989HouseNJ-4Republican100–101
1989–1991HouseNJ-4Republican101–102
1991–1993HouseNJ-4Republican102–103
1993–1995HouseNJ-4Republican103–104
1995–1997HouseNJ-4Republican104–105
1997–1999HouseNJ-4Republican105–106
1999–2001HouseNJ-4Republican106–107
2001–2003HouseNJ-4Republican107–108
2003–2005HouseNJ-4Republican108–109
2005–2007HouseNJ-4Republican109–110
2007–2009HouseNJ-4Republican110–111
2009–2011HouseNJ-4Republican111–112
2011–2013HouseNJ-4Republican112–113
2013–2015HouseNJ-4Republican113–114
2015–2017HouseNJ-4Republican114–115
2017–2019HouseNJ-4Republican115–116
2019–2021HouseNJ-4Republican116–117
2021–2023HouseNJ-4Republican117–118
2023–2025HouseNJ-4Republican118–119
2025–presentHouseNJ-4Republican119–120