Candidate · November 3, 2026

Jim Himes

On the ballot for U.S. House · Connecticut's 4th District

Democratic PartyIncumbent
raised through Oct 14, 2026
$1.7M
cash on hand
$2.4M
issues with public statements
15

§1On the ballot

Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.

OfficeU.S. House · Connecticut's 4th District1,2
Party on the ballotDemocratic Party1,2,3
StatusIncumbent — Currently represents Connecticut's 4th District in the U.S. House.4
Also on the ballot

§2Who they are

Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Jim Himes was born in Peru to American parents and grew up in Peru, Colombia and New Jersey; he graduated from Harvard University and, as a Rhodes Scholar, earned a master's degree in Latin American studies at Oxford University.5,6 He began his career at Goldman Sachs, where he became a vice president, and after 12 years in the private sector ran the New York City branch of the Enterprise Foundation, a nonprofit that finances affordable housing.5 He served as commissioner and board chairman of the Greenwich Housing Authority and as an elected member of the Greenwich Board of Finance.5 He was elected to Congress in 2008 and is the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and a member of the House Financial Services Committee.5

Why they say they're running

His campaign website says he is working for affordable health care for all, an end to gun violence, economic opportunity for working families, national security and the protection of democracy, and to end dysfunction in Congress.7

Service in Congress since 2023

  • 2025–nowU.S. Representative, CT-44
  • 2023–2025U.S. Representative, CT-44

Websites and accounts

§3What they've said on the issues

Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.

Economy, Jobs and Trade

Federal minimum wage

His campaign website says he has fought to raise the minimum wage to $15 nationwide.9

  1. Keep at $7.25 or leave to states
  2. Raise it to less than $15, such as $10 or $12
  3. Raise to $15 or more
Marked: the option their statement matches.
Banking and investment rules

His campaign website says he played a major role in writing the Dodd-Frank Act's financial regulations and has turned his efforts to reforming the mortgage finance industry.9

Energy and Climate

Clean energy tax credits

His campaign website says he supported the Inflation Reduction Act's clean energy investments, introduced the National Green Bank Act, and wants the shift to sustainable energy to speed up.9,10

Environment and Public Lands

Conservation and development on federal lands

His campaign website lists his cosponsorship of the Recovering America's Wildlife Act and his vote for a public lands law that it says helped protect more than two million new acres of wilderness.10

Social Security and Medicare

Medicare drug price negotiation

His campaign website says he helped pass the Inflation Reduction Act, which lets Medicare negotiate drug costs and capped out-of-pocket prescription costs at $2,000 and insulin at $35.11

Social Security benefit levels

His campaign website says he opposes any effort to privatize Social Security and will keep working to put it on a path to long-term stability.11

Health Care

Health insurance system

His campaign website says he works to make Medicare sustainable, improve the Affordable Care Act and make quality, affordable health care available to all Americans.11

Guns

Background checks for gun sales

His campaign website says he fights for gun safety laws including background checks and better mental health screening before gun purchases.12

AR-15-style rifles

His campaign website says he supports an assault weapons ban and cosponsored the Assault Weapons Ban of 2022.12

  1. Ban the sale of these rifles
  2. Keep sales legal, with added limits such as a minimum buying age of 21
  3. No bans or added limits on these rifles
Marked: the option their statement matches.
Rules for gun accessories and parts

His campaign website says he supports limits on magazine sizes.12

  1. Tighten rules, such as registering pistols with stabilizing braces and requiring serial numbers and background checks for all gun kits and parts
  2. Keep current rules
  3. Loosen rules, such as ending federal registration for suppressors and short-barreled rifles
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Abortion and Reproductive Health

Who sets abortion law

His campaign website says he opposed efforts to ban abortion at the federal level and is working to enshrine the right to an abortion for every woman in the country.13

  1. A national law making abortion legal in every state, at least until viability, as under Roe v. Wade
  2. Leave abortion law to each state
  3. A national law limiting abortion (for example, after 15 weeks of pregnancy)
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Courts, Rights and Civil Liberties

Discrimination protections for sexual orientation and gender identity

His campaign website says he cosponsored the Equality Act and helped pass it in the House.14

  1. Pass broad protections such as the Equality Act
  2. Add protections with broad exemptions for religious groups and businesses
  3. No new federal protections; leave it to the states
Marked: the option their statement matches.
Voting Rights Act protections

His campaign website says he has cosponsored several voting rights bills and will keep working to restore voting rights protections.15

Infrastructure and Transportation

Highway and transit funding

His campaign website says he supported the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and backs projects that promote mass transit.9,16

Passenger trains and Amtrak

His campaign website says he fought to deliver more than $348 million to replace the Walk Bridge and repair other aging Metro-North railroad bridges in Norwalk.16

§4Popular bills that never got a vote

Why this matters: Many bills with wide support from both parties never reach a vote, so no member of Congress is ever on record for or against them. Signing on as a sponsor or cosponsor is the only public record of support.

While Jim Himes served, these bills had broad support from both parties but never reached a floor vote. No officeholder ever had to vote on them. Jim Himes sponsored or cosponsored 32 of the 52. How bills die without a vote.

See all 52

§5Money

Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.

Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.69

Raised$1,704,622
Spent$1,392,027
Cash on hand$2,419,414

Where the money came from

Individual donors$545K · 32%
PACs and other political committees$1.0M · 59%
Other receipts (other loans, refunds, interest)$149K · 9%

§6Financial disclosures

Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.