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U.S. House, District 4: who gets your vote?

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Candidate
Michael Ted Goldstein

Michael Ted Goldstein

Running for U.S. House · Connecticut District 4

NationalRepublican

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Jim Himes

Jim Himes

U.S. House · Connecticut District 4

NationalDemocrat

Michael Ted GoldsteinCandidateJim HimesCurrent rep

Job fit

Michael Ted Goldstein

Other work

  • President of New York County Medical Society — twice. 1
  • I became a surgeon. 1

Jim Himes

Offices held

  • represents Connecticut’s 4th District 2

Other work

  • Goldman Sachs & Co. where he worked his way up to Vice President 2

Education

  • attended Harvard University 2

Top issues

We haven't found stated positions for either candidate yet.

How they voted on top issues

Michael Ted Goldstein

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

Jim Himes

  • Elections that are easy to vote in and hard to cheat → Making it easier to vote (4 of 4 votes) 3
  • What kids are taught in school → Teachers deciding, with lessons that include everyone (4 of 4 votes) 3
  • Fair trade and prices at the store → Free trade and lower tariffs (3 of 3 votes) 3

Who pays them

Michael Ted Goldstein

Where the campaign money came from4

small donorslarge donors
small donors$3Klarge donors$19K$22K raised
$2,7784Small individual donors
$19,0314Large individual donors

Jim Himes

Where the campaign money came from5

small donorslarge donorscompaniesindustry associationsgroups backing both partiesOther kinds of donors
small donors$44Klarge donors$373Kcompanies$572Kindustryassociations$141Kgroups backingboth parties$67KOther kinds ofdonors$96K$1.3M raised
$43,8225Small individual donors
$372,7605Large individual donors

Checks

Michael Ted Goldstein

No voting record to check yet

Jim Himes

Checks run: missed votes · stock trades

🚨 Stock trades on file: 5 since 2016. 6

About red flags

These are Voter Choice's editorial choices, not a finding about any person. We flag: stock trading while in office, absences, money's influence in politics, and reported misuse of power or public funds. State and local items may come from local news, which can lean partisan. Take with a grain of salt. The judgment is yours.

Based on current data. May change in a future update.

Sources

  1. Goldstein for Congress · checked 2026-10-20 used in: Experience
  2. About Jim | Congressman Jim Himes · checked 2026-10-20 used in: Experience
  3. Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04 used in: How they voted on top issues
  4. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  5. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  6. House and Senate periodic transaction reports · disclosed through 2026-07-20 used in: Checks
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Jim Himes
Candidate A

Jim Himes

DemocratShown above

🚩 $1.3M raised, 30% from large donors, 66% from organized interests. Group amounts exceed the filed PAC total. These sources do not reconcile; no complete split or remainder is claimed.
Filed PAC total: $830,500.00 (66% of $1,259,961.56 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $874,955.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

🚨 Stock trades on file: 5 since 2016.

Their votes pushed for: cutting pollution and moving to clean energy, more legal ways in, and protection for people already here, government spending and worker protections.

Sources

1 Background: About Jim | Congressman Jim Himes · checked 2026-10-20

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

3 STOCK Act trades: House and Senate periodic transaction reports · disclosed through 2026-07-20

4 Roll calls: Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04

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Benjamin Wesley
Candidate B

Benjamin Wesley

Independent

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

Sources

1 Background: Benjamin "Ben" Wesley | BallotReady · checked 2026-10-20

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Michael Ted Goldstein
Candidate C

Michael Ted Goldstein

RepublicanShown above

🚩 No federal record yet. Campaign money: $22K raised, 87% from large donors, organized-interest share unavailable.

Sources

1 Background: Goldstein for Congress · checked 2026-10-20

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

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