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U.S. House, District 5: who gets your vote?

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U.S. representatives work with the Senate on U.S. laws and spending.

These votes help set U.S. taxes and pay for public services.

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Data last updated: Oct 19, 2026 (federal ballot roster). Verify approaching elections with your state election office.

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JOSH GOTTHEIMER

U.S. House · New Jersey District 5

NationalDemocrat

Candidate
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SEAN KIRRANE

Running for U.S. House · New Jersey District 5

NationalRepublican

JOSH GOTTHEIMERCurrent repSEAN KIRRANEChallenger

Job fit

JOSH GOTTHEIMER

Offices held

  • He was first sworn in on January 3, 2017, and is now in his fifth term in office. 1

Other work

  • Josh was also a Senior Advisor to the Chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights 1
  • Before running for Congress, Josh worked at Microsoft as General Manager for Corporate Strategy 1

SEAN KIRRANE

Other work

  • Built and launched Arcadia Health Partners, Healthcare focused MSO 2
  • Co-founded Cortex-X, patent-pending AI governance platform 2

Top issues

Ranked by what Americans say matters most (Pew, 2026)

JOSH GOTTHEIMER

No stated positions on file yet.

SEAN KIRRANE

  • Health care costs
    His American Citizens' Health Insurance Act would provide 'universal baseline coverage for all American citizens' with 'income-based caps on out-of-pocket costs,' funded via progressive contributions. 3
  • Cost of living & jobs
    Platform calls for 'restoring the full SALT deduction,' reforming federal policies that drive up property taxes, and 'capping administrative waste in federal programs at 10%.' 3
  • Crime & safety
    On rising crime, his platform pledges to 'stand with law enforcement to keep our communities safe' and 'strengthen intelligence-sharing and counterterrorism efforts.' 3

No public stance found on: Guns

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How they voted on top issues

JOSH GOTTHEIMER

  • What kids are taught in school → Teachers deciding, with lessons that include everyone (4 of 4 votes) 4
  • Fair trade and prices at the store → Free trade and lower tariffs (3 of 3 votes) 4
  • Abortion and reproductive care → Protecting access (2 of 2 votes) 4

SEAN KIRRANE

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

Who pays them

JOSH GOTTHEIMER

Where the campaign money came from5

small donorslarge donorscompaniesindustry associationsmembership organizationsOther kinds of donors
small donors$21Klarge donors$3.2Mcompanies$492Kindustryassociations$167Kmembershiporganizations$149KOther kinds ofdonors$182K$4.4M raised
$20,7395Small individual donors
$3,227,1175Large individual donors

SEAN KIRRANE

Where the campaign money came from6

small donorslarge donors
small donors$4Klarge donors$27K$31K raised
$3,6036Small individual donors
$26,9996Large individual donors

Checks

JOSH GOTTHEIMER

Checks run: missed votes · stock trades

🚨 Stock trades on file: 1151 since 2025. 7

🚩 Missed 12.6% of votes in Congress — the chamber's usual rate is 1.9%. 8

SEAN KIRRANE

No voting record to check yet

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. About Josh · checked 2026-10-14 used in: Experience
  2. Sean Kirrane for Congress · checked 2026-10-14 used in: Experience
  3. seankirrane.com used in: Top issues
  4. Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04 used in: How they voted on top issues
  5. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  6. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  7. House and Senate periodic transaction reports · disclosed through 2026-08-06 used in: Checks
  8. GovTrack · 119th Congress used in: Checks
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Candidate A

ADAM RUEDA

Independent

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

Sources

1 Background: Adam Rueda for NJ-5 · checked 2026-10-14

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Candidate B

JOSH GOTTHEIMER

DemocratShown above

🚩 $4.4M raised, 74% from large donors, 20% 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: $882,050.01 (20% of $4,381,905.96 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $990,030.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

🚨 Stock trades on file: 1151 since 2025.

🚩 Missed 12.6% of votes in Congress — the chamber's usual rate is 1.9%.

Their votes pushed for: cutting pollution and moving to clean energy, more legal ways in, and protection for people already here, government paying more of the bill.

Sources

1 Background: About Josh · checked 2026-10-14

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

3 STOCK Act trades: House and Senate periodic transaction reports · disclosed through 2026-08-06

4 Attendance: GovTrack · 119th Congress

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

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Candidate C

SEAN KIRRANE

RepublicanShown above

🚩 No federal record yet. Campaign money: $31K raised, 88% from large donors, organized-interest share unavailable.

Says they are for: lower taxes and fewer rules on business, tougher sentences and more police, a tighter border and stricter enforcement.

Sources

1 Background: Sean Kirrane for Congress · checked 2026-10-14

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

3 lower taxes and fewer rules on business: Candidate statement

4 tougher sentences and more police: Candidate statement

5 a tighter border and stricter enforcement: Candidate statement

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