Rep. Mikie Sherrill
Representative for New Jersey’s 11th District
pronounced MĪ-kee // SHEH-rul
Sherrill is the representative for New Jersey’s 11th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. She has served since Jan 3, 2019. Sherrill is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. She is 51 years old.
![Photo of Rep. Mikie Sherrill [D-NJ11]](/static/legislator-photos/412799-200px.jpeg)
Earmarks
Sherrill proposed $41 million in earmarks for fiscal year 2024, including:
- $5 million to Borough of Madison for “Drew University Forest Preservation”
- $5 million to County College of Morris for “County College of Morris (CCM) Workforce Development Center”
- $4 million to Township of Maplewood for “Maplewood Stormwater Resiliency Upgrades”
View all requests and justifications on Sherrill’s website »
View analysis and download spreadsheet from Demand Progress Education Fund »
These are earmark requests which may or may not survive the legislative process to becoming law. Most representatives from both parties requested earmarks for fiscal year 2024. Across representatives who requested earmarks, the median total amount requested for this fiscal year was $39 million.
Earmarks are federal expenditures, tax benefits, or tariff benefits requested by a legislator for a specific entity. Rather than being distributed through a formula or competitive process administered by the executive branch, earmarks may direct spending where it is most needed for the legislator's district. All earmark requests in the House of Representatives are published online for the public to review. We don’t have earmark requests for senators. The fiscal year begins on October 1 of the prior calendar year. Source: Appropriations.house.gov. Background: Earmark Disclosure Rules in the House
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2022 Report Card for Sherrill.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Sherrill is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Sherrill has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Sep 30, 2023. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Mikie Sherrill sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Sherrill was the primary sponsor of 7 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 1437 (117th): Further Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2023
- H.R. 5599 (117th): Burn Pit Program to Review Operations and Management of ILER System Efficacy Act
- H.R. 4436 (117th): Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act of 2021
- H.R. 2945 (117th): VR&E NEED Act
- H.R. 1438 (117th): FLOODS Act
- H.R. 3038 (116th): Securing American Science and Technology Act of 2019
- H.R. 2880 (116th): Armament Graduate School Act
Does 7 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Sherrill sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (25%) Armed Forces and National Security (25%) Taxation (13%) Labor and Employment (9%) Science, Technology, Communications (9%) Government Operations and Politics (8%) Education (6%) International Affairs (6%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Sherrill recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.Res. 697: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives relating to the Communist Party …
- H.R. 5221: Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2023
- H.R. 4442: Expanding Access to High-Impact Tutoring Act of 2023
- H.Con.Res. 54: Expressing the sense of Congress that title IX of the Education Amendments of …
- H.R. 4229: Balloon Location and Identification Pronouncement Study Act
- H.R. 3875: Expanded Telehealth Access Act
- H.R. 3592: Donut Dollies Congressional Gold Medal Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2019 to Sep 2023, Sherrill missed 39 of 2,465 roll call votes, which is 1.6%. This is on par with the median of 1.7% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- Office of the Clerk, House of Representatives for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
