Rep. Thomas Kean
Representative for New Jersey’s 7th District
Kean is the representative for New Jersey’s 7th congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 3, 2023. Kean is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. He is 55 years old.
![Photo of Rep. Thomas Kean [R-NJ7]](/static/legislator-photos/456917-200px.jpeg)
Earmarks
Kean proposed $34 million in earmarks for fiscal year 2024, including:
- $6 million to Town of Phillipsburg for “Phillipsburg Police Building in Phillipsburg, NJ”
- $4 million to Township of Bridgewater, New Jersey for “Camp Cromwell Facility Rehabilitation in Bridgewater, New Jersey, 7th Congressional District of New Jersey”
- $3.8 million to Somerset County Young Mens Christian Association for “Somerville YMCA Renovation - Universal Access to Pre-K in Somerset, New Jersey, 7th Congressional District of New Jersey”
View all requests and justifications on Kean’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
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Kean 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 Kean has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Sep 21, 2023. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Thomas Kean sits on the following committees:
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Kean sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
International Affairs (100%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Kean recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 4715: BRITS Act
- H.R. 4171: Driving Veterans Success Act
- H.R. 4090: Fire Grants and Safety Act of 2023
- H.R. 4069: Protecting Coasts and Cities from Severe Weather Act
- H.Res. 488: Calling on the Biden administration to immediately provide Army Tactical Missile Systems to …
- H.R. 3771: Health Minds for a Better Future Act
- H.Res. 227: Recognizing the sovereignty of Ukraine and the unbreakable spirit of the people of …
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2023 to Sep 2023, Kean missed 3 of 403 roll call votes, which is 0.7%. This is better than 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
- Official Legislator Photo for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
