Bonnie Watson Coleman

U.S. Representative, NJ-12

Democratic New Jersey since Jan 3, 2025

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Topics in their record

Topics found in sponsored legislation and separately sourced statements. Legislative activity on a topic is not presented as a policy stance. AI-derived tags

Civil Rights & Liberties 2 Criminal Justice & Policing 2 Economy & Taxes 1 Education 1 Healthcare 1 Labor & Employment 1 Social Services & Welfare 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
U.S. Representative, NJ-12 current New Jersey	Democratic	Jan 3, 2025	Jan 3, 2027	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-12 New Jersey	Democratic	Jan 3, 2023	Jan 3, 2025	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-12 New Jersey	Democratic	Jan 3, 2021	Jan 3, 2023	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-12 New Jersey	Democratic	Jan 3, 2019	Jan 3, 2021	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-12 New Jersey	Democratic	Jan 3, 2017	Jan 3, 2019	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-12 New Jersey	Democratic	Jan 6, 2015	Jan 3, 2017	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District NJ-12 United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2023	Jan 3, 2025	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District NJ-12 United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2021	Jan 3, 2023	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District NJ-12 United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2019	Jan 3, 2021	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District NJ-12 United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2017	Jan 3, 2019	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District NJ-12 United States	Democratic	Jan 6, 2015	Jan 3, 2017	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

House Committee on Appropriations unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Appropriations — Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Appropriations — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on the Budget unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.593, social dim. -0.226. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (583 recorded)

Bill	Motion / question	Position	Chamber · stage · roll	Date	Outcome	Source
HR 4016 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-209	Jul 18, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll209 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-208	Jul 18, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll208 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-207	Jul 18, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll207 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-206	Jul 18, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll206 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-205	Jul 18, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll205 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-204	Jul 18, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll204 US-GOV-PD
HRES 590 Relating to consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4) to rescind certain budget…	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-203	Jul 18, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll203 US-GOV-PD
	On Ordering the Previous Question	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-202	Jul 17, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll202 US-GOV-PD
HR 1919 Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act	On Passage	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-201	Jul 17, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll201 US-GOV-PD
S 1582 GENIUS Act	On Passage	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-200	Jul 17, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll200 US-GOV-PD
HR 3633 Digital Asset Market Clarity Act	On Passage	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-199	Jul 17, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll199 US-GOV-PD
HRES 580 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4016) making appropriations for the Department of…	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-198	Jul 16, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll198 US-GOV-PD
	On Motion to Reconsider	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-197	Jul 16, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll197 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-195	Jul 15, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll195 US-GOV-PD
	On Ordering the Previous Question	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-194	Jul 15, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll194 US-GOV-PD
HR 1717 Communications Security Act	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-196	Jul 15, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll196 US-GOV-PD
S 1596 Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Act	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-193	Jul 14, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll193 US-GOV-PD
HR 1770 Consumer Safety Technology Act	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-192	Jul 14, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll192 US-GOV-PD
HR 1709 Understanding Cybersecurity of Mobile Networks Act	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-191	Jul 14, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll191 US-GOV-PD
HR 1 An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.	On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-190	Jul 3, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll190 US-GOV-PD
HRES 566 Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1) to provide for…	On Agreeing to the Resolution, as Amended	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-189	Jul 3, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll189 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-188	Jul 2, 2025	Agreed to	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll188 US-GOV-PD
	On Ordering the Previous Question	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-187	Jul 2, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll187 US-GOV-PD
	On Consideration of the Resolution	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-186	Jul 2, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll186 US-GOV-PD
HRES 516 Condemning the violent June 2025 riots in Los Angeles, California.	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-185	Jun 27, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll185 US-GOV-PD

Campaign finance

2024 cycle · official FEC aggregate

Period Jan 1, 2023–Dec 31, 2024 · as of Dec 31, 2024 · coverage: official aggregate · FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD

Receipts	Spending	Cash	Debt	Refunds	Self-funding	Net receipts
$955,740	$985,004	$39,378	$0	$26,069	—	$929,671

2024 · Itemized receipts loaded

Period Jan 12, 2023–Dec 31, 2024 · verified Jun 21, 2026 · 8:22 AM · coverage: itemized partial · FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD

Gross receipts loaded	Refunds/reversals loaded	Net receipts loaded
$1,152,342	$0	$1,152,342

Largest itemized receipts

Cycle	Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Coverage	Source
2024	$5,000	INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Feb 29, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$5,000	FIRSTENERGY CORP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Apr 3, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$5,000	OTSUKA AMERICA PHARMACEUTICAL INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Mar 29, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$5,000	THE HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	May 17, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$5,000	INT'L ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING IRON WORKERS (IPAL)	BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Apr 23, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$5,000	CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE	BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Apr 17, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$5,000	ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ENDO PAC)	BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Apr 18, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$5,000	LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC	BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	May 13, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$5,000	MACHINISTS NON-PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE	BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Aug 15, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$5,000	AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Sep 25, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$5,000	AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC EDUCATION	BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Jul 3, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$5,000	PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS LOCAL NO. 9 POLITICAL ACTION ACCOUNT	BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Aug 21, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$5,000	AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICA	BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	May 24, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$5,000	AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY ASSOCIATION PAC	BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Jun 30, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$5,000	INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS PAL	BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Jan 25, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD

Largest loaded receipts, not a complete total. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Outside spending

Independent expenditures are not campaign contributions and are shown separately by support or opposition.

Cycle	Position	Itemized spending loaded	Period / as of	Coverage	Source
2024	Support	$10 (1 records)	Feb 16, 2024–Feb 16, 2024 · as of Feb 16, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD