Promise Tracker › Sarah Elfreth
U.S. Representative, Maryland 3rd district · Democrat
Sarah Elfreth
43 statements indexed, set against 676 recorded votes.
676 recorded votes
- Voted for29743.9%
- Voted against37555.5%
- Did not vote00.0%
Turned up for 99.4% of the votes they could have cast, above the middle of the House, which is 97.5%.
Elfreth voted 99 times out of every 100 they could. That is more than the middle of the House, which is 98.
They vote the same way as Pablo José Hernández more than anyone else. The two agreed 100 times out of 100.
Across the aisle they line up most with James C. Moylan. They agreed 67 times out of 100.
The Record prints their remarks under 4 headings more than once. The list below names them.
- First took office
- January 3, 2025
- Terms served
- 1 term in the House
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
- Born
- September 9, 1988
Sources: Clerk of the House and congress-legislators.
What They Spoke On
A procurement bill leads Elfreth's indexed remarks at three. Pairs follow on a national park bill, a river conservation program and firefighters. Single remarks reach further, taking in farmland and the Department of Government Efficiency.
The business the Congressional Record printed their remarks under, counted, with the chamber's own procedure left out. It is what was before the chamber, which is not always what the member was addressing.
- Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and…3
- Chiricahua National Park Act2
- Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program…2
- Protecting and Serving Our Firefighters2
What Was Said, and What Was Done
43 statements quoted from the Congressional Record and set against Sarah Elfreth’s votes. The most recent are below, one from each item of business, each linking to what it is set against.
- 2026-07-21HONORING JEFFERSON HOLLAND“Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of a friend, Jefferson Holland, poet laureate of Annapolis and a modern-day Chesapeake troubadour. Anyone fortunate enough to know Jeff knows that he is a pillar of our community who has dedicated his life to capturing and sharing the essence of the Chesapeake Bay through song, story, and poetry.”
- 2026-06-30CONGRATULATING SEVERN SCHOOL SAILING TEAM“Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of the Severn School sailing team. This spring, these students made history by becoming the first team ever to win both the Baker and the Mallory National Championships in the same season, but these victories did not come easily.”
- 2026-06-24PROGRESS NEEDED ON GUN VIOLENCE“Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith, and Wendy Winters. Eight years ago, on June 28, 2018, a gunman killed these five members of our hometown newspaper, the Capital Gazette.”
- 2026-06-03HONORING JOHN POLYNIAK“Madam Speaker, ahead of the 82nd anniversary of D-day this Saturday, I rise to honor a distinguished Marylander, Sergeant John Polyniak, a Ranger of the 29th Division, 116th Infantry, Company C, one of the first units to land on Omaha Beach.”
What Their Votes Add Up To
Measures that reached a final vote, grouped by subject. A yes here means pass the thing, which is why the count leaves out motions to recommit, to table and to proceed: on those a no can be support. Which subject a measure belongs to is this site's reading, and every measure in every subject is listed. A subject below links to its own measures.
- Voted for
- Voted against
Voting With Their Party
On the 471 votes this Congress where a majority of Democrats took one side and a majority of Republicans took the other, Sarah Elfreth voted on 470 and was with the Democrat majority on 463 of them.
470 party line votes cast
- With their party46398.5%
- Against their party71.5%
Votes Against Their Own Party
- 16-Sep-2026H R 5334Voted Yea · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments
- 14-May-2026H R 5625Voted Yea · On Passage
- 9-Jun-2025H RES 488Voted Yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree
- 27-Mar-2025H R 1048Voted Yea · On Passage
- 11-Mar-2025H J RES 25Voted Yea · On Passage
- 11-Mar-2025H R 1156Voted Yea · On Passage
- 6-Feb-2025H R 27Voted Yea · On Passage
Who They Vote With
In Their Own Party
Of the votes both took part in.
- Pablo José HernándezDemocrat · PR · agreed on 100.0% of 79 shared votes
- Johnny Olszewski, Jr.Democrat · MD · agreed on 99.1% of 668 shared votes
- Richard E. NealDemocrat · MA · agreed on 98.9% of 624 shared votes
- Debbie DingellDemocrat · MI · agreed on 98.6% of 652 shared votes
- Alma S. AdamsDemocrat · NC · agreed on 98.5% of 671 shared votes
Voting Across the Aisle
- James C. MoylanRepublican · GU · agreed on 67.1% of 73 shared votes
- Kimberlyn King-HindsRepublican · MP · agreed on 61.5% of 65 shared votes
- Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · PA · agreed on 46.5% of 666 shared votes
- James GallagherRepublican · CA · agreed on 40.7% of 91 shared votes
- Michael LawlerRepublican · NY · agreed on 38.0% of 660 shared votes
Where the Words Are
The Congressional Record marks Sarah Elfreth as speaking in 53 items of business across 33 sitting days of this Congress.
Many of those appearances are procedural: yielding time, a request to revise and extend, a call for the yeas and nays. The count comes from the Record's own speaker tagging, which is not complete, so a member may have spoken more often than it shows.
- July 21, 2026NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 119
- July 21, 2026HONORING JEFFERSON HOLLAND; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 119
- June 30, 2026CONGRATULATING SEVERN SCHOOL SAILING TEAM; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 109
- June 24, 2026PROGRESS NEEDED ON GUN VIOLENCE; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 106
- June 3, 2026HONORING JOHN POLYNIAK; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 94
- May 21, 2026SUPPORTING RAIL WORKERS; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 87
- May 19, 2026ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GENERAL GEORGE C. MARSHALL HOUSE AS AN AFFILIATED AREA; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No
- May 19, 2026STAR-SPANGLED SUMMIT ACT OF 2026; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 85
The eight most recent, each linking to that day's Record at govinfo.
Every Recorded Vote
All 676 recorded votes of the 119th Congress in which the Clerk of the House lists Sarah Elfreth. The most recent 4 below, each linking to the official record of that vote.
- 16-Sep-2026S 2403Voted for (Yea) · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
- 16-Sep-2026H R 9497Voted for (Yea) · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
- 16-Sep-2026H R 9340Voted for (Yea) · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
- 16-Sep-2026H J RES 213Voted against (Nay) · On Passage
Elsewhere in the Record
- Everyone who represents Maryland Both chambers, with a link to each member's page.
- Find your representatives Every member of the 119th Congress, by state.
The other Maryland representatives in this Congress: Johnny Olszewski, Jr. and Glenn Ivey.
How these records are gathered, and what they leave out, is set out on the Promise Tracker.