Christopher H. Smith

How to contact Christopher H. Smith

Official website (its contact page takes messages from constituents)

Washington office: 2373 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3004 · 202-225-3765

District offices:

• 1715 Highway 35 North, Suite 303, Middletown, NJ 07748 · 732-780-3035
• P.O. Box 728, 33 Washington Street, Toms River, NJ 08754 · 732-504-0567

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Where Christopher H. Smith falls, left to right

Slightly right, from their votes in Congress (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview) · Voteview. 215th from the left of 431

Voting record, 119th Congress

Rankings: 366th of 431 (1st = votes with their party most often) · 319th of 430 (1st = most votes missed)

Legislation, 119th Congress

Sponsored 62 bills and resolutions; 5 passed a chamber; 2 became law. Most often about international affairs, health and crime and law enforcement. 18th of 433 (1st = most bills sponsored)

Became law

• To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Toms River, New Jersey, the Leonard G. 'Bud' Lomell, VA Clinic, and for other pu September 5, 2025
• United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2026 November 3, 2026

Most recent

• Sami’s Law October 22, 2026
• Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Hyde Amendment and its enduring legacy of saving the lives of more than 2,600,000 unborn children an September 24, 2026
• Supporting the designation of the month of May as "Lyme and Tick-borne Disease Awareness Month". May 13, 2026

From Congress.gov. Counts bills where they're the primary sponsor.

Committees

• House Committee on Foreign Affairs
  Africa (Chair) · Western Hemisphere

Service

• In the House since 1981
• Current term ends January 3, 2027
• Born 1953

From Congress's member data (congress-legislators, public domain).

Who gives money to Christopher H. Smith

The political action committees that gave to Christopher H. Smith's campaign, and the groups that forwarded bundled gifts, January 2023 through the latest 2026 reports.

Largest direct PAC givers

1. National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee · $20,000
2. Engineers Political Education Committee (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS · $20,000
3. American Israel Public Affairs Committee Political Action Committee · $20,000
4. Susan B. Anthony List. Inc. Candidate Fund (DBA SUSAN B. ANTHONY PRO-LIFE AMERICA CANDIDATE FUND) (FEC) · $20,000
5. NORPAC · $15,051
6. Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners · $15,000
7. Air Line Pilots Association PAC · $15,000
8. Allied Pilots Association Political Action Committee · $15,000
9. D.r.i.v.e. - Dem, Rep, Ind Voter Ed (THE PAC OF THE INT'L BRHD OF TEAMSTERS) (FEC) · $14,500
10. Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning Contractors' National Assoc., Inc. Political Action Committee (FEC) · $13,500

Largest bundlers

1. American Israel Public Affairs Committee Political Action Committee · $43,100
2. NORPAC · $15,000
3. National Association of Broadcasters Political Action Committee (NABPAC) · $1,000

From reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. Two kinds of money are counted, separately: direct contributions from a PAC's own account to a member's campaign, and bundled (earmarked) gifts: donations from individuals, each earmarked for a particular candidate, that a group collected and forwarded to the campaign. "Received" means the campaign got the money; it doesn't mean the group controls how the member votes. Super PAC spending isn't counted, since it isn't given to a campaign. What's a PAC? · How we count.

Quick answers

Who gives money to Christopher H. Smith?

Christopher H. Smith's campaign raised $1.6 million from January 2023 through the latest 2026 reports. $534,207 (33%) came directly from 99 PACs; the largest were the National Association of Realtors ($20,000), the International Union of Operating Engineers ($20,000) and AIPAC ($20,000). Groups also forwarded $59,100 in bundled gifts from their donors, most from AIPAC ($43,100), NORPAC ($15,000) and the National Association of Broadcasters ($1,000). From FEC filings.

How do I contact Christopher H. Smith?

Call the Washington office at 202-225-3765 or one of 2 district offices (Middletown 732-780-3035 and Toms River 732-504-0567), or write through the official website, https://chrissmith.house.gov.

Is Christopher H. Smith liberal or conservative?

By voting record, Christopher H. Smith is slightly right: a DW-NOMINATE score of +0.18 on a scale from −1 (left) to +1 (right), from every roll-call vote in the 119th Congress (Voteview, UCLA); 215th from the left of 431 representatives.

How often does Christopher H. Smith vote with their party, and miss votes?

Christopher H. Smith voted with their party on 95.3% of 471 party-line votes and missed 0.9% of 674 roll-call votes in the 119th Congress (Voteview).

What bills has Christopher H. Smith passed?

Christopher H. Smith sponsored 62 bills and resolutions in the 119th Congress; 2 became law: To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Toms River, New Jersey, the Leonard G. 'Bud' Lomell, VA Clinic, and for other pu and United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2026 (Congress.gov).

How much PAC money has Christopher H. Smith received?

$534,207 directly from 99 PACs since January 2023, plus $59,100 in bundled gifts that groups forwarded.

What is a PAC?

A political action committee: a group registered with the Federal Election Commission that raises money and spends it on elections, including by giving to candidates. Corporations, labor unions, trade associations and membership groups can sponsor one, which may raise money only from people tied to the sponsor (its employees, members or shareholders, for example). Independent (nonconnected) PACs can raise from the public, and many politicians have a leadership PAC to give to other candidates. In 2025–26 a PAC that gives to several candidates can give each one up to $5,000 per election.

What is a super PAC?

A committee that can raise unlimited sums from individuals, corporations, unions and other PACs, but only to spend independently: ads and other activity not coordinated with a campaign. It doesn't give to campaigns, so super PAC money isn't in the PAC totals here.

What is a bundled (earmarked) donation?

A donation from an individual that a group collects and passes on to the candidate it's earmarked for. Under federal rules it counts as that individual's own contribution (up to $3,500 per election in 2025–26), and the campaign reports it as earmarked through the group. It's separate from the PAC's own direct contributions.