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Biographical

Family:

Press Releases

Education

• University of Oxford (England) - MPhil, Latin American studies (1990)

  Activities and notes: Rhodes Scholar

• Harvard University - AB (1984-1988)

• Hopewell Valley Central High School (Pennington, N.J.) - Diploma (1984)

Office History

Election Results

• 2021 (Nov. 3, 2020 election)

  4th Congressional District of Connecticut
  James Andrew Himes (Jim), 62.22%

  Democrat
  Jonathan Riddle, 36.21%

  Republican
  Brian Merlen, 1.57%

  Independent

• 2019 (Nov. 6, 2018 election)

  4th Congressional District of Connecticut
  James Andrew Himes (Jim), 61.21%

  Democrat
  Harpreet Arora (Harry), 38.79%

  Republican

• 2017 (Nov. 8, 2016 election)

  4th Congressional District of Connecticut
  James Andrew Himes (Jim), 59.90%

  Democrat
  John Shaban, 40.10%

  Republican, Independent Party

• 2015 (Nov. 4, 2014 election)

  4th Congressional District of Connecticut
  James Andrew Himes (Jim), 53.76%

  Democrat
  Daniel Debicella (Dan), 46.24%

  Republican

• 2013 (Nov. 6, 2012 election)

  4th Congressional District of Connecticut
  James Andrew Himes (Jim), 59.96%

  Democrat
  Stephen Obsitnik (Steve), 40.04%

  Republican

• 2011 (Nov. 2, 2010 election)

  4th Congressional District of Connecticut
  James Andrew Himes (Jim), 53.06%

  Democrat
  Daniel Debicella (Dan), 46.93%

  Republican

• 2009 (Nov. 4, 2008 election)

  4th Congressional District of Connecticut
  James Andrew Himes (Jim), 51.32%

  Democrat
  Christopher Hunter Shays (Chris), 47.56%

  Republican

Associated Organizations

• First Presbyterian Church of Greenwich (Conn.)

• Himes for Congress (Connecticut)

• Jobs and Innovation Matter PAC

Awards

• Federal Champion (American Flood Coalition)

• Growth Award (Association for Corporate Growth)

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (June 2020)

• Distinguished Community Health Advocate Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2019)

• Spirit of America Award (University of Mount Union) (July 2018)

• Distinguished Community Health Advocate Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2018)

• Champion of Small Business Investing Award (Small Business Investor Alliance) (March 2013)

Activities and Interests

• Languages: Spanish (fluent)
  

Official Signature

Contact Information

• Email, member official contact form
• Vekeo, official

Office Addresses:

Main Office:

Address:	2137 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515-0704
Phone:	202-225-5541

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Privately Financed Travel

18 trips taken between 2009 - 2024 costing $177,564

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Congressional Staff

Committees

• House Financial Services Committee
• House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Ranking Member
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Central Intelligence Agency Subcommittee, Ex Officio
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture Subcommittee, Ex Officio
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence National Intelligence Enterprise Subcommittee, Ex Officio
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence National Security Agency and Cyber Subcommittee, Ex Officio
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, Ex Officio
• Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission

Caucuses

• ALS Caucus
• American Flood Coalition
• Americans Abroad Caucus
• Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease
• Bipartisan Historically Black Colleges and Universities Caucus
• Congressional Albanian Issues Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional America 250 Caucus
• Congressional Animal Protection Caucus
• Congressional Apprenticeship Caucus
• Congressional Argentina Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Artificial Intelligence Caucus
• Congressional Arts Caucus
• Congressional Baby Caucus
• Congressional Bike Caucus
• Congressional Bourbon Caucus
• Congressional Campaign Finance Reform Caucus
• Congressional Candy Caucus
• Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues
• Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans
• Congressional Caucus on International Exchange and Study, Chair
• Congressional Caucus on Peru
• Congressional Caucus on Poland
• Congressional Caucus on the Deadliest Cancers
• Congressional Caucus on U.S.-Turkey Relations and Turkish Americans
• Congressional Chemistry Caucus
• Congressional Childhood Cancer Caucus
• Congressional Coalition for Autism Research and Education
• Congressional Coalition on Adoption
• Congressional Colorectal Cancer Caucus
• Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus
• Congressional Cystic Fibrosis Caucus
• Congressional Diabetes Caucus
• Congressional Dyslexia Caucus
• Congressional Equality Caucus
• Congressional Fire Services Caucus
• Congressional Food Allergy Research Caucus
• Congressional Friends of Scotland Caucus
• Congressional Hellenic Caucus
• Congressional High-Performance Buildings Caucus
• Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus
• Congressional Independent Colleges Caucus
• Congressional Innovation Caucus
• Congressional Investment in American Jobs
• Congressional Kidney Caucus
• Congressional Law Enforcement Caucus
• Congressional Library of Congress Caucus
• Congressional Long Island Sound Caucus
• Congressional Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases Caucus
• Congressional Military Sexual Assault Prevention Caucus
• Congressional Multiple Sclerosis Caucus
• Congressional National Guard and Reserve Components Caucus
• Congressional National Marine Sanctuary Caucus
• Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus
• Congressional Nursing Caucus
• Congressional Offshore Wind Caucus
• Congressional Pacific Islands Caucus
• Congressional Primary Care Caucus
• Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus
• Congressional Services Caucus
• Congressional Small Business Caucus
• Congressional STEAM Caucus
• Congressional Submarine Caucus
• Congressional Sudan and South Sudan Caucus
• Congressional TRIO Caucus
• Congressional UK Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Ukrainian Caucus
• Congressional Unexploded Ordnance/Demining Caucus
• Congressional Wine Caucus
• Congressional Zoo and Aquarium Caucus
• COVID-19 Regional Recovery Task Force
• Expand Social Security Caucus
• Friends of Australia Caucus
• Friends of Job Corps Congressional Caucus
• Gun Violence Prevention Task Force
• Historic Preservation Caucus
• House Aerospace Caucus
• House Baltic Caucus
• House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism
• House Climate Solutions Caucus
• House Democratic Caucus
• House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee
• House General Aviation Caucus
• House Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Caucus
• House Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus
• House Small Brewers Caucus
• House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition
• Kurdish-American Congressional Caucus
• Land Conservation Caucus
• New Democrat Coalition
• New Democrat Coalition Action Fund, Capstone Co-Chair
• New Democrat Coalition Trade Task Force
• Olympic and Paralympic Caucus
• Quiet Skies Caucus
• Rare Disease Caucus
• Transatlantic Friends of Israel Caucus
• U.S.-Japan Congressional Caucus

Caught Our Eye

• Amazon alum delivered back to the Hill

  Posted by Andy Gottlieb on Oct. 16, 2023
  A former public relations manager for Amazon has returned to working in Congress. read more

• Trade group picks up Democratic congressional aide

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Oct. 21, 2019
  An LA to Rep. Abby Finkenauer (D-Iowa) has moved to a trade group. read more

• Obama makes a deal, Congress goes to constituents on Iran

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on July 17, 2015
  As President Barack Obama begins his sales pitch to Congress on this week's nuclear deal, members on both sides are hosting town halls related to Iran and the agreement. read more

• Posted by Chip Slawson on May 17, 2013
  Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), known for his entertaining Twitter war with Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), has recently emerged victorious in multiple online "competitions." read more

• One month left for 41 representatives to file financial disclosures

  Posted by Daimon Eklund on July 19, 2012
  The personal financial disclosures of members of Congress continue to trickle in two months after the initial deadline. read more

• More member financial disclosures added

  Posted by Daimon Eklund on June 18, 2012
  LegiStorm today added the financial disclsoures of twelve more House of Representatives members who filed annual financial disclosures since the initial batch was released by the House last week. read more

• 92 members of Congress did not file financial disclosures

  Posted by Daimon Eklund on June 14, 2012
   The filings of 17 senators and 75 representatives were not available when the personal financial dislcosures were released Thursday. read more

• Nearly 50 members have yet to file financial disclosures

  Posted by LegiStorm on July 19, 2011
  Half of the members of Congress who received extensions to file their personal financial disclosures at the May deadline have since filed, leaving nearly 50 lawmakers who have yet to file. read more

• Many lawmakers granted financial disclosure extensions

  Posted by LegiStorm on June 15, 2011
  Twenty senators and 75 representatives requested an extension of the May deadline and did not have a 2011 personal financial disclosures in today's release. read more