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Bonnie Watson Coleman

Bonnie Watson Coleman

DDemocratNJ-12 · Representative
60
/ 100
Average
Attendance99
Avg: 96
Independence2
Avg: 4
Bipartisan Tone14
Avg: 16
Ethics Record100
Avg: 99
Transparency77
Avg: 57

Accountability Score — composite of attendance, independence, bipartisan tone, ethics record & transparency.

Methodology
OverviewStatementsBillsFinanceVotesElections
Bonnie Watson Coleman

Bonnie Watson Coleman

DemocratNJ-12 · Representative
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Liberal (-0.594)
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Bonnie Watson Coleman is a Democrat Representative from NJ, District 12. She has served 11 years in Congress across 6 terms. Based on her voting record, she is rated as liberal, voting with her party 98.2% of the time. This member has 1 misconduct entry in our database.

11
Years in Office
6
Terms Served
119
Current Congress

Take Action — Contact Bonnie

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Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

98.2%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
10 votes against party
1.1%
Missed Votesⓘ
557 total votes
29
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
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1
Misconduct Entriesⓘ

How Bonnie Compares

vs. the average House member

Party Loyalty+2.3% vs avg
98.2%
Avg: 95.9%
Missed Votes-2.5% vs avg
1.1%
Avg: 3.6%
Bills Sponsored+16.0 vs avg
29
Avg: 13.0

Committee Assignments

Committees shape which bills get heard. See what this member has influence over.

House Committee on AppropriationsHouse Committee on the Budget

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2026-03-31

$19,644
Cash on Handⓘ
$302,513
Total Receiptsⓘ
$322,247
Disbursementsⓘ
$177,381
Individual Donors
$124,583
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
Self-Fundingⓘ

Service History

2015–2027House · NJ-12 · DemocratCurrent

District Demographics

NJ-12 · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.

771,004
Population
$108,871
Median Income
40.0
Median Age
48.3%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 43.5%Black 16.0%Hispanic 22.1%Asian 19.3%