Johnny Olszewski
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DemocratIn office since Jan 2025

Johnny Olszewski

U.S. Representative, MD-2 since 2025. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

U.S. Representative, MD-2Born 1982

In office
1 yr
Since 2025
Bills became law
0
20 sponsored, 119th Congress
Votes missed
0.4%
Chamber median 2.1%
With party
99%
On votes splitting the parties
Last margin
+25.6
Won 2026
Next election
2028
Nov 7, 2028

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET

Committees

119th Congress.

  • House Committee on Foreign AffairsEast Asia and PacificAfrica
  • House Committee on Small BusinessInnovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce DevelopmentRural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains

Source: congress-legislators committeesUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET

Legislation

119th Congress · 20 sponsored · 0 became law
BillIntroCmteHouseSenateLaw
HR 8879 Oversight and Transparency for Small Business Certifications Act of 2026
Commerce · Passed House Jun 2026
HR 10802 ASSURE Act
Government Operations and Politics · Introduced Oct 2026
HR 10101 Open Doors to Diplomacy Act
International Affairs · Introduced Aug 2026
HR 10064 Foreign Service Language Readiness Act
International Affairs · Introduced Aug 2026
HR 9073 To amend section 844 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year…
Armed Forces and National Security · Introduced May 2026

Source: Congress.gov billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 3:27 PM ET

Voting record

119th Congress · placement by roll-call votes

Where Olszewski sits in the U.S. House

Olszewski is closer to the center than 49% of the chamber's Democrats.

Dem. medianRep. medianOlszewskiMore liberalMore conservative

Closest: Gregory Meeks, Frederica S. Wilson, Zoe Lofgren

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 5:06 PM ET

With Olszewski’s party

  • Votes with the chamber's Democrats99%
  • Cosponsorships of the other party's bills20%

Black tick: the average of Democrats in the U.S. House.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Olszewski’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Democrats.

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Olszewski was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

YearRaceResultMarginSeat+/−
2026Maryland's 2nd DistrictWonD+25.6D+19.0+6.6
2024U.S. House, MD-2WonD+18.6——
2014Maryland State Senate, District 6LostR+2.7——
2014Maryland State Senate, District 6 (primary)Won+24.1——
2010Maryland House of Delegates, District 6WonD+2.1——
2006Maryland House of Delegates, District 6WonD+1.7——

Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: civicAPI (unofficial)Updated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET

Campaign money, 2025–26

Raised
$1.3M
Spent
$775.1K
Cash
$681.8K

Source: FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026Updated Nov 3, 2026, 2:14 AM ET

Campaign committees

Open committees can still raise and spend money.

JOHNNY O FOR CONGRESS
FEC
Active

Source: FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026Updated Nov 3, 2026, 2:14 AM ET

Seats Olszewski has held

Source: 99chambers results archive

Who Olszewski has run against

Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: civicAPI (unofficial)

How we know Olszewski

One person, matched across every source we use.

Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET