James Andrew Himes (born July 5, 1966) is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Connecticut's 4th congressional district since 2009.

Himes's district includes most of the southwest corner of the state and is largely coextensive with the Connecticut side of the New York metropolitan area.

[4] His father was also the director of the UNICEF Innocenti Center, a research institute on child development in Florence, Italy.

[4] After his parents divorced, Jim, his mother, and his two sisters moved to Pennington, New Jersey,[4][7] where he attended and graduated from Hopewell Valley Central High School.

[5] Himes attended Harvard College, where he was the captain of the lightweight crew and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1988.

Himes was appointed commissioner of the Greenwich Housing Authority in 2002, and served for two years as chairman of the board.

[21] He believes that "By creating the right set of financial incentives and supporting a broad range of research and development, we can deliver the energy our economy requires to thrive while protecting our planet.

He believes this honorary gesture for shooting victims is a negligence by Congress, because they could spend the time passing legislation to work on ending gun violence.

[28] In 2009–2010, the American Immigration Lawyers Association gave Himes a rating of 100% for his stance on the defense of undocumented immigrants in the U.S.[28] In 2016, Himes lobbied the Electoral College to refuse to vote for Donald Trump and to instead elect Hillary Clinton.

He cited the intentions behind the creation of the electoral college and argued that it was created for an instance such as Trump's election.

[29] In 2022, Himes was one of 16 Democrats to vote against the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022, an antitrust package that would crack down on corporations for anti-competitive behavior.

[30][31] In 2022, during the House intelligence committee's first hearing on UFOs in over 50 years, Himes asked the Pentagon if they could discuss their findings “in the service of sort of reducing speculation and conspiracy theories.”[32] On June 29, 2023, during an interview with Ask a Pol, Himes reacted skeptically to whistleblower David Grusch's testimony regarding a US Government run UAP Special access program.

He asserted that "I was assured by all of the various units that there was no material.”[33] Allegations have been made that Himes was secretly lobbying against the UAP Disclosure Act, allegedly working in concert with Republican Representative Mike Turner to remove provisions like eminent domain and an independent review board.

[35] On July 11, 2024, Himes called for Joe Biden to withdraw from the 2024 United States presidential election.

[36] Himes faced the ten-term Republican incumbent Chris Shays in the 2008 congressional election, along with Libertarian nominee M.A.

Carrano, a professional philosophy writer and systems consultant, and Green Party nominee Richard Duffee.

[38] In the 2010 election, Himes won reelection against Republican challenger State Senator Dan Debicella.