Thomas H. Kean

RepublicanDistrict EVEN119th CongressOn the ballot 2026

Typical swing score90#7 of 431 representatives across tracked bills

Contact Thomas H. Kean’s office

Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators dataset

Call office 202-225-5361 Contact via website

Washington, D.C. office

251 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3007

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

Signals to watch

What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.

Could pull them toward Democrats · 5 signals

Strong
Backs 6 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 6 of the 890 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: H.R. 249, H.R. 1431, H.R. 1993, H.R. 2591, H.R. 2701 and 1 more.
Strong
5th most moderate of 219 House RepublicansDW-NOMINATE +0.202 vs. the House Republican median of +0.530: 0.328 toward the Democrats (rank 5 of 219 by distance toward the Democrats).
Strong
Heritage Action 59 vs. House Republican avg 86Heritage Action (119th Congress, higher = more conservative) scored this member 59; the House Republican average is 86.5 (n=217). That is 27 points toward the Democrats.
Medium
On the ballot Nov 3, 2026 in a competitive district (EVEN)Term ends Jan 3, 2027; next general election Nov 3, 2026. NJ-7 has a partisan lean of EVEN. Members facing voters in a seat near even or leaning against their party have a reason to show independence.

Term and election

From the congress-legislators dataset

On the ballot 2026

Current term: January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
Next election: November 3, 2026
Years in office: 3.8 years

Committees

Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3

House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Majority · 26th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Health
- Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
- Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Majority · 16th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa
- Subcommittee on South and Central Asia

Voting ideology

first dimension, from Voteview

R median

D median

Kean

← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →

Their score of +0.202 is 0.33 to the left of the House Republican median (+0.530).

Advocacy scorecards

Their rating vs. the House Republican average

119th Congress59
House Republican average: 86 (n=217)

Swing score by bill

swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to it

Swing score for Thomas H. Kean on each tracked bill
Bill	Their role	Swing score ·
H.R. 10645SMART ActSummary on Congress.gov	No position yet	97 Broke with party on 12% of 17 similar votes Sits on a committee of referral	Swing
H.R. 10725GAP ActSummary on Congress.gov