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U.S. Representative · Indiana 9th District
Erin Houchin
RepublicanDistrict R+15119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score26#351 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Erin Houchin’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office342 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-1409
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
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 · 1 signal
- StrongBacks 3 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 3 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: H.R. 1709, H.R. 1770, H.R. 1993.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1709 Understanding Cybersecurity of Mobile Networks Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1770 Consumer Safety Technology Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1993 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act
Keeps them with Republicans · 2 signals
- MediumVotes with House RepublicansNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Democrats: DW-NOMINATE +0.624 (party median +0.530; rank 155 of 219 by distance toward the Democrats); Heritage Action 94 (avg 86); LCV 0 (avg 1).
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn 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 CommerceMajority · 22nd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Health
- Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
- Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade
- House Committee on RulesMajority · 5th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process
- House Committee on the BudgetMajority · 18th in seniority
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
Houchin← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.624 is 0.09 to the right of the House Republican median (+0.530).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Republican average- 119th Congress94House Republican average: 86 (n=217)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 151–200 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. 414ADS for Mental Health Services ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | No recorded vote | 34
| Middle |
| S. 494 |