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U.S. Representative · South Carolina 7th District
Russell Fry
RepublicanDistrict R+12119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score21#324 of 431 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Russell Fry’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office345 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4007
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
- WeakBacks 1 Democratic-led tracked billSponsor or active cosponsor of 1 of the 890 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: H.R. 2004.
Keeps them with Republicans · 1 signal
- MediumVotes with House RepublicansNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Democrats: DW-NOMINATE +0.553 (party median +0.530; rank 119 of 219 by distance toward the Democrats); Heritage Action 100 (avg 86); LCV 0 (avg 1).
Bill-specific inputsVotes on similar past bills and committee seats vary by bill, so they appear in the swing-v3 scores below rather than here.
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 · 23rd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Energy
- Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
- Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade
- House Committee on the JudiciaryMajority · 17th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement
- Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
Fry← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.553 is 0.02 to the right of the House Republican median (+0.530).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Republican average- 119th Congress100House Republican average: 86 (n=217)
Swing score by bill
swing-v2, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to it| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 1An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.Summary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 21 | Entrenched |
| H.R. 2283Recognizing Community Organizations for Veteran Engagement and Recovery ActSummary on Congress.gov |