Valerie P. Foushee

DemocratDistrict D+23119th CongressOn the ballot 2026

Typical swing score33#289 of 433 representatives across tracked bills

Contact Valerie P. Foushee’s office

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

Call office 202-225-1784 Contact via website

Washington, D.C. office

2452 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3304

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 Republicans · 1 signal

Strong
Backs 9 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 9 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 979, H.R. 1262, H.R. 1329 and 4 more.

Keeps them with Democrats · 2 signals

Medium
Votes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.500 (party median -0.393; rank 184 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 1); LCV 100 (avg 96).
Medium
Safe Democratic district: NC-4 is D+23NC-4 has a partisan lean of D+23 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.

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 Science, Space, and Technology
Minority · 6th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Space and AeronauticsRanking Member
- Subcommittee on Energy
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Minority · 23rd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Aviation
- Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials

Voting ideology

first dimension, from Voteview

D median

R median

Foushee

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

Their score of -0.500 is 0.11 to the left of the House Democratic median (-0.393).

Advocacy scorecards

Their rating vs. the House Democratic average

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House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)

Swing score by bill

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

Showing 51–100 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first

Swing score for Valerie P. Foushee on each tracked bill
Bill	Their role	Swing score ·
H.R. 3854Modernizing All Veterans and SurvivorsSummary on Congress.gov	No position yetNow in the Senate	48 Topic-matched: Heritage Action, LCV Broke with party on 5% of 138 similar votes	Middle
H.R. 3951Rural Veterans’ Improved Access to Benefits Act of 2025