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U.S. Representative · Vermont at-large
Becca Balint
DemocratDistrict D+17119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score27#338 of 431 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Becca Balint’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office1510 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4500
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 Republicans · 1 signal
- MediumBacks 2 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 2 of the 890 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 979, H.R. 1329.
Keeps them with Democrats · 2 signals
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.442 (party median -0.393; rank 146 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 1); LCV 100 (avg 96).
- MediumSafe Democratic district: VT-AL is D+17VT-AL has a partisan lean of D+17 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.
Bill-specific inputs
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 the BudgetMinority · 10th in seniority
- House Committee on the JudiciaryMinority · 13th in seniority
- Subcommittee on The Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust
- Subcommittee on The Constitution and Limited Government
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Balint← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.442 is 0.05 to the left of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress0House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to it| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 2283Recognizing Community Organizations for Veteran Engagement and Recovery ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 55
| Middle |
| H.R. 5436End Transcript Withholding for Veterans ActSummary on Congress.gov |