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U.S. Representative · Michigan 9th District
Lisa C. McClain
RepublicanDistrict R+16119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score35#237 of 431 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Lisa C. McClain’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office562 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-2209
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 · 0 signals
No signals in this direction
None of our measures place this member closer to the Democrats than their party.
Keeps them with Republicans · 3 signals
- MediumVotes with House RepublicansNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Democrats: DW-NOMINATE +0.548 (party median +0.530; rank 118 of 219 by distance toward the Democrats); Heritage Action 85 (avg 86); LCV 0 (avg 1).
- MediumSafe Republican district: MI-9 is R+16MI-9 has a partisan lean of R+16 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.
- WeakBacks only Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 15 of the 890 tracked bills, all introduced by Republicans: H.J.Res. 87, H.J.Res. 88, H.J.Res. 89, H.R. 21, H.R. 28 and 10 more.
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
- 5.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Education and WorkforceMajority · 10th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
- Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development
- House Committee on Financial ServicesMajority · 26th in seniority
- Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions
- Subcommittee on Capital Markets
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
McClain← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.548 is 0.02 to the right of the House Republican median (+0.530).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Republican average- 119th Congress85House Republican average: 86 (n=217)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to it| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 4986Parents Opt-in Protection ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 46
| Middle |
| H.R. 10746Fossil Free Finance Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov |