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U.S. Representative · Michigan 6th District
Debbie Dingell
DemocratDistrict D+12119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score28#289 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Debbie Dingell’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office102 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-2206
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
- StrongBacks 17 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 17 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 187, H.R. 452, H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 1082 and 12 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 1 signal
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.397 (party median -0.393; rank 111 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 1); LCV 100 (avg 96).
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
- 11.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Energy and CommerceMinority · 10th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Health
- Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
- Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade
- House Committee on Natural ResourcesMinority · 17th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
- Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Dingell← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.397 is 0.00 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, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 1–50 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 6047Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 48
| Middle |
| H.R. 5131Public Lands Military Readiness Act of 2025 |