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U.S. Representative · Michigan 5th District
Tim Walberg
RepublicanDistrict R+13119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score27#344 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Tim Walberg’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2266 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-2205
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 · 1 signal
- StrongBacks 4 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 4 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: H.R. 1917, H.R. 1993, H.R. 2449, H.R. 8205.
Keeps them with Republicans · 1 signal
- MediumVotes with House RepublicansNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Democrats: DW-NOMINATE +0.498 (party median +0.530; rank 95 of 219 by distance toward the Democrats); Heritage Action 81 (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
- 19.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Education and WorkforceChairMajority · 1st in seniority
- House Committee on Natural ResourcesMajority · 17th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries
- Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
Walberg← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.498 is 0.03 to the left of the House Republican median (+0.530).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Republican average- 119th Congress81House Republican average: 86 (n=217)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · 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. 7567Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 45
| Middle |
| H.R. 8646Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2027 |