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U.S. Representative · Texas 37th District
Lloyd Doggett
DemocratDistrict D+26119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score33#252 of 431 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Lloyd Doggett’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2307 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0001
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 11 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 11 of the 890 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 33, H.R. 36, H.R. 617, H.R. 842, H.R. 909 and 6 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 2 signals
- StrongSafe Democratic district: TX-37 is D+26TX-37 has a partisan lean of D+26 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.403 (party median -0.393; rank 115 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 7 (avg 1); LCV 100 (avg 96).
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
- 31.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on the BudgetMinority · 2nd in seniority
- House Committee on Ways and MeansMinority · 2nd in seniority
- Subcommittee on HealthRanking Member
- Subcommittee on Trade
- Subcommittee on Oversight
- Joint Committee on TaxationMinority · 5th in seniority
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Doggett← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.403 is 0.01 to the left of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress7House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to it| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 9642Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 40
| Middle |
| H.R. 10666FCHIP Extension ActSummary on Congress.gov |