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U.S. Representative · New Mexico 1st District
Melanie A. Stansbury
DemocratDistrict D+7119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score27#306 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Melanie A. Stansbury’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office1421 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3101
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 · 2 signals
- StrongBacks 29 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 29 of the 2090 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.Con.Res. 12, H.Con.Res. 38, H.R. 309, H.R. 452, H.R. 539 and 24 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.Con.Res. 12 Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.Con.Res. 38 Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 309 National Law Enforcement Officers Remembrance, Support, and Community Outreach Act
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 452 Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored:
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
- 5.3 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Natural ResourcesMinority · 4th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Federal Lands
- Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries
- House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformMinority · 8th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Delivering on Government EfficiencyRanking Member
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
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Stansbury← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.432 is 0.04 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 801–850 of 1962 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.J.Res. 41A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed export of certain defense articles to Israel.Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | No recorded vote | 30
| Entrenched |