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U.S. Representative · Louisiana 2nd District
Troy A. Carter
DemocratDistrict D+17119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score34#241 of 431 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Troy A. Carter’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office442 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-1802
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 40 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 40 of the 2093 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.Con.Res. 12, H.Con.Res. 38, H.R. 516, H.R. 835, H.R. 842 and 35 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. 516 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the railroad track maintenance credit.
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 835 9/11 Memorial and Museum Act
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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
- 5.4 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Energy and CommerceMinority · 20th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Health
- Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
- Subcommittee on Environment
- House Committee on Homeland SecurityMinority · 14th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security
- Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
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Carter← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.521 is 0.13 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-v2 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 1851–1900 of 1965 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.J.Res. 198A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Medicare Program; Implementation of Prior Authorization for Select Services for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model".Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | No recorded vote | 34 | Middle |