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U.S. Representative · Louisiana 2nd District
Troy A. Carter
DemocratDistrict D+17119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score35#267 of 433 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
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 12 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 12 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 979, H.R. 1262, H.R. 1608 and 7 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 2 signals
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.521 (party median -0.393; rank 192 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 1); LCV 100 (avg 96).
- MediumSafe Democratic district: LA-2 is D+17LA-2 has a partisan lean of D+17 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.
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
R median
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-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 51–100 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. 356Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 52
| Middle |
| S. 688Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvests Act of 2025 |