Teresa Leger Fernandez

DemocratDistrict D+3119th CongressOn the ballot 2026

Typical swing score64#76 of 431 representatives across tracked bills

Contact Teresa Leger Fernandez’s office

Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators dataset

Call office 202-225-6190 Contact via website

Washington, D.C. office

2417 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3103

Model

v3defaultv2

Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

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 · 3 signals

Strong
Backs 7 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 7 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 452, H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 979, H.R. 1262 and 2 more.
Medium
On the ballot Nov 3, 2026 in a competitive district (D+3)Term ends Jan 3, 2027; next general election Nov 3, 2026. NM-3 has a partisan lean of D+3. Members facing voters in a seat near even or leaning against their party have a reason to show independence.
Weak
Competitive district: NM-3 is D+3NM-3 has a partisan lean of D+3 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). That is within 5 points of even.

Keeps them with Democrats · 1 signal

Term and election

From the congress-legislators dataset

On the ballot 2026

Current term: January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
Next election: November 3, 2026
Years in office: 5.8 years

Committees

Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3

House Committee on Natural Resources
Minority · 3rd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Federal Lands
- Subcommittee on Indian and Insular AffairsRanking Member
House Committee on Rules
Minority · 4th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget ProcessRanking Member

Voting ideology

first dimension, from Voteview

D median

R median

Fernandez

← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →

Their score of -0.366 is 0.03 to the right of the House Democratic median (-0.393).

Advocacy scorecards

Their rating vs. the House Democratic average

119th Congress7
House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)

Swing score by bill

swing-v2, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to it

Showing 1–50 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first

Swing score for Teresa Leger Fernandez on each tracked bill
Bill	Their role	Swing score ·
H.R. 1An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.Summary on Congress.gov	No position yet	64	Middle
S. 5Laken Riley ActSummary on Congress.gov