Josh Harder

DemocratDistrict D+1119th CongressOn the ballot 2026

Typical swing score71#61 of 433 representatives across tracked bills

Contact Josh Harder’s office

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

Call office 202-225-4540 Contact via website

Washington, D.C. office

209 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0509

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 · 4 signals

Strong
Backs 22 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 22 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 309, H.R. 390, H.R. 452, H.R. 471, H.R. 842 and 17 more.
Medium
On the ballot Nov 3, 2026 in a competitive district (D+1)Term ends Jan 3, 2027; next general election Nov 3, 2026. CA-9 has a partisan lean of D+1. Members facing voters in a seat near even or leaning against their party have a reason to show independence.
Weak
Competitive district: CA-9 is D+1CA-9 has a partisan lean of D+1 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). That is within 5 points of even.
Weak
51st most moderate of 212 House DemocratsDW-NOMINATE -0.295 vs. the House Democratic median of -0.393: 0.098 toward the Republicans (rank 51 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans).

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: 7.8 years

Committees

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

House Committee on Appropriations
Minority · 19th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
- Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies

Voting ideology

first dimension, from Voteview

D median

R median

Harder

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

Their score of -0.295 is 0.10 to the right of the House Democratic median (-0.393).

Advocacy scorecards

Their rating vs. the House Democratic average

119th Congress0
House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)

Swing score by bill

swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to it

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

Swing score for Josh Harder on each tracked bill
Bill	Their role	Swing score ·
H.J.Res. 106Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Central Yukon Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan".Summary on Congress.gov	No position yet	77 Topic-matched: LCV Broke with party on 7% of 25 similar votes	Swing
H.J.Res. 130