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U.S. Representative · California 9th District
Josh Harder
DemocratDistrict D+1119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score71#63 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Josh Harder’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office209 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0509
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 · 5 signals
- StrongBacks 56 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 56 of the 2090 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.Con.Res. 12, H.R. 301, H.R. 309, H.R. 390, H.R. 452 and 51 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.Con.Res. 12 Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 301 GEO Act
- 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. 390 ACERO Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 452 Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act
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
- 7.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on AppropriationsMinority · 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 VoteviewD 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 Congress0House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 451–500 of 1962 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. 1316Strong Communities Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | No recorded vote | 72
| Swing |
| H.R. 29 |