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U.S. Representative · California 19th District
Jimmy Panetta
DemocratDistrict D+18119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score55#126 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Jimmy Panetta’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office200 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0519
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 · 2 signals
- StrongBacks 27 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 27 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 33, H.R. 36, H.R. 187, H.R. 227, H.R. 309 and 22 more.
- Weak42nd most moderate of 212 House DemocratsDW-NOMINATE -0.279 vs. the House Democratic median of -0.393: 0.114 toward the Republicans (rank 42 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans).
Keeps them with Democrats · 1 signal
- MediumSafe Democratic district: CA-19 is D+18CA-19 has a partisan lean of D+18 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.
Bill-specific inputs
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
- 9.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on the BudgetMinority · 5th in seniority
- House Committee on Ways and MeansMinority · 15th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Trade
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Panetta← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.279 is 0.11 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 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 1–50 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 5346Fair and Accountable IRS Reviews ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 67
| Middle |
| H.R. 9499Protecting Taxpayers from Ghost Preparers Act |