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U.S. Representative · California 50th District
Scott H. Peters
DemocratDistrict D+16119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score67#56 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Scott H. Peters’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2369 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0550
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 13 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 13 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 309, H.R. 452, H.R. 471, H.R. 842, H.R. 909 and 8 more.
- Strong6th most moderate of 212 House DemocratsDW-NOMINATE -0.194 vs. the House Democratic median of -0.393: 0.199 toward the Republicans (rank 6 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans).
Keeps them with Democrats · 1 signal
- MediumSafe Democratic district: CA-50 is D+16CA-50 has a partisan lean of D+16 (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
- 13.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Energy and CommerceMinority · 9th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Energy
- Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
- Subcommittee on Environment
- House Committee on the BudgetMinority · 4th in seniority
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Peters← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.194 is 0.20 to the right of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress7House 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. 9615BRACE ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 79
| Swing |
| H.R. 9617CHARM Act |