Ami Bera

DemocratDistrict D+8119th CongressOn the ballot 2026

Typical swing score67#40 of 431 representatives across tracked bills

Contact Ami Bera’s office

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

Call office 202-225-5716 Contact via website

Washington, D.C. office

172 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0506

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 · 2 signals

Strong
Backs 12 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 12 of the 890 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 452, H.R. 471, H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 979 and 7 more.
Weak
32nd most moderate of 212 House DemocratsDW-NOMINATE -0.247 vs. the House Democratic median of -0.393: 0.146 toward the Republicans (rank 32 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans).

Keeps them with Democrats · 0 signals

None of our measures place this member firmly with their party.

Bill-specific inputsVotes on similar past bills and committee seats vary by bill, so they appear in the swing-v3 scores below rather than here.

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: 13.8 years

Committees

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

House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Minority · 4th in seniority
- Subcommittee on East Asia and PacificRanking Member
- Subcommittee on South and Central Asia
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Minority · 6th in seniority
- Subcommittee on National Security Agency and Cyber
- Subcommittee on National Intelligence Enterprise

Voting ideology

first dimension, from Voteview

D median

R median

Bera

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

Their score of -0.247 is 0.15 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 · a bill marks a member as committed to it

Swing score for Ami Bera 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	67	Middle
H.R. 2283Recognizing Community Organizations for Veteran Engagement and Recovery ActSummary on Congress.gov