Judy Chu

DemocratDistrict D+15119th CongressOn the ballot 2026

Typical swing score40#225 of 433 representatives across tracked bills

Contact Judy Chu’s office

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

Call office 202-225-5464 Contact via website

Washington, D.C. office

2423 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0528

Model

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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 · 1 signal

Strong
Backs 8 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 8 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 33, H.R. 517, H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 979 and 3 more.

Keeps them with Democrats · 2 signals

Medium
Votes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.479 (party median -0.393; rank 172 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 1); LCV 97 (avg 96).
Medium
Safe Democratic district: CA-28 is D+15CA-28 has a partisan lean of D+15 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.

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: 17.2 years

Committees

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

House Committee on the Budget
Minority · 13th in seniority
House Committee on Ways and Means
Minority · 9th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Health
- Subcommittee on Work and Welfare
- Subcommittee on Oversight

Voting ideology

first dimension, from Voteview

D median

R median

Chu

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

Their score of -0.479 is 0.09 to the left of the House Democratic median (-0.393).

Advocacy scorecards

Their rating vs. the House Democratic average

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House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)

Swing score by bill

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

Showing 101–150 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first

Swing score for Judy Chu on each tracked bill
Bill	Their role	Swing score ·
S. 2950Scam Compound Accountability and Mobilization ActSummary on Congress.gov	No position yetNow in the Senate	52 Broke with party on 10% of 84 similar votes	Middle
S.J.Res. 104A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.