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U.S. Representative · North Carolina 6th District
Addison P. McDowell
RepublicanDistrict R+9119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score30#271 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Addison P. McDowell’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office1032 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3306
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 Democrats · 1 signal
- StrongBacks 3 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 3 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: H.R. 1266, H.R. 1993, H.R. 2591.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1266 Combating Illicit Xylazine Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1993 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 2591 Mental Health in Aviation Act of 2025
Keeps them with Republicans · 1 signal
- MediumVotes with House RepublicansNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Democrats: DW-NOMINATE +0.560 (party median +0.530; rank 125 of 219 by distance toward the Democrats); Heritage Action 100 (avg 86); LCV 0 (avg 1).
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
- 1.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Natural ResourcesMajority · 20th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries
- Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs
- House Committee on the BudgetMajority · 19th in seniority
- House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureMajority · 28th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Aviation
- Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
McDowell← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.560 is 0.03 to the right of the House Republican median (+0.530).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Republican average- 119th Congress100House Republican average: 86 (n=217)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 151–200 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 4285STARS ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | No recorded vote | 36
| Middle |