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U.S. Representative · New Jersey 2nd District
Jefferson Van Drew
RepublicanDistrict R+5119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score63#100 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Jefferson Van Drew’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2447 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3002
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 · 2 signals
- StrongBacks 9 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 9 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: H.R. 248, H.R. 249, H.R. 1266, H.R. 1431, H.R. 1993 and 4 more.
- Weak46th most moderate of 219 House RepublicansDW-NOMINATE +0.384 vs. the House Republican median of +0.530: 0.146 toward the Democrats (rank 46 of 219 by distance toward the Democrats).
Keeps them with Republicans · 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 datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 7.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on the JudiciaryMajority · 11th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement
- Subcommittee on OversightChair
- House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureMajority · 14th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Aviation
- Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
- Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
Drew← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.384 is 0.15 to the left of the House Republican median (+0.530).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Republican average- 119th Congress87House Republican average: 86 (n=217)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 101–150 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.J.Res. 213Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 71
| Swing |