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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 · 3 signals
- StrongBacks 21 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 21 of the 2090 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: H.R. 248, H.R. 249, H.R. 429, H.R. 469, H.R. 1266 and 16 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 248 Baby Changing on Board Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 249 To redesignate certain facilities at Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park in honor of Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 429 Rosie the Riveter Commemorative Coin Act
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 469 Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1266 Combating Illicit Xylazine Act
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 401–450 of 1962 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. 1523Water Research Optimization Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | No recorded vote | 70
| Middle |
| S. 1898 |