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U.S. Representative · Minnesota 8th District
Pete Stauber
RepublicanDistrict R+7119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score43#175 of 431 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Pete Stauber’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office145 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-2308
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 6 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 6 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: H.R. 1621, H.R. 1993, H.R. 2591, H.R. 3491, H.R. 5408 and 1 more.
- Weak48th most moderate of 219 House RepublicansDW-NOMINATE +0.385 vs. the House Republican median of +0.530: 0.145 toward the Democrats (rank 48 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 Natural ResourcesMajority · 8th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral ResourcesChair
- Subcommittee on Federal Lands
- House Committee on Small BusinessMajority · 2nd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains
- House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureMajority · 11th in seniority
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
Stauber← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.385 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-v2 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 151–200 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. 216Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 49 | Middle |
| S. 222Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov |