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U.S. Representative · Connecticut 5th District
Jahana Hayes
DemocratDistrict D+3119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score39#233 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Jahana Hayes’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2049 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0705
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 Republicans · 3 signals
- StrongBacks 6 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 6 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 842, H.R. 979, H.R. 1262, H.R. 1329, H.R. 2978 and 1 more.
- MediumOn the ballot Nov 3, 2026 in a competitive district (D+3)Term ends Jan 3, 2027; next general election Nov 3, 2026. CT-5 has a partisan lean of D+3. Members facing voters in a seat near even or leaning against their party have a reason to show independence.
- WeakCompetitive district: CT-5 is D+3CT-5 has a partisan lean of D+3 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). That is within 5 points of even.
Keeps them with Democrats · 1 signal
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 AgricultureMinority · 5th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign AgricultureRanking Member
- Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
- House Committee on Education and WorkforceMinority · 10th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
- Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Hayes← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.341 is 0.05 to the right of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress0House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 101–150 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. 872Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 48
| Middle |
| S. 874Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act of 2025 |