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U.S. Representative · New York 25th District
Joseph D. Morelle
DemocratDistrict D+10119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score45#194 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Joseph D. Morelle’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office570 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3225
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 · 1 signal
- StrongBacks 11 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 11 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 323, H.R. 452, H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 979 and 6 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 1 signal
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.331 (party median -0.393; rank 70 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 1); LCV 91 (avg 96).
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
- 7.9 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on House AdministrationRanking MemberMinority · 1st in seniority
- Subcommittee on Modernization and Innovation
- House Committee on AppropriationsMinority · 22nd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Defense
- Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
- Joint Committee of Congress on the LibraryMinority · 4th in seniority
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Morelle← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.331 is 0.06 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 1–50 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 875Jeremy and Angel Seay and Sergeant Brandon Mendoza Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 58
| Middle |
| H.R. 6260Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act of 2025 |