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U.S. Representative · Washington 7th District
Pramila Jayapal
DemocratDistrict D+39119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score50#150 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Pramila Jayapal’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2346 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4707
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 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. 909, H.R. 1262, H.R. 1329, H.R. 2269 and 1 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 3 signals
- StrongSafe Democratic district: WA-7 is D+39WA-7 has a partisan lean of D+39 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.
- Medium4th most liberal of 212 House DemocratsDW-NOMINATE -0.607 vs. the House Democratic median of -0.393: 0.214 further from the Republicans. Unlikely to cross toward the Republicans; may still break with the party from the left.
- Medium
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
- 9.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Foreign AffairsMinority · 16th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Africa
- Subcommittee on South and Central Asia
- House Committee on the BudgetMinority · 12th in seniority
- House Committee on the JudiciaryMinority · 7th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and EnforcementRanking Member
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Jayapal← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.607 is 0.21 to the left 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. 1968Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025Summary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 81
| Swing |
| H.R. 9770Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027 |