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U.S. Representative · Washington 7th District
Pramila Jayapal
DemocratDistrict D+39119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score16#411 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.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 842 Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 909 Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1262 Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1329 Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 2269 WIPPES 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
- 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, directional · 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. 9770Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | NayProjected: 47 Middle | 47 |