Don Bacon

RepublicanDistrict D+3119th CongressOn the ballot 2026

Typical swing score86#5 of 431 representatives across tracked bills

Contact Don Bacon’s office

Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators dataset

Call office 202-225-4155 Contact via website

Washington, D.C. office

2104 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-2702

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

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 · 5 signals

Strong
Backs 13 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 13 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: H.R. 973, H.R. 1266, H.R. 1493, H.R. 1993, H.R. 2004 and 8 more.
Strong
On the ballot Nov 3, 2026 in a competitive district (D+3)Term ends Jan 3, 2027; next general election Nov 3, 2026. NE-2 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.
Strong
Heritage Action 59 vs. House Republican avg 86Heritage Action (119th Congress, higher = more conservative) scored this member 59; the House Republican average is 86.5 (n=217). That is 27 points toward the Democrats.
Medium
15th most moderate of 219 House RepublicansDW-NOMINATE +0.277 vs. the House Republican median of +0.530: 0.253 toward the Democrats (rank 15 of 219 by distance toward the Democrats).

Term and election

From the congress-legislators dataset

On 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 Agriculture
Majority · 8th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology
- Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
House Committee on Armed Services
Majority · 10th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
- Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and InnovationChairman

Voting ideology

first dimension, from Voteview

R median

D median

Bacon

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Their score of +0.277 is 0.25 to the left of the House Republican median (+0.530).

Advocacy scorecards

Their rating vs. the House Republican average

119th Congress59
House Republican average: 86 (n=217)

Swing score by bill

swing-v2 · a bill marks a member as committed to it

Showing 51–100 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first

Swing score for Don Bacon on each tracked bill
Bill	Their role	Swing score ·
H.R. 153Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability ActSummary on Congress.gov	No position yetNow in the Senate	86	Swing
H.R. 164POWER Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov