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U.S. Representative · Maryland 7th District
Kweisi Mfume
DemocratDistrict D+31119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score25#362 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Kweisi Mfume’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2263 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-2007
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 10 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 10 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 825, H.R. 826, H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 979 and 5 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 2 signals
- StrongSafe Democratic district: MD-7 is D+31MD-7 has a partisan lean of D+31 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.441 (party median -0.393; rank 144 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 1); LCV 97 (avg 96).
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
- 39.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Foreign AffairsMinority · 15th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa
- Subcommittee on South and Central Asia
- House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformMinority · 6th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs
- Subcommittee on Government OperationsRanking Member
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Mfume← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.441 is 0.05 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 51–100 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 3400TRAVEL Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 41
| Middle |
| H.R. 2212DHS Intelligence Rotational Assignment Program and Law Enforcement Support Act |