Clay Higgins

RepublicanDistrict R+22119th CongressOn the ballot 2026

Typical swing score52#141 of 433 representatives across tracked bills

Contact Clay Higgins’s office

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

Call office 202-225-2031 Contact via website

Washington, D.C. office

572 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-1803

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 · 2 signals

Strong
Broke with Republicans on 39 of 343 recorded votes on tracked billsVoted against the majority of House Republicans on 39 of the 343 recorded yea/nay votes they cast on tracked bills (11%). The median House Republican broke on 1%; this member ranks 18 of 219 by break rate.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 2403 Retire through Ownership Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 2140 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 4219 National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act of 2025
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 3276 Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act of 2026
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 6500 Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027

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 Armed Services
Majority · 23rd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Readiness
- Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Majority · 9th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs
- Subcommittee on Federal Law EnforcementChairman

Voting ideology

first dimension, from Voteview

R median

D median

Higgins

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Their score of +0.631 is 0.10 to the right of the House Republican median (+0.530).

Advocacy scorecards

Their rating vs. the House Republican average

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House Republican average: 86 (n=217)

Swing score by bill

swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to it

Showing 601–650 of 1962 tracked bills, best swing first

Swing score for Clay Higgins on each tracked bill
Bill	Their role		Swing score ·
H.J.Res. 210Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Summary on Congress.gov	No position yetNow in the Senate	YeaProjected at the vote: 47 Middle (today: 55)