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U.S. Representative · California 35th District
Norma J. Torres
DemocratDistrict D+7119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score51#154 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Norma J. Torres’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2227 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0535
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. 309, H.R. 452, H.R. 842, H.R. 979, H.R. 2853 and 1 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 309 National Law Enforcement Officers Remembrance, Support, and Community Outreach Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 452 Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 842 Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 979 AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 2853 Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025
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
- 11.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on AppropriationsMinority · 16th in seniority
- Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs
- Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
- House Committee on House AdministrationMinority · 3rd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Modernization and InnovationRanking Member
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Torres← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.366 is 0.03 to the right 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 51–100 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 2252North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | No recorded vote | 63
| Middle |