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U.S. Representative · California 35th District
Norma J. Torres
DemocratDistrict D+7119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score36#251 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 · 2 signals
- StrongBacks 22 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 22 of the 2090 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 309, H.R. 452, H.R. 672, H.R. 842, H.R. 879 and 17 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. 672 To establish new ZIP Codes for certain communities, and for other purposes.
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 842 Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 879 Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization 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 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 551–600 of 1962 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. 4859Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | No recorded vote | 41
| Middle |
| S. 380 |