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U.S. Representative · California 35th District
Norma J. Torres
DemocratDistrict D+7119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score36#248 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.
Keeps them with Democrats · 1 signal
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.366 (party median -0.393; rank 89 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 1); LCV 97 (avg 96).
Bill-specific inputsVotes on similar past bills and committee seats vary by bill, so they appear in the swing-v3 scores below rather than here.
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 51–100 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 3620Southcentral Foundation Land Transfer Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 53
| Middle |
| H.R. 3692Captain Accursio “Gus” Sanfilippo Young Fishermen’s Development ActSummary on Congress.gov |