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U.S. Representative · Massachusetts 5th District
Katherine M. Clark
DemocratDistrict D+24119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score18#394 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Katherine M. Clark’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2368 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-2105
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 · 0 signals
No signals in this direction
None of our measures place this member closer to the Republicans than their party.
Keeps them with Democrats · 3 signals
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.478 (party median -0.393; rank 171 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 1); LCV 100 (avg 96).
- MediumSafe Democratic district: MA-5 is D+24MA-5 has a partisan lean of D+24 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.
- WeakBacks only Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 2 of the 865 tracked bills, all introduced by Democrats: H.R. 1993, H.R. 2550.
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
- 12.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3No committee assignments on record
Either this member holds no committee seats or the assignments have not been loaded yet.
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
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Clark← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.478 is 0.08 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, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 101–150 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 901Research Security and Accountability in DHS ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | YeaProjected at the vote: 31 Middle (today: 29) | 29 |