Loading lawmaker…
U.S. Representative · Ohio 3rd District
Joyce Beatty
DemocratDistrict D+21119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score35#270 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Joyce Beatty’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2079 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3503
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 8 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 8 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 979, H.R. 2189, H.R. 2808 and 3 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 2 signals
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.441 (party median -0.393; rank 144 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 1); LCV 88 (avg 96).
- MediumSafe Democratic district: OH-3 is D+21OH-3 has a partisan lean of D+21 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.
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
- 13.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Financial ServicesMinority · 10th in seniority
- Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial InstitutionsRanking Member
- Subcommittee on Financial Institutions
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Beatty← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.441 is 0.05 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 · 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. 2267NICS Data Reporting Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 44
| Middle |
| H.Res. 1490Providing for the condemnation and denouncement of socialism in all its forms, and for other purposes. |