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U.S. Representative · New York 9th District
Yvette D. Clarke
DemocratDistrict D+22119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score53#142 of 431 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Yvette D. Clarke’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2058 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3209
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 9 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 9 of the 890 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 323, H.R. 842, H.R. 1008, H.R. 1009, H.R. 1262 and 4 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 3 signals
- Medium4th most liberal of 212 House DemocratsDW-NOMINATE -0.607 vs. the House Democratic median of -0.393: 0.214 further from the Republicans. Unlikely to cross toward the Republicans; may still break with the party from the left.
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.607 (party median -0.393; rank 208 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 1); LCV 100 (avg 96).
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
- 19.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Energy and CommerceMinority · 7th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Oversight and InvestigationsRanking Member
- Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
- Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Clarke← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.607 is 0.21 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 it| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 2283Recognizing Community Organizations for Veteran Engagement and Recovery ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 66
| Middle |
| H.R. 5436End Transcript Withholding for Veterans ActSummary on Congress.gov |