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U.S. Representative · New York 20th District
Paul Tonko
DemocratDistrict D+8119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score24#366 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Paul Tonko’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2269 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3220
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 14 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 14 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 323, H.R. 452, H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 979 and 9 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 1 signal
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.416 (party median -0.393; rank 123 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 1); LCV 100 (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
- 17.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Energy and CommerceMinority · 6th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
- Subcommittee on Energy
- Subcommittee on EnvironmentRanking Member
- House Committee on the BudgetMinority · 14th in seniority
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Tonko← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.416 is 0.02 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 · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. 610Ensuring VetSuccess On Campus Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 50
| Middle |
| S. 645North Platte Canteen Congressional Gold Medal Act |