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U.S. Representative · Massachusetts 2nd District
James P. McGovern
DemocratDistrict D+13119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score18#398 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact James P. McGovern’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office370 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-2102
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 7 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 7 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 452, H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 979, H.R. 1262 and 2 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 1 signal
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.538 (party median -0.393; rank 197 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
- 29.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on RulesRanking MemberMinority · 1st in seniority
- Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House
- House Committee on AgricultureMinority · 3rd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
McGovern← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.538 is 0.15 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 51–100 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 3951Rural Veterans’ Improved Access to Benefits Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 40
| Middle |
| H.R. 4446FAST VETS Act |