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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.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 452 Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 842 Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 909 Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 979 AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1262 Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
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 151–200 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. 727U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Retirement Technical Corrections ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | No recorded vote | 27
| Entrenched |