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U.S. Representative · California 43rd District
Maxine Waters
DemocratDistrict D+27119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score60#103 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Maxine Waters’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2221 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0543
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 4 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 4 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 1262, H.R. 6644.
Keeps them with Democrats · 3 signals
- StrongSafe Democratic district: CA-43 is D+27CA-43 has a partisan lean of D+27 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.
- Medium2nd most liberal of 212 House DemocratsDW-NOMINATE -0.656 vs. the House Democratic median of -0.393: 0.263 further from the Republicans. Unlikely to cross toward the Republicans; may still break with the party from the left.
- Medium
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
- 35.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Financial ServicesRanking MemberMinority · 1st in seniority
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Waters← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.656 is 0.26 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 1–50 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 2483SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 80
| Swing |
| H.R. 2913Ukraine Support ActSummary on Congress.gov |