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U.S. Representative · New York 7th District
Nydia M. Velázquez
DemocratDistrict D+25119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score29#277 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Nydia M. Velázquez’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2302 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3207
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 12 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 12 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 323, H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 979, H.R. 1008 and 7 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 2 signals
- StrongSafe Democratic district: NY-7 is D+25NY-7 has a partisan lean of D+25 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.546 (party median -0.393; rank 199 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 7 (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
- 33.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Small BusinessRanking MemberMinority · 1st in seniority
- House Committee on Financial ServicesMinority · 2nd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance
- Subcommittee on Financial Institutions
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Velázquez← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.546 is 0.15 to the left of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress7House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3, directional · 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. 7396Native American Entrepreneurial Opportunity ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 49
| Middle |
| H.R. 7567Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 |