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U.S. Representative · Massachusetts 8th District
Stephen F. Lynch
DemocratDistrict D+15119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score31#304 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Stephen F. Lynch’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2109 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-2108
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 · 2 signals
- StrongBacks 34 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 34 of the 2090 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.Con.Res. 12, H.Con.Res. 38, H.R. 452, H.R. 842, H.R. 879 and 29 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.Con.Res. 12 Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.Con.Res. 38 Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 452 Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 842 Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025
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
- 25 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Financial ServicesMinority · 5th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Capital Markets
- Subcommittee on Financial Institutions
- Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial IntelligenceRanking Member
- House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformMinority · 3rd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs
- Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Lynch← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.342 is 0.05 to the right 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 1301–1350 of 1962 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 7211To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to John W. Ripley for acts of valor during the Vietnam War, and for other purposes.Summary on Congress.gov | No position yet | No recorded vote | 27
| Entrenched |