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U.S. Representative · Massachusetts 8th District
Stephen F. Lynch
DemocratDistrict D+15119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score32#298 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 · 1 signal
- StrongBacks 11 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 11 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 6 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 2 signals
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.342 (party median -0.393; rank 77 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 1); LCV 100 (avg 96).
- MediumSafe Democratic district: MA-8 is D+15MA-8 has a partisan lean of D+15 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.
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 101–150 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 5517Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 41
| Middle |
| H.R. 9327PEARL ActSummary on Congress.gov |