George Whitesides

DemocratDistrict D+3119th CongressOn the ballot 2026

Typical swing score73#34 of 433 representatives across tracked bills

Contact George Whitesides’s office

Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators dataset

Call office 202-225-1956 Contact via website

Washington, D.C. office

1504 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0527

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

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 · 4 signals

Strong
Backs 8 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 8 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 390, H.R. 452, H.R. 471, H.R. 842, H.R. 909 and 3 more.
Strong
10th most moderate of 212 House DemocratsDW-NOMINATE -0.204 vs. the House Democratic median of -0.393: 0.189 toward the Republicans (rank 10 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans).
Medium
On the ballot Nov 3, 2026 in a competitive district (D+3)Term ends Jan 3, 2027; next general election Nov 3, 2026. CA-27 has a partisan lean of D+3. Members facing voters in a seat near even or leaning against their party have a reason to show independence.
Weak
Competitive district: CA-27 is D+3CA-27 has a partisan lean of D+3 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). That is within 5 points of even.

Term and election

From the congress-legislators dataset

On the ballot 2026

Current term: January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
Next election: November 3, 2026
Years in office: 1.8 years

Committees

Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3

House Committee on Armed Services
Minority · 23rd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces
- Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
- Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation
House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Minority · 13th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics

Voting ideology

first dimension, from Voteview

D median

R median

Whitesides

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Their score of -0.204 is 0.19 to the right of the House Democratic median (-0.393).

Advocacy scorecards

Their rating vs. the House Democratic average

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House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)

Swing score by bill

swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to it

Showing 1–50 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first

Swing score for George Whitesides on each tracked bill
Bill	Their role	Swing score ·
H.R. 1118Value Over Cost Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov	No position yetNow in the Senate	89 Broke with party on 17% of 13 similar votes Sits on a committee of referral	Swing
H.R. 788DOE and SBA Research Act