Derek Tran

DemocratDistrict D+1119th CongressOn the ballot 2026

Typical swing score83#25 of 433 representatives across tracked bills

Contact Derek Tran’s office

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

Call office 202-225-2415 Contact via website

Washington, D.C. office

1127 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0545

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 17 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 17 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 309, H.R. 452, H.R. 787, H.R. 832, H.R. 842 and 12 more.
Medium
21st most moderate of 212 House DemocratsDW-NOMINATE -0.233 vs. the House Democratic median of -0.393: 0.160 toward the Republicans (rank 21 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans).
Medium
On the ballot Nov 3, 2026 in a competitive district (D+1)Term ends Jan 3, 2027; next general election Nov 3, 2026. CA-45 has a partisan lean of D+1. Members facing voters in a seat near even or leaning against their party have a reason to show independence.
Weak
Competitive district: CA-45 is D+1CA-45 has a partisan lean of D+1 (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 · 24th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Readiness
- Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations
House Committee on Small Business
Minority · 8th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure
- Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and RegulationsRanking Member

Voting ideology

first dimension, from Voteview

D median

R median

Tran

← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →

Their score of -0.233 is 0.16 to the right of the House Democratic median (-0.393).

Advocacy scorecards

Their rating vs. the House Democratic average

119th Congress7
House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)

Swing score by bill

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

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

Swing score for Derek Tran 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	93 Broke with party on 19% of 13 similar votes Sits on a committee of referral	Swing
H.R. 1834To advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock.