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U.S. Representative · California 45th District
Derek Tran
DemocratDistrict D+1119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score83#24 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Derek Tran’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office1127 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0545
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 · 5 signals
- StrongBacks 40 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 40 of the 2090 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.Con.Res. 12, H.R. 309, H.R. 452, H.R. 787, H.R. 832 and 35 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.Con.Res. 12 Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 309 National Law Enforcement Officers Remembrance, Support, and Community Outreach Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 452 Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 787 Plain Language in Contracting Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 832 Small Business Advocacy Improvements 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
- 1.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Armed ServicesMinority · 24th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Readiness
- Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations
- House Committee on Small BusinessMinority · 8th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure
- Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and RegulationsRanking Member
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD 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 Congress7House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 451–500 of 1962 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 2721Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | YeaProjected at the vote: 79 Swing (today: 85) | 85 |