Lateefah Simon

DemocratDistrict D+39119th CongressOn the ballot 2026

Typical swing score46#182 of 433 representatives across tracked bills

Contact Lateefah Simon’s office

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

Call office 202-225-2661 Contact via website

Washington, D.C. office

1023 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0512

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 · 1 signal

Strong
Backs 9 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 9 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 825, H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 979, H.R. 1329 and 4 more.

Keeps them with Democrats · 3 signals

Strong
Safe Democratic district: CA-12 is D+39CA-12 has a partisan lean of D+39 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.
Medium
6th most liberal of 212 House DemocratsDW-NOMINATE -0.603 vs. the House Democratic median of -0.393: 0.210 further from the Republicans. Unlikely to cross toward the Republicans; may still break with the party from the left.
Medium

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 Oversight and Government Reform
Minority · 16th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs
- Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services
- Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement
House Committee on Small Business
Minority · 9th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development
- Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations

Voting ideology

first dimension, from Voteview

D median

R median

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Their score of -0.603 is 0.21 to the left 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 Lateefah Simon on each tracked bill
Bill	Their role	Swing score ·
H.Res. 719Honoring the life and legacy of Charles Charlie James Kirk.Summary on Congress.gov	No position yet	69 Broke with party on 18% of 13 similar votes Sits on a committee of referral	Middle
H.Res. 519Condemning the attacks on Minnesota lawmakers in Brooklyn Park and Champlin, Minnesota, and calling for unity and the rejection of political violence in Minnesota and across the United States.