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U.S. Representative · California 26th District
Julia Brownley
DemocratDistrict D+8119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score43#195 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Julia Brownley’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2262 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0526
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 12 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 12 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 309, H.R. 530, H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 979 and 7 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 1 signal
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.306 (party median -0.393; rank 58 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 1); LCV 100 (avg 96).
Bill-specific inputsVotes on similar past bills and committee seats vary by bill, so they appear in the swing-v3 scores below rather than here.
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
- 13.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Natural ResourcesMinority · 19th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries
- House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureMinority · 9th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
- Subcommittee on Aviation
- Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
- House Committee on Veterans' AffairsMinority · 2nd in seniority
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Brownley← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.306 is 0.09 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, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 1–50 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 7084Defending American Property Abroad Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 61
| Middle |
| H.R. 2390Maritime Supply Chain Security Act |