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U.S. Representative · Washington 1st District
Suzan K. DelBene
DemocratDistrict D+15119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score38#215 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Suzan K. DelBene’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2311 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4701
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 · 2 signals
- StrongBacks 14 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 14 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 33, H.R. 227, H.R. 309, H.R. 452, H.R. 842 and 9 more.
- Weak52nd most moderate of 212 House DemocratsDW-NOMINATE -0.296 vs. the House Democratic median of -0.393: 0.097 toward the Republicans (rank 52 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans).
Keeps them with Democrats · 1 signal
- MediumSafe Democratic district: WA-1 is D+15WA-1 has a partisan lean of D+15 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.
Bill-specific inputs
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
- 13.9 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Ways and MeansMinority · 8th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Trade
- Subcommittee on Tax
- Subcommittee on Oversight
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
DelBene← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.296 is 0.10 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 51–100 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 3301ELEVATE Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 48
| Middle |
| H.R. 3633Digital Asset Market Clarity ActSummary on Congress.gov |