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U.S. Representative · Virginia 9th District
H. Morgan Griffith
RepublicanDistrict R+22119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score42#199 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact H. Morgan Griffith’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2110 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4609
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 Democrats · 1 signal
- WeakBacks 1 Democratic-led tracked billSponsor or active cosponsor of 1 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: H.R. 5058.
Keeps them with Republicans · 2 signals
- MediumVotes with House RepublicansNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Democrats: DW-NOMINATE +0.510 (party median +0.530; rank 99 of 219 by distance toward the Democrats); Heritage Action 91 (avg 86); LCV 3 (avg 1).
- MediumSafe Republican district: VA-9 is R+22VA-9 has a partisan lean of R+22 (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
- 15.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Energy and CommerceMajority · 3rd in seniority
- Subcommittee on HealthChair
- Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
- Subcommittee on Environment
- House Committee on House AdministrationMajority · 3rd in seniority
- House Committee on RulesMajority · 8th in seniority
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
Griffith← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.510 is 0.02 to the left of the House Republican median (+0.530).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Republican average- 119th Congress91House Republican average: 86 (n=217)
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.J.Res. 210Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 68
| Middle |