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U.S. Representative · Nebraska 3rd District
Adrian Smith
RepublicanDistrict R+27119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score44#186 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Adrian Smith’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office502 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-2703
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 · 0 signals
No signals in this direction
None of our measures place this member closer to the Democrats than their party.
Keeps them with Republicans · 3 signals
- StrongSafe Republican district: NE-3 is R+27NE-3 has a partisan lean of R+27 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.
- 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 85 (avg 86); LCV 0 (avg 1).
- WeakBacks only Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 31 of the 865 tracked bills, all introduced by Republicans: H.R. 21, H.R. 33, H.R. 38, H.R. 227, H.R. 425 and 26 more.
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
- 19.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Ways and MeansMajority · 3rd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Health
- Subcommittee on TradeChair
- Joint Committee on TaxationMajority · 3rd in seniority
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
Smith← 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 Congress85House 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.R. 504Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 56
| Middle |
| H.R. 7148Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026Summary on Congress.gov |