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U.S. Representative · California 1st District
James Gallagher
RepublicanDistrict R+12119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score56#124 of 431 representatives across tracked bills
Contact James Gallagher’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office408 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0501
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
- Weak34th most moderate of 219 House RepublicansDW-NOMINATE +0.345 vs. the House Republican median of +0.530: 0.185 toward the Democrats (rank 34 of 219 by distance toward the Democrats).
Keeps them with Republicans · 1 signal
- WeakBacks only Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 2 of the 890 tracked bills, all introduced by Republicans: H.J.Res. 210, H.J.Res. 213.
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
- June 10, 2026 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 0.3 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Foreign AffairsMajority · 28th in seniority
- House Committee on Science, Space, and TechnologyMajority · 22nd in seniority
- House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureMajority · 36th in seniority
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
Gallagher← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.345 is 0.19 to the left of the House Republican median (+0.530).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Republican average- 119th Congress—House Republican average: 86 (n=217)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to it| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 2332SHARE Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 60 75% of inputs · missing scorecards
| Middle |
| H.R. 2283Recognizing Community Organizations for Veteran Engagement and Recovery Act |