Joe Courtney

DemocratDistrict D+4119th CongressOn the ballot 2026

Typical swing score42#211 of 433 representatives across tracked bills

Contact Joe Courtney’s office

Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators dataset

Call office 202-225-2076 Contact via website

Washington, D.C. office

2449 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0702

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

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 · 3 signals

Strong
Backs 7 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 7 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 452, H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 979, H.R. 3095 and 2 more.
Medium
On the ballot Nov 3, 2026 in a competitive district (D+4)Term ends Jan 3, 2027; next general election Nov 3, 2026. CT-2 has a partisan lean of D+4. Members facing voters in a seat near even or leaning against their party have a reason to show independence.
Weak
Competitive district: CT-2 is D+4CT-2 has a partisan lean of D+4 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). That is within 5 points of even.

Keeps them with Democrats · 1 signal

Term and election

From the congress-legislators dataset

On 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 Armed Services
Minority · 2nd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces
- Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection ForcesRanking Member
House Committee on Education and Workforce
Minority · 2nd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
- Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development

Voting ideology

first dimension, from Voteview

D median

R median

Courtney

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Their score of -0.336 is 0.06 to the right of the House Democratic median (-0.393).

Advocacy scorecards

Their rating vs. the House Democratic average

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House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)

Swing score by bill

swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to it

Showing 1–50 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first

Swing score for Joe Courtney on each tracked bill
Bill	Their role	Swing score ·
H.R. 2262Flexibility for Workers Education ActSummary on Congress.gov	No position yet	60 Topic-matched: LCV Broke with party on 8% of 13 similar votes Sits on a committee of referral	Middle
H.R. 5408Faster Labor Contracts Act