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U.S. Representative · Connecticut 2nd District
Joe Courtney
DemocratDistrict D+4119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score53#145 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Joe Courtney’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2449 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0702
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 · 3 signals
- StrongBacks 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.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 452 Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 842 Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 909 Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 979 AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 3095 To direct the United States Postal Service to designate single, unique ZIP Codes for certain communities, and for other purposes.
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 Armed ServicesMinority · 2nd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces
- Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection ForcesRanking Member
- House Committee on Education and WorkforceMinority · 2nd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
- Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Courtney← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
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- 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. 1048DETERRENT ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | NayProjected at the vote: 72 Swing (today: 62) | 62 |