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U.S. Representative · Maine 1st District
Chellie Pingree
DemocratDistrict D+11119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score40#223 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Chellie Pingree’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2354 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-1901
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 · 1 signal
- StrongBacks 11 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 11 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 452, H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 979, H.R. 1262 and 6 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 1 signal
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.421 (party median -0.393; rank 128 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 7 (avg 1); LCV 97 (avg 96).
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
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 17.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on AgricultureMinority · 23rd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture
- House Committee on AppropriationsMinority · 9th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
- Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related AgenciesRanking Member
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Pingree← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.421 is 0.03 to the left of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress7House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · 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. 7567Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 66
| Middle |
| H.R. 1011Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025 |