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U.S. Representative · Connecticut 4th District
James A. Himes
DemocratDistrict D+13119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score58#119 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact James A. Himes’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2137 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0704
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 · 2 signals
- StrongBacks 11 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 11 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 309, H.R. 452, H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 1262 and 6 more.
- Medium29th most moderate of 212 House DemocratsDW-NOMINATE -0.241 vs. the House Democratic median of -0.393: 0.152 toward the Republicans (rank 29 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans).
Keeps them with Democrats · 0 signals
None of our measures place this member firmly with their party.
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 Permanent Select Committee on IntelligenceRanking MemberMinority · 1st in seniority
- House Committee on Financial ServicesMinority · 8th in seniority
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Himes← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.241 is 0.15 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 101–150 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. 283Illegal Red Snapper and Tuna Enforcement ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 66
| Middle |
| S. 356Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025 |