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U.S. Representative · Indiana 7th District
André Carson
DemocratDistrict D+21119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score26#348 of 431 representatives across tracked bills
Contact André Carson’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2135 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-1407
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 6 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 6 of the 890 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 452, H.R. 979, H.R. 1329, H.R. 1869, H.R. 7613 and 1 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 2 signals
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.434 (party median -0.393; rank 140 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 1); LCV 100 (avg 96).
- MediumSafe Democratic district: IN-7 is D+21IN-7 has a partisan lean of D+21 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.
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
- 18.6 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureMinority · 6th in seniority
- Subcommittee on AviationRanking Member
- Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
- House Permanent Select Committee on IntelligenceMinority · 2nd in seniority
- House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist PartyMinority · 4th in seniority
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Carson← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.434 is 0.04 to the left 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 · a bill marks a member as committed to it| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 1An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.Summary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 49
| Middle |
| H.R. 2332SHARE Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov |