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U.S. Representative · Washington 9th District
Adam Smith
DemocratDistrict D+22119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score46#185 of 431 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Adam Smith’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2264 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4709
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 890 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.
- Weak50th most moderate of 212 House DemocratsDW-NOMINATE -0.291 vs. the House Democratic median of -0.393: 0.102 toward the Republicans (rank 50 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans).
Keeps them with Democrats · 1 signal
- MediumSafe Democratic district: WA-9 is D+22WA-9 has a partisan lean of D+22 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.
Bill-specific inputs
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
- 29.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Armed ServicesRanking MemberMinority · 1st in seniority
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Smith← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.291 is 0.10 to the right 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, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to it| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 4986Parents Opt-in Protection ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 57
| Middle |
| H.R. 10724To amend title 11, United States Code, to clarify the rules for the exceptions to the discharge of the debt of an individual debtor, and for other purposes.Summary on Congress.gov |