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U.S. Representative · Illinois 7th District
Danny K. Davis
DemocratDistrict D+34119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score20#368 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Danny K. Davis’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2159 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-1307
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 12 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 12 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 227, H.R. 452, H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 979 and 7 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 2 signals
- StrongSafe Democratic district: IL-7 is D+34IL-7 has a partisan lean of D+34 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.487 (party median -0.393; rank 177 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 1); LCV 100 (avg 96).
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 Ways and MeansMinority · 5th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Health
- Subcommittee on Work and WelfareRanking Member
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Davis← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.487 is 0.09 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, directional · 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. 1834To advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock.Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 38
| Middle |
| H.R. 8800 |