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U.S. Representative · New Jersey 4th District
Christopher H. Smith
RepublicanDistrict R+14119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score63#98 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Christopher H. Smith’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2373 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3004
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 Democrats · 2 signals
- StrongBacks 5 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 5 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: H.R. 249, H.R. 1266, H.R. 1431, H.R. 2550, H.R. 5408.
- Strong3rd most moderate of 219 House RepublicansDW-NOMINATE +0.184 vs. the House Republican median of +0.530: 0.346 toward the Democrats (rank 3 of 219 by distance toward the Democrats).
Keeps them with Republicans · 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
- 45.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Foreign AffairsMajority · 2nd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere
- Subcommittee on AfricaChair
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
Smith← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.184 is 0.35 to the left of the House Republican median (+0.530).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Republican average- 119th Congress94House Republican average: 86 (n=217)
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 | 78
| Swing |
| H.R. 2262 |