Michael T. McCaul

RepublicanDistrict R+12119th CongressOn the ballot 2026

Typical swing score54#112 of 431 representatives across tracked bills

Contact Michael T. McCaul’s office

Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators dataset

Call office 202-225-2401 Contact via website

Washington, D.C. office

2300 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4310

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

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 · 3 signals

Strong
Backs 3 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 3 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: H.R. 1993, H.R. 8205, H.R. 8535.
Medium
Heritage Action 69 vs. House Republican avg 86Heritage Action (119th Congress, higher = more conservative) scored this member 69; the House Republican average is 86.5 (n=217). That is 17 points toward the Democrats.
Weak
53rd most moderate of 219 House RepublicansDW-NOMINATE +0.409 vs. the House Republican median of +0.530: 0.121 toward the Democrats (rank 53 of 219 by distance toward the Democrats).

Keeps them with Republicans · 0 signals

None of our measures place this member firmly with their party.

Term and election

From the congress-legislators dataset

On the ballot 2026

Current term: January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
Next election: November 3, 2026
Years in office: 21.8 years

Committees

Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3

House Committee on Homeland SecurityVice Chair
Majority · 2nd in seniority
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Majority · 4th in seniority
- Subcommittee on East Asia and Pacific
- Subcommittee on Europe

Voting ideology

first dimension, from Voteview

R median

D median

McCaul

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Their score of +0.409 is 0.12 to the left of the House Republican median (+0.530).

Advocacy scorecards

Their rating vs. the House Republican average

119th Congress69
House Republican average: 86 (n=217)

Swing score by bill

swing-v2 · a bill marks a member as committed to it

Showing 51–100 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first

Swing score for Michael T. McCaul on each tracked bill
Bill	Their role	Swing score ·
H.R. 153Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability ActSummary on Congress.gov	No position yetNow in the Senate	54	Middle
H.R. 164POWER Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov