Tom Cole

RepublicanDistrict R+17119th CongressOn the ballot 2026

Typical swing score61#91 of 431 representatives across tracked bills

Contact Tom Cole’s office

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

Call office 202-225-6165 Contact via website

Washington, D.C. office

2207 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3604

Model

v3defaultv2

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

Medium
Backs 2 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 2 of the 890 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: H.R. 3491, H.R. 8205.
Medium
26th most moderate of 219 House RepublicansDW-NOMINATE +0.323 vs. the House Republican median of +0.530: 0.207 toward the Democrats (rank 26 of 219 by distance toward the Democrats).
Weak
Heritage Action 72 vs. House Republican avg 86Heritage Action (119th Congress, higher = more conservative) scored this member 72; the House Republican average is 86.5 (n=217). That is 14 points toward the Democrats.

Keeps them with Republicans · 1 signal

Medium

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: 23.8 years

Committees

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

House Committee on AppropriationsChair
Majority · 1st in seniority

Voting ideology

first dimension, from Voteview

R median

D median

Cole

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Their score of +0.323 is 0.21 to the left of the House Republican median (+0.530).

Advocacy scorecards

Their rating vs. the House Republican average

119th Congress72
House Republican average: 86 (n=217)

Swing score by bill

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

Swing score for Tom Cole on each tracked bill
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	61	Middle
H.R. 2283Recognizing Community Organizations for Veteran Engagement and Recovery ActSummary on Congress.gov