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U.S. Representative · South Carolina 2nd District
Joe Wilson
RepublicanDistrict R+7119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score34#284 of 431 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Joe Wilson’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office1436 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4002
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 4 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 4 of the 890 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: H.R. 1993, H.R. 2004, H.R. 4541, H.R. 8205.
- WeakHeritage Action 74 vs. House Republican avg 86Heritage Action (119th Congress, higher = more conservative) scored this member 74; the House Republican average is 86.5 (n=217). That is 12 points toward the Democrats.
Keeps them with Republicans · 0 signals
None of our measures place this member firmly with their party. On tracked bills, they have cosponsored SAVE Act.
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
- 24.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Armed ServicesMajority · 2nd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Readiness
- Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
- House Committee on Education and WorkforceMajority · 2nd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
- Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development
- House Committee on Foreign AffairsMajority · 3rd in seniority
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
Wilson← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.529 is 0.00 to the left of the House Republican median (+0.530).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Republican average- 119th Congress74House Republican average: 86 (n=217)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · 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 | 46
| Middle |
| H.R. 2332SHARE Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov |