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U.S. Representative · South Carolina 2nd District
Joe Wilson
RepublicanDistrict R+7119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score55#134 of 433 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 · 3 signals
- StrongBacks 10 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 10 of the 2090 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: H.R. 429, H.R. 469, H.R. 1993, H.R. 2004, H.R. 2505 and 5 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 429 Rosie the Riveter Commemorative Coin Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 469 Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1993 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 2004 Tyler’s Law
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 2505 Block the Use of Transatlantic Technology in Iranian Made Drones Act
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, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 151–200 of 1962 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.J.Res. 33A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain defense articles and services.Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | No recorded vote | 63
| Middle |