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U.S. Representative · South Carolina 6th District
James E. Clyburn
DemocratDistrict D+13119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score42#215 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact James E. Clyburn’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office274 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4006
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 Republicans · 1 signal
- WeakBacks 1 Republican-led tracked billSponsor or active cosponsor of 1 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 842.
Keeps them with Democrats · 1 signal
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.466 (party median -0.393; rank 164 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 1); LCV 94 (avg 96).
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
- 33.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on AppropriationsMinority · 4th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
- Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
- Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related AgenciesRanking Member
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Clyburn← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.466 is 0.07 to the left of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress0House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 151–200 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 1717Communications Security ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 50
| Middle |
| H.R. 1765Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov |