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U.S. Representative · Kentucky 5th District
Harold Rogers
RepublicanDistrict R+32119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score70#72 of 431 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Harold Rogers’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2406 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-1705
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
- Medium28th most moderate of 219 House RepublicansDW-NOMINATE +0.334 vs. the House Republican median of +0.530: 0.196 toward the Democrats (rank 28 of 219 by distance toward the Democrats).
- WeakHeritage 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 · 2 signals
- StrongSafe Republican district: KY-5 is R+32KY-5 has a partisan lean of R+32 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.
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
- 45.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on AppropriationsMajority · 2nd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Defense
- Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related AgenciesChair
- Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
Rogers← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.334 is 0.20 to the left of the House Republican median (+0.530).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Republican average- 119th Congress72House Republican average: 86 (n=217)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to it| 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 | 70
| Swing |
| H.R. 4986Parents Opt-in Protection ActSummary on Congress.gov |