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U.S. Representative · New York 4th District
Laura Gillen
DemocratDistrict D+2119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score88#11 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Laura Gillen’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office428 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3204
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 · 6 signals
- StrongBroke with Democrats on 67 of 350 recorded votes on tracked billsVoted against the majority of House Democrats on 67 of the 350 recorded yea/nay votes they cast on tracked bills (19%). The median House Democratic broke on 4%; this member ranks 7 of 214 by break rate.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 5334 Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act of 2026
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 8884 Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 6955 Main Street Capital Access Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 139 Sunshine Protection Act of 2025
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
- 1.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Science, Space, and TechnologyMinority · 12th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics
- House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureMinority · 29th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
- Subcommittee on Aviation
- Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
- Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
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Gillen← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.166 is 0.23 to the right of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress7House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 251–300 of 1962 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 6047Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | YeaBroke with party |