Laura Gillen

DemocratDistrict D+2119th CongressOn the ballot 2026

Typical swing score83#10 of 431 representatives across tracked bills

Contact Laura Gillen’s office

Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators dataset

Call office 202-225-5516 Contact via website

Washington, D.C. office

428 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3204

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

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 · 5 signals

Strong
Backs 29 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 29 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 27, H.R. 309, H.R. 323, H.R. 452, H.R. 495 and 24 more.
Strong
4th most moderate of 212 House DemocratsDW-NOMINATE -0.166 vs. the House Democratic median of -0.393: 0.227 toward the Republicans (rank 4 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans).
Medium
On the ballot Nov 3, 2026 in a competitive district (D+2)Term ends Jan 3, 2027; next general election Nov 3, 2026. NY-4 has a partisan lean of D+2. Members facing voters in a seat near even or leaning against their party have a reason to show independence.
Weak
Competitive district: NY-4 is D+2NY-4 has a partisan lean of D+2 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). That is within 5 points of even.

Term and election

From the congress-legislators dataset

On 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 Technology
Minority · 12th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Minority · 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 Voteview

D median

R median

Gillen

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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 Congress7
House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)

Swing score by bill

swing-v2 · a bill marks a member as committed to it

Showing 51–100 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first

Swing score for Laura Gillen on each tracked bill
Bill	Their role	Swing score ·
H.R. 530ACES ActSummary on Congress.gov	No position yetNow in the Senate	83	Swing
H.R. 586Vietnam Veterans Liver Fluke Cancer Study ActSummary on Congress.gov