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U.S. Representative · Maryland 3rd District
Sarah Elfreth
DemocratDistrict D+12119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score32#242 of 431 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Sarah Elfreth’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office1213 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-2003
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
- StrongBacks 10 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 10 of the 890 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 452, H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 979, H.R. 1262 and 5 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 1 signal
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.373 (party median -0.393; rank 94 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 1); LCV 100 (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
- 1.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Armed ServicesMinority · 22nd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Readiness
- Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces
- House Committee on Natural ResourcesMinority · 13th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
- Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Elfreth← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.373 is 0.02 to the right 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-v2, 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 | 32 | Middle |
| H.R. 2283Recognizing Community Organizations for Veteran Engagement and Recovery ActSummary on Congress.gov |