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U.S. Representative · Oregon 3rd District
Maxine Dexter
DemocratDistrict D+24119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score28#327 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Maxine Dexter’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office1207 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3703
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
- StrongBacks 3 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 3 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 3747.
Keeps them with Democrats · 2 signals
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.459 (party median -0.393; rank 161 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 1); LCV 100 (avg 96).
- MediumSafe Democratic district: OR-3 is D+24OR-3 has a partisan lean of D+24 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.
Bill-specific inputs
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 Natural ResourcesMinority · 9th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Federal Lands
- Subcommittee on Oversight and InvestigationsRanking Member
- House Committee on Veterans' AffairsMinority · 8th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Health
- Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Dexter← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.459 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 1–50 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 6500Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027Summary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 50
| Middle |
| H.R. 1968Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 |