Janelle S. Bynum

DemocratDistrict D+4119th CongressOn the ballot 2026

Typical swing score71#64 of 433 representatives across tracked bills

Contact Janelle S. Bynum’s office

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

Call office 202-225-5711 Contact via website

Washington, D.C. office

1508 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3705

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 · 4 signals

Strong
Backs 15 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 15 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 309, H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 979, H.R. 1107 and 10 more.
Medium
On the ballot Nov 3, 2026 in a competitive district (D+4)Term ends Jan 3, 2027; next general election Nov 3, 2026. OR-5 has a partisan lean of D+4. Members facing voters in a seat near even or leaning against their party have a reason to show independence.
Weak
Competitive district: OR-5 is D+4OR-5 has a partisan lean of D+4 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). That is within 5 points of even.
Weak
46th most moderate of 212 House DemocratsDW-NOMINATE -0.288 vs. the House Democratic median of -0.393: 0.105 toward the Republicans (rank 46 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans).

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 Financial Services
Minority · 22nd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance
- Subcommittee on Capital Markets

Voting ideology

first dimension, from Voteview

D median

R median

Bynum

← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →

Their score of -0.288 is 0.11 to the right of the House Democratic median (-0.393).

Advocacy scorecards

Their rating vs. the House Democratic average

119th Congress0
House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)

Swing score by bill

swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to it

Showing 1–50 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first

Swing score for Janelle S. Bynum on each tracked bill
Bill	Their role	Swing score ·
H.Res. 1490Providing for the condemnation and denouncement of socialism in all its forms, and for other purposes.Summary on Congress.gov	No position yet	82 Broke with party on 11% of 11 similar votes Sits on a committee of referral	Swing
H.R. 6955Main Street Capital Access Act