Jennifer L. McClellan

DemocratDistrict D+17119th CongressOn the ballot 2026

Typical swing score34#282 of 433 representatives across tracked bills

Contact Jennifer L. McClellan’s office

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

Call office 202-225-6365 Contact via website

Washington, D.C. office

1628 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4604

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 · 1 signal

Strong
Backs 15 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 15 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 390, H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 979, H.R. 1262 and 10 more.

Keeps them with Democrats · 2 signals

Medium
Votes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.555 (party median -0.393; rank 201 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 1); LCV 100 (avg 96).
Medium
Safe Democratic district: VA-4 is D+17VA-4 has a partisan lean of D+17 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.

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: 3.6 years

Committees

Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3

House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Minority · 24th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Energy
- Subcommittee on Communications and Technology

Voting ideology

first dimension, from Voteview

D median

R median

McClellan

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

Their score of -0.555 is 0.16 to the left of the House Democratic median (-0.393).

Advocacy scorecards

Their rating vs. the House Democratic average

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House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)

Swing score by bill

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

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

Swing score for Jennifer L. McClellan on each tracked bill
Bill	Their role	Swing score ·
H.R. 7022Mystic Alerts ActSummary on Congress.gov	No position yet	57 Broke with party on 11% of 11 similar votes Sits on a committee of referral	Middle
H.R. 2458Secure Space Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov