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U.S. Representative · Virginia 4th District
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 datasetWashington, D.C. office1628 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4604
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 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
- MediumVotes 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).
- MediumSafe 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 datasetOn 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 CommerceMinority · 24th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Energy
- Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD 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- 119th Congress0House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 51–100 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.J.Res. 89Providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Motor Vehicle and Engine and Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; The 'Omnibus' Low NOX Regulation; Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision".Summary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 46
| Middle |