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U.S. Representative · Pennsylvania 5th District
Mary Gay Scanlon
DemocratDistrict D+15119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score25#363 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Mary Gay Scanlon’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office1214 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3805
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 6 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 6 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 979, H.R. 1262, H.R. 1329 and 1 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 842 Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 909 Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 979 AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1262 Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1329 Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act
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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
- 7.9 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on RulesMinority · 2nd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the HouseRanking Member
- House Committee on the JudiciaryMinority · 9th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement
- Subcommittee on The Constitution and Limited GovernmentRanking Member
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Scanlon← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.460 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 101–150 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 4313Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | No recorded vote | 38
| Middle |
| H.R. 5160 |