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U.S. Representative · Texas 18th District
Christian D. Menefee
DemocratDistrict D+21119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score9#431 of 431 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Christian D. Menefee’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office1318 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4318
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 · 0 signals
No signals in this direction
None of our measures place this member closer to the Republicans than their party.
Keeps them with Democrats · 2 signals
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.567 (party median -0.393; rank 202 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans).
- MediumSafe Democratic district: TX-18 is D+21TX-18 has a partisan lean of D+21 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.
Bill-specific inputsVotes on similar past bills and committee seats vary by bill, so they appear in the swing-v3 scores below rather than here.
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- February 2, 2026 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 0.7 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformMinority · 19th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency
- Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement
- House Committee on Science, Space, and TechnologyMinority · 17th in seniority
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Menefee← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.567 is 0.17 to the left of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress—House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to it| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 9642Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yet | — 45% of inputs · missing scorecards, similar votes
| Insufficient data |
| H.R. 10645SMART Act |