Emilia Strong Sykes

DemocratDistrict EVEN119th CongressOn the ballot 2026

Typical swing score42#212 of 433 representatives across tracked bills

Contact Emilia Strong Sykes’s office

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

Call office 202-225-6265 Contact via website

Washington, D.C. office

1217 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3513

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 · 3 signals

Strong
Backs 10 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 10 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 452, H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 979, H.R. 1262 and 5 more.
Medium
On the ballot Nov 3, 2026 in a competitive district (EVEN)Term ends Jan 3, 2027; next general election Nov 3, 2026. OH-13 has a partisan lean of EVEN. Members facing voters in a seat near even or leaning against their party have a reason to show independence.
Weak
Competitive district: OH-13 is EVENOH-13 has a partisan lean of EVEN (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). That is within 5 points of even.

Keeps them with Democrats · 1 signal

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: 3.8 years

Committees

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

House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Minority · 7th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Investigations and OversightRanking Member
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Minority · 21st in seniority
- Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
- Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
- Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials

Voting ideology

first dimension, from Voteview

D median

R median

Sykes

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Their score of -0.333 is 0.06 to the right 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 101–150 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first

Swing score for Emilia Strong Sykes on each tracked bill
Bill	Their role	Swing score ·
S. 2563Global Investment in American Jobs Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov	No position yetNow in the Senate	54 Topic-matched: Heritage Action, LCV Broke with party on 7% of 49 similar votes	Middle
S.J.Res. 82A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Policy on Adhering to the Text of the Administrative Procedure Act".