Eric Sorensen

DemocratDistrict D+3119th CongressOn the ballot 2026

Typical swing score68#47 of 433 representatives across tracked bills

Contact Eric Sorensen’s office

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

Call office 202-225-5905 Contact via website

Washington, D.C. office

1314 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-1317

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 · 4 signals

Strong
Backs 12 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 12 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 309, H.R. 452, H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 1262 and 7 more.
Medium
28th most moderate of 212 House DemocratsDW-NOMINATE -0.240 vs. the House Democratic median of -0.393: 0.153 toward the Republicans (rank 28 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans).
Medium
On the ballot Nov 3, 2026 in a competitive district (D+3)Term ends Jan 3, 2027; next general election Nov 3, 2026. IL-17 has a partisan lean of D+3. Members facing voters in a seat near even or leaning against their party have a reason to show independence.
Weak
Competitive district: IL-17 is D+3IL-17 has a partisan lean of D+3 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). That is within 5 points of even.

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 Agriculture
Minority · 12th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology
- Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit
House Committee on Armed Services
Minority · 20th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Readiness
- Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces

Voting ideology

first dimension, from Voteview

D median

R median

Sorensen

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Their score of -0.240 is 0.15 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 1–50 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first

Swing score for Eric Sorensen on each tracked bill
Bill	Their role	Swing score ·
H.R. 471Fix Our Forests ActSummary on Congress.gov	No position yet	77 Topic-matched: LCV Broke with party on 15% of 26 similar votes Sits on a committee of referral	Swing
H.R. 528Post-Disaster Reforestation and Restoration Act