Hillary J. Scholten

DemocratDistrict D+4119th CongressOn the ballot 2026

Typical swing score74#46 of 433 representatives across tracked bills

Contact Hillary J. Scholten’s office

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

Call office 202-225-3831 Contact via website

Washington, D.C. office

1317 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-2203

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 18 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 18 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 309, H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 1262, H.R. 1329 and 13 more.
Medium
On the ballot Nov 3, 2026 in a competitive district (D+4)Term ends Jan 3, 2027; next general election Nov 3, 2026. MI-3 has a partisan lean of D+4. Members facing voters in a seat near even or leaning against their party have a reason to show independence.
Weak
Competitive district: MI-3 is D+4MI-3 has a partisan lean of D+4 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). That is within 5 points of even.
Weak
34th most moderate of 212 House DemocratsDW-NOMINATE -0.261 vs. the House Democratic median of -0.393: 0.132 toward the Republicans (rank 34 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans).

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 Small Business
Minority · 3rd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains
- Subcommittee on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce DevelopmentRanking Member
- Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Minority · 22nd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
- Subcommittee on Aviation

Voting ideology

first dimension, from Voteview

D median

R median

Scholten

← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →

Their score of -0.261 is 0.13 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, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to it

Showing 101–150 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first

Swing score for Hillary J. Scholten on each tracked bill
Bill	Their role	Swing score ·
H.R. 832Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov	No position yetNow in the Senate	78 Broke with party on 4% of 21 similar votes Sits on a committee of referral	Swing
H.R. 1634ThinkDIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment Act