Brad R. Wenstrup

Former Representative for Ohio’s 2nd District, 2013–2025 · Republican

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Record from the 118th Congress · From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 11, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 118th Congress

How it’s measured
2.64· expected 1.38

Above expectations

Rank 27 of 445 who served in the House that Congress · expected = average of 227 majority-party members

How far Wenstrup’s own bills got, weighted by substance. The average member scores 1.00.

  1. Introduced 32
  2. Action in committee 24
  3. Action beyond committee 7
  4. Passed chamber 5
  5. Became law 1

32 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 2 significant (got a roll call vote), 30 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the House

Became law (1)

1 national policy

  • H.R. 1432 VETT ActBecame law Dec 12, 2024 · TaxationNational policy

Scope tags come from an AI reading of each bill where available, otherwise from its title and policy area. They don’t change the score. How scope is tagged

How Wenstrup’s ratings compare with every representative

Ratings, 118th Congress

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one representative; the ringed marker is Wenstrup. Medians and ranks are among everyone who served in the 118th Congress’s House.

Wenstrup in plain answers: party votes, bipartisanship, who votes alike

Attendance

How it’s measured
99/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 10 missed of 1,235

Voted on 1,225 of 1,235 roll calls; missed 10. Higher than 80% of House members.

35%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured
95/ 100

House R median 95 · Rank 116 of 227

Sided with the Republican majority on 866 votes that split the parties. Lower than 64% of House members.

50%100%

Bipartisan

How it’s measured
18/ 100

Chamber median 16 · +2

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Higher than 68% of House members.

0%60%

Position

How it’s measured
+0.53

Republican middle 80%: 0.31 to 0.71

Left–right position from roll-call similarity (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview), from −1 to +1. Members who vote alike sit near each other.

LiberalConservative

Wenstrup’s bills that became law

All bills

1 bill sponsored in the 118th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Wenstrup’s effectiveness score.

1 national policy

How we count words

Stage comes from each bill’s latest action on congress.gov; the full history is on each bill page.