C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger

Former Representative for Maryland’s 2nd District, 2003–2025 · Democrat

Record from the 118th Congress · From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 9, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 118th Congress

How it’s measured
0.05· expected 0.60

Below expectations

Rank 433 of 445 who served in the House that Congress · expected = average of 218 minority-party members

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

  1. Introduced 2
  2. Action in committee 2
  3. Action beyond committee 0
  4. Passed chamber 0
  5. Became law 0

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

How Ruppersberger’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 Ruppersberger. Medians and ranks are among everyone who served in the 118th Congress’s House.

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

94/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 77 missed of 1,235

Voted on 1,158 of 1,235 roll calls; missed 77. Lower than 85% of House members.

35%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured
98/ 100

House D median 98 · Rank 123 of 218

Sided with the Democratic majority on 818 votes that split the parties. Higher than 59% of House members.

50%100%
16/ 100

Chamber median 16 · +0

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Higher than 53% of House members.

0%60%
−0.30

Democratic middle 80%: -0.52 to -0.24

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

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Bills, 118th Congress

Sponsored 3 (median 21) · cosponsored 328 (median 291). Medians are for all voting members of the House. From congress.gov.

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