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U.S. Representative for Ohio’s 2nd District

David J. Taylor

Republican 1st term Up 2026

Replaced Brad R. Wenstrup in 2025

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$1.8M raised · top PACs: International Union of Operating Engineers Local 18, National Automobile Dealers Association, Smith Victory Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 6 of 50 party-line votes (12%; most Republicans: 7%)
98LoyaltyMed 98
100AttendMed 98
12BipartMed 12
8BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2025–now
1 year in CongressMore senior than 3% of the House
Committees
  • Agriculture 28th majority
  • Transportation and Infrastructure 29th majority
Age
56

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date1133831976748

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Government Operations and Politics 12% 5%
Transportation and Public Works 22% 18%
Health 8% 8%

StatementsBills

Words go to Transportation and Public Works, Government Operations and Politics and Armed Forces and National Security; bills go to Transportation and Public Works and Agriculture and Food.

  • He talks most about: Transportation Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Rural Health Care (Health), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Water Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Workforce Development (Labor and Employment).
  • 38 bills sponsored, most on Transportation and Public Works.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
MemberAgriculture Committee28th majority
MemberTransportation and Infrastructure Committee29th majority

No committee or party leadership post, more senior than 3% of the House, in the majority.

  • 1 year in Congress: more senior than 3% of the House.
  • Majority: Republicans and the independents who caucus with them hold 219 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

4% · peer median 10%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Taylor.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

4% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 10%); closest in his party: Johnson and Balderson.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 34 · expected 23
Action in committee 10 · expected 7
Beyond committee 4 · expected 4
Passed House 3 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 125 of 433 in the House

1.20expected 1.09 · average member 1.00

3 of 34 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 1.20 against a peer median of 1.09.

  • On the move: H.R. 7809 (out of committee), H.R. 2474 (passed a chamber), H.R. 1958 (passed a chamber).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.61

With his party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 98% of party-line votes, breaks 8 times (peer median 8).

  • Position: +0.61, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 6 of 50, Armed Forces & National Security 1 of 38.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Taylor$1.8M raised24%45%29%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

69% of what he raised came from individuals; 24% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.8M raised, 29% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 47.1 points.

63 PACs of the 115 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Transportation.

  1. International Union of Operating Engineers Local 1838% D
  2. National Automobile Dealers Association30% D
  3. Smith Victory0% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

119 bills

Taylor voted Yea on 52, Nay on 6, and sponsored or cosponsored 61 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.