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U.S. Representative for Ohio’s 13th District

Emilia Strong Sykes

Democrat 2nd term On 2026 ballot

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 4, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$4.0M raised · top PACs: Women Vote, Minnesota Second District Victory Committee, The Home Depot Breaks with Democrats most onCrime and Law Enforcement: broke on 4 of 24 party-line votes (17%; most Democrats: 5%)
96LoyaltyMed 98
97AttendMed 98
13BipartMed 12
20BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2023–now
3 years in CongressMore senior than 18% of the House
Committees
  • Science, Space, and Technology 7th minority
  • Transportation and Infrastructure 21st minority
Age
40

2026 election

On the November ballot
General election Nov 3, 2026

Facing

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 5, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date36443031267420
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—2512321,23530

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 she focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Government Operations and Politics 25% 7%
Health 13% 10%
Transportation and Public Works 12% 12%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Health and Transportation and Public Works; bills go to Crime and Law Enforcement and Taxation; the two overlap on Transportation and Public Works.

  • She talks most about: Health Care Coverage (Health), Workforce Development (Labor and Employment), Transportation Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Constituent Services (Government Operations and Politics), Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics).
  • 42 bills sponsored, most on Crime and Law Enforcement.
2

Does she have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Ranking memberInvestigations and Oversight SubcommitteeScience, Space, and Technology
MemberScience, Space, and Technology Committee7th minority
MemberTransportation and Infrastructure Committee21st minority

Ranking member on the Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee, more senior than 18% of the House, in the minority.

  • 3 years in Congress: more senior than 18% of the House.
  • Minority: Democrats hold 214 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does she work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

Her cosponsorships on Republican bills

19% · peer median 22%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

19% of her cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 22%); closest in her party: Norton and Hernández Rivera.

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

Can she get things done?

MethodBills tab →

Her billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 36 · expected 19
Action in committee 5 · expected 5
Beyond committee 0 · expected 1
Passed House 0 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 288 of 433 in the House

0.43expected 0.44 · average member 1.00

0 of 36 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.43 against a peer median of 0.44.

  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does she stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE −0.33
Energy3 of 31

With her party on the other 11 areas with 10 or more party-line votes.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with her party on 10 of the 10 she 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: Democrats yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Democrats on 96% of party-line votes, breaks 20 times (peer median 10), most on Energy.

  • Position: −0.33, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Crime and Law Enforcement 4 of 24, Immigration 3 of 14, Energy 3 of 31.

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

6

Who backs her?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Sykes$4.0M raised16%47%32%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

63% of what she raised came from individuals; 16% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$4.0M raised, 32% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 2.2 points.

91 PACs of the 155 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills she faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to her: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

  1. Women Vote100% D
  2. Minnesota Second District Victory Committee100% D
  3. The Home Depot40% 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

252 bills

Sykes voted Yea on 34, Nay on 83, did not vote on 3, and sponsored or cosponsored 132 with no recorded vote.

7

Do her words match her actions?

MethodPositions tab →

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