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Member brief · 119th Congress

Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes

D · Democrat · U.S. Representative, Ohio 13th District1

In Congress
Since 2023 · 3 years
 Election held
Nov 3, 2026
 Committee leadership
Ranking Member, Investigations and Oversight

CommitteesScience, Space, and Technology; Transportation and Infrastructure2

Participation3

97 / 100

Chamber median 98
656 of 674 roll calls

Party unity3

96 / 100

Chamber median 98
on 459 party-line votes

Cross-party agreement3

13 / 100

Chamber median 12
on 512 contested votes

Ideology score4

−0.33

Chamber median +0.19
−1 left · +1 right

Notable votes and votes by issue

In the full brief: five notable recent votes chosen by a fixed rule (most recent breaks with party first), each with the member’s vote, the party’s position and a source, plus how often Sykes votes with the party on each issue.

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Money and lobbying

In the full brief: how many of Sykes’s PACs belong to organizations that lobbied on bills Sykes voted on or cosponsored, with the dollars beside the chamber median; the top bills; campaign totals and the top PACs.

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Votes most like5

D Eleanor Holmes Norton DC-AL 99% of 71
D Pablo José Hernández PR-AL 99% of 70
D Stacey E. Plaskett VI-AL 97% of 37

Share of roll calls both voted on where they voted the same way.

2026 race

Nov 3, 2026 · Election held7

Re-elected Nov 3, 2026

On the Nov 3 ballot

Carey ColemanRepublican
Sandeep DixitIndependent

Data as of Nov 10, 2026 · votes through Sep 16, 2026 · Method: https://oathstar.com/methodology · Live profile: https://oathstar.com/people/emilia-strong-sykes

  1. 1. Member record and terms: congress.gov; unitedstates/congress-legislators, retrieved 2026-11-10. www.congress.gov/people/S001223
  2. 2. Committees: unitedstates/congress-legislators, retrieved 2026-11-10. github.com/unitedstates/congress-legislators
  3. 3. Participation, party unity, cross-party agreement, votes by issue: Oathstar from Voteview roll calls, 119th Congress, retrieved 2026-11-10. voteview.com/person/22367
  4. 4. Ideology: DW-NOMINATE first dimension, Voteview, 119th Congress. voteview.com/person/22367
  1. 5. Votes most like: Oathstar from Voteview roll calls, 119th Congress. voteview.com/data
  2. 6. Candidates: FEC filings, 2026 OH-13 race, retrieved 2026-11-10. www.fec.gov/data/elections/house/OH/13/2026/
  3. 7. November ballot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Ohio#District_13, as of 2026-10-05. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Ohio#District_13

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