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Gerald E. Connolly

Former Representative for Virginia’s 11th District, 2009–2025 · Democrat

Record from the 118th Congress · From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 4, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 118th Congress

How it’s measured
1.20· expected 0.60

Above expectations

Rank 121 of 445 who served in the House that Congress · expected = average of 218 minority-party members

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

  1. Introduced 40
  2. Action in committee 8
  3. Action beyond committee 3
  4. Passed chamber 3
  5. Became law 0

40 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 1 significant (got a roll call vote), 38 substantive, 1 commemorative. Compare the House

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

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

96/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 44 missed of 1,235

Voted on 1,191 of 1,235 roll calls; missed 44. Lower than 67% of House members.

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Party loyalty

How it’s measured
99/ 100

House D median 98 · Rank 102 of 218

Sided with the Democratic majority on 834 votes that split the parties. Higher than 67% of House members.

50%100%
15/ 100

Chamber median 16 · −1

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

0%60%
−0.31

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 47 (median 21) · cosponsored 492 (median 291). Medians are for all voting members of the House. From congress.gov.

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