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U.S. Representative for Oregon’s 3rd District

Maxine Dexter

Democrat 1st term Up 2026

Replaced Earl Blumenauer in 2025

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

100LoyaltyMed 98
99AttendMed 98
8BipartMed 12
0BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2025–now
1 year in CongressMore senior than 3% of the House
Committees
  • Veterans' Affairs 8th minority
  • Natural Resources 9th minority
Age
53

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 1, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date1672013996740

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 →
Immigration 18% 10%
Health 15% 20%
Armed Forces and National Security 11% 20%

StatementsBills

Words go to Immigration, Government Operations and Politics and Health; bills go to Armed Forces and National Security and Health.

  • She talks most about: Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Constituent Services (Government Operations and Politics), Wildfire Recovery (Emergency Management), Veterans Health Care (Armed Forces and National Security), Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics).
  • 20 bills sponsored, most on Armed Forces and National Security.
2

Does she have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Ranking memberOversight and Investigations SubcommitteeNatural Resources
MemberVeterans' Affairs Committee8th minority
MemberNatural Resources Committee9th minority

Ranking member on the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, more senior than 3% of the House, in the minority.

  • 1 year in Congress: more senior than 3% 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

11% · peer median 22%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

11% of her cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 22%); closest in her party: Casar 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 18 · expected 19
Action in committee 3 · expected 5
Beyond committee 1 · expected 1
Passed House 1 · expected 0
Became law 1 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 136 of 433 in the House

1.12expected 0.44 · average member 1.00

1 of 18 bills passed the House; 1 became law; effectiveness 1.12 against a peer median of 0.44.

  • On the move: H.R. 4446 (became law).
  • 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 −0.46

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

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with her party on 9 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 100% of party-line votes, breaks 0 times (peer median 10).

  • Position: −0.46, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Major bills: with her party on 9 of 10.

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

Dexter$1.3M raised11%53%35%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

64% of what she raised came from individuals; 11% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.3M raised, 35% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 42.5 points.

57 PACs of the 83 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: Health, Budget/Appropriations and Medicare/Medicaid.

  1. American Academy of Family Physicians56% D
  2. American College of Emergency Physicians54% D
  3. American College of Physician Services60% D

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

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

What those organizations lobby on

240 bills

Dexter voted Yea on 12, Nay on 83, did not vote on 3, and sponsored or cosponsored 142 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.