House Blue Dog Democrat
38 members clustered on panel issue scores from roll-call votes — k-means on legislator positions across eight shared topics.
Faction #2What makes this faction distinct
Issue factions are clustered so members share similar panel issue profiles from roll-call votes. The charts below show which issues separate this group from every other faction in Congress.
vs. strongest contrast faction
Compared to House Party Regular — the faction furthest away on average across shared panel issues.
House Blue Dog Democrat
- LGBTQ+ rights: 78
- Economy & labor: 74
- Abortion & reproductive rights: 71
House Party Regular
- Immigration: 7
- Climate & environment: 10
- LGBTQ+ rights: 15
Defining issue leans
Bar length = faction lean. Δ = how far this faction sits from all others on that issue.
All factions at a glance
Solid cells = defining issues for that faction (largest gap vs all others). Blue = progressive lean, red = traditionalist. Blank = issue not in that faction's top profile.
Biggest contrast pair: House Blue Dog Democrat vs House Party Regular
Map — zoomed to this faction
526 members in 9 issue factions (silhouette 0.54), clustered on combined vote + sponsorship dimension profiles. Compare with All factions →
Caucus overlap
Validation only — caucus rosters were not clustering inputs.
| Caucus | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New Democrat Coalition | 33 | 87% |
| Problem Solvers Caucus | 14 | 37% |
| Blue Dog Coalition | 7 | 18% |
| Congressional Progressive Caucus | 1 | 3% |
Members
House Blue Dog Democrat
Defining panel issues
- LGBTQ+ rights — mean 78 (100% coverage)
- Economy & labor — mean 74 (100% coverage)
- Abortion & reproductive rights — mean 71 (100% coverage)
| Member | State | Chamber |
|---|---|---|
| Jim Costa | CA | House |
| Henry Cuellar | TX | House |
| Marcy Kaptur | OH | House |
| Stephen F. Lynch | MA | House |
| Dina Titus | NV | House |
| Marc A. Veasey | TX | House |
| Jimmy Panetta | CA | House |
| Josh Gottheimer | NJ | House |
| Vicente Gonzalez | TX | House |
| Joseph D. Morelle | NY | House |
| Greg Stanton | AZ | House |
| Josh Harder | CA | House |
| Sharice Davids | KS | House |
| Chris Pappas | NH | House |
| Susie Lee | NV | House |
| Chrissy Houlahan | PA | House |
| Kim Schrier | WA | House |
| Jared F. Golden | ME | House |
| Frank J. Mrvan | IN | House |
| Patrick Ryan | NY | House |
| Jared Moskowitz | FL | House |
| Eric Sorensen | IL | House |
| Hillary J. Scholten | MI | House |
| Donald G. Davis | NC | House |
| Gabe Vasquez | NM | House |
| Greg Landsman | OH | House |
| Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | WA | House |
| Thomas R. Suozzi | NY | House |
| Adam Gray | CA | House |
| George Whitesides | CA | House |
| Derek Tran | CA | House |
| April McClain Delaney | MD | House |
| Kristen McDonald Rivet | MI | House |
| Maggie Goodlander | NH | House |
| Laura Gillen | NY | House |
| Josh Riley | NY | House |
| John W. Mannion | NY | House |
| Eugene Simon Vindman | VA | House |