U.S. House · Maryland, District 6

Rep. April McClain Delaney

Democrat Serving since Jan. 3, 2025Term ends Jan. 3, 2027Missed 3% of votes (18 of 674) · How this is measured

Where they sit

Seated by voting record in the House. Percentiles run from 0 (most liberal) to 100 (most conservative).

How this is measured →
McClain Delaney
← Most liberalThe aisleMost conservative →
Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

April McClain Delaney's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right). Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 10 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How this is measured

All of Congress37thpercentile
More liberal than 62% of all members of Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
199th most liberal of 531
Democrats in Congress77thpercentile
More conservative than 76% of Democrats in Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
61st most conservative of 259
The House38thpercentile
More liberal than 62% of House members.
Most liberalMost conservative
164th most liberal of 431

This score measures who votes with whom. A member who votes no because a bill goes too far, or not far enough, can look more moderate than their views.

With their party and with the President

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Votes with own party
96%
Q1 2025: 82% → Q3 2026: 98%

Lower than 157 of 212 House Democrats.

Actual96%
Expected93%
Difference+2 pts

Expected is the typical score for members of the same party whose districts voted like this one for president in 2024.

Democrats Republicans 55%100%

Each line is one House member, grouped by party. The dot is April McClain Delaney. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this district voted for president in 2024.

On 463 votes that split the partiesReal votes only: 92%See the 463 votes
How this is measured
Votes with the President
14%all votes
Q1 2025: 28% → Q3 2026: 13%

Higher than 165 of 212 House Democrats.

Actual14%
Expected18%
Difference−4 pts

Expected is the typical score for members of the same party whose districts voted like this one for president in 2024.

Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each line is one House member, grouped by party. The dot is April McClain Delaney. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this district voted for president in 2024.

Based on 138 votes14% on legislation onlySee the 138 votes
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Where they broke ranks

Votes where April McClain Delaney went against most of their party or against the President's stated position.

Every vote

Every roll call in the House this Congress, with how April McClain Delaney voted, how their party voted and the President's position.

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DateVoteTheir voteMost of their partyPresident wantedResult
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A dash means the parties didn't split on that vote, or the President took no public position before it. “Party-line” and “President took a position” list exactly the votes each score counts: the ones cast Yes or No. Missed votes don't count either way and are under “Missed”.

Votes most like

How this district voted for president in 2024

Harris 51.6%Trump 45.8%

Maryland's district lines are not changing for the next Congress.

Issue by issue

How often April McClain Delaney votes with their party, and with the President, on each kind of issue. Issues are the policy areas Congress assigns to each bill. "With their party" counts only votes where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides; "With the President" counts only votes where he took a public position first.

April McClain Delaney sides with their party least often on Immigration (80%) and Finance and Financial Sector (83%).

April McClain DelaneyAverage for House Democrats
  1. Immigration 80%Average 91% · 15 votes on Immigration
  2. Finance and Financial Sector 83%Average 88% · 12 votes on Finance and Financial Sector
  3. Crime and Law Enforcement 85%Average 89% · 26 votes on Crime and Law Enforcement
  4. Commerce 86%Average 94% · 7 votes on Commerce
  5. Government Operations and Politics 90%Average 92% · 20 votes on Government Operations and Politics
  6. Labor and Employment 92%Average 97% · 12 votes on Labor and Employment
  7. Environmental Protection 93%Average 96% · 27 votes on Environmental Protection
  8. International Affairs 94%Average 96% · 16 votes on International Affairs
  9. Public Lands and Natural Resources 95%Average 98% · 19 votes on Public Lands and Natural Resources
  10. Armed Forces and National Security 98%Average 97% · 41 votes on Armed Forces and National Security
  11. Economics and Public Finance 98%Average 99% · 63 votes on Economics and Public Finance
  12. Congress 100%Average 100% · 107 votes on Congress
  13. Energy 100%Average 96% · 38 votes on Energy
  14. Education 100%Average 89% · 12 votes on Education
  15. Agriculture and Food 100%Average 94% · 8 votes on Agriculture and Food
  16. Law 100%Average 99% · 6 votes on Law
  17. Health 100%Average 100% · 7 votes on Health

Fewer than 5 party-line votes, so not charted: Families (4 votes), Animals (3 votes), Taxation (3 votes), Transportation and Public Works (2 votes), Arts, Culture, Religion (2 votes), Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (2 votes), Science, Technology, Communications (1 vote), Native Americans (1 vote), Social Welfare (1 vote), Water Resources Development (1 vote), Emergency Management (1 vote), Sports and Recreation (1 vote).

Bipartisan bills led

0 passed their chamber · 0 became law

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How far each bill got:IntroducedPassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law

Contact and committees

Contact

D.C. office phone
202-225-2721
Office
1130 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-2006
Official website
mcclaindelaney.house.gov

Committees

  • Committee on Agriculture
    2 subcommittees
    • Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development
    • Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology
  • Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
    1 subcommittee
    • Research and Technology

Committee data: the congress-legislators project (public domain), refreshed with every update. Chair and ranking-member roles as published there.

Votes: Voteview (UCLA). Bills: Congress.gov. President's positions: our public list. 2024 results by district: The Downballot. How this is measured · Corrections

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