U.S. House · New York, District 12

Rep. Jerrold Nadler

Democrat Serving since Nov. 3, 1992Term ends Jan. 3, 2027Missed 10% of votes (70 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 →
Nadler
← Most liberalThe aisleMost conservative →
Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

Jerrold Nadler'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 Congress6thpercentile
More liberal than 93% of all members of Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
33rd most liberal of 531
Democrats in Congress12thpercentile
More liberal than 87% of Democrats in Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
33rd most liberal of 259
The House6thpercentile
More liberal than 93% of House members.
Most liberalMost conservative
28th 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
100%
Q1 2025: 100% → Q3 2026: 100%

Highest of all 212 House Democrats.

Actual100%
Expected100%
DifferenceAbout the same

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 Jerrold Nadler. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this district voted for president in 2024.

On 423 votes that split the partiesReal votes only: 100%See the 423 votes
How this is measured
Votes with the President
6%all votes
Q1 2025: 0% → Q3 2026: 7%

Lower than 155 of 212 House Democrats.

Actual6%
Expected0%
Difference+6 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 Jerrold Nadler. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this district voted for president in 2024.

Based on 134 votes6% on legislation onlySee the 134 votes
How this is measured

Where they broke ranks

Votes where Jerrold Nadler 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 Jerrold Nadler voted, how their party voted and the President's position.

How this is measured
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 80.8%Trump 17.2%

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

Issue by issue

How often Jerrold Nadler 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.

Jerrold Nadler votes with their party about equally often on every issue.

Jerrold NadlerAverage for House Democrats
  1. Congress 100%Average 100% · 105 votes on Congress
  2. Economics and Public Finance 100%Average 99% · 58 votes on Economics and Public Finance
  3. Crime and Law Enforcement 100%Average 89% · 26 votes on Crime and Law Enforcement
  4. Armed Forces and National Security 100%Average 97% · 39 votes on Armed Forces and National Security
  5. Energy 100%Average 96% · 25 votes on Energy
  6. Environmental Protection 100%Average 96% · 24 votes on Environmental Protection
  7. Public Lands and Natural Resources 100%Average 98% · 19 votes on Public Lands and Natural Resources
  8. International Affairs 100%Average 96% · 15 votes on International Affairs
  9. Immigration 100%Average 91% · 15 votes on Immigration
  10. Government Operations and Politics 100%Average 92% · 18 votes on Government Operations and Politics
  11. Finance and Financial Sector 100%Average 88% · 9 votes on Finance and Financial Sector
  12. Education 100%Average 89% · 9 votes on Education
  13. Labor and Employment 100%Average 97% · 10 votes on Labor and Employment
  14. Agriculture and Food 100%Average 94% · 8 votes on Agriculture and Food
  15. Law 100%Average 99% · 6 votes on Law
  16. Commerce 100%Average 94% · 6 votes on Commerce
  17. Health 100%Average 100% · 6 votes on Health

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

Bipartisan bills led

1 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
202-225-5635
Office
2132 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3212
Official website
nadler.house.gov

Committees

  • Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
    2 subcommittees
    • Highways and Transit
    • Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
  • Committee on the Judiciary
    2 subcommittees
    • The Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Ranking member
    • Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement

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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