# Seth Magaziner

Seth Magaziner is a Democratic member of the U.S. House for Rhode Island’s 2nd district.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: U.S. House, Rhode Island’s 2nd district
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: M001223
- FEC candidate IDs: H2RI02184

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/M001223 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

The policy areas Magaziner talks about and legislates on agree at 0.72 on a 0–1 scale, in the top quarter of House Democrats.

## What Magaziner says (119th Congress (2025–27))

2,541 classified statements: 2,084 posts on X, 202 press releases, 130 newsletters, 125 Congressional Record speeches. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Magaziner | House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 3.7% | 6.6% | 146 of 216 |
| Policy criticism | 32.4% | 27.5% | 70 of 216 |
| Policy discussion | 76.8% | 73.2% | 76 of 216 |
| Bipartisanship | 8.7% | 9.8% | 107 of 216 |
| Credit claiming | 29.4% | 22.7% | 41 of 216 |
| Extreme labels | 1.2% | 1.9% | 123 of 216 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 28% (House Democrats 26%); Government Operations and Politics 21% (House Democrats 20%); Economics and Public Finance 21% (House Democrats 20%); Armed Forces and National Security 15% (House Democrats 16%); Labor and Employment 12% (House Democrats 7.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.87 (standard error 0.01), from 2,108 donors and 1,771 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 66% of House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 97.1% (House Democrats 96.9%). Party unity 95.4% (96.4%). 25 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S. 2403 Retire through Ownership Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190674
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Passage · H.J.Res. 213 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190671
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Passage · H.R. 10326 PROOF Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190670
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190669
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · H.R. 5334 An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190668
- 2026-09-15 · voted nay · On Passage · H.J.Res. 210 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190666
- 2026-09-15 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · H.R. 2140 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190664
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 3276 Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190657
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 4219 National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190656
- 2026-09-03 · voted nay · On Passage · H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190655

## Legislation (119th Congress (2025–27))

Sponsored 29 bills: 29 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 561. 3.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats 4.9%; rank 103 of 207).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.R. 10887: Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-10-22) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10887
- H.R. 10888: To direct the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out a National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science program, and for… (in committee, 2026-10-22) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10888
- H.R. 10342: American Seafood Competitiveness Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-09-10) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10342
- H.R. 10146: AI Advertising Disclosure Act (in committee, 2026-08-24) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10146
- H.R. 9358: Improving the Lives of the American People Act (in committee, 2026-07-07) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9358
- H.R. 8517: Clean Energy Workforce Act (in committee, 2026-04-27) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8517
- H.R. 8518: Domenic and Ed’s Law (in committee, 2026-04-27) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8518
- H.R. 7435: DHS Intelligence Transparency and Oversight Program Office and Ombuds Act (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7435
- H.R. 7436: Department of Homeland Security Intelligence and Analysis Training Act (passed one chamber, 2026-09-16) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7436
- H.R. 7314: Advancing Commonsense Policies Act (in committee, 2026-05-20) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7314

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $1.6M (House Democrats median $2.0M). 7.0% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 73% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Rep_Magaziner/status/2114707156238811365
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/Rep_Magaziner/status/2114758109130293654
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/Rep_Magaziner/status/2114792432025952524
- 2026-10-26 · Newsletter · Rooting Out Corruption in Washington · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Rep_Magaziner/status/2114382621572534737
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/Rep_Magaziner/status/2114423205779710252
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/Rep_Magaziner/status/2114043471891738912
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/Rep_Magaziner/status/2114087048466366711
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/Rep_Magaziner/status/2113614851058876593
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/Rep_Magaziner/status/2113629461836931399

## Links

- Official site: https://magaziner.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/Rep_Magaziner
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repsethmagaziner
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M001223

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/M001223