# David Schweikert

David Schweikert is a Republican member of the U.S. House for Arizona’s 1st district.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: U.S. House, Arizona’s 1st district
- Serving since: 2011-01-05
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: S001183
- FEC candidate IDs: H4AZ06045, H8AZ05097

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/S001183 (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

49% of Schweikert’s statements criticize a policy, 3.2 times the House Republican average of 15%.

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

608 classified statements: 345 posts on X, 154 Congressional Record speeches, 72 newsletters, 37 press releases. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Schweikert | House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 5.4% | 2.1% | 25 of 221 |
| Policy criticism | 48.9% | 15.1% | 1 of 221 |
| Policy discussion | 75.2% | 67.7% | 53 of 221 |
| Bipartisanship | 14.3% | 8.9% | 37 of 221 |
| Credit claiming | 26.5% | 37.4% | 181 of 221 |
| Extreme labels | 2.8% | 3.0% | 95 of 221 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 60% (House Republicans 19%); Health 47% (House Republicans 15%); Taxation 30% (House Republicans 9.5%); Government Operations and Politics 26% (House Republicans 19%); Science, Technology, Communications 25% (House Republicans 7.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +1.00 (standard error 0.01), from 2,234 donors and 7,506 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 50% of House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 98.8% (House Republicans 96.3%). Party unity 98.7% (97.1%). 23 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 not voting · 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 yea · On Passage · H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190655

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

Sponsored 35 bills: 35 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 96. 11.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Republicans 16.7%; rank 125 of 216).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.R. 10460: SMARTER Act (in committee, 2026-09-16) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10460
- H.R. 10400: SMARTER Act (in committee, 2026-09-15) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10400
- H.R. 10288: Rural Broadband Modernization Act (in committee, 2026-09-03) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10288
- H.R. 10218: Advancing American Innovation Act (in committee, 2026-09-01) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10218
- H.R. 9819: AIDEN (Advancing Integrated Data for Equitable National Child Welfare) (in committee, 2026-07-21) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9819
- H.R. 9772: Foreign Funding Transparency Act (in committee, 2026-08-27) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9772
- H.R. 9715: Intelligent Arbitration Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-07-15) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9715
- H.R. 9565: Enhanced Counter-Narcotics Detection and Technology Act (in committee, 2026-07-07) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9565
- H.R. 9566: To establish a pilot program for use by U.S. Customs and Border Protection at land ports of entry along the Arizona border to assess the use of artificial… (in committee, 2026-07-07) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9566
- H.R. 8526: To amend the Public Health Service Act to update quality standards for mammography facilities for the use of AI systems, and for other purposes. (in committee, 2026-04-27) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8526

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $1.7M (House Republicans median $2.2M). 4.0% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 59% 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.

- 2026-10-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepDavid/status/2106038493621215582
- 2026-09-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepDavid/status/2103151706565656762
- 2026-09-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepDavid/status/2103153837481554300
- 2026-09-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDavid/status/2103159905201119426
- 2026-09-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDavid/status/2100616527577858140
- 2026-09-14 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepDavid/status/2099565776843800739
- 2026-09-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDavid/status/2098419317209514107
- 2026-09-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepDavid/status/2098445504812044440
- 2026-09-03 · Press release · Schweikert, Beyer Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Refocus ITC on Protecting Genuine American Industry · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://schweikert.house.gov/2026/09/03/schweikert-beyer-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-refocus-itc-on-protecting-genuine-american-industry/
- 2026-09-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepDavid/status/2095232649287885170

## Links

- Official site: https://schweikert.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/RepDavid
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repdavidschweikert
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repdavid
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/RepDavidSchweikert
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S001183

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/S001183