Lesko is the representative for Arizona’s 8th congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. She has served since May 7, 2018. Lesko is next up for reelection in 2022 and serves until Jan 3, 2023.
![Photo of Rep. Debbie Lesko [R-AZ8]](/static/legislator-photos/412745-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Lesko is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Lesko has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Jul 1, 2022. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Debbie Lesko sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Lesko was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 6016 (116th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14955 West Bell Road in Surprise, Arizona, as the “Marc Lee Memorial Post Office Building”.
- H.R. 6400 (115th): United States Ports of Entry Threat and Operational Review Act
Does 2 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Lesko sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Immigration (25%) Health (16%) Crime and Law Enforcement (14%) Science, Technology, Communications (11%) Education (9%) Transportation and Public Works (9%) Law (9%) Energy (7%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Lesko recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 8160: Political BIAS Emails Act of 2022
- H.R. 8117: Hydrogen Permitting Simplification Act
- H.R. 7938: Domestic USA Act
- H.Res. 1136: Establishing a Women’s Bill of Rights to reaffirm legal protections afforded to women …
- H.R. 7722: Unleashing American Resources Act
- H.R. 7600: TSA Act
- H.R. 7599: TPA Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From May 2018 to Jun 2022, Lesko missed 115 of 2,035 roll call votes, which is 5.7%. This is much worse than the median of 2.1% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- Office of the Clerk, House of Representatives for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills