Wild is the representative for Pennsylvania’s 7th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. She has served since Jan 3, 2019. Wild is next up for reelection in 2022 and serves until Jan 3, 2023.
She was previously the representative for Pennsylvania’s 15th congressional district as a Democrat from 2018 to 2018.
![Photo of Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA7]](/static/legislator-photos/412751-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Wild 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 Wild has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 15, 2021. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Wild sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Education (25%) Health (17%) Families (17%) Government Operations and Politics (12%) Taxation (12%) International Affairs (8%) Transportation and Public Works (8%)
Recent Bills
Some of Wild’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 8869: PREP for All Students Act of 2020
- H.Res. 1232: Designating November 2020 as “National College Application Month”.
- H.R. 8592: EMS Counts Act of 2020
- H.R. 8546: Fair Drug Prices for Kids Act
- H.R. 8397: National Service Animals Monument Act
- H.R. 8396: Jenna Quinn Law
- H.R. 8313: Philippine Human Rights Act
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Nov 2018 to Jan 2021, Wild missed 20 of 1,050 roll call votes, which is 1.9%. This is on par with the median of 2.0% 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
