Mary Gay ScanlonVote leaningMore liberal
-0.460Based on 565 roll-call observations in the 119th Congress. This is Voteview DW-NOMINATE, an estimate from roll-call behavior—not a Baseline rating. Read the method ↗ or see our evidence rules.
Representative · Pennsylvania · Democrat
Mary Gay Scanlon
U.S. House · PA District 5
Mary Gay Scanlon is a Democrat who represents Pennsylvania's 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House, where her service began on November 6, 2018, after a special election. A lawyer, she previously worked at the Education Law Center of Pennsylvania and served on the Wallingford-Swarthmore school board.
Background
Biography
Mary Gay Scanlon was born in Syracuse, New York, on August 30, 1959. She graduated from Watertown High School in 1976, earned a bachelor's degree from Colgate University in 1980 and a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1984. She was a lawyer in private practice, a judicial law clerk for the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, and an attorney at the Education Law Center of Pennsylvania from 1992 to 2001.
Scanlon was a member of the Wallingford-Swarthmore school board from 2007 to 2015 and its president from 2009 to 2011. A Democrat, she was elected simultaneously to the 115th and 116th Congresses by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Representative Patrick Meehan, and her House service began on November 6, 2018. She represents Pennsylvania's 5th Congressional District and serves on the Committee on Rules and the Committee on the Judiciary.
119th Congress
The voting record at a glance
Every House roll-call position in the current Congress that Voteview associates with this member. Data current through Oct 1, 2026.
- Recorded votes
- 674
- Participation
- 98.5%
- Yea / nay
- 278 / 385
- Latest vote
- Sep 16, 2026
Recorded positions
Latest roll-call votes
Position, question, result, tally, and source are shown together so readers can inspect the record without leaving the page.
| Date | Position | Roll call | Issue | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yea | S2403On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassRetire through Ownership ActBill record ↗Official roll call ↗ | Labor and Employment | Passed401–14 | |
| Yea | HR9497On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedWater Resources Development ActBill record ↗Official roll call ↗ | Water Resources Development | Passed415–9 | |
| Yea | HR9340On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedRatepayer Protection ActBill record ↗Official roll call ↗ | Energy | Passed417–3 | |
| Nay | HJRES213On PassageProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision”Bill record ↗Official roll call ↗ | Environmental protection | Passed214–208 | |
| Nay | HR10326On PassagePROOF ActBill record ↗Official roll call ↗ | Government Operations and Politics | Passed217–207 | |
| Yea | HR9576On PassageNational Fraud Enforcement Division ActBill record ↗Official roll call ↗ | Crime and law enforcement | Passed352–72 | |
| Nay | HR5334On Motion to Concur in the Senate AmendmentsAn Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposesOfficial roll call ↗ | Economics and public finance | Passed262–159 | |
| Yea | HCONRES93On Agreeing to the ResolutionDirecting the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with IranBill record ↗Official roll call ↗ | International Affairs | Passed220–204 | |
| Nay | HJRES210On PassageProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision”Bill record ↗Official roll call ↗ | Environmental protection | Passed216–211 | |
| Yea | HR9500On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedTax Relief for Fraud Victims ActBill record ↗Official roll call ↗ | Taxation | Passed408–17 | |
| Yea | HR2140On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassDiesel Emissions Reduction ActBill record ↗Official roll call ↗ | Environmental protection | Passed343–79 | |
| Yea | HR4646On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedWhistleblower Protection ActBill record ↗Official roll call ↗ | Housing and Community Development | Passed424–0 |
Patterns in the record
Vote leaning and issue mix
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Where roll calls fall
Policy areas come from Voteview’s Congressional Research Service fields, with plain-language fallback categories when no CRS label is supplied.
Source: Voteview members’ votes ↗. Lewis, Poole, Rosenthal, Boche, Rudkin, and Sonnet (2026), Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database.
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