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Official portrait of Emilia Strong Sykes

2nd term · 3.8 years in office: 1 full term completed, 1 in progress.

Representative · OH-13 · Democrat · since Jan 2023

Emilia Strong Sykes

Bills authored 13Missed votes 18 of 524Party unity 50% derived, how we compute this

Counted from 524 roll calls and 87 sponsorship records on file.

Provisionalunreviewed: stated positions
Stray indexpending review

Who they are · every sentence carries its source

Before the votes, a life.

Emilia Strong Sykes was born in 1986 and raised in Akron, Ohio, where her parents both served in the state legislature.Source 3: Wikipedia: Emilia Sykes She earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Kent State University, followed by a Juris Doctor and a Master of Public Health from the University of Florida.Source 3: Wikipedia: Emilia Sykes Before entering politics, she worked as a law clerk for the chief judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court in the Northern District of Georgia and as an administrative advisor in the Summit County fiscal office.Source 3: Wikipedia: Emilia Sykes

Sykes ran for the Ohio House of Representatives in 2013 to succeed her father, winning the general election and later serving as the chamber's minority leader from 2019 until 2021.Source 3: Wikipedia: Emilia Sykes She won election to the United States House of Representatives in 2022 and currently represents Ohio's 13th congressional district.Source 1: Emilia Strong Sykes — Biographical Directory of the United States CongressSource 3: Wikipedia: Emilia Sykes

In their own words

“As a former State legislator, I served on the finance committee, and I was the ranking member for the health and human services subcommittee that oversaw the funding and activities toward the home-based and community-based services and Medicaid as an entire agency.”

Congressional Record · Jun 9, 2026 · Source

One rule for every member: their most recent dated, linkable statement about themselves.

The path here

  1. 1986

    Born in Akron, Ohio.Source 3: Wikipedia: Emilia Sykes

  2. 2013

    Entered the race for the Ohio House of Representatives.Source 3: Wikipedia: Emilia Sykes

  3. 2019-2021

    Served as minority leader of the Ohio House of Representatives.Source 3: Wikipedia: Emilia Sykes

  4. 2022

    Elected to the United States House of Representatives.Source 3: Wikipedia: Emilia Sykes

  5. 2023-Present

    Serves as Representative for Ohio's 13th congressional district.Source 1: Emilia Strong Sykes — Biographical Directory of the United States CongressSource 3: Wikipedia: Emilia Sykes

Next election: Nov 3, 2026general

96.56% attendance · all roll calls we have ingested

2 sources

  1. 1Emilia Strong Sykes — Biographical Directory of the United States Congressbioguideopen source
  2. 3Wikipedia: Emilia Sykeswikipediaopen source archived copy
Full record card

The record card · sourced from Bioguide, the Clerk and the FEC

3.8YRS

In office · 2nd term · since Jan 2023

8,542VOTES

2024 margin of victory · 2.21%

Certified result

96.56%

Attendance

house median 97.9% (431 members)

NOV'26

Next election · general

 

Figures cover all roll calls we have ingested.

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Before Congress

  1. 1986 Born in Akron, Ohio.
  2. 2013 Entered the race for the Ohio House of Representatives.
  3. 2019-2021 Served as minority leader of the Ohio House of Representatives.
  4. 2022 Elected to the United States House of Representatives.
  5. 2023-Present Serves as Representative for Ohio's 13th congressional district.
House Committee on Science, Space, and TechnologyHouse Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureHouse Committee on Science, Space, and Technology · Investigations and Oversight subcommittee ranking memberHouse Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Highways and Transit subcommitteeHouse Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials subcommitteeHouse Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Water Resources and Environment subcommittee13 bills authored · 0 enacted

Says vs. does · 72 issues in 6 clusters

Stated position vs. voting record.

○ marks what they campaigned on; ▪ marks how they voted

The dashed shape is what they campaigned on. The solid shape is how they voted. Where the shapes separate, the record differs from the platform. The distance is measured. What it means is up to you.

SaysDoes
  • Economy & taxes: not yet stated. Voted 12 of 100 toward public spending.
  • Safety & enforcement: not yet stated. Voted 5 of 100 toward reform sentencing.
  • Immigration: not yet stated. Voted 12 of 100 toward broader admission.
  • Rights & liberty: not yet stated. Voted 1 of 100 toward individual liberty.
  • Environment & energy: not yet stated. Voted 24 of 100 toward conserve & protect.
  • Governance & oversight: not yet stated. Voted 15 of 100 toward disclosure & audit.
Rim = strongest position on each cluster’s named pole · Same scale for every member · How we score ▸

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The stats, cluster by cluster

6 clusters · 72 issues · sorted by gap size

Each rail runs between two positions real bills take. Select a cluster to open its issues.

StatedRecordGapSorted by gap size · How we score ▸

Chips place the record relative to the middle. The number is the distance to the stated position, in points.

Issue pages

Votes by issue.

72 issues · 15 with both halves · 51 with one · 6 with neither

Sort
Regulation (cross-sector)No statements47 counted votesNot yet statedSpending vs. restraintNo statements25 counted votesNot yet statedRole of governmentNo statements24 counted votesNot yet statedMarket protectionsNo statements23 counted votesNot yet statedBanking/financial rulesNo statements20 counted votesNot yet statedTrade & tariffsNo statements16 counted votesNot yet statedAid & alliancesNo statements13 counted votesNot yet statedFarm policy & subsidiesNo statements13 counted votesNot yet statedMilitary budgetNo statements10 counted votesNot yet statedVeterans' care deliveryNo statements10 counted votesNot yet stated

The number is the distance to the stated position, in points.

Receipts · recent votes on passage

How Emilia Strong Sykes voted.

Money & ties

Who funds Emilia Strong Sykes.

How complete is this money picture?

46%of the money categories we track are publicly disclosed for this member, counting those that lawfully lag.

  • Campaign financeThrough Jun 30, 2026Lagged · 34%
  • Corporate-PAC shareNot yet derived · 22%
  • Disclosed tradesLagged · 12%
  • Lobbyist meetingsNot disclosed · 32%

Quarterly FEC filings; totals cover the period ending on the date shown.

Disclosed by the FEC; we have not built the honest derivation — same for every member.

Members must disclose trades within 45 days; this picture is always at least that far behind.

A gap in the disclosure system, not a statement about this member — lobbyist meetings are not federally disclosed for any member of Congress.

Weights are fixed product-wide and disclosed, so this percentage is comparable across members.

Who funds them · 2026 cycle · FEC through Jun 30, 2026

$3.1MTotal raised · 1 ▪ = $80.0K · 40 units, rounded up

  • PAC contributions$1.0M · 31.9%
  • Itemized individual$1.5M · 48.1%
  • Small-dollar (≤$200)$414.1K · 13.2%
  • All other$212.6K · 6.8%
FEC filing totals ↗

Disclosed trades

We hold no disclosed-trade filings for this member. That is a gap in what we have loaded; it does not mean none were filed.

FEC OpenFEC · disclosed trades: House Clerk / Senate filings.

Ideology placement

Economic (dim 1)-0.332
Social (dim 2)0.171

Voteview DW-NOMINATE · retrieved Sep 7, 2026 — an external attributed reference, shown as context.

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Civic Herald. “Emilia Strong Sykes: voting record, stated positions, funding.” https://civicherald.app/politicians/emilia-strong-sykes-S001223.

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