Texas: who should earn your vote for Congress in 2026

Opinion · The paper’s scorecard

Texas: every race for Congress on the 3 November 2026 ballot, and how the candidates measure up against our standards.

Sitting and former members are scored on the same key votes, read from the official House and Senate roll calls; each vote links to the record. Candidates who have never served in Congress have no votes to score, and outside the battlegrounds we have not researched them, so they are marked as not scored. Where only one candidate could be measured, the mark rates that record on its own; it is not a verdict on the opponent. How the marks work · All states

U.S. Senate R+6

✓ Our pick: Ken Paxton

A battleground: read our full case, with every source.

John Cornyn (R): incumbent lost renomination in runoff.

District 1 R+24

✓ Meets our standards: Nathaniel Moran

Meets our standards

Nathaniel Moran

Republican · incumbent

Scored on 21 key votes · total +3

✓Smaller government
✓Small business over giants
?Live and let live
✓Light touch on tech
✗Free speech
✗No surveillance state
✗Home first, open trade
✓Checks on power
✓Right to bear arms
✓Hard on violent crime

With us (12)

Voted for the Limit, Save, Grow Act tying the 2023 debt-limit increase to spending cuts. Source
Voted for the 2025 package cancelling about $9 billion in approved spending. Source
Voted for a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. Source

Against us (9)

Voted for the 2024 law forcing TikTok's sale or ban. Source
Voted for the Antisemitism Awareness Act, which civil-liberties groups opposed as a limit on campus speech. Source
Voted for reauthorizing FISA Section 702 without a warrant requirement. Source

Yolanda Prince

Democrat

No congressional voting record; not scored

District 2 R+11

No mark

Dan Crenshaw (R): incumbent lost renomination.

Shaun Finnie

Democrat

No congressional voting record; not scored

Steve Toth

Republican

No congressional voting record; not scored

District 3 R+11

✓ Meets our standards: Keith Self

Evan Hunt

Democrat

No congressional voting record; not scored

Meets our standards

Keith Self

Republican · incumbent

Scored on 21 key votes · total +5

✓Smaller government
✓Small business over giants
?Live and let live
✓Light touch on tech
✗Free speech
✓No surveillance state
✗Home first, open trade
✓Checks on power
✓Right to bear arms
✓Hard on violent crime

With us (15)

Voted for the Limit, Save, Grow Act tying the 2023 debt-limit increase to spending cuts. Source
Voted for the 2025 package cancelling about $9 billion in approved spending. Source
Voted for a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. Source

Against us (6)

Voted for the 2024 law forcing TikTok's sale or ban. Source
Voted for the Antisemitism Awareness Act, which civil-liberties groups opposed as a limit on campus speech. Source
Voted against ending the emergency behind the tariffs on Canada. Source

District 4 R+12

✓ Meets our standards: Pat Fallon

Meets our standards

Pat Fallon

Republican · incumbent

Scored on 26 key votes · total +2

✓Smaller government
~Small business over giants
✗Live and let live
✓Light touch on tech
✗Free speech
✓No surveillance state
✗Home first, open trade
~Checks on power
✓Right to bear arms
✓Hard on violent crime

With us (16)

Voted for the Limit, Save, Grow Act tying the 2023 debt-limit increase to spending cuts. Source
Voted for the 2025 package cancelling about $9 billion in approved spending. Source
Voted for the Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act. Source

Against us (10)

Voted against the 2022 antitrust package funding merger enforcement with fees on the largest deals. Source
Voted against the Respect for Marriage Act. Source
Voted for the 2024 law forcing TikTok's sale or ban. Source

Jason Pearce

Democrat

No congressional voting record; not scored

District 5 R+10

✓ Meets our standards: Lance Gooden

Meets our standards

Lance Gooden

Republican · incumbent

Scored on 27 key votes · total +2

✓Smaller government
~Small business over giants
✗Live and let live
✓Light touch on tech
✗Free speech
✓No surveillance state
✗Home first, open trade
~Checks on power
✓Right to bear arms
✓Hard on violent crime

With us (17)

Voted for the Limit, Save, Grow Act tying the 2023 debt-limit increase to spending cuts. Source
Voted for the 2025 package cancelling about $9 billion in approved spending. Source
Voted for a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. Source

Against us (10)

Voted against the 2022 antitrust package funding merger enforcement with fees on the largest deals. Source
Voted against the Respect for Marriage Act. Source
Voted for the 2024 law forcing TikTok's sale or ban. Source

Chelsey Hockett

Democrat

No congressional voting record; not scored

District 6 R+11

Leans our way: Jake Ellzey

Leans our way

Jake Ellzey

Republican · incumbent

Scored on 26 key votes · total +1

✓Smaller government
~Small business over giants
✗Live and let live
✓Light touch on tech
✗Free speech
✗No surveillance state
✗Home first, open trade
✓Checks on power
✓Right to bear arms
✓Hard on violent crime

With us (14)

Voted for the Limit, Save, Grow Act tying the 2023 debt-limit increase to spending cuts. Source
Voted for the 2025 package cancelling about $9 billion in approved spending. Source
Voted for a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. Source

Against us (12)

Voted against the 2022 antitrust package funding merger enforcement with fees on the largest deals. Source
Voted against the Respect for Marriage Act. Source
Voted for the 2024 law forcing TikTok's sale or ban. Source

Danny Minton

Democrat

No congressional voting record; not scored

District 7 D+13

No mark

Lizzie Fletcher

Democrat · incumbent

Scored on 27 key votes · total -5

✗Smaller government
✗Small business over giants
✓Live and let live
✗Light touch on tech
✗Free speech
✗No surveillance state
✓Home first, open trade
~Checks on power
✗Right to bear arms
✗Hard on violent crime

With us (7)

Voted for the Respect for Marriage Act. Source
Voted against a further clean extension of FISA surveillance authorities in 2026. Source
Voted for ending the emergency behind the tariffs on Canada. Source

Against us (20)

Voted against the Limit, Save, Grow Act tying the 2023 debt-limit increase to spending cuts. Source
Voted against the 2025 package cancelling about $9 billion in approved spending. Source
Voted against a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. Source

Alexander Hale

Republican

No congressional voting record; not scored

District 8 R+13

No mark

Morgan Luttrell (R): incumbent retiring.

Laura Jones

Democrat

No congressional voting record; not scored

Jessica Hart Steinmann

Republican

No congressional voting record; not scored

District 9 R+9

No mark

Leticia Gutierrez

Democrat

No congressional voting record; not scored

Alex Mealer

Republican

No congressional voting record; not scored

District 10 R+10

No mark

Michael McCaul (R): incumbent retiring.

Chris Gober

Republican

No congressional voting record; not scored

Caitlin Rourk

Democrat

No congressional voting record; not scored

District 11 R+17

No mark

August Pfluger

Republican · incumbent

Scored on 27 key votes · total +0

✓Smaller government
~Small business over giants
✗Live and let live
✓Light touch on tech
✗Free speech
✗No surveillance state
✗Home first, open trade
~Checks on power
✓Right to bear arms
✓Hard on violent crime

With us (15)

Voted for the Limit, Save, Grow Act tying the 2023 debt-limit increase to spending cuts. Source
Voted for the 2025 package cancelling about $9 billion in approved spending. Source
Voted for a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. Source

Against us (12)

Voted against the 2022 antitrust package funding merger enforcement with fees on the largest deals. Source
Voted against the Respect for Marriage Act. Source
Voted for the 2024 law forcing TikTok's sale or ban. Source

Claire Reynolds

Democrat

No congressional voting record; not scored

District 12 R+11

Leans our way: Craig Goldman

Leans our way

Craig Goldman

Republican · incumbent

Scored on 11 key votes · total +1

✓Smaller government
✓Small business over giants
?Live and let live
✓Light touch on tech
?Free speech
✗No surveillance state
✗Home first, open trade
✗Checks on power
?Right to bear arms
✓Hard on violent crime

With us (6)

Voted for the 2025 package cancelling about $9 billion in approved spending. Source
Voted for a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. Source
Voted for the Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act. Source

Against us (5)

Voted for a further clean extension of FISA surveillance authorities in 2026. Source
Voted against ending the emergency behind the tariffs on Canada. Source
Voted against the September 2026 resolution directing U.S. forces out of hostilities with Iran. Source

Angela Rodriguez Prilliman

Democrat

No congressional voting record; not scored

District 13 R+23

Leans our way: Ronny Jackson

Leans our way

Ronny Jackson

Republican · incumbent

Scored on 26 key votes · total +1

✓Smaller government
~Small business over giants
✗Live and let live
✓Light touch on tech
✗Free speech
~No surveillance state
✗Home first, open trade
~Checks on power
✓Right to bear arms
✓Hard on violent crime

With us (15)

Voted for the Limit, Save, Grow Act tying the 2023 debt-limit increase to spending cuts. Source
Voted for the 2025 package cancelling about $9 billion in approved spending. Source
Voted for a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. Source

Against us (11)

Voted against the 2022 antitrust package funding merger enforcement with fees on the largest deals. Source
Voted against the Respect for Marriage Act. Source
Voted for the 2024 law forcing TikTok's sale or ban. Source

Mark Nair

Democrat

No congressional voting record; not scored

District 14 R+12

✓ Meets our standards: Randy Weber

Thurman Bartie

Democrat

No congressional voting record; not scored

Meets our standards

Randy Weber

Republican · incumbent

Scored on 27 key votes · total +2

✓Smaller government
~Small business over giants
✗Live and let live
✓Light touch on tech
✗Free speech
✓No surveillance state
✗Home first, open trade
~Checks on power
✓Right to bear arms
✓Hard on violent crime

With us (17)

Voted for the Limit, Save, Grow Act tying the 2023 debt-limit increase to spending cuts. Source
Voted for the 2025 package cancelling about $9 billion in approved spending. Source
Voted for a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. Source

Against us (10)

Voted against the 2022 antitrust package funding merger enforcement with fees on the largest deals. Source
Voted against the Respect for Marriage Act. Source
Voted for the 2024 law forcing TikTok's sale or ban. Source

District 15 R+7

✓ Meets our standards: Monica De La Cruz

Meets our standards

Monica De La Cruz

Republican · incumbent

Scored on 19 key votes · total +2

✓Smaller government
✓Small business over giants
?Live and let live
✓Light touch on tech
✗Free speech
✗No surveillance state
✗Home first, open trade
~Checks on power
✓Right to bear arms
✓Hard on violent crime

With us (11)

Voted for the Limit, Save, Grow Act tying the 2023 debt-limit increase to spending cuts. Source
Voted for the 2025 package cancelling about $9 billion in approved spending. Source
Voted for a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. Source

Against us (8)

Voted for the 2024 law forcing TikTok's sale or ban. Source
Voted against the amendment requiring a warrant to search Americans' communications under FISA Section 702 (it failed 212-212). Source
Voted for reauthorizing FISA Section 702 without a warrant requirement. Source

Bobby Pulido

Democrat

No congressional voting record; not scored

District 16 D+11

No mark

Adam Bauman

Republican

No congressional voting record; not scored

Veronica Escobar

Democrat · incumbent

Scored on 27 key votes · total -2

✗Smaller government
~Small business over giants
✓Live and let live
✗Light touch on tech
✗Free speech
✓No surveillance state
✓Home first, open trade
~Checks on power
✗Right to bear arms
✗Hard on violent crime

With us (10)

Voted for the 2022 antitrust package funding merger enforcement with fees on the largest deals. Source
Voted for the Respect for Marriage Act. Source
Voted for the amendment requiring a warrant to search Americans' communications under FISA Section 702 (it failed 212-212). Source

Against us (17)

Voted against the Limit, Save, Grow Act tying the 2023 debt-limit increase to spending cuts. Source
Voted against the 2025 package cancelling about $9 billion in approved spending. Source
Voted against a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. Source

District 17 R+10

Leans our way: Pete Sessions

Leans our way

Pete Sessions

Republican · incumbent

Scored on 27 key votes · total +1

✓Smaller government
✓Small business over giants
✗Live and let live
✓Light touch on tech
✗Free speech
✗No surveillance state
✗Home first, open trade
~Checks on power
✓Right to bear arms
✓Hard on violent crime

With us (16)

Voted for the Limit, Save, Grow Act tying the 2023 debt-limit increase to spending cuts. Source
Voted for the 2025 package cancelling about $9 billion in approved spending. Source
Voted for a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. Source

Against us (11)

Voted against the Respect for Marriage Act. Source
Voted for the 2024 law forcing TikTok's sale or ban. Source
Voted for the Antisemitism Awareness Act, which civil-liberties groups opposed as a limit on campus speech. Source

Casey Shepard

Democrat

No congressional voting record; not scored

District 18 D+29

Leans our way: Christian Menefee

Al Green (D): incumbent lost renomination.

Leans our way

Christian Menefee

Democrat · incumbent

Scored on 4 key votes · total +1

✗Smaller government
?Small business over giants
?Live and let live
?Light touch on tech
?Free speech
✓No surveillance state
✓Home first, open trade
?Checks on power
?Right to bear arms
?Hard on violent crime

With us (3)

Voted against a further clean extension of FISA surveillance authorities in 2026. Source
Voted for ending the emergency behind the tariffs on Canada. Source
Voted for the September 2026 resolution directing U.S. forces out of hostilities with Iran. Source

Against us (1)

Voted against a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. Source

Ronald Whitfield

Republican

No congressional voting record; not scored

District 19 R+25

No mark

Jodey Arrington (R): incumbent retiring.

Kyle Rable

Democrat

No congressional voting record; not scored

Tom Sell

Republican

No congressional voting record; not scored

District 20 D+16

No mark

Joaquin Castro

Democrat · incumbent

Scored on 26 key votes · total +0

✗Smaller government
~Small business over giants
✓Live and let live
✗Light touch on tech
✓Free speech
✓No surveillance state
✓Home first, open trade
~Checks on power
✗Right to bear arms
✗Hard on violent crime

With us (12)

Voted for the 2022 antitrust package funding merger enforcement with fees on the largest deals. Source
Voted for the Respect for Marriage Act. Source
Voted against the 2024 law forcing TikTok's sale or ban. Source

Against us (14)

Voted against the Limit, Save, Grow Act tying the 2023 debt-limit increase to spending cuts. Source
Voted against the 2025 package cancelling about $9 billion in approved spending. Source
Voted against a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. Source

Edgardo Rafael Baez

Republican

No congressional voting record; not scored

District 21 R+10

No mark

Chip Roy (R): incumbent retiring to run for texas attorney general.

Kristin Hook

Democrat

No congressional voting record; not scored

Mark Teixeira

Republican

No congressional voting record; not scored

District 22 R+11

No mark

Marquette Greene-Scott

Democrat

No congressional voting record; not scored

Trever Nehls

Republican

No congressional voting record; not scored

District 23 R+7

No mark

Brandon Herrera

Republican

No congressional voting record; not scored

Katy Padilla Stout

Democrat

No congressional voting record; not scored

District 24 R+8

✓ Meets our standards: Beth Van Duyne

Kevin Burge

Democrat

No congressional voting record; not scored

Meets our standards

Beth Van Duyne

Republican · incumbent

Scored on 27 key votes · total +3

✓Smaller government
~Small business over giants
✗Live and let live
✓Light touch on tech
✗Free speech
✓No surveillance state
✗Home first, open trade
✓Checks on power
✓Right to bear arms
✓Hard on violent crime

With us (18)

Voted for the Limit, Save, Grow Act tying the 2023 debt-limit increase to spending cuts. Source
Voted for the 2025 package cancelling about $9 billion in approved spending. Source
Voted for a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. Source

Against us (9)

Voted against the 2022 antitrust package funding merger enforcement with fees on the largest deals. Source
Voted against the Respect for Marriage Act. Source
Voted for the 2024 law forcing TikTok's sale or ban. Source

District 25 R+11

No mark

Marc Veasey (D): incumbent retiring.

Dione Sims

Democrat

No congressional voting record; not scored

Roger Williams

Republican · incumbent

Scored on 25 key votes · total +0

✓Smaller government
✗Small business over giants
✗Live and let live
✓Light touch on tech
✗Free speech
~No surveillance state
✗Home first, open trade
~Checks on power
✓Right to bear arms
✓Hard on violent crime

With us (15)

Voted for the Limit, Save, Grow Act tying the 2023 debt-limit increase to spending cuts. Source
Voted for the 2025 package cancelling about $9 billion in approved spending. Source
Voted for a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. Source

Against us (10)

Voted against the 2022 antitrust package funding merger enforcement with fees on the largest deals. Source
Voted against the Respect for Marriage Act. Source
Voted for the Antisemitism Awareness Act, which civil-liberties groups opposed as a limit on campus speech. Source

District 26 R+11

Leans our way: Brandon Gill

Leans our way

Brandon Gill

Republican · incumbent

Scored on 11 key votes · total +1

✓Smaller government
✓Small business over giants
?Live and let live
✓Light touch on tech
?Free speech
✗No surveillance state
✗Home first, open trade
✗Checks on power
?Right to bear arms
✓Hard on violent crime

With us (6)

Voted for the 2025 package cancelling about $9 billion in approved spending. Source
Voted for a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. Source
Voted for the Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act. Source

Against us (5)

Voted for a further clean extension of FISA surveillance authorities in 2026. Source
Voted against ending the emergency behind the tariffs on Canada. Source
Voted against the September 2026 resolution directing U.S. forces out of hostilities with Iran. Source

Steven Shook

Democrat

No congressional voting record; not scored

District 27 R+10

✓ Meets our standards: Michael Cloud

Meets our standards

Michael Cloud

Republican · incumbent

Scored on 27 key votes · total +4

✓Smaller government
✓Small business over giants
✗Live and let live
✓Light touch on tech
~Free speech
✓No surveillance state
✗Home first, open trade
~Checks on power
✓Right to bear arms
✓Hard on violent crime

With us (20)

Voted for the Limit, Save, Grow Act tying the 2023 debt-limit increase to spending cuts. Source
Voted for the 2025 package cancelling about $9 billion in approved spending. Source
Voted for a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. Source

Against us (7)

Voted against the Respect for Marriage Act. Source
Voted for the 2024 law forcing TikTok's sale or ban. Source
Voted against ending the emergency behind the tariffs on Canada. Source

Tanya Lloyd

Democrat

No congressional voting record; not scored

District 28 R+3

Leans our way: Henry Cuellar

Leans our way

Henry Cuellar

Democrat · incumbent

Scored on 27 key votes · total +1

✗Smaller government
✓Small business over giants
✓Live and let live
✓Light touch on tech
✗Free speech
✗No surveillance state
✓Home first, open trade
~Checks on power
✗Right to bear arms
✓Hard on violent crime

With us (13)

Voted for a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. Source
Voted for the 2022 antitrust package funding merger enforcement with fees on the largest deals. Source
Voted for the Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act. Source

Against us (14)

Voted against the Limit, Save, Grow Act tying the 2023 debt-limit increase to spending cuts. Source
Voted against the 2025 package cancelling about $9 billion in approved spending. Source
Voted for the 2024 law forcing TikTok's sale or ban. Source

Tano Tijerina

Republican

No congressional voting record; not scored

District 29 D+17

No mark

Martha Fierro

Republican

No congressional voting record; not scored

Sylvia Garcia

Democrat · incumbent

Scored on 27 key votes · total -1

✗Smaller government
~Small business over giants
✓Live and let live
✗Light touch on tech
~Free speech
✓No surveillance state
✓Home first, open trade
~Checks on power
✗Right to bear arms
✗Hard on violent crime

With us (12)

Voted for the 2022 antitrust package funding merger enforcement with fees on the largest deals. Source
Voted for the Respect for Marriage Act. Source
Voted against the Antisemitism Awareness Act, which civil-liberties groups opposed as a limit on campus speech. Source

Against us (15)

Voted against the Limit, Save, Grow Act tying the 2023 debt-limit increase to spending cuts. Source
Voted against the 2025 package cancelling about $9 billion in approved spending. Source
Voted against a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. Source

District 30 D+25

No mark

Frederick Haynes III

Democrat

No congressional voting record; not scored

Everett Jackson

Republican

No congressional voting record; not scored

District 31 R+11

No mark

John Carter

Republican · incumbent

Scored on 27 key votes · total +0

✓Smaller government
~Small business over giants
✗Live and let live
✓Light touch on tech
✗Free speech
✗No surveillance state
✗Home first, open trade
~Checks on power
✓Right to bear arms
✓Hard on violent crime

With us (14)

Voted for the Limit, Save, Grow Act tying the 2023 debt-limit increase to spending cuts. Source
Voted for the 2025 package cancelling about $9 billion in approved spending. Source
Voted for a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. Source

Against us (13)

Voted against the 2022 antitrust package funding merger enforcement with fees on the largest deals. Source
Voted against the Respect for Marriage Act. Source
Voted for the 2024 law forcing TikTok's sale or ban. Source

Justin Early

Democrat

No congressional voting record; not scored

District 32 R+8

No mark

Dan Barrios

Democrat

No congressional voting record; not scored

Jace Yarbrough

Republican

No congressional voting record; not scored

District 33 D+18

No mark

Jasmine Crockett (D): incumbent retiring to run for u.

Julie Johnson (D): incumbent lost renomination.

Colin Allred

Democrat

Scored on 16 key votes · total -4

✗Smaller government
✓Small business over giants
✓Live and let live
?Light touch on tech
✗Free speech
✗No surveillance state
?Home first, open trade
✗Checks on power
✗Right to bear arms
✗Hard on violent crime

With us (3)

Voted for the 2022 antitrust package funding merger enforcement with fees on the largest deals. Source
Voted for the Respect for Marriage Act. Source
Voted against the objection to counting Arizona's 2020 electoral votes. Source

Against us (13)

Voted against the Limit, Save, Grow Act tying the 2023 debt-limit increase to spending cuts. Source
Voted for the 2024 law forcing TikTok's sale or ban. Source
Voted for the Antisemitism Awareness Act, which civil-liberties groups opposed as a limit on campus speech. Source

Patrick Gillespie

Republican

No congressional voting record; not scored

District 34 R+3

No mark

Eric Flores

Republican

No votes in Congress: scored on platform and record, promises at half weight · total +1.5

✓Smaller government
✓Small business over giants
?Live and let live
?Light touch on tech
?Free speech
?No surveillance state
~Home first, open trade
?Checks on power
~Right to bear arms
✓Hard on violent crime

With us (3)

Campaign priorities page: "I'll oppose reckless federal spending that fuels inflation, fight to cut the red tape driving up costs for families and small businesses." Source
Campaign priorities page: "I'll fight for tax relief and reduced regulatory burdens for small business owners" and for policies that keep opportunity growing locally, "not just in big cities like Houston and Dallas." Source
His campaign biography says that as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in McAllen he 'led landmark prosecutions of cartel-connected and human trafficking operations, dismantled the district's largest transnational human-smuggling ring, and secured the conviction of one of Texas's "Top Ten" most-wanted fugitives'; he earlier served as a city attorney and municipal judge. Source

Vicente Gonzalez

Democrat · incumbent

Scored on 26 key votes · total +1

✗Smaller government
✓Small business over giants
✓Live and let live
✓Light touch on tech
✗Free speech
✗No surveillance state
✓Home first, open trade
~Checks on power
✗Right to bear arms
✓Hard on violent crime

With us (12)

Voted for the 2022 antitrust package funding merger enforcement with fees on the largest deals. Source
Voted for the Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act. Source
Voted for the Respect for Marriage Act. Source

Against us (14)

Voted against the Limit, Save, Grow Act tying the 2023 debt-limit increase to spending cuts. Source
Voted against the 2025 package cancelling about $9 billion in approved spending. Source
Voted against a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. Source

District 35 R+4

No mark

Carlos De La Cruz

Republican

No congressional voting record; not scored

Johnny Garcia

Democrat

No congressional voting record; not scored

District 36 R+12

No mark

Brian Babin

Republican · incumbent

Scored on 24 key votes · total +0

✓Smaller government
✗Small business over giants
✗Live and let live
✓Light touch on tech
✗Free speech
~No surveillance state
✗Home first, open trade
~Checks on power
✓Right to bear arms
✓Hard on violent crime

With us (14)

Voted for the Limit, Save, Grow Act tying the 2023 debt-limit increase to spending cuts. Source
Voted for the 2025 package cancelling about $9 billion in approved spending. Source
Voted for a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. Source

Against us (10)

Voted against the 2022 antitrust package funding merger enforcement with fees on the largest deals. Source
Voted against the Respect for Marriage Act. Source
Voted for the 2024 law forcing TikTok's sale or ban. Source

Rhonda Hart

Democrat

No congressional voting record; not scored

District 37 D+30

No mark

Lloyd Doggett (D): incumbent retiring.

Greg Casar

Democrat · incumbent

Scored on 19 key votes · total -2

✗Smaller government
?Small business over giants
?Live and let live
✗Light touch on tech
✓Free speech
✓No surveillance state
✓Home first, open trade
✗Checks on power
✗Right to bear arms
✗Hard on violent crime

With us (10)

Voted against the 2024 law forcing TikTok's sale or ban. Source
Voted against the Antisemitism Awareness Act, which civil-liberties groups opposed as a limit on campus speech. Source
Voted for the amendment requiring a warrant to search Americans' communications under FISA Section 702 (it failed 212-212). Source

Against us (9)

Voted against the Limit, Save, Grow Act tying the 2023 debt-limit increase to spending cuts. Source
Voted against the 2025 package cancelling about $9 billion in approved spending. Source
Voted against a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. Source

Lauren Peña

Republican

No congressional voting record; not scored

District 38 R+10

No mark

Wesley Hunt (R): incumbent retiring to run for u.

Jon Bonck

Republican

No congressional voting record; not scored

Melissa McDonough

Democrat

No congressional voting record; not scored

Photo credits. Official congressional portraits are works of the U.S. government and in the public domain. Others:

Christian Menefee: Brendan O'Hara, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (file)