# John Carter

John Carter is a Republican member of the U.S. House for Texas’s 31st district.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: U.S. House, Texas’s 31st district
- Serving since: 2003-01-07
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: C001051
- FEC candidate IDs: H2TX31044

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/C001051 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

0.8% of Carter’s individual money in the 2026 cycle came in gifts of $200 or less, in the bottom tenth of House Republicans (median 9.4%).

## What Carter says (119th Congress (2025–27))

275 classified statements: 128 posts on X, 96 Congressional Record speeches, 29 press releases, 22 newsletters. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Carter | House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.7% | 2.1% | 133 of 221 |
| Policy criticism | 8.0% | 15.1% | 195 of 221 |
| Policy discussion | 59.6% | 67.7% | 183 of 221 |
| Bipartisanship | 8.0% | 8.9% | 101 of 221 |
| Credit claiming | 32.7% | 37.4% | 145 of 221 |
| Extreme labels | 1.8% | 3.0% | 129 of 221 |

Most discussed policy areas: Armed Forces and National Security 64% (House Republicans 24%); Health 22% (House Republicans 15%); Education 20% (House Republicans 8.5%); Economics and Public Finance 19% (House Republicans 19%); Government Operations and Politics 19% (House Republicans 19%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.96 (standard error 0.01), from 1,730 donors and 7,102 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 42% of House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 98.0% (House Republicans 96.3%). Party unity 97.8% (97.1%). 13 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S. 2403 Retire through Ownership Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190674
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.J.Res. 213 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190671
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 10326 PROOF Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190670
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190669
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · H.R. 5334 An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190668
- 2026-09-15 · voted yea · On Passage · H.J.Res. 210 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190666
- 2026-09-15 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · H.R. 2140 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190664
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 3276 Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190657
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 4219 National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190656
- 2026-09-03 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190655

## Legislation (119th Congress (2025–27))

Sponsored 4 bills: 4 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 109.

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.R. 8469: Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and… (passed one chamber, 2026-07-14) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8469
- H.R. 7489: Georgetown VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinic Authorization Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-03-02) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7489
- H.R. 3944: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (passed both chambers, 2025-09-18) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3944
- H.R. 2360: To permanently extend the exemption from the engine compartment portion of the pre-trip vehicle inspection skills testing requirement for school bus drivers,… (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2360
- H.R. 8580: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 (passed one chamber, 2024-09-12) https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8580
- H.R. 8041: Driving Forward Act (in committee, 2024-04-17) https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8041
- H.R. 5184: School Security Enhancement Act (in committee, 2023-08-11) https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5184
- H.R. 4366: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (became law, 2024-03-09) https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4366
- H.R. 3632: Resist Executive Amnesty on Defense Installations Act (in committee, 2023-05-24) https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3632
- H.R. 3217: USA Act of 2023 (in committee, 2023-05-11) https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3217

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $1.5M (House Republicans median $2.2M). 0.8% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 21% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JudgeCarter/status/2109006775806840958
- 2026-09-24 · Congressional Record speech · labels: policy discussion · https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CREC-2026-09-24
- 2026-09-24 · Congressional Record speech · labels: policy discussion · https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CREC-2026-09-24
- 2026-09-24 · Congressional Record speech · labels: policy discussion · https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CREC-2026-09-24
- 2026-09-24 · Congressional Record speech · https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CREC-2026-09-24
- 2026-09-24 · Congressional Record speech · labels: policy discussion · https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CREC-2026-09-24
- 2026-09-24 · Congressional Record speech · https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CREC-2026-09-24
- 2026-09-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/JudgeCarter/status/2100254657301864925
- 2026-09-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/JudgeCarter/status/2098417059046527169
- 2026-09-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/JudgeCarter/status/2095965882644148430

## Links

- Official site: https://carter.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/JudgeCarter
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/judgecarter
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/judgecarter
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/repjohncarter
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/C001051

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/C001051