# David Kustoff

David Kustoff is a Republican member of the U.S. House for Tennessee’s 8th district.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: U.S. House, Tennessee’s 8th district
- Serving since: 2017-01-03
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: K000392
- FEC candidate IDs: H2TN07103

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/K000392 (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

0.6% of Kustoff’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 Kustoff says (119th Congress (2025–27))

1,408 classified statements: 1,256 posts on X, 73 press releases, 65 newsletters, 14 Congressional Record speeches. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Kustoff | House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.2% | 2.1% | 186 of 221 |
| Policy criticism | 10.0% | 15.1% | 171 of 221 |
| Policy discussion | 64.9% | 67.7% | 145 of 221 |
| Bipartisanship | 9.2% | 8.9% | 82 of 221 |
| Credit claiming | 43.8% | 37.4% | 70 of 221 |
| Extreme labels | 1.3% | 3.0% | 157 of 221 |

Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 22% (House Republicans 12%); Taxation 21% (House Republicans 9.5%); Economics and Public Finance 17% (House Republicans 19%); Government Operations and Politics 15% (House Republicans 19%); Armed Forces and National Security 14% (House Republicans 24%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +1.03 (standard error 0.01), from 2,128 donors and 4,966 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 57% of House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 99.2% (House Republicans 96.3%). Party unity 98.5% (97.1%). 9 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 31 bills: 31 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 181. 16.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Republicans 16.7%; rank 84 of 216).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.R. 10512: Child Care Tax Benefit Outreach and Assistance Act (in committee, 2026-09-21) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10512
- H.R. 10299: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 83 East Park Street in Alamo, Tennessee, as the "Kenneth Nolen Davis Post Office". (in committee, 2026-09-04) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10299
- H.R. 9176: PAR Act (in committee, 2026-06-08) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9176
- H.R. 8415: Small Business Tax Cut Act (in committee, 2026-04-21) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8415
- H.R. 8109: Save Struggling Hospitals Act (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8109
- H.Con.Res. 72: Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony as part of the commemoration of the days of remembrance of victims of… (passed both chambers, 2026-03-03) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/72
- H.R. 6800: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to terminate the tax-exempt status of terrorist supporting organizations. (in committee, 2025-12-17) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6800
- H.R. 6449: DO NOT Call Act (in committee, 2025-12-04) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6449
- H.R. 5345: Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act (became law, 2026-10-07) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5345
- H.R. 5242: To repeal the Second Chance Amendment Act of 2022 and the Incarceration Reduction Amendment Act of 2016. (in committee, 2025-10-14) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5242

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $2.5M (House Republicans median $2.2M). 0.6% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 75% 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Press release · Congressman David Kustoff Helps Secure a $20.3 Million Federal Grant for West Tennessee Railroad · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://kustoff.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-david-kustoff-helps-secure-203-million-federal-grant-west
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDavidKustoff/status/2113797754736480415
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDavidKustoff/status/2113818874445463579
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDavidKustoff/status/2113447239209058543
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepDavidKustoff/status/2113709473021985120
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDavidKustoff/status/2113359932560949461
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepDavidKustoff/status/2112913905269797300
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepDavidKustoff/status/2112984305844773194
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepDavidKustoff/status/2112606325846999338
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDavidKustoff/status/2112654769743425955

## Links

- Official site: https://kustoff.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/RepDavidKustoff
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepDavidKustoff
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repdavidkustoff
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/K000392

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/K000392