# Keith Self

Keith Self is a Republican member of the U.S. House for Texas’s 3rd district.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: U.S. House, Texas’s 3rd district
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: S001224
- FEC candidate IDs: H2TX00064, H2TX03290

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/S001224 (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

26% of Self’s statements criticize a policy, 1.8 times the House Republican average of 15%.

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

2,850 classified statements: 2,589 posts on X, 125 newsletters, 85 Congressional Record speeches, 51 press releases. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Self | House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.7% | 2.1% | 57 of 221 |
| Policy criticism | 26.5% | 15.1% | 12 of 221 |
| Policy discussion | 63.2% | 67.7% | 166 of 221 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.3% | 8.9% | 200 of 221 |
| Credit claiming | 22.8% | 37.4% | 194 of 221 |
| Extreme labels | 7.4% | 3.0% | 18 of 221 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 27% (House Republicans 19%); Economics and Public Finance 22% (House Republicans 19%); Immigration 19% (House Republicans 13%); Armed Forces and National Security 17% (House Republicans 24%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 17% (House Republicans 6.3%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +1.45 (standard error 0.02), from 367 donors and 1,886 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 95% of House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 97.9% (House Republicans 96.3%). Party unity 96.1% (97.1%). 114 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 59 bills: 59 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 318. 5.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Republicans 16.7%; rank 189 of 216).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.R. 10896: To terminate the diversity immigrant visa program. (in committee, 2026-10-22) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10896
- H.R. 10766: To direct the Secretary of Defense to update the Critical Asset List of the Department of Defense to incorporate assets critical to the development,… (in committee, 2026-10-06) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10766
- H.Con.Res. 116: Denouncing Sharia law in the United States. (in committee, 2026-09-03) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/116
- H.R. 9879: Super Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-07-22) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9879
- H.R. 9716: PRIVACY Act (in committee, 2026-07-15) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9716
- H.R. 9567: Preserving Our Constitution Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-06-30) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9567
- H.J.Res. 198: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the seventeenth article of amendment. (in committee, 2026-06-25) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/198
- H.R. 9366: Eastern Frontier Defense Infrastructure Readiness Act (in committee, 2026-06-18) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9366
- H.R. 9158: Hong Kong Equal Treatment Act (in committee, 2026-06-04) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9158
- H.R. 9135: TDIU Reform Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-06-23) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9135

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $887.2K (House Republicans median $2.2M). 27% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 73% 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 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/repkeithself/status/2114732555845140555
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/repkeithself/status/2114780620081479783
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/repkeithself/status/2114803536366121346
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/repkeithself/status/2114814133267046658
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/repkeithself/status/2114814201885782358
- 2026-10-24 · Newsletter · Rep. Keith Self Weekly Newsletter · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/repkeithself/status/2113718879184715923
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/repkeithself/status/2113727854353523190
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/repkeithself/status/2113737530537541687
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/repkeithself/status/2113351021397414220

## Links

- Official site: https://keithself.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/repkeithself
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repkeithself
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repkeithself
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S001224

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/S001224