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John R. Carter

U.S. Representative, TX-31

Republican Texas since Jan 3, 2025

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Representative, TX-31 current
Texas
Republican Jan 3, 2025 Jan 3, 2027 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, TX-31
Texas
Republican Jan 3, 2023 Jan 3, 2025 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, TX-31
Texas
Republican Jan 3, 2021 Jan 3, 2023 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, TX-31
Texas
Republican Jan 3, 2019 Jan 3, 2021 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, TX-31
Texas
Republican Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2019 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, TX-31
Texas
Republican Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2017 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, TX-31
Texas
Republican Jan 3, 2013 Jan 3, 2015 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, TX-31
Texas
Republican Jan 5, 2011 Jan 3, 2013 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, TX-31
Texas
Republican Jan 6, 2009 Jan 3, 2011 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, TX-31
Texas
Republican Jan 4, 2007 Jan 3, 2009 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, TX-31
Texas
Republican Jan 4, 2005 Jan 3, 2007 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, TX-31
Texas
Republican Jan 7, 2003 Jan 3, 2005 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.487, social dim. 0.547. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (583 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
HRES 873 — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 5371) making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year… Yea Nov 12, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 873 — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 5371) making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year… Yea Nov 12, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 719 — Honoring the life and legacy of Charles "Charlie" James Kirk. Yea Sep 19, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Yea Sep 19, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Nay Sep 19, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1047 — GRID Power Act Yea Sep 18, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3015 — National Coal Council Reestablishment Act Yea Sep 18, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3062 — Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act Yea Sep 18, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 713 — Censuring Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and removing her from the Committee on Education and Workforce and the Committee on the… Nay Sep 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5143 — District of Columbia Policing Protection Act of 2025 Yea Sep 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5125 — District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act of 2025 Yea Sep 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 722 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5371) making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other… Yea Sep 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 722 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5371) making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other… Yea Sep 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5140 — To lower the age at which a minor may be tried as an adult for certain criminal offenses in the District of Columbia to 14 years of age. Yea Sep 16, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4922 — D. C. Criminal Reforms to Immediately Make Everyone Safe Act of 2025 Yea Sep 16, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2721 — Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025 Yea Sep 16, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 707 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4922) to limit youth offender status in the District of Columbia to individuals 18 years of… Yea Sep 16, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 707 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4922) to limit youth offender status in the District of Columbia to individuals 18 years of… Yea Sep 16, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3400 — TRAVEL Act of 2025 Yea Sep 15, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 117 — Relating to a national emergency by the President on July 30, 2025. Yea Sep 15, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3486 — Stop Illegal Entry Act of 2025 Yea Sep 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Sep 11, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3838 — Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 Yea Sep 10, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3838 — Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 Nay Sep 10, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3838 — Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 Yea Sep 10, 2025 Agreed to U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

908 recorded contributions totalling $1,661,733. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 232 of 908 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Big donor 130 $385,427 23%
Corporate PAC 17 $378,380 23%
Super PAC 13 $39,584 2%
Small-dollar 72 $3,072 0%
Unclassified 676 $855,271 51%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$64,676 WINRED JOHN CARTER FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Mar 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$34,571 WINRED JOHN CARTER FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Jun 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$34,182 WINRED JOHN CARTER FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Apr 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$31,116 WINRED JOHN CARTER FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Oct 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$24,748 WINRED JOHN CARTER FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Sep 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$23,846 WINRED JOHN CARTER FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC May 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$23,594 JUDGE CARTER VICTORY FUND JOHN CARTER FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Oct 22, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$22,566 WINRED JOHN CARTER FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Sep 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$20,457 WINRED JOHN CARTER FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Jun 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$19,580 WINRED JOHN CARTER FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Feb 14, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$19,448 WINRED JOHN CARTER FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC May 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$17,190 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Super PAC Feb 8, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$17,190 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Super PAC Feb 8, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$15,977 WINRED JOHN CARTER FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Jan 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$14,716 WINRED JOHN CARTER FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Dec 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Sponsored legislation (1 as lead sponsor)

  • HR 8469 US · May 20, 2026
    Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and…

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