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RepublicanJohn R. Carter
U.S. Representative · Texas
Texas's 31st district
U.S. Representative from Texas
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How they won their seat
John R. Carter won the 2024 U.S. House election in Texas (District 31) with 64.4% of the vote (229,087 votes).
- John R. Carter · Republican64.4%229,087
- Stuart Whitlow · Democrat35.6%126,470
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
John R. Carter's record indicates a pattern of legislative activity related to military and veterans' affairs, as evidenced by his sponsorship of multiple appropriations bills related to military construction and veterans' services, such as HR 8469 and HR 8580. Additionally, he has sponsored several bills related to school security and child protection, including the School Security Enhancement Act and the Protection of Children Act. Focus areas (from the record): Military Affairs · Veterans Services · School Security · Child Protection · Appropriations Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. There are no declared positions or tracked promises on file to compare against Carter's legislative activities, making it impossible to assess alignment. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal any stated goals or intentions of the politician; There is no information on the effectiveness of the sponsored bills or their impact; The absence of declared positions limits the ability to assess consistency with any broader political agenda. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. John R. Carter has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Showing 2016. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What John R. Carter has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score. The tracked-positions tile counts sourced stated positions — claims about what they believe, not conduct — and is likewise never scored.
Roll-call data last updated September 7, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$15K1%
- Large individual (itemized)$429K41%
- PAC / committee$614K58%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, House Committee on AppropriationsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Appropriations — DefenseOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Appropriations — Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related AgenciesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Chair, House Committee on Appropriations — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related AgenciesOn record since Jan 2025Chair
Source: Congress.gov.
Verified record
125 sponsored billsFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored HR 8469: Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes. ↗Apr 23, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7489: Georgetown VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinic Authorization Act of 2026 ↗Feb 11, 2026
- Sponsored HR 3944: Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026 ↗Jun 12, 2025
- Sponsored HR 2360: To permanently extend the exemption from the engine compartment portion of the pre-trip vehicle inspection skills testing requirement for school bus drivers, and for other purposes. ↗Mar 26, 2025
- Sponsored HR 8580: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 ↗May 28, 2024
- Sponsored HR 8041: Driving Forward Act ↗Apr 17, 2024
- Sponsored HR 5184: School Security Enhancement Act ↗Aug 11, 2023
- Sponsored HR 4366: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 ↗Jun 27, 2023
- Sponsored HR 3632: READI Act ↗May 24, 2023
- Sponsored HR 3217: USA Act of 2023 ↗May 11, 2023
- Sponsored HR 2483: School Security Enhancement Act ↗Apr 6, 2023
- Sponsored HR 2417: Protection of Children Act of 2023 ↗Mar 30, 2023
Showing the 12 most recent of 125 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 655
- Yea
- 495
- Nay
- 147
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 13
Full voting record
655 votes- HR4795Yea
- HR1501Yea
- HJRES1Yea
- HRES1498Yea
- HR9436Yea
- HR9436Nay
- HRES1490Yea
- HRES1499Yea
- HRES1499Yea
- HR6500Yea
- S32Yea
- S307Yea
- HR8884Yea
- HCONRES89Nay
- HCONRES113Yea
- HR7008Yea
- HR7008Nay
- HR8800Yea
- HR8800Nay
- HR8800Yea
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Positions on record
1 position on recordThe record on this issue — recorded votes this official cast, and sourced claims about what they believe. Each is labelled with which it is, because a vote is what someone did and a statement is what they said. Neither is scored, and neither affects the Integrity Score.
- Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote
On record voting NO on Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment to prohibit warrantless searches of United States persons' communications in the FISA Section 702 database, with exceptions for imminent threats to life or bodily harm, consent searches, and known cybersecurity threat signatures. The amendment failed on a 212 to 212 tie.
SourcesHouse Roll Call Vote 114, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On Agreeing to the Amendment, Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Failed by recorded vote, 212 ayes to 212 noes, April 12, 2024.View position & sources →
Disclosure
A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.
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