U.S. Representative for Texas’s 6th District
Jake Ellzey
From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 4, 2026 · How we measure
Position · +0.51
- In office
- House 2021–now
5 years in CongressMore senior than 35% of the House - Committees
- Small Business 5th majority
- Appropriations 27th majority
- Age
- 56
2026 election
Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026
Also running
- RBrian Stahl$189K
- DDanny Minton$147K
- RJames Buford—
Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.
StatementsBills
Words go to Government Operations and Politics and Agriculture and Food; bills go to Armed Forces and National Security and Health.
- He talks most about: Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Agriculture and Food, Election Security (Government Operations and Politics).
- 4 bills sponsored, most on Armed Forces and National Security.
Few statements so far: each is about 17% of the total, so the bars are counts, not a pattern.
Chair of the Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains Subcommittee, more senior than 35% of the House, in the majority.
- 5 years in Congress: more senior than 35% of the House.
- Majority: Republicans and the independents who caucus with them hold 219 of the 433 filled seats.
His cosponsorships on Democratic bills: not measured yet (it needs five sponsored bills and a cosponsorship).
Closest within his party
Closest across the aisle
Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Ellzey.
Free account See ProAgreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview
His share of cosponsorships across the aisle is not measured yet; closest in his party: Rogers and Johnson.
- Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
- Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
His billsExpected for a peer
0.02expected 1.22 · average member 1.00
0 of 2 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.02 against a peer median of 1.22.
- Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.
119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov
With his party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.
Major bills of the Congress · final passage
- H.R. 1 One Big Beautiful Bill Act May 22, 2025 YEA R 215–2
- H.R. 5371 Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Sep 19, 2025 YEA R 216–2
- H.R. 1968 Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 Mar 11, 2025 YEA R 216–1
- H.R. 7148 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 Jan 22, 2026 YEA R 192–24
- H.R. 4 Rescissions Act of 2025 Jun 12, 2025 YEA R 214–4
- S. 2 Secure America Act Jun 9, 2026 YEA R 214–1
- H.J.Res. 89 Providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Motor Vehicle and Engine and Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; The 'Omnibus' Low NOX Regulation; Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision". Apr 30, 2025 YEA R 215–1
- H.J.Res. 88 Providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Motor Vehicle and Engine Pollution Control Standards; Advanced Clean Cars II; Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision". May 1, 2025 YEA R 211–0
- H.J.Res. 35 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and Exemptions". Feb 26, 2025 YEA R 214–1
- H.J.Res. 87 Providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Motor Vehicle and Engine Pollution Control Standards; Heavy-Duty Vehicle and Engine Emission Warranty and Maintenance Provisions; Advanced Clean Trucks; Zero Emission Airport Shuttle; Zero-Emission Power Train Certification; Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision". Apr 30, 2025 YEA R 218–1
Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 he voted on.
The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.
Votes with Republicans on 97% of party-line votes, breaks 15 times (peer median 7).
- Position: +0.51, inside the Republican middle 80%.
- Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 13 of 50.
Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.
Where the money comes from, 2025–26
Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other
33% of what he raised came from individuals; 33% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).
$5.5M raised, 18% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).
- Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 31.4 points.
72 PACs of the 161 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.
Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Budget/Appropriations, Taxation and Defense.
What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.
Free account See ProParty split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC
What those organizations lobby on
105 bills
Ellzey voted Yea on 65, Nay on 2, and sponsored or cosponsored 38 with no recorded vote.
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