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U.S. Representative for Texas’s 3rd District

Keith Self

Republican 2nd term Up 2026

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$887K raised · top PACs: Space Exploration Technologies, American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Texas Farm Bureau Breaks with Republicans most onArmed Forces & National Security: broke on 5 of 38 party-line votes (13%; most Republicans: 3%)
96LoyaltyMed 98
98AttendMed 98
9BipartMed 12
18BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2023–now
3 years in CongressMore senior than 18% of the House
Committees
  • Veterans' Affairs 10th majority
  • Science, Space, and Technology 14th majority
  • Foreign Affairs 19th majority
Age
73

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date6859231967418
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—2513141,23510

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.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Government Operations and Politics 30% 8%
Armed Forces and National Security 25% 29%
International Affairs 13% 22%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Armed Forces and National Security and International Affairs; bills go to Armed Forces and National Security and International Affairs; the two overlap on Government Operations and Politics.

  • He talks most about: Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Fraud Enforcement (Crime and Law Enforcement), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration).
  • 59 bills sponsored, most on Armed Forces and National Security.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairEurope SubcommitteeForeign Affairs
MemberVeterans' Affairs Committee10th majority
MemberScience, Space, and Technology Committee14th majority
MemberForeign Affairs Committee19th majority

Chair of the Europe Subcommittee, more senior than 18% of the House, in the majority.

  • 3 years in Congress: more senior than 18% of the House.
  • Majority: Republicans and the independents who caucus with them hold 219 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

3% · peer median 10%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Self.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

3% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 10%); closest in his party: Roy and Ogles.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 56 · expected 23
Action in committee 19 · expected 7
Beyond committee 10 · expected 4
Passed House 2 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 71 of 433 in the House

1.74expected 1.09 · average member 1.00

2 of 56 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 1.74 against a peer median of 1.09.

  • On the move: H.R. 6698 (out of committee), H.R. 6230 (passed a chamber), H.R. 6916 (passed a chamber).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.82
Armed Forces & National Security5 of 38
Congress5 of 146
Energy1 of 35

With his party on the other 9 areas with 10 or more party-line votes.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 9 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 96% of party-line votes, breaks 18 times (peer median 8), most on Armed Forces & National Security.

  • Position: +0.82, outside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Armed Forces & National Security 5 of 38, Congress 5 of 146, International Affairs 1 of 14.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Self$887K raised23%50%26%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

73% of what he raised came from individuals; 23% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$887K raised, 26% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 24.9 points.

25 PACs of the 45 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: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Trade.

  1. Space Exploration Technologies11% D
  2. American Israel Public Affairs Committee31% D
  3. Texas Farm Bureau19% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

79 bills

Self voted Yea on 34, Nay on 11, and sponsored or cosponsored 34 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.