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U.S. Representative for Texas’s 37th District

Lloyd Doggett

Democrat 16th term Not running · open seat

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

100LoyaltyMed 98
98AttendMed 98
8BipartMed 12
2BreaksMed 7
In office
House 1995–now
31 years in CongressMore senior than 96% of the House
Committees
  • Ways and Means 2nd minority
  • Budget 2nd minority
  • Taxation 5th minority
Age
80

2026 election

Not on the November ballot
General election Nov 3, 2026

On the ballot for this seat

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date812704456742
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—2404271,2357

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 29% 4%
Health 21% 37%
Taxation 8% 26%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Health and Armed Forces and National Security; bills go to Health and Taxation.

  • He talks most about: Health Care Coverage (Health), Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Government Weaponization (Government Operations and Politics), Fraud Enforcement (Crime and Law Enforcement).
  • 27 bills sponsored, most on Health.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Ranking memberHealth SubcommitteeWays and Means
MemberBudget Committee2nd minority
MemberWays and Means Committee2nd minority
MemberJoint Committee on Taxation5th minority

Ranking member on the Health Subcommittee, more senior than 96% of the House, in the minority.

  • 31 years in Congress: more senior than 96% of the House.
  • Minority: Democrats hold 214 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Republican bills

16% · peer median 19%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

16% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 19%); closest in his party: Velázquez and DeSaulnier.

  • 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 24 · expected 18
Action in committee 2 · expected 3
Beyond committee 0 · expected 1
Passed House 0 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 358 of 433 in the House

0.25expected 0.34 · average member 1.00

0 of 24 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.25 against a peer median of 0.34.

  • On the move: H.Res. 127 (out of committee).
  • 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 −0.40

With his party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

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: Democrats yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Democrats on 100% of party-line votes, breaks 2 times (peer median 5).

  • Position: −0.40, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Crime and Law Enforcement 1 of 22.

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

Doggett$471K raised13%32%52%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

16% of what he raised came from individuals; 3% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$471K raised, 32% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 50.6 points.

33 PACs of the 49 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: Health, Budget/Appropriations and Taxation.

  1. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO99% D
  2. American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education100% D
  3. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers96% 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

143 bills

Doggett voted Yea on 18, Nay on 39, did not vote on 2, and sponsored or cosponsored 84 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.