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U.S. Representative for Texas’s 27th District

Michael Cloud

Republican 5th term Up 2026

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$1.2M raised · top PACs: Cheniere Energy, Space Exploration Technologies, Buckeye Victory Fund Breaks with Republicans most onArmed Forces & National Security: broke on 6 of 38 party-line votes (16%; most Republicans: 3%)
97LoyaltyMed 98
99AttendMed 98
8BipartMed 12
14BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2018–now
8 years in CongressMore senior than 58% of the House
Committees
  • Oversight and Government Reform 7th majority
  • Appropriations 21st majority
Age
51

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 1, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date5130020467414
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—1711971,2357

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 →
Transportation and Public Works 17% 3%
Government Operations and Politics 35% 23%
Armed Forces and National Security 13% 7%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Transportation and Public Works and Armed Forces and National Security; bills go to Government Operations and Politics and Congress.

  • He talks most about: Privacy and Surveillance (Government Operations and Politics), Transportation Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Water Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Fraud Enforcement (Crime and Law Enforcement), Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security).
  • 30 bills sponsored, most on Government Operations and Politics.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Vice chairEnergy and Water Development and Related Agencies SubcommitteeAppropriations
MemberOversight and Government Reform Committee7th majority
MemberAppropriations Committee21st majority

Vice chair of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Subcommittee, more senior than 58% of the House, in the majority.

  • 8 years in Congress: more senior than 58% 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

2% · peer median 9%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

2% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 9%); closest in his party: Clyde and Crane.

  • 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 26 · expected 27
Action in committee 4 · expected 7
Beyond committee 1 · expected 4
Passed House 0 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 312 of 433 in the House

0.38expected 1.22 · average member 1.00

0 of 26 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.38 against a peer median of 1.22.

  • On the move: H.R. 2249 (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 +0.69
Armed Forces & National Security6 of 38
Finance and Financial Sector1 of 13
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 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 14 times (peer median 7), most on Armed Forces & National Security.

  • Position: +0.69, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Armed Forces & National Security 6 of 38, Congress 2 of 149, Finance and Financial Sector 1 of 13.

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

Cloud$1.2M raised34%41%21%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

75% of what he raised came from individuals; 34% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.2M raised, 21% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 32.1 points.

28 PACs of the 60 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 Trade.

  1. Cheniere Energy33% D
  2. Space Exploration Technologies9% D
  3. Buckeye Victory Fund0% 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

88 bills

Cloud voted Yea on 51, Nay on 5, and sponsored or cosponsored 32 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.