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U.S. Representative for Texas’s 8th District

Morgan Luttrell

Republican 2nd term Leaving Jan 3, 2027

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 5, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$333K raised · top PACs: National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Valero Energy, Honeywell International Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 4 of 50 party-line votes (8%; most Republicans: 7%)
99LoyaltyMed 98
98AttendMed 98
10BipartMed 12
7BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2023–now
3 years in CongressMore senior than 18% of the House
Committees
  • Homeland Security 6th majority
  • Veterans' Affairs 8th majority
  • Armed Services 17th majority
Age
51

2026 election

Leaving Jan 3, 2027
Not on the Nov 3 ballot · Jessica Steinmann won the seat

On the Nov 3 ballot

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 6, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date532211196747
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—2131481,23514

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% no bills
Armed Forces and National Security 43% 41%
Immigration 16% 18%

StatementsBills

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

  • He talks most about: Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security), Veterans Health Care (Armed Forces and National Security), Constituent Services (Government Operations and Politics), Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security).
  • 22 bills sponsored, most on Armed Forces and National Security.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairDisability Assistance and Memorial Affairs SubcommitteeVeterans' Affairs
MemberHomeland Security Committee6th majority
MemberVeterans' Affairs Committee8th majority
MemberArmed Services Committee17th majority

Chair of the Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs 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

19% · peer median 10%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

19% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 10%); closest in his party: Johnson and Hunt.

  • 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 peerLaw inside another bill

Introduced 21 · expected 23
Action in committee 9 · expected 7
Beyond committee 3 · expected 4
Passed House 1 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0 · +1 inside another bill
EffectivenessRank 203 of 433 in the House

0.69expected 1.08 · average member 1.00

1 of 21 bills passed the House; 0 became law; 1 more became law inside another bill; effectiveness 0.69 against a peer median of 1.08.

  • On the move: H.R. 2137 (out of committee), H.R. 1327 (passed a chamber), H.R. 2605 (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 +0.59

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 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 99% of party-line votes, breaks 7 times (peer median 8).

  • Position: +0.59, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 4 of 50, Environmental Protection 1 of 26, Armed Forces & National Security 1 of 38.

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

Luttrell$333K raised39%33%26%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

72% of what he raised came from individuals; 39% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$333K raised, 26% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 36.4 points.

19 PACs of the 38 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. National Cattlemen's Beef Association11% D
  2. Valero Energy1% D
  3. Honeywell International47% 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

61 bills

Luttrell voted Yea on 40, Nay on 3, and sponsored or cosponsored 18 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.