Tony Gonzales

Former Representative for Texas’s 23rd District, 2021–2026 · Republican

Record from the 118th Congress · From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 118th Congress

How it’s measured

1.64· expected 1.38

Meets expectations

Rank 85 of 445 who served in the House that Congress · expected = average of 227 majority-party members

How far Gonzales’s own bills got, weighted by substance. The average member scores 1.00.

29 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 0 significant (got a roll call vote), 28 substantive, 1 commemorative. Compare the House

Became law (1)

1 national policy

H.R. 5799 James R. Dominguez Memorial Act of 2023Became law Dec 11, 2024 · Government Operations and PoliticsNational policy

Scope tags come from an AI reading of each bill where available, otherwise from its title and policy area. They don’t change the score. How scope is tagged

How Gonzales’s ratings compare with every representative

Ratings, 118th Congress

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one representative; the ringed marker is Gonzales. Medians and ranks are among everyone who served in the 118th Congress’s House.

Gonzales in plain answers: party votes, bipartisanship, who votes alike

Attendance

How it’s measured

93/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 84 missed of 1,235

Voted on 1,151 of 1,235 roll calls; missed 84. Lower than 87% of House members.

35%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured

88/ 100

House R median 95 · Rank 180 of 227

Sided with the Republican majority on 806 votes that split the parties. Lower than 87% of House members.

50%100%

Bipartisan

How it’s measured

24/ 100

Chamber median 16 · +8

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Higher than 87% of House members.

0%60%

Position

How it’s measured

+0.35

Republican middle 80%: 0.31 to 0.71

Left–right position from roll-call similarity (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview), from −1 to +1. Members who vote alike sit near each other.

LiberalConservative

Gonzales’s bills that made it out of committee or further

All bills

5 bills and joint resolutions sponsored in the 118th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Gonzales’s effectiveness score.

H.R. 5799 James R. Dominguez Memorial Act of 2023Government Operations and Politics · Became law Dec 11, 2024Ceremonial314 words National policy
H.R. 8150 Reducing Excessive Vetting Authorities to Maintain our Ports ActImmigration · Passed a chamber Dec 17, 2024Substantive554 words Passed a chamber
H.R. 786 To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide an additional place for holding court for the Pecos Division of the Western District of Texas, and for other purposes.Law · Passed a chamber Nov 14, 2023Substantive58 words Passed a chamber
H.R. 8119 PEARL ActImmigration · Out of committee Sep 25, 2024Substantive150 words Out of committee
H.R. 2426 Find and Protect Foster Youth ActFamilies · Out of committee Feb 13, 2024Substantive1.1k words Out of committee

Stage comes from each bill’s latest action on congress.gov; the full history is on each bill page.