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U.S. Representative for Texas’s 22nd District

Troy E. Nehls

Republican 3rd term Not running · open seat

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 4, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$430K raised · top PACs: Space Exploration Technologies, Allegiant Travel Company, Leidos
99LoyaltyMed 98
93AttendMed 98
9BipartMed 12
4BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2021–now
5 years in CongressMore senior than 36% of the House
Committees
  • Select Subcommittee to Investigate the Remaining Questions Surrounding January 6, 2021 4th majority
  • Judiciary 12th majority
  • Transportation and Infrastructure 15th majority
Age
58

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 4, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date1043142986744
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—3313611,2357

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 →
Immigration 10% 16%
Transportation and Public Works 31% 39%
Crime and Law Enforcement 7% 16%

StatementsBills

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

  • He talks most about: Transportation Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Energy Project Permitting (Energy), Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security).
  • 31 bills sponsored, most on Transportation and Public Works.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairAviation SubcommitteeTransportation and Infrastructure
MemberSelect Subcommittee to Investigate the Remaining Questions Surrounding January 6, 2021 Committee4th majority
MemberJudiciary Committee12th majority
MemberTransportation and Infrastructure Committee15th majority

Chair of the Aviation Subcommittee, more senior than 36% of the House, in the majority.

  • 5 years in Congress: more senior than 36% 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

7% · peer median 9%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

7% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 9%); closest in his party: Johnson and Mann.

  • 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 30 · expected 27
Action in committee 16 · expected 7
Beyond committee 7 · expected 4
Passed House 4 · expected 2
Became law 1 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 10 of 433 in the House

3.33expected 1.22 · average member 1.00

4 of 30 bills passed the House; 1 became law; effectiveness 3.33 against a peer median of 1.22.

  • On the move: H.R. 309 (passed a chamber), H.R. 7553 (out of committee), H.R. 2071 (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 +0.61

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 9 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 4 times (peer median 7).

  • Position: +0.61, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Environmental Protection 1 of 25, Armed Forces & National Security 1 of 37.

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

Nehls$430K raised37%49%14%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

37% of what he raised came from individuals; under 1% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$430K raised, 49% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 24.3 points.

38 PACs of the 65 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: Transportation, Budget/Appropriations and Taxation.

  1. Space Exploration Technologies11% D
  2. Allegiant Travel Company33% D
  3. Leidos46% 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

85 bills

Nehls voted Yea on 37, Nay on 2, and sponsored or cosponsored 46 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.