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U.S. Representative for Texas’s 38th District

Wesley Hunt

Republican 2nd term Not on 2026 ballot · open seat

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

Campaign money, 2025–26$2.2M raised · top PACs: Blackrock Funds Services Group, El Sueno Americano, Koch
99LoyaltyMed 98
76AttendMed 98
8BipartMed 12
3BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2023–now
3 years in CongressMore senior than 18% of the House
Committees
  • Natural Resources 13th majority
  • Judiciary 16th majority
Age
44

2026 election

Not on the November ballot
General election Nov 3, 2026

Ran forTX Senate
  • Not the nominee
See that race
Leaving TX-38District redrawn
See the TX-38 race

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 date251702096743
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—1121651,23511

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 17% 6%
Energy 17% 18%
Immigration 22% 24%

StatementsBills

Words go to Immigration, Energy and Government Operations and Politics; bills go to Immigration and Energy.

  • He talks most about: Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Transportation Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Constituent Services (Government Operations and Politics), Energy Project Permitting (Energy), Oil and Gas Regulation (Energy).
  • 17 bills sponsored, most on Immigration.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
MemberNatural Resources Committee13th majority
MemberJudiciary Committee16th majority

No committee or party leadership post, 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

5% · peer median 10%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

5% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 10%); closest in his party: Johnson and Collins.

  • 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 16 · expected 23
Action in committee 4 · expected 7
Beyond committee 3 · expected 4
Passed House 0 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 297 of 433 in the House

0.41expected 1.09 · average member 1.00

0 of 16 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.41 against a peer median of 1.09.

  • On the move: H.R. 6194 (out of committee), H.R. 3592 (out of committee), H.R. 2556 (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 +0.60

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 3 times (peer median 8).

  • Position: +0.60, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: 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

Hunt$2.2M raised54%14%8%25%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

67% of what he raised came from individuals; 54% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$2.2M raised, 8% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 25.5 points.

23 PACs of the 40 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: Taxation, Transportation and Energy/Nuclear.

  1. Blackrock Funds Services Group54% D
  2. El Sueno Americano0% D
  3. Koch0% 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

55 bills

Hunt voted Yea on 33, Nay on 1, did not vote on 6, and sponsored or cosponsored 15 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.