Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress

John Abney Culberson

REPUBLICAN U.S. Representative · TexasHouse 2001–2019 (TX-7)

John Culberson was a Republican U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 2001, who voted with most Republicans on 94% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes.

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38Bills & resolutions sponsored113th–115th Congress (excludes amendments)

4Passed a chamberof 37 substantive bills (excludes resolutions and ceremonial bills)

0Became law113th–115th Congress

34Broke with partyof 583 yes/no votes, 112th (5.8%)

75Missed votesof 658 roll calls, 112th (11.4%)

—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.

5 most recent votes

NayOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
YeaOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and…
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility Act
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed

5 most recent bills

H.R. 6672 Republic of Texas Legation Memorial Act
Aug 31, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
H.R. 5952 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019
May 24, 2018 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 544.
H.R. 5755 TOOLS to Rehabilitate Communities Act of 2018
May 10, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
H.R. 4930 Disaster Assistance Rental Fairness Act
Feb 6, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
H.R. 4477 Fix NICS Act of 2017
Dec 5, 2017 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 322.

Top bills sponsored

H.R. 2055 (112th) Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012
Became law
H.R. 68 (109th) NASA and JPL 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act
Passed a chamber
H.R. 2578 (114th) Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016
Passed a chamber
H.R. 2216 (113th) Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014
Passed a chamber
H.R. 4486 (113th) Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015
Passed a chamber
H.R. 5854 (112th) Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013
Passed a chamber
H.Con.Res. 11 (113th) Providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the President.
Passed a chamber
H.J.Res. 72 (113th) Veterans Benefits Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014
Passed a chamber

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Rep. Culberson has won

Rep. Culberson has won 8 U.S. House elections (2000–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 12.3 to 78.4 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won8 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 12.3 points2016, TX-7

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 8 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Texas’s 7th districtWinners, most recent three: John Abney (R) 2008 → John Abney Culberson (R) 2010–2016 → Lizzie Fletcher (D) 2018–2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

Full election history for this seat →

Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.

How has Texas’s 7th district done while Rep. Culberson served?

2012 to 2018 in TX-7: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 1.8 points.

Typical household income · after inflation

TX-7: $92.6K in 2012 → $90.6K in 2018

TX-7 about the sameTexas up 9%U.S. up 10%

Share of people below the poverty line

TX-7: 10.7% in 2012 → 12.0% in 2018

TX-7 about the sameTexas down 3.0 pointsU.S. down 2.8 points

Share of workers looking for a job

TX-7: 6.6% in 2012 → 4.8% in 2018

TX-7 down 1.8 pointsTexas down 3.1 pointsU.S. down 4.5 points

Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.

While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Texas’s 7th district during Culberson’s time representing it (2001 to 2019). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.

Only one set of district lines is shown. TX-7 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2012 to 2018 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2001 to 2019.

See the full 20-year record →Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B19013, B17001, B23001) and BLS CPI-U-RS for inflation, retrieved October 18, 2026. “About the same” means the change is inside the 90% margins of error. Who held the seat: Congress.gov member service records, year level.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 8 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	8	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement	8	See the 8 →
With a CBO cost estimate listed	1	See the 1 →
With a committee report listed	3	See the 3 →

Evidence

How counted: Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 115th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
Fields: cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
PORKER copy refreshed: October 26, 2026 (nightly)

Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.