Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress
Blake Farenthold
Blake Farenthold was a Republican U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 2011, who voted with most Republicans on 95% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 1 bill that became law (113th–115th Congress).
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 2012Jan 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 2012Jan 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 ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 2846 Federal Agency Customer Experience Act of 2018Dec 3, 2018 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- H.R. 256 Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights ActApr 25, 2018 · ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Hunter asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 256, a bill originally…
- H.R. 5253 Office of Government Information Services Empowerment Act of 2018Mar 15, 2018 · Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- H.Res. 767 Directing the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives to enter into contracts with nationally- or regionally-known franchises for the…Mar 7, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
- H.R. 659 Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2017Nov 15, 2017 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 304.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2860 (113th) OPM IG ActBecame law
- H.R. 2745 (114th) Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2015Passed a chamber
- H.R. 982 (113th) Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2013Passed a chamber
- H.R. 906 (115th) Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2017Reported from committee
- H.R. 526 (114th) Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2015Reported from committee
- H.R. 5402 (113th) Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2014Reported from committee
- H.R. 2304 (114th) SPEAK FREE Act of 201532 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Farenthold has won
Rep. Farenthold has won 4 U.S. House elections (2010–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.7 to 29.9 points.
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 27th district done while Rep. Farenthold served?
2012 to 2017 in TX-27: 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 about the same.
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 27th district during Farenthold’s time representing it (2011 to 2018). 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-27 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 2017 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2011 to 2018.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 16 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 16 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 15 | See the 15 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 4 | See the 4 → |
| 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.
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.