Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress
Charles A. Gonzalez
Charles Gonzalez was a Democratic U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 1999, who voted with most Democrats on 90% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 2 bills that became law (106th–112th 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
- YeaOn 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
- NayOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 2843 For the relief of Monica Elizondo.Jun 21, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
- H.R. 3478 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend bond authority for those empowerment and enterprise zones with unused bond limitation at the end of 2011.Nov 18, 2011 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 3383 Safe Transportation of Hazardous Materials Act of 2011Nov 7, 2011 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
- H.R. 1937 EAC Improvements Act of 2011Aug 11, 2011 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Elections.
- H.R. 1580 Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act of 2011Apr 25, 2011 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3884 (108th) To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 615 East Houston Street in San Antonio, Texas, as the "Hipolito F. Garcia Federal…Became law
- H.R. 1959 (106th) To designate the Federal building located at 743 East Durango Boulevard in San Antonio, Texas, as the "Adrian A. Spears Judicial Training Center".Became law
- H.Res. 874 (109th) Recognizing and honoring older American's.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 721 (110th) Recognizing the 60th anniversary of the Mendez v. Westminster decision which ended segregation of Mexican and Mexican American students in California schools…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4371 (111th) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue using 2009 Medicare practice expense relative value units for certain cardiology services.129 cosponsors
- H.R. 747 (109th) National Health Information Incentive Act of 200553 cosponsors
- H.Res. 79 (109th) Recognizing the public service of Archbishop Patrick Flores.53 cosponsors
- H.Res. 145 (110th) Recognizing the public service of Archbishop Patrick Flores.50 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Gonzalez has won
Rep. Gonzalez has won 7 U.S. House elections (1998–2010). Of the contested races, margins ran from 27.6 to 75.4 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 20th district done while Rep. Gonzalez served?
2005 to 2011 in TX-20: 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 up 2.5 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 20th district during Gonzalez’s time representing it (1999 to 2013). 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-20 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, 2005 to 2011 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 1999 to 2013.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
112th 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 | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 112th 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.