Former member of Congress · last served 117th Congress
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert was a Republican U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 2005, who voted with most Republicans on 91% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 1 bill that became law (113th–117th 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
- NayOn 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. 9708 Fixing Administrations Unethical Corrupt Influence ActJan 3, 2023 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- H.R. 9707 MOM ActJan 3, 2023 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- H.R. 9701 Welfare Reform Act of 2022Dec 30, 2022 · Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services…
- H.Res. 1532 Impeaching Joseph R. Biden.Dec 27, 2022 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- H.R. 9692 Congressional Budget Office Termination ActDec 23, 2022 · Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 582 (115th) Kari's Law Act of 2017Became law
- H.Res. 1527 (111th) Congratulating the United States Men's National Soccer Team for its inspiring performance in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4167 (114th) Kari's Law Act of 2016Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1751 (109th) Court Security Improvement Act of 2006Passed a chamber
- H.R. 807 (110th) Columbia Space Shuttle Memorial Study ActPassed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 410 (110th) Recognizing the FBI on their 100th anniversary.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2661 (111th) Court Security Enhancement Act of 2009Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 107 (114th) Providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Gohmert has won
Rep. Gohmert has won 9 U.S. House elections (2004–2020). Of the contested races, margins ran from 23.8 to 79.5 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 1st district done while Rep. Gohmert served?
2012 to 2021 in TX-1: typical household income was up 11% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 3.7 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 2.3 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 1st district during Gohmert’s time representing it (2005 to 2023). 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-1 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 2021 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2005 to 2023.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
117th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 48 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 48 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 32 | See the 32 → |
| 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 117th 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.