Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress
Ted Poe
Ted Poe was a Republican U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 2005, who voted with most Republicans on 92% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 2 bills 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
- 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. 7292 Megan Rondini and Leah Griffin Sexual Assault Victims Protection Act of 2018Dec 20, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 6219 Georgia Support ActDec 13, 2018 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- H.R. 7222 Megan Rondini Sexual Assault Victims Protection Act of 2018Dec 12, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 5955 Victims of Child Abuse Act Reauthorization Act of 2018Oct 19, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- H.R. 2259 Sam Farr and Nick Castle Peace Corps Reform Act of 2018Oct 9, 2018 · Became Public Law No: 115-256.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3477 (112th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 133 Hare Road in Crosby, Texas, as the Army First Sergeant David McNerney Post Office…Became law
- H.R. 5108 (109th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1213 East Houston Street in Cleveland, Texas, as the "Lance Corporal Robert A.…Became law
- H.R. 5517 (110th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7231 FM 1960 in Humble, Texas, as the "Texas Military Veterans Post Office".Became law
- H.R. 2413 (109th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1202 1st Street in Humble, Texas, as the "Lillian McKay Post Office Building".Became law
- H.R. 3766 (114th) Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016Became law
- H.R. 6364 (112th) World War I Centennial Commission ActBecame law
- H.R. 3530 (113th) Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2014Passed a chamber
- H.R. 620 (115th) ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Poe has won
Rep. Poe has won 7 U.S. House elections (2004–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 12.6 to 77.8 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 2nd district done while Rep. Poe served?
2012 to 2018 in TX-2: 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 2nd district during Poe’s time representing it (2005 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-2 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 2005 to 2019.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 50 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 50 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 42 | See the 42 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 5 | See the 5 → |
| With a committee report listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
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.