Former member of Congress · last served 117th Congress
Ron Wright
Ron Wright was a Republican U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 2019.
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.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 627 Child Custody Protection Act of 2021Mar 22, 2021 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- H.R. 626 Teleabortion Prevention Act of 2021Mar 22, 2021 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- H.R. 6917 AIR Security ActMay 18, 2020 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
- H.R. 6041 State and National Guard Fairness Act of 2020Feb 28, 2020 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 5081 K–9 Hero Act of 2019Dec 18, 2019 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1359 (116th) Digital GAP ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 2046 (116th) Energy Diplomacy Act of 2019Reported from committee
- H.R. 4935 (116th) Teleabortion Prevention Act of 201923 cosponsors
- H.R. 2817 (116th) Child Custody Protection Act of 201910 cosponsors
- H.Res. 47 (116th) Condemning all forms of anti-Semitism.10 cosponsors
- H.R. 3291 (116th) SNACKS Act2 cosponsors
- H.R. 5250 (116th) Veterans Back to Work Act of 20191 cosponsor
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Wright has won
Rep. Wright has won 2 U.S. House elections (2018–2020). Of the contested races, margins ran from 7.7 to 8.8 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.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
117th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 2 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 2 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 2 | See the 2 → |
| 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 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.