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Michael Cloud

Michael Cloud

Republican · TX U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

Service history

9 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2018

  • Representative TX-27 2018–present

Background

  • background Born May 13, 1975; a member of the Republican Party
  • role U.S. Representative for Texas's 27th congressional district since 2018
  • role Member of the House Department of Government Efficiency Committee

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House TX-27 · 2026 General Election

  • $1,062,241 raised
  • $927,985 spent
  • $271,133 cash on hand
$1.06M
$1.03M
$819.03K
Itemized (≥ $200)$495.41K
Unitemized (< $200)$323.62K
Party committees$1.00K
Other committees (PACs)$208.25K
Transfers from other committees$22.21K
Offsets to expenditures$11.75K
$927.99K
Operating expenditures$886.60K
Contribution refunds$17.58K
Other disbursements$23.80K
Cash on hand$271.13K
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through June 30, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

Finance updated: Jul 23, 2026

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Michael Cloud campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2018$746,292$688,600$57,692
2020$1,019,272$834,592$242,372
2022$1,076,329$1,037,215$281,487
2024$798,397$943,006$136,877
2026$1,062,241$927,985$271,133

Contributions received

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $28,370 ·

Track record

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

These are verifiable facts from the public record, assembled in one place and presented without judgment. They are not a score, a grade, or a ranking. Context matters: a missed vote may be excused, on leadership or committee duty, or paired; a party-unity rate reflects agenda alignment, not virtue or independence; a disclosed trade or a documented relationship is a required public filing, not evidence of wrongdoing. Each fact links to its full source below.

  • 98.2%
    Roll-call participation →

    voted in 619 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

    Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

  • 29
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 183 cosponsored

    A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

  • 0
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 29 bills sponsored

    Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

  • 97%
    Party-unity voting →

    votes with the party majority · median 99% · on 433 party-line votes

    Party-unity is how often a member votes with their own party's majority on party-line votes — it reflects agenda alignment, not loyalty, independence, or virtue.

  • 3%
    Cross-party voting →

    votes with the other party's majority on those same votes

    The share of the same party-line votes cast with the OTHER party's majority — a descriptive rate, not a measure of principle.

  • 0
    Documented positions →

    no positions documented yet

    Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

  • 7
    Committee assignments →

    committees and subcommittees

    Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

  • 2
    Documented relationships →

    neutral overlap signals (e.g., committee oversight of a traded sector)

    A documented relationship is a factual overlap in the public record — NOT evidence of wrongdoing.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Michael Cloud. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

98.2%
of House roll calls voted House median 100.0% · −1.8 pts below median

Full voting record (619 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 619 of 645 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Committee assignments (7)

Industry PAC support

Data from FEC — PAC (political action committee) contributions, 2026/2024/2022 cycles

Total disclosed PAC money: $680,800. Industry is approximated from a curated map; individual (non-PAC) donations are listed separately above.

Top PAC contributors (10)
  • HOUSE FREEDOM FUND $33,000
  • CHENIERE ENERGY, INC. PAC $25,000 · Energy
  • AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $22,500
  • KOCH INDUSTRIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC) $22,000
  • THE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $21,500
  • NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL OF AMERICA COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COTTON $19,000
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $19,000
  • AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC $17,900
  • VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION PAC $15,000 · Energy
  • NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $13,500

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • NULL $165,527
  • SAULSBURY INDUSTRIES $9,900
  • ULINE $6,600
  • MAGIC INDUSTRIES INC $6,600
  • REPCON INC. $6,600
  • CL THOMAS, INC. $6,600
  • CL THOMAS INC. $6,600
  • KEATING AUTO $6,600
  • RANCHING $6,600
  • ATZENHOFFER CHEVROLET-CADILLAC $6,600

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2026 cycle $1,017 supporting · $0 opposing · 2 outside groups
  • 2024 cycle $3,134 supporting · $0 opposing · 3 outside groups

See the outside-money leaderboard →

Issue positions (15)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Stock trades (STOCK Act)

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Cloud, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

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Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

The members Cloud most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

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Connections network

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Cloud connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)

Data from Congress.gov

200
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills
  • HRES 1481Honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Kay Granger, a Representative from the State of Texas.cosponsoredAug 12, 2026
  • HR 10046DEPOTS ActsponsoredAug 5, 2026
  • HR 10047Depot Data Transparency ActsponsoredAug 5, 2026
  • HRES 1474Supporting the designation of "Serbian American Heritage Month" and celebrating the history, culture, and contributions of Serbian Americans to the United States.cosponsoredAug 2, 2026
  • HR 10017Permanent CBDC Ban ActsponsoredAug 2, 2026
  • HR 9979Freedom to Ship ActcosponsoredJul 29, 2026
  • HRES 1439Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Senate's current cloture and filibuster rules are contrary to the constitutional design of two co-equal majoritarian legislative bodies, are non-deliberative in practice, disenfranchise Members of the House of Representatives and their constituents, and disrupt the proper balance of powers between the two chambers of Congress, and for other purposes.sponsoredJul 19, 2026
  • HR 9720D.C. Taxing Authority Review ActcosponsoredJul 15, 2026
  • HRES 1436Condemning Omar Suleiman for celebrating the death of Senator Lindsey Graham and acknowledging that House Democrats invited him to serve as the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2019.cosponsoredJul 14, 2026
  • HR 9701Daughters of the American Revolution Membership Integrity Act.cosponsoredJul 14, 2026
  • HR 9656Illegal Alien Patient Reporting ActcosponsoredJul 12, 2026
  • HRES 1426Remembering the life of Corey Comperatore who passed away on Saturday, July 13, 2024.cosponsoredJul 12, 2026
  • HR 9514Homeownership Eligibility Reform ActcosponsoredJun 28, 2026
  • HJRES 198Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the seventeenth article of amendment.cosponsoredJun 24, 2026
  • HR 9453End EPA Abuse Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 24, 2026
  • HR 9443Saving FACE Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 23, 2026
  • HR 9345Medicaid Equal Standards ActsponsoredJun 17, 2026
  • HRES 1369Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Senate's current cloture and filibuster rules are contrary to the constitutional design of two co-equal majoritarian legislative bodies, are non-deliberative in practice, disenfranchise Members of the House of Representatives and their constituents, and disrupt the proper balance of powers between the two chambers of Congress, and for other purposes.sponsoredJun 14, 2026
  • HR 9199Permanent Trump Secure Border ActcosponsoredJun 7, 2026
  • HR 9200To secure the borders of the United States, and for other purposes.cosponsoredJun 7, 2026
  • HRES 1338Supporting the designation of June as Family Month.cosponsoredJun 2, 2026
  • HR 9053WATER for Farmers ActcosponsoredMay 28, 2026
  • HR 9009Firearm Freedom Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 21, 2026
  • HRES 1320Calling upon all Americans on this Memorial Day, 2026, to honor the men and women of the Armed Forces who have died in the pursuit of freedom and peace.cosponsoredMay 21, 2026
  • HRES 1314America 250 Commemorative Flag Act.cosponsoredMay 20, 2026
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Committee activity

Committee votes cast

Proceedings attended

Congress.gov publishes no attendance list, so this reflects the proceedings whose own record names this member — in an opening statement, an attendance roster or a vote sheet. It is not a complete attendance history.

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