Brian Babin

background Born March 23, 1948; a dentist educated at Lamar University and the University of Texas Dental Branch
background Served in the United States Air Force from 1975 to 1979
background Held numerous local and regional posts, including mayor of Woodville (1982-1984) and president of the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners (1981-1987)
background Was the Republican nominee for Texas's 2nd congressional district in 1996 and 1998, losing both times to Democrat Jim Turner
role A Republican, U.S. Representative for Texas's 36th congressional district since 2015, elected in 2014 to succeed Steve Stockman

Track record

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

97.6%
Roll-call participation →
voted in 633 recorded roll calls

Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.
17
Bills sponsored →
plus 258 cosponsored

A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.
0
Sponsored bills enacted →
of 17 bills sponsored

Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.
100%
Party-unity voting
votes with the party majority · on 437 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.
0%
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.
4
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.
14
Disclosed stock trades →
13 tickers

Disclosed trades are legally required public filings (STOCK Act), not evidence of wrongdoing; trades may be executed by a manager or held in a blind trust.
2
Documented relationships →
neutral overlap signals (e.g., committee oversight of a traded sector)

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Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Brian Babin. 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

97.6%

of House roll calls voted

483Yea 133Nay 2Present 15Not voting

Full voting record (633 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 633 of 676 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Issue positions (14)

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

AbortionPartial oppose from votes
Civil RightsPartial support from votes
Climate & EnergyPartial oppose from votes
Criminal JusticePartial support from votes
DefensePartial support from votes
Economy & TaxesPartial support from votes
EducationPartial support from votes
Foreign PolicyPartial support from votes
Gun PolicyPartial support from votes
HealthcarePartial support from votes
HousingPartial support from votes
ImmigrationPartial oppose from votes
Labor & WagesPartial support from votes
Technology & PrivacyPartial support from votes

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House TX-36 · 2026 General Election

$1,006,944 raised
$744,500 spent
$908,646 cash on hand

Total receipts	$0.00
Total disbursements	$0.00
Cash on hand	$0.00
Debts owed by committee	$7.26K

Through June 29, 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.

Brian Babin campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
1996	$594,791	$595,410	$379
1998	$293,240	$287,322	$6,297
2000	$4,552	$10,851	$0
2002	$0	$0	$0
2004	$0	$0	$0
2006	$0	$0	$0

Contributions received

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $35,600 ·

Industry PAC support

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

Total disclosed PAC money: $1,393,224. Industry is approximated from a curated map; individual (non-PAC) donations are listed separately above.

Defense $80,500 · 11 PACs
Energy $58,500 · 17 PACs
Health $48,000 · 13 PACs
Finance $33,500 · 14 PACs
Telecom $12,500 · 5 PACs
Technology $4,500 · 2 PACs

Top PAC contributors (10)

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY PAC $30,000
TEXAS FARM BUREAU AGFUND, INC. (FEDERAL) $28,822
THE BOEING COMPANY PAC $27,500 · Defense
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. PAC $26,000
LOCKHEED MARTIN EMPLOYEES' PAC $26,000 · Defense
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC $25,400
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHODONTISTS PAC (AAOPAC) $22,500
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL PAC $20,000
BLUE ORIGIN LLC PAC $19,500
AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL PAC $18,500

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).

JEFFERSON COUNTY $13,700
Employer not reported $12,100
TRANS GLOBAL SOLUTIONS, INC. $9,900
HOUSEWIFE $9,600
TRANS-GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INC. $9,600
MUSTANG MACHINERY COMPANY $6,600
KAREN & BOB WORTHAM CHARITABLE FOUNDAT $6,600
THRUSTMASTER OF TEXAS INC. $6,600
CLEARPATH $6,600
TOM PEACOCK NISSAN/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? →

2024 cycle $4,248 supporting · $0 opposing · 4 outside groups

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Committee assignments (4)

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chair · oversees Technology
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Highways and Transit Subcommittee
Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee · oversees Energy

Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

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

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Documented relationships

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

Committee oversight & campaign money — energy coverage: medium

Sits on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure — Water Resources and Environment, which oversees the energy sector, and received 17 PAC contributions from energy-sector political action committees totaling $58,500 (recent cycles).

PAC industry is approximated from a curated keyword map, and only members with an FEC candidate id on file are covered — real totals may be higher.

Committees House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure — Water Resources and Environment · Member

FEC PAC contributions
Committee oversight & campaign money — technology coverage: medium

Sits on the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, which oversees the technology sector, and received 2 PAC contributions from technology-sector political action committees totaling $4,500 (recent cycles).

PAC industry is approximated from a curated keyword map, and only members with an FEC candidate id on file are covered — real totals may be higher.

Committees House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology · Chair

FEC PAC contributions

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Stock trades (STOCK Act)

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Data from Congress.gov · FEC

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

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