John R. Carter

Service history

24 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2003

Representative TX-31 2003–present

Campaign finance

2002 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House TX-31 · 2026 General Election

$814,541 raised
$821,731 spent
$3,608 cash on hand

	$814.54K
	$786.44K
	$449.18K
Itemized (≥ $200)	$361.36K
Unitemized (< $200)	$72.21K
Party committees	$98.00
Other committees (PACs)	$352.77K
	$2.50K
Made by candidate	$12.50K
	$821.73K
Operating expenditures	$809.23K
Loan repayments	$12.50K
Cash on hand	$3.61K
Debts owed by committee	$39.75K

Through December 31, 2002 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Dec 31, 2002)

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.

John R. Carter campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
2002	$814,541	$821,731	$3,608
2004	$1,086,208	$899,891	$189,925
2006	$876,899	$908,832	$158,030
2008	$947,704	$1,053,855	$51,880
2010	$997,508	$712,430	$336,958
2012	$885,684	$757,983	$464,659
2014	$996,110	$862,690	$598,079
2016	$1,062,408	$1,257,078	$403,410
2018	$1,820,253	$1,968,957	$254,705
2020	$2,168,868	$2,223,167	$200,406
2022	$1,339,836	$1,128,750	$411,491
2024	$1,217,908	$1,587,961	$41,439
2026	$1,419,042	$1,289,654	$170,827

Track record

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

97.7%
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.
4
Bills sponsored →
plus 105 cosponsored

A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.
0
Sponsored bills enacted →
of 4 bills sponsored

Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.
98%
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.
2%
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.
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 John R. Carter. 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

97.7%

of House roll calls voted House median 100.0% · −2.3 pts below median

466Yea 137Nay 2Present 14Not voting

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

See the participation leaderboard →

Committee assignments (4)

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Chair
Appropriations Committee
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee · oversees Technology, Telecom
Defense Subcommittee

Industry PAC support

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

Total disclosed PAC money: $1,536,344. Industry is approximated from a curated map; individual (non-PAC) donations are listed separately above.

Defense $184,500 · 22 PACs
Finance $37,500 · 15 PACs
Energy $21,000 · 8 PACs
Technology $18,000 · 4 PACs
Telecom $17,000 · 3 PACs
Health $17,000 · 12 PACs

Top PAC contributors (10)

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP PAC $35,000
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION PAC $30,000 · Defense
BAE SYSTEMS USA PAC $30,000 · Defense
LEONARDO DRS PAC $27,500
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. EMPLOYEES PAC $27,000 · Defense
AMERICAN SOC. OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS PAC $25,000
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. PAC $24,500 · Defense
THE BOEING PAC $24,500 · Defense
TEXAS FARM BUREAU AGFUND, INC. $24,011
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC $22,900

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).

TRIDENT RESEARCH $18,900
AMETRINE $15,700
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CORPORATION $13,200
KNOWMADICS $11,800
TRIDEUM $11,300
SPARKCOGNITION $11,000
ULTRA MARITIME $10,000
STANDARD INDUSTRIES $9,900
TRIDEUM CORPORATION $6,900
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CORP $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 $55,054 supporting · $0 opposing · 2 outside groups
2024 cycle $19,902 supporting · $0 opposing · 3 outside groups

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Issue positions (15)

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
Voting & ElectionsOppose from votes

Stock trades (STOCK Act)

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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Documented relationships

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

Committee oversight & campaign money — technology coverage: medium

Sits on the House Committee on Appropriations — Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, which oversees the technology sector, and received 4 PAC contributions from technology-sector political action committees totaling $18,000 (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 Appropriations — Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies · Member

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

Sits on the House Committee on Appropriations — Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, which oversees the telecom sector, and received 3 PAC contributions from telecom-sector political action committees totaling $17,000 (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 Appropriations — Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies · Member

FEC PAC contributions

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Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

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

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Connections network

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

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