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Paul A. Gosar

Paul A. Gosar

Republican · AZ U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

Service history

16 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2011

  • Representative AZ-1 2011–present

Background

  • role Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona since 2011
  • role Represents Arizona's 9th district since 2023, having previously held the 4th (2013–2023) and 1st (2011–2013)
  • controversy Formally censured by the House in November 2021 and stripped of committee assignments over an edited video depicting two officials; reinstated in 2023
  • background Former dentist
  • background Born November 27, 1958

Campaign finance

2010 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House AZ-09 · 2026 General Election

  • $1,173,026 raised
  • $1,172,287 spent
  • $740 cash on hand
$1.17M
$1.13M
$761.95K
Itemized (≥ $200)$631.73K
Unitemized (< $200)$130.22K
Party committees$16.29K
Other committees (PACs)$330.10K
Candidate self-funding$19.50K
Transfers from other committees$37.56K
$4.00K
Made by candidate$4.00K
Offsets to expenditures$3.52K
Other receipts$110.23
$1.17M
Operating expenditures$1.16M
Loan repayments$4.00K
Contribution refunds$10.19K
Cash on hand$739.51
Debts owed by committee$58.77K

Through December 31, 2010 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Dec 31, 2010)

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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.

Paul A. Gosar campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2010$1,173,026$1,172,287$740
2012$1,150,701$1,126,649$24,791
2014$489,817$401,797$112,812
2016$707,653$712,872$107,593
2018$588,764$575,158$121,200
2020$651,499$759,239$13,459
2022$949,146$854,966$107,639
2024$478,478$497,470$91,597
2026$580,043$368,426$303,214

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.

  • 66.7%
    Roll-call participation →

    voted in 3 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.

  • 26
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 256 cosponsored

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

  • 1
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 26 bills sponsored

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

  • 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.

  • 6
    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.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Paul A. Gosar. 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

66.7%
of House roll calls voted House median 100.0% · −33.3 pts below median

Full voting record (3 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 3 of 645 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Committee assignments (6)

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).

  • SELF - EMPLOYED $23,635
  • NULL $14,169
  • M3 COMP $11,600
  • SAULSBURY INDUSTRIES $9,900
  • SAFTI $8,300
  • LAKESIDE HEART VASCULAR CENTER $7,600
  • VERITAS GLOBAL PROTECTION $6,600
  • ULINE $6,600
  • BILL LUKE DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP $6,600
  • GOE3 $6,535

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 $608 supporting · $0 opposing · 1 outside group
  • 2024 cycle $2,647 supporting · $9,167 opposing · 2 outside groups

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Stock trades (STOCK Act)

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Documented relationships

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

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

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

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Connections network

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Gosar 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
  • HR 10017Permanent CBDC Ban ActcosponsoredAug 2, 2026
  • HR 9988FASTER Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 29, 2026
  • HR 9829ORTHO ActcosponsoredJul 21, 2026
  • HR 9720D.C. Taxing Authority Review ActcosponsoredJul 15, 2026
  • HR 9567Preserving Our Constitution Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 29, 2026
  • HR 9562Anchors Away ActcosponsoredJun 29, 2026
  • HR 9514Homeownership Eligibility Reform ActcosponsoredJun 28, 2026
  • HR 9453End EPA Abuse Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 24, 2026
  • HJRES 198Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the seventeenth article of amendment.cosponsoredJun 24, 2026
  • HR 9337Hydropower Licensing Affordability ActcosponsoredJun 17, 2026
  • HRES 1351Impeaching Eleanor Louise Ross, Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, for high crimes and misdemeanors.cosponsoredJun 8, 2026
  • HR 9190Right to Try for Individualized Treatments ActcosponsoredJun 7, 2026
  • HR 9199Permanent Trump Secure Border ActcosponsoredJun 7, 2026
  • HRES 1335Condemning actors seeking to defraud the United States Government, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that governmentwide fraud and improper payment prevention reforms will meaningfully improve the financial prosperity of the United States, and that Federal program eligibility should be verified before payment.cosponsoredJun 2, 2026
  • HJRES 192Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Full Accountability in Arrest Reporting Temporary Amendment Act of 2026.sponsoredJun 2, 2026
  • HJRES 193Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Body-Worn Camera Transparency for Use of Force Temporary Amendment Act of 2026.sponsoredJun 2, 2026
  • HR 9132Preventing International Surrogacy Exploitation ActcosponsoredJun 2, 2026
  • HR 9103Merit Restoration ActcosponsoredJun 1, 2026
  • HR 8934CARE for RPA Crews ActcosponsoredMay 19, 2026
  • HR 8944Housing Regulatory Clarity Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 19, 2026
  • HR 8780Critical Mineral and Extraction Tax Parity ActcosponsoredMay 12, 2026
  • HR 8787Servicemember Payment Data Privacy and Security ActcosponsoredMay 12, 2026
  • HR 8793Veterans Suicide Prevention and Care Enhancement Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 12, 2026
  • HR 8680Armed Forces Carry Rights Protection Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 6, 2026
  • HR 8686To amend the Military Land Withdrawals Act of 2013 to withdraw and reserve certain public land in the vicinity of Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona.sponsoredMay 6, 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.

Congressional testimony

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