Representative · Texas's 21st district

Chip Roy

Chip Roy is a Republican representative for Texas's 21st district, in Congress since 2019. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 38, and cast 428 of 447 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Republican
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Jan 3, 2019
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives6755.6%38 of 675 · rank 65 of 43996%428 of 447 · rank 351 of 439680 became law2%3 of 143
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2222.2%27 of 1,222 · rank 237 of 44297%810 of 834 · rank 233 of 442490 became law5%8 of 161
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9972.5%25 of 997 · rank 97 of 44394%515 of 549 · rank 382 of 443480 became law6%14 of 223

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.80+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159· Against party
  2. Jul 22, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–212· Against party
  3. Jul 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 207–224· Against party
  4. Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 201–224· Against party
  5. Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 265–161· Against party
  6. Jun 11, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 198–218· Against party
  7. May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· Against party
  8. Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 280–142· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14· Against party
  2. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9· Against party
  3. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
  4. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
  5. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
  6. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
  7. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159· Against party
  8. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
  9. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
  10. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17· Against party
  11. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79· Against party
  12. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

165 sponsored · 0 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced14990%
  2. Reported by committee21.2%
  3. Passed one chamber137.9%
  4. Failed10.6%

Policy areas

  1. International Affairs36
  2. Immigration21
  3. Government Operations and Politics16
  4. Taxation14
  5. Armed Forces and National Security13
  6. Congress13
  7. Education12
  8. Health11

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 10132 ARTICLE ONE Act
    Introduced· Emergency Management· Aug 20, 2026
  2. H.R. 9773 Permanent Trump Secure Border Act
    Introduced· Immigration· Jul 21, 2026
  3. H.R. 9656 Illegal Alien Patient Reporting Act
    Introduced· Immigration· Jul 13, 2026
  4. H.R. 9200 Secure the Border Act of 2026
    Introduced· Immigration· Jul 7, 2026
  5. H.R. 9199 Permanent Trump Secure Border Act
    Introduced· Immigration· Jul 7, 2026
  6. H.R. 9254 Stop the SPLC Act of 2026
    Introduced· Taxation· Jun 10, 2026
  7. H.R. 9230 Statutory Term Limits on Congressional Pay and Power Act
    Introduced· Congress· Jun 9, 2026
  8. H.R. 9157 American White-Collar Worker Jobs Act of 2026
    Introduced· Immigration· Jun 4, 2026

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Texas's 21st district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026
$1.4B
Per resident
$1,671
Rank in Texas
15 of 38
Contract actions
14.2K
New awards: 10.8K

By fiscal year

  1. 1.4BFY2017
  2. 1.7BFY2018
  3. 1.4BFY2019
  4. 1.6BFY2020
  5. 1.9BFY2021
  6. 2.2BFY2022
  7. 1.8BFY2023
  8. 1.9BFY2024
  9. 1.8BFY2025
  10. 1.4BFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of Defense
  2. Department of Defense
  3. Department of Defense
  4. General Services Administration
  5. Department of Homeland Security
  6. Department of Defense
  7. Department of Labor

Top recipients

  1. 1,598 awards
  2. 1 award
  3. 3 awards
  4. 5 awards
  5. DARKHIVE INC.$39.2M2.9%
    2 awards
  6. 2 awards
  7. AKIAK NS LLC$29.3M2.1%
    1 award
  8. V3GATE, LLC$28.8M2.1%
    12 awards
  9. 4 awards
  10. 23 awards
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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$782.9K
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$220.7K
From committees
$68.1K
30 committees
From contractor PACs
$14K
7 PACs · 21% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
sig sauer, inc.sig sauer, inc. political action committee (aka 'sig sauer pac')$3,500SIG SAUER INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$313.8M
national restaurant associationnational restaurant association pac (restaurant pac)$2,500NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONAI match · 93% · of one corporate family$2M
national association of broadcastersnational association of broadcasters political action committee (nabpac)$2,500NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization$0
healthequity, inc.healthequity, inc. purple political action committee (healthequity purple political action committee)$2,500HEALTHEQUITY, INC.AI match · 97% · the same organization$26.9M
the geo group, inc.the geo group, inc. political action committee$1,000THE GEO GROUP, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$952.1M
universal music groupuniversal music group employee action fund$1,000UNIVERSAL MUSIC - MGB NA LLCAI match · 98% · of one corporate family$46.8K
interdigital, inc.interdigital, inc., pac$1,000INTERDIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.AI match · 95% · the same organization—

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$782.9K$68.1K$14K7 PACs · 21% of committee money
2024$2.9M$278.6K$27.5K10 PACs · 10% of committee money
2022$2.3M$306.9K$48.5K15 PACs · 16% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. House · Texas's 21st districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · Texas's 21st districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. House · Texas's 21st districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  4. House · Texas's 21st districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Office
103 Cannon House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.