Representative · Texas's 3rd district

Keith Self

Keith Self is a Republican representative for Texas's 3rd district, in Congress since 2023. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 14, and cast 445 of 463 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Republican
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Jan 3, 2023
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 Representatives6752.1%14 of 675 · rank 197 of 43996%445 of 463 · rank 344 of 439570 became law5%15 of 316
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2220.7%9 of 1,222 · rank 359 of 44299%838 of 848 · rank 131 of 442251 became law3%9 of 314

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+0.82+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· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 207–224· Against party
  3. Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 201–224· Against party
  4. Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 265–161· Against party
  5. Jun 11, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 198–218· Against party
  6. May 21, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 235–179· Against party
  7. May 21, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Failed 204–216· Against party
  8. May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· 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.

82 sponsored · 1 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced7794%
  2. Reported by committee11.2%
  3. Passed one chamber33.7%
  4. Became law11.2%

Policy areas

  1. Armed Forces and National Security22
  2. International Affairs17
  3. Crime and Law Enforcement7
  4. Government Operations and Politics6
  5. Health4
  6. Transportation and Public Works4
  7. Finance and Financial Sector3
  8. Immigration3

Latest activity

  1. H.Con.Res. 116 Denouncing Sharia law in the United States.
    Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· Sep 3, 2026
  2. H.R. 9879 Super Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2026
    Introduced· Economics and Public Finance· Jul 22, 2026
  3. H.R. 9716 PRIVACY Act
    Introduced· Crime and Law Enforcement· Jul 15, 2026
  4. H.R. 9567 Preserving Our Constitution Act of 2026
    Introduced· Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues· Jun 30, 2026
  5. H.R. 8767 Compensation Fund Recrediting Act
    Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Jun 25, 2026
  6. H.J.Res. 198 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the seventeenth article of amendment.
    Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· Jun 25, 2026
  7. H.R. 9135 TDIU Reform Act of 2026
    Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Jun 23, 2026
  8. H.R. 9366 Eastern Frontier Defense Infrastructure Readiness Act
    Introduced· International Affairs· Jun 18, 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 3rd 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
$2.1B
Per resident
$2,547
Rank in Texas
11 of 38
Contract actions
2,070
New awards: 1,094

By fiscal year

  1. 2.6BFY2017
  2. 3.3BFY2018
  3. 2.9BFY2019
  4. 2.5BFY2020
  5. 2.3BFY2021
  6. 2.3BFY2022
  7. 2.8BFY2023
  8. 2.5BFY2024
  9. 2.6BFY2025
  10. 2.1BFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of Defense
  2. Department of Defense
  3. Department of Defense
  4. Department of Defense
  5. Department of Labor
  6. Department of Defense
  7. Department of Defense

Top recipients

  1. 156 awards
  2. 132 awards
  3. 5 awards
  4. 1 award
  5. 1 award
  6. 2 awards
  7. 8 awards
  8. 6 awards
  9. 2 awards
  10. 1 award
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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
$645.5K
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$212.7K
From committees
$185.1K
70 committees
From contractor PACs
$29.5K
12 PACs · 16% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
space exploration technologies corp.space exploration technologies corp. pac$10KSPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORPAI match · 100% · the same organization$6.6M
samsung electronics america incsamsung electronics america inc political action committee$4,000SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.,LTD.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family$3.7M
chevron corporationchevron employees political action committee - chevron corporation$3,500CHEVRON U.S.A. INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$713.4K
rtx corporationemployees of rtx corporation political action committee$3,000RTX CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization$3.9B
lockheed martin corporationlockheed martin corporation employees' political action committee$2,000LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization$13.3B
mortgage bankers associationmortgage bankers association political action committee (morpac)$1,000MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization$125K
american hospital associationamerican hospital association pac$1,000AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization$1.2M
the boeing companythe boeing company pac$1,000THE BOEING COMPANYAI match · 99% · the same organization$9B
southwest airlines cosouthwest airlines co. political action committee (swapac)$1,000SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.AI match · 100% · the same organization$105.7K
jbs usa food companyjbs usa food company pac$1,000JBS USA FOOD COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization$12.3M

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$645.5K$185.1K$29.5K12 PACs · 16% of committee money
2024—$222.8K$33.5K16 PACs · 15% 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 3rd districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · Texas's 3rd districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Office
1030 Longworth 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 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 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.