Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Troy E. Nehls

Official portrait of Troy E. Nehls
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Texas’s 22nd district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Richmond, TX
Born
1968
In Congress
House since 2021 · 5 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
NEHLS, TROY
Next election
Primary March 3, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Texas with the current district highlighted

Texas, District 22

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. House · Texas District 22IncumbentNot running (declined to run)

FEC candidate ID H0TX22302 · Principal campaign committee: NEHLS FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Texas District 22$429,606.26Not running (declined to run)
2023–2024U.S. House · Texas District 22$896,335.99Won the general election (62.12%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Texas District 22$1,375,505.92General-election nominee
2019–2020U.S. House · Texas District 22$1,818,077.11General-election nominee
Total raised$429,606.26
Total spent$607,157.12
Cash on hand$111,527.84
Debts owed by the campaign$126.73
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through September 30, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $159,208.08PACs and other committees: $211,650.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $18,584.76Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $40,163.42
  • Individual contributions$159,208.0837%
  • PACs and other committees$211,650.0049%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$18,584.764%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$40,163.429%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$1,798.561%
  • Contributions over $200$174,909.5299%
  • Itemized from inside Texas$88,273.8150%
  • Itemized from other states$86,915.7150%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Virginia $27,350.00 · District of Columbia $5,750.00. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$283K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $65,310.50APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $131,745.69JULY QUARTERLY: raised $123,451.25JULY QUARTERLY: spent $99,264.23OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $108,128.79OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $72,351.08YEAR-END: raised $128,872.65YEAR-END: spent $181,675.51APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $190.57APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $43,828.80JULY QUARTERLY: raised $3,552.50JULY QUARTERLY: spent $38,008.63OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $100.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $40,283.182025-032025-092026-032026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea496
Voted nay129
Did not vote49 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored31
Sponsored that became law1
Cosponsored298

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 9071 Preventing Trafficking of Minors Act of 2026
    Introduced May 29, 2026 · Latest action May 29, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 9037 To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to improve and expand electronic filing capabilities for Federal Aviation Administration Form 337, and for other purposes.
    Introduced May 26, 2026 · Latest action May 26, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  • H.R. 7916 CODIS Access Modernization Act
    Introduced Mar 12, 2026 · Latest action Mar 12, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 7662 Railroad Safety Enhancement Act of 2026
    Introduced Feb 24, 2026 · Latest action Feb 25, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
  • H.R. 7553 Aviation Innovation and Global Competitiveness Act
    Introduced Feb 12, 2026 · Latest action Sep 15, 2026: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  • H.R. 7510 Preventing Research Ownership Transfer to External Competitive Threats (PROTECT) Act of 2026
    Introduced Feb 11, 2026 · Latest action Feb 11, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  • H.R. 7442 National Bridge Funding Reform Act
    Introduced Feb 9, 2026 · Latest action Feb 10, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
  • H.R. 7371 No Flight, No Fight Act of 2026
    Introduced Feb 4, 2026 · Latest action Feb 5, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
  • H.R. 6987 Public Charge Clarification Act of 2026
    Introduced Jan 8, 2026 · Latest action Jan 8, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 6665 Consolidated Interim Storage Facility Restriction Act of 2025
    Introduced Dec 11, 2025 · Latest action Dec 11, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

82 committees reported giving $203,300.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Troy Nehls$969.45
  • Independent expenditures opposing Troy Nehls$0.00

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Texas U.S. House, District 22, 2026 · 8 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Troy Nehls (R)$429,606.26$111,527.842026-09-30
Trever Nehls (R)$327,410.40$74,767.002026-10-14
Marquette Greene-Scott (D)$68,294.77$2,630.472026-10-14
Rebecca Clark (R)$51,639.12$0.002026-04-15
Pearl Ann Vuorinen (D)$21,500.00$7,192.172026-02-11
Robert Thomas (D)$5,400.00$600.002026-03-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe RJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RFebruary 6, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RSeptember 18, 2025

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: NEHLS FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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