Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

John R. Carter

Official portrait of John R. Carter
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Texas’s 31st district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Round Rock, TX
Born
1941
In Congress
House since 2003 · 23 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
CARTER, JOHN R REP.
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 31

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

RepublicanU.S. House · Texas District 31IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H2TX31044 · Principal campaign committee: JOHN CARTER FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Texas District 31$1,522,249.68General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Texas District 31$1,217,908.23Won the general election (64.5%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Texas District 31$1,339,836.16General-election nominee
2019–2020U.S. House · Texas District 31$2,168,867.75General-election nominee
Total raised$1,522,249.68
Total spent$1,404,517.68
Cash on hand$159,170.95
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 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: $427,840.99PACs and other committees: $564,611.10Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $529,797.59
  • Individual contributions$427,840.9928%
  • PACs and other committees$564,611.1037%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$529,797.5935%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$6,074.161%
  • Contributions over $200$938,876.8099%
  • Itemized from inside Texas$356,959.6138%
  • Itemized from other states$584,908.0462%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Virginia $131,305.08 · Florida $87,505.08 · California $72,094.52 · Maryland $64,450.00 · District of Columbia $59,100.00. 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

$502K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $141,140.88APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $104,919.05JULY QUARTERLY: raised $412,512.24JULY QUARTERLY: spent $56,910.90OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $77,982.31OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $92,696.30YEAR-END: raised $114,252.83YEAR-END: spent $70,778.56PRE-PRIMARY: raised $366,014.53PRE-PRIMARY: spent $502,090.05APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $235,659.47APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $315,107.85JULY QUARTERLY: raised $71,480.16JULY QUARTERLY: spent $147,151.26OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $50,975.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $111,912.762025-032025-092026-022026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea513
Voted nay148
Did not vote13 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored4
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored109

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. 8469 Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.
    Introduced Apr 23, 2026 · Latest action Jul 14, 2026: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 455.
  • H.R. 7489 Georgetown VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinic Authorization Act of 2026
    Introduced Feb 11, 2026 · Latest action Mar 2, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • H.R. 3944 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026
    Introduced Jun 12, 2025 · Latest action Sep 18, 2025: Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House requests a conference.
  • H.R. 2360 To permanently extend the exemption from the engine compartment portion of the pre-trip vehicle inspection skills testing requirement for school bus drivers, and for other purposes.
    Introduced Mar 26, 2025 · Latest action Mar 26, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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

154 committees reported giving $542,367.00 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 John R Rep. Carter$55,053.71
  • Independent expenditures opposing John R Rep. Carter$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 31, 2026 · 15 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
John R Rep. Carter (R)$1,522,249.68$159,170.952026-10-14
Offer Vince Shlomi (R)$334,089.82$0.002026-09-30
Justin Early (D)$276,545.24$27,545.752026-09-30
Stuart Norman Whitlow (D)$203,979.33$0.002026-09-30
Raymond H Hamden II (R)$145,681.77−$1,926.852026-03-31
Valentina Gomez Noriega (R)$122,957.13−$28,657.462026-03-31
Gregory James Stoker (G)$78,678.27$12,397.552026-06-30
Abhiram Garapati (R)$55,000.00$39,000.002025-12-31
Steven Clay Dowell Jr. (R)$50,599.33$184.522026-09-30
David Lee Berry (R)$36,800.00$0.002026-02-11

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe ROctober 20, 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: JOHN CARTER 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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