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Chip Roy

U.S. House · TX-21 · Republicans · since 2025

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Biography

Overview

Chip Roy is a Republican U.S. Representative from Texas's 21st congressional district, serving since January 2019. A member of the House Freedom Caucus, he is considered part of the most conservative faction of House Republicans. Before his election to Congress, Roy was chief of staff to Senator Ted Cruz and first assistant attorney general of Texas. He announced his candidacy for Texas Attorney General in August 2025.

Career

Roy has used procedural tactics to obstruct bills he opposed, including stopping a 2019 disaster relief bill by objecting to unanimous consent and demanding roll-call votes on dozens of amendments. He opposed the bipartisan ALLIES Act for Afghan interpreters in 2021. Roy filed legislation to amend the Antideficiency Act to allow Border Patrol to accept donations for migrant children. He called for Attorney General Ken Paxton's resignation in 2020 over misconduct allegations. He participated in efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.

Prior political experience

Roy was first elected to Congress in 2018 in a competitive race, defeating Democrat Joseph Kopser 50%–48% in a closer-than-expected margin. He won reelection in 2020 with 56% of the vote, defeating Democrat Wendy Davis. In the 2022 Republican primary, he won decisively with 83.2% of the vote and won the general election with 63% as the district became more Republican after redistricting. In 2024, he was re-elected with 61.9% of the vote against Democrat Kristin Hook.

Biographical material adapted from the Wikipedia article (retrieved April 29, 2026), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ideology

Liberal–Conservative (DW-NOMINATE dim 1)

Liberal
Conservative
119th Congress+0.800

Secondary axis (DW-NOMINATE dim 2)(?)

−1
+1
-0.600
Source: Voteview DW-NOMINATE · 337 scored votes

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Officeholding history

TermSeatTerm datesTerminationPredecessorSuccessor
4thU.S. House TX-212025–presentIn progressChip Roy—
3rdU.S. House TX-212023–2025Term endedChip RoyChip Roy
2ndU.S. House TX-212021–2023Term endedChip RoyChip Roy
1stU.S. House TX-212019–2021Term ended—Chip Roy

Committee assignments

Current term legislation

Bills sponsored this term10

Bills cosponsored this term10

Elections

YearSeatResultVote shareField
2024U.S. House TX-21Lost25.12%