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U.S. Representative · Texas 11th District
August Pfluger
RepublicanDistrict R+22119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score24#330 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact August Pfluger’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2202 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4311
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Democrats · 1 signal
- StrongBacks 5 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 5 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: H.R. 1266, H.R. 1993, H.R. 2004, H.R. 5109, H.R. 7436.
Keeps them with Republicans · 2 signals
- MediumVotes with House RepublicansNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Democrats: DW-NOMINATE +0.633 (party median +0.530; rank 159 of 219 by distance toward the Democrats); Heritage Action 93 (avg 86); LCV 0 (avg 1).
- MediumSafe Republican district: TX-11 is R+22TX-11 has a partisan lean of R+22 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.
Bill-specific inputs
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 5.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Energy and CommerceMajority · 15th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Energy
- Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
- Subcommittee on Environment
- House Committee on Homeland SecurityMajority · 5th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and IntelligenceChairman
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
Pfluger← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.633 is 0.10 to the right of the House Republican median (+0.530).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Republican average- 119th Congress93House Republican average: 86 (n=217)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 1–50 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 8168Major Non-NATO Ally Terror Threat Assessment ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 37
| Middle |
| H.R. 2261Strengthening Oversight of DHS Intelligence Act |