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U.S. Representative · Texas 8th District
Morgan Luttrell
RepublicanDistrict R+16119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score18#385 of 431 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Morgan Luttrell’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office444 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4308
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 3 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 3 of the 890 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: H.R. 993, H.R. 1993, H.R. 5109.
Keeps them with Republicans · 2 signals
- MediumVotes with House RepublicansNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Democrats: DW-NOMINATE +0.590 (party median +0.530; rank 136 of 219 by distance toward the Democrats); Heritage Action 85 (avg 86); LCV 0 (avg 1).
- MediumSafe Republican district: TX-8 is R+16TX-8 has a partisan lean of R+16 (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
- 3.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Armed ServicesMajority · 17th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations
- Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation
- House Committee on Homeland SecurityMajority · 6th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence
- Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection
- House Committee on Veterans' AffairsMajority · 8th in seniority
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
Luttrell← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.590 is 0.06 to the right of the House Republican median (+0.530).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Republican average- 119th Congress85House Republican average: 86 (n=217)
Swing score by bill
swing-v2 · a bill marks a member as committed to it| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 1An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.Summary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 18 | Entrenched |
| H.R. 2283Recognizing Community Organizations for Veteran Engagement and Recovery ActSummary on Congress.gov |