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Rep. Wesley Hunt

Republican · Texas's 38th District · in the House since 2023

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Rep. Wesley Hunt has missed 72 of 323 roll-call votes this Congress, 22% of them, 14.4 times as many as the typical House member (1.5%).

Missed this Congress
22%
72 of 323 · #6 of 430
Typical House member
1.5%
the chamber's median
Career
22%
72 of 323 since 2026
Longest absence
8 days
Jan 8 – Jan 21, 2026 · 34 votes

What they show up for, and what they skip

Wesley Hunt almost always votes on votes on foreign affairs (missed 7%) and votes on environment (7%), but misses far more other votes (60%) and votes on energy (47%).

By kind of vote

Share missed · the gray tick is their overall 22%

Other votes (5) 60%
Spending bills (12) 33%
Procedural votes (106) 25%
Final passage (84) 20%
Suspension votes (75) 20%
Amendments (41) 15%

By topic

From the Library of Congress subject of each bill · topics with 10+ votes

Energy (19) 47%
Economy and public finance (32) 34%
Public lands (10) 30%
Congress itself (76) 22%
Crime and policing (10) 20%
Government operations (14) 14%
Environment (14) 7.1%
Foreign affairs (15) 6.7%

Days of the week: missed 36% of Monday votes and 10% of Friday votes.

Votes cast and missed, month by month

Each bar is one month of roll calls in the 119th Congress. Shaded months have a reason on record.

Jan 2026: 4 voted, 44 missed; Feb 2026: 16 voted, 14 missed; Mar 2026: 24 voted, 6 missed; Apr 2026: 44 voted, 3 missed; May 2026: 35 voted, 1 missed; Jun 2026: 42 voted, 0 missed; Jul 2026: 48 voted, 2 missed; Aug 2026: 0 voted, 2 missed; Sep 2026: 29 voted, 0 missed; Oct 2026: 0 voted, 0 missed; Nov 2026: 9 voted, 0 missed J2026 F M A M J J A S O N
  • Voted (yes, no or present)
  • Missed
  • Reason on record

Year by year

Share of votes missed. The gray tick is the typical House member.

2026 22%

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Missed days in 2026

Each square is a day the House held votes. Darker means more votes missed that day.

  • Jan 6: missed 1 of 1
  • Jan 7: voted every time
  • Jan 8: missed 7 of 7
  • Jan 9: missed 1 of 1
  • Jan 12: missed 3 of 3
  • Jan 13: missed 8 of 8
  • Jan 14: missed 5 of 5
  • Jan 15: missed 3 of 3
  • Jan 20: missed 2 of 2
  • Jan 21: missed 5 of 5
  • Jan 22: missed 9 of 10
  • Feb 2: voted every time
  • Feb 3: voted every time
  • Feb 4: missed 3 of 3
  • Feb 9: missed 2 of 2
  • Feb 10: voted every time
  • Feb 11: voted every time
  • Feb 12: missed 1 of 1
  • Feb 24: missed 6 of 6
  • Feb 25: missed 2 of 2
  • Mar 4: missed 2 of 5
  • Mar 5: voted every time
  • Mar 17: voted every time
  • Mar 18: voted every time
  • Mar 19: voted every time
  • Mar 24: voted every time
  • Mar 25: missed 4 of 4
  • Mar 26: voted every time
  • Mar 27: voted every time
  • Apr 14: missed 1 of 2
  • Apr 15: voted every time
  • Apr 16: voted every time
  • Apr 17: voted every time
  • Apr 20: voted every time
  • Apr 21: voted every time
  • Apr 22: voted every time
  • Apr 23: voted every time
  • Apr 27: missed 2 of 2
  • Apr 29: voted every time
  • Apr 30: voted every time
  • May 12: voted every time
  • May 13: missed 1 of 10
  • May 14: voted every time
  • May 15: voted every time
  • May 20: voted every time
  • May 21: voted every time
  • Jun 3: voted every time
  • Jun 4: voted every time
  • Jun 8: voted every time
  • Jun 9: voted every time
  • Jun 10: voted every time
  • Jun 11: voted every time
  • Jun 23: voted every time
  • Jun 24: voted every time
  • Jun 25: voted every time
  • Jun 29: voted every time
  • Jun 30: voted every time
  • Jul 13: voted every time
  • Jul 14: voted every time
  • Jul 15: voted every time
  • Jul 16: missed 2 of 2
  • Jul 20: voted every time
  • Jul 21: voted every time
  • Jul 22: voted every time
  • Jul 23: voted every time
  • Aug 31: missed 2 of 2
  • Sep 1: voted every time
  • Sep 2: voted every time
  • Sep 3: voted every time
  • Sep 14: voted every time
  • Sep 15: voted every time
  • Sep 16: voted every time
  • Nov 9: voted every time
  • Nov 10: voted every time
  • Nov 11: voted every time
  • Nov 12: voted every time

Voted every time Missed every vote

Reasons on record

What the member or their office said, with the source. Absences with no reason given are listed as such.

  1. No reason given 72 votes on 22 days

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Key votes missed

Passage votes, nominations and other votes that decided something.
DateVoteResultMargin
Aug 31, 2026 Local Access to Courts Act
S. 32 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 285
Passed 378–10
Aug 31, 2026 Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act
S. 307 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 284
Passed 376–8
Jul 16, 2026 To name the Department of Veterans Affairs multispecialty clinic in Marietta, Georgia, as the “Colonel Michael…
H.R. 5362 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 248
Passed 418–0
May 13, 2026 Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act
H.R. 1346 · On Passage · roll call 164
Passed 218–203
Apr 27, 2026 Clergy Act
H.R. 227 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 139
Passed 350–5
Apr 27, 2026 IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement Act
H.R. 7959 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 138
Passed 346–10
Apr 14, 2026 ALERT Act
H.R. 7613 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 110
Passed 396–10
Mar 25, 2026 Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act
H.R. 5103 · On Passage · roll call 101
Passed 218–206
Mar 25, 2026 Providing for consideration of (H.R. 8029) Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act; (H.R. 5103) Make the District of Co…
H.Res. 1131 · On Agreeing to the Resolution · roll call 99
Passed 214–210
Mar 4, 2026 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7744) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Secur…
H.Res. 1095 · On Agreeing to the Resolution · roll call 80
Passed 211–209
Feb 25, 2026 Homeowner Energy Freedom Act
H.R. 4758 · On Passage · roll call 78
Passed 210–199
Feb 24, 2026 Don’t Mess With My Home Appliances Act
H.R. 4626 · On Passage · roll call 76
Passed 217–190
Feb 24, 2026 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4626) the Don’t Mess With My Home Appliances Act; and providing …
H.Res. 1075 · On Agreeing to the Resolution · roll call 74
Passed 208–187
Feb 24, 2026 ROTOR Act
S. 2503 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 72
Failed 264–133
Feb 24, 2026 Information Quality Assurance Act
H.R. 6329 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 71
Passed 362–1

Missed 72 votes in all; only the key ones are listed here.

Missed votes that could have changed the result

Votes Wesley Hunt missed where the members who didn't vote outnumbered the margin. "Their side lost" means most of their party voted on the losing side.

  • Absences could have flipped it Jul 16, 2026 · House #249
    Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
    On Motion to Recommit · H.R. 9237

    It failed 210–211 with 5 Republicans and 5 Democrats not voting. The losing side was 2 votes short and 5 of its members didn't vote: with them it would have passed 215–211. But the winning side's absences offset that: with everyone there, the result would have stood (215–216).

  • Absences could have flipped it Mar 25, 2026 · House #99
    Providing for consideration of (H.R. 8029) Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act; (H.R. 5103) Make the District of Columbia…
    On Agreeing to the Resolution · H.Res. 1131

    It passed 214–210 with 4 Republicans and 4 Democrats not voting. The losing side was 4 votes short and 4 of its members didn't vote: with them it would have failed 214–214. But the winning side's absences offset that: with everyone there, the result would have stood (218–214).

  • Absences could have flipped it Mar 25, 2026 · House #98
    Providing for consideration of (H.R. 8029) Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act; (H.R. 5103) Make the District of Columbia…
    On Ordering the Previous Question · H.Res. 1131

    It passed 212–210 with 6 Republicans and 4 Democrats not voting. The losing side was 2 votes short and 4 of its members didn't vote: with them it would have failed 212–214. But the winning side's absences offset that: with everyone there, the result would have stood (218–214).

  • Absences could have flipped it Mar 4, 2026 · House #80
    Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7744) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for…
    On Agreeing to the Resolution · H.Res. 1095

    It passed 211–209 with 7 Republicans and 5 Democrats not voting. The losing side was 2 votes short and 5 of its members didn't vote: with them it would have failed 211–214. But the winning side's absences offset that: with everyone there, the result would have stood (218–214).

  • Absences could have flipped it Mar 4, 2026 · House #79
    Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7744) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for…
    On Ordering the Previous Question · H.Res. 1095

    It passed 213–208 with 6 Democrats and 5 Republicans not voting. The losing side was 5 votes short and 6 of its members didn't vote: with them it would have failed 213–214. But the winning side's absences offset that: with everyone there, the result would have stood (218–214).

  • Absences could have flipped it Feb 25, 2026 · House #78
    Homeowner Energy Freedom Act
    On Passage · H.R. 4758

    It passed 210–199 with 15 Democrats and 7 Republicans not voting. The losing side was 11 votes short and 15 of its members didn't vote: with them it would have failed 210–214. But the winning side's absences offset that: with everyone there, the result would have stood (217–214).

  • Absences could have flipped it Feb 25, 2026 · House #77
    Homeowner Energy Freedom Act
    On Motion to Recommit · H.R. 4758

    It failed 198–208 with 16 Democrats and 10 Republicans not voting. The losing side was 11 votes short and 16 of its members didn't vote: with them it would have passed 214–208. But the winning side's absences offset that: with everyone there, the result would have stood (214–218).

  • Absences could have flipped it Feb 24, 2026 · House #75
    Don’t Mess With My Home Appliances Act
    On Motion to Recommit · H.R. 4626

    It failed 197–208 with 17 Democrats and 10 Republicans not voting. The losing side was 12 votes short and 17 of its members didn't vote: with them it would have passed 214–208. But the winning side's absences offset that: with everyone there, the result would have stood (214–218).

  • Absences could have flipped it Feb 24, 2026 · House #74
    Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4626) the Don’t Mess With My Home Appliances Act; and providing for con…
    On Agreeing to the Resolution · H.Res. 1075

    It passed 208–187 with 27 Democrats and 10 Republicans not voting. The losing side was 21 votes short and 27 of its members didn't vote: with them it would have failed 208–214. But the winning side's absences offset that: with everyone there, the result would have stood (218–214).

  • Absences could have flipped it Feb 24, 2026 · House #73
    Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4626) the Don’t Mess With My Home Appliances Act; and providing for con…
    On Ordering the Previous Question · H.Res. 1075

    It passed 208–189 with 25 Democrats and 10 Republicans not voting. The losing side was 19 votes short and 25 of its members didn't vote: with them it would have failed 208–214. But the winning side's absences offset that: with everyone there, the result would have stood (218–214).

How that compares

This member
22%
House median
1.5%
Republicans in the House
1.9%
Texas delegation
4.2%

Data: the House Clerk and senate.gov, updated with every roll call. All members →

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