Louie Gohmert Jr. Official Bio

Louie Gohmert Jr.

Louis Buller Gohmert Jr. is an American attorney, politician, and former jurist who served as the U.S. representative from Texas's 1st congressional district from 2005 to 2023. Gohmert is a Republican and was part of the Tea Party movement. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
Louie Gohmert Jr. has 1,159 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2004 Convention as a U.S. Representative Candidate for Texas. The year with the most videos was 2009 with 102 videos. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2019 with an average of 16,619 views per program. Most appearances with Steve King (20), Jim Jordan (12), Jeb Hensarling (10). Most common tags: Conservatives, Federal Budget, Republican Party.

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Previously

U.S. Representative, R-TX 1st January 4, 2005 - January 2, 2023 Videos: 1,157 U.S. Representative Candidate, Texas
R c. August 31, 2004 - c. November 2, 2004 Videos: 2

Recent Appearances

  • House Session, Part 2

    House Session, Part 2

    The House voted 225-201 to approve a Senate-passed $1.7 trillion spending package to fund the federal government through the…

  • House Session

    House Session

    The House approved two bills. One would grant collective bargaining rights to certain VA health care workers, including…

  • House Hearing on Solutions to Ending Gun Violence

    House Hearing on Solutions to Ending Gun Violence

    “Are we not tired of hearing stories of victims? … When is enough enough,” asked Faith Mata, sister of Uvalde, Texas, school shooting victim Tess Mata, during…

  • Representative Biggs News Conference on Impeaching Secretary Mayorkas

    Representative Biggs News Conference on Impeaching Secretary Mayorkas

    Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), who was challenging House Minority Leader Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for House speaker in the…

  • House Session, Part 2

    House Session, Part 2

    The House began work on the Senate-passed marriage equality bill. Members planned to work on the fiscal year 2023 National…

  • House Session, Part 3

    House Session, Part 3

    The House approved legislation helping to expedite the naturalization process for non-U.S. citizens in the military and…

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Past Elections

Ideology data is based on DW-NOMINATE statistics developed by Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal. More information can be found at Voteview .

Historic election results compiled from data found on FEC.gov

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