U.S. House · Texas, District 9

Rep. Al Green

Democrat Serving since Jan. 4, 2005Term ends Jan. 3, 2027

Where they sit

Seated by voting record in the House. Percentiles run from 0 (most liberal) to 100 (most conservative).

How this is measured →
Green
← Most liberalThe aisleMost conservative →
Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

Al Green's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right). Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 10 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How this is measured

All of Congress13thpercentile
More liberal than 86% of all members of Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
72nd most liberal of 531
Democrats in Congress28thpercentile
More liberal than 72% of Democrats in Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
72nd most liberal of 259
The House14thpercentile
More liberal than 85% of House members.
Most liberalMost conservative
63rd most liberal of 431

This score measures who votes with whom. A member who votes no because a bill goes too far, or not far enough, can look more moderate than their views.

With their party and with the President

How this is measured →
Votes with own party
100%
Q1 2025: 100% → Q3 2026: 100%

Highest of all 212 House Democrats.

Actual100%
Expected99%
DifferenceAbout the same

Expected is the typical score for members of the same party whose districts voted like this one for president in 2024.

Democrats Republicans 55%100%

Each line is one House member, grouped by party. The dot is Al Green. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this district voted for president in 2024.

On 466 votes that split the partiesReal votes only: 100%See the 466 votes
How this is measured
Votes with the President
5%all votes
Q1 2025: 0% → Q3 2026: 6%

Lower than 181 of 212 House Democrats.

Actual5%
Expected6%
DifferenceAbout the same

Expected is the typical score for members of the same party whose districts voted like this one for president in 2024.

Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each line is one House member, grouped by party. The dot is Al Green. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this district voted for president in 2024.

Based on 141 votes5% on legislation onlySee the 141 votes
How this is measured

Where they broke ranks

Votes where Al Green went against most of their party or against the President's stated position.

Every vote

Every roll call in the House this Congress, with how Al Green voted, how their party voted and the President's position.

DateVoteTheir voteMost of their partyPresident wantedResult
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A dash means the parties didn't split on that vote, or the President took no public position before it. “Party-line” and “President took a position” list exactly the votes each score counts: the ones cast Yes or No. Missed votes don't count either way and are under “Missed”.

Votes most like

How this district voted for president in 2024

Harris 71.3%Trump 27.2%

Texas redrew its House map. The new lines take effect in January 2027. Under the new lines, District 9 voted 59% Trump and 40% Harris in 2024.

Contact

Phone
202-225-7508
Office
2347 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4309

Issue by issue

How often Al Green votes with their party, and with the President, on each kind of issue. Issues are the policy areas Congress assigns to each bill. "With their party" counts only votes where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides; "With the President" counts only votes where he took a public position first.

Al Green votes with their party about equally often on every issue.

Al GreenAverage for House Democrats
  1. Congress 100%Average 100% · 110 votes on Congress
  2. Economics and Public Finance 100%Average 99% · 63 votes on Economics and Public Finance
  3. Energy 100%Average 96% · 38 votes on Energy
  4. Crime and Law Enforcement 100%Average 89% · 28 votes on Crime and Law Enforcement
  5. Armed Forces and National Security 100%Average 97% · 41 votes on Armed Forces and National Security
  6. Environmental Protection 100%Average 96% · 27 votes on Environmental Protection
  7. Public Lands and Natural Resources 100%Average 98% · 19 votes on Public Lands and Natural Resources
  8. International Affairs 100%Average 96% · 16 votes on International Affairs
  9. Government Operations and Politics 100%Average 92% · 20 votes on Government Operations and Politics
  10. Immigration 100%Average 91% · 15 votes on Immigration
  11. Finance and Financial Sector 100%Average 88% · 13 votes on Finance and Financial Sector
  12. Education 100%Average 89% · 12 votes on Education
  13. Labor and Employment 100%Average 97% · 12 votes on Labor and Employment
  14. Agriculture and Food 100%Average 94% · 8 votes on Agriculture and Food
  15. Law 100%Average 99% · 6 votes on Law
  16. Health 100%Average 100% · 7 votes on Health
  17. Commerce 100%Average 94% · 5 votes on Commerce

Fewer than 5 party-line votes, so not charted: Families (4 votes), Animals (3 votes), Taxation (3 votes), Transportation and Public Works (2 votes), Arts, Culture, Religion (2 votes), Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (2 votes), Science, Technology, Communications (1 vote), Native Americans (1 vote), Social Welfare (1 vote), Water Resources Development (1 vote), Sports and Recreation (1 vote).

Bipartisan bills led

1 passed their chamber · 0 became law

How this is measured →
How far each bill got:IntroducedPassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law

Votes: Voteview (UCLA). Bills: Congress.gov. President's positions: our public list. 2024 results by district: The Downballot. How this is measured · Corrections

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