John R Carter

American politician (born 1941)

IncumbentU.S. House — TX-31RepublicanRunning nowVugol ID VM-7GJ-DXE1 FEC H2TX31044

Running for U.S. House, TX-31, 2026

Link: vugol.me/p/john-r-carter

Roster source: FEC filing (2026-08-26)

Headshot · carter.house.gov

John R Carter — Portrait — Portrait · carter.house.gov

John R Carter — On the trail — On the trail · carter.house.gov

John R Carter — Illustration · Vugol.me — Illustration · Vugol.me
Illustration by Vugol.me, adapted from Official U.S. Congress portrait · Public domain

Races

2026 · U.S. House, TX-31 · General · Republican · on the ballot · incumbent
2026 · State House / Assembly, TX District U_S_31 · Primary · Republican · won · 45,834 votes (59.7%) · incumbent · source
2024 · U.S. House, TX-31 · General · Republican · result not on file · incumbent · source
2022 · U.S. House, TX-31 · General · Republican · won · 183,185 votes (100.0%) · incumbent · source
2020 · U.S. House, TX-31 · General · Republican · won · 212,695 votes (53.4%) · incumbent · source
2018 · U.S. House, TX-31 · General · Republican · won · 144,680 votes (50.6%) · incumbent · source

Background

John Rice Carter is an American politician serving as a U.S. representative representing Texas's 31st congressional district since 2003. The district includes the northern suburbs of Austin, as well as Fort Hood. He is a Republican.

If elected for another term, Carter is set to become the dean of Texas's congressional delegation when Representative Lloyd Doggett and Senator John Cornyn leave office in 2027.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-29 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carter_(Texas_politician)

Campaign finance

$1,419,042total raised (2026 cycle)

$170,827cash on hand (2026 cycle)

$1,289,654total spent (2026 cycle)

As of 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC

Website and social

Campaign site

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Sources

Official portrait — public-domain congressional image set (unitedstates project)
Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-29 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carter_(Texas_politician)
Official social accounts — congress-legislators dataset (unitedstates project)
Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H2TX31044/
Name re-derived from FEC filing
photo_headshot — https://carter.house.gov/about
photo_full_body — https://carter.house.gov/about
photo_action — https://carter.house.gov

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