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John R. Carter
TX-31 enters through the Republican-held flip route at 23.5. V0.9 replaces the flat 0.70 cap with the same partial-coverage rule the Democratic route uses: 65% of the route's evidence is available, so the weighted mean of 27.3 is scaled by 0.860, moving the score +7.0. V0.10 refreshes incumbent finance from the FEC candidate summary through 2026-06-30, leaving the score unchanged.
Priority score23.5#2,962 of 5,726
THE MEMBER
Record
John R. Carter is the current Republican House member for TX-31. The retained congressional history records 23.5 cumulative years of House service through the source cutoff.
- First House service
- Jan 7, 2003
- District changes
- 0
- Alignment gap
- Not in this score
- Bioguide record
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THE DISTRICT
TX-31
TX-31 recorded a R+23.3 presidential margin in 2024. The incumbent reported $170,827 cash on hand through 2026-06-30. This route surfaces potentially competitive Republican-held districts without inventing Democratic-primary, AIPAC, or alignment evidence.
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+23.3
- Cash on hand
- $170,827
- Receipts / disbursements
- $1,419,042 / $1,289,654
- Finance through
- Jun 30, 2026
- Route
- Republican-held flip screen
- Baseline score
- 23.5
SCORE ANATOMY
What makes the score
General-election competitiveness
6.9
The retained 2024 presidential result was R+23.3. A tied district begins at 100 and each Republican margin point subtracts four points.
Democratic primary
Not in this score
Not applicable to this Republican-held general-election route; no Democratic-primary value is imputed.
AIPAC support
Not in this score
Not used in this route because the retained candidate-level AIPAC model covers the Democratic incumbent field.
Incumbent alignment
Not in this score
Not used in this route because the retained alignment trackers cover Democratic incumbents.
Cash vulnerability
73.3
The FEC candidate summary snapshot (2026-06-30) reports $170,827 cash on hand, replacing the $170,827 release aggregate. The inverse log scale is 100 at $50,000 or less and 0 at $5 million or more.
State Democratic primary contestation
Not in this score
No retained state-legislative Democratic primary catalog records uncontested contests for this state, so the component is omitted and the available weight is renormalized.
HOUSE HISTORY
Recorded service
2003–2005TX-31Completed term
2005–2007TX-31Completed term
2007–2009TX-31Completed term
2009–2011TX-31Completed term
2011–2013TX-31Completed term
2013–2015TX-31Completed term
2015–2017TX-31Completed term
2017–2019TX-31Completed term
2019–2021TX-31Completed term
2021–2023TX-31Completed term
2023–2025TX-31Completed term
2025–nowTX-31Current at source cutoff
Formula v0.9 Republican-held route: renormalized 0.45 × competitiveness + 0.20 × cash vulnerability + 0.15 × local context + 0.20 × state Democratic primary contestation (65% of component weight available) × 0.860 coverage multiplier; the former flat 0.70 cap is removed; v0.10 refreshes cash vulnerability from the FEC candidate summary snapshot
Source cutoff Aug 4, 2026 · How the score is built · Source ledger · Factual seat record