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BIOGUIDE M001224 · FEC H2TX01112

Nathaniel Moran

U.S. Representative, Texas's 1st District (since 2023)RINCUMBENT

Race
U.S. House · Texas's 1st District
Result
Nathaniel Moran, projected winner
Opponent
Yolanda Prince (D)
Research
Basic

Party line17 votes tracked

17With Republicans
0Against
0Didn't vote

With party = voted the same way as most Republicans who voted.

Said vs. did3 statements · 17 votes

The SAVE Act helps achieve these goals by requiring proof of citizenship when individuals register to vote and removing non-citizens from voter rolls.

Require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote

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On the ballotU.S. House · 1

2026-11-03

Nathaniel Moran Rincumbent
Yolanda Prince Dchallenger

Said vs. did

Each documented position next to the recorded floor votes we map to the same issue. Votes are compared one at a time; no overall stance is inferred from them.

Require documentary proof of citizenship to register to voteSupports
The SAVE Act helps achieve these goals by requiring proof of citizenship when individuals register to vote and removing non-citizens from voter rolls.

In a September 2024 official statement on voting for the SAVE Act, he said it helps secure elections by requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote.[4]

  • YESSAVE Act (H.R. 22, 2025-04-10).[5]

1 of 1 vote point the same way as the statement

Stricter gun lawsOpposes

Cosponsored H.R. 38, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (119th Congress), which would require states to honor other states' concealed-carry permits.

Documented position[6]

No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.

Protect legal access to abortionOpposes

Cosponsored H.R. 722, the Life at Conception Act (119th Congress), which would extend legal personhood from the moment of fertilization.

Documented position[7]

No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.

Expand immigration enforcement and deportations

No statement on this issue in our sources.

  • YESLaken Riley Act (S. 5, 2025-01-22).[8]
  • YESOne Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which funded expanded immigration enforcement, detention and border operations.[9][10]
  • YESSecure the Border Act of 2023 (H.R. 2, 2023-05-11).[11]
Expand public health coverage

No statement on this issue in our sources.

  • YESOne Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which reduced federal Medicaid spending and added Medicaid work requirements.[9][10]
  • NOBreaking the Gridlock Act (H.R. 1834, 2026-01-08), which extended enhanced ACA premium subsidies.[12]
Faster transition away from fossil fuels

No statement on this issue in our sources.

  • YESOne Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which phased out Inflation Reduction Act clean-energy tax credits.[9][10]
Raise taxes on high earners or corporations

No statement on this issue in our sources.

  • YESOne Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which made the 2017 individual tax rates, including the 37% top rate, permanent.[9][10]
Require Congress to approve U.S. military action abroad

No statement on this issue in our sources.

  • NOWar Powers Resolution on Venezuela (H. Con. Res. 64, 2025-12-17), which would have directed the removal of U.S. forces from hostilities against Venezuela absent congressional authorization.[13]
  • NOWar Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilities (H. Con. Res. 86, 2026-06-03), which directed the removal of U.S. forces from hostilities against Iran absent congressional authorization.[14]
Broad tariffs on imported goods

No statement on this issue in our sources.

  • NOResolution disapproving tariffs on Canada (H.J. Res. 72, 2026-02-11), which disapproved the tariffs on Canadian imports.[15]

Biography

Nathaniel Moran is the Republican U.S. Representative for Texas's 1st District and won re-election on November 3, 2026. An attorney who served on the Tyler City Council and as Smith County Judge before his election to Congress in 2022, he sits on the House Ways and Means Committee, the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party and the Ethics Committee.[1][2][3]

Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.

According to his official biography, Moran moved to rural East Texas with his parents shortly before his second birthday and grew up in Whitehouse, graduating from Whitehouse High School in 1993.[3] Ballotpedia lists Whitehouse as his birthplace.[1] He attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point for two years before transferring to Texas Tech University, where he earned a B.A. in Russian Language and Area Studies, an MBA and a law degree.[3]

After law school Moran moved to Tyler and practiced civil law focused on business and commercial litigation and transactions; Ballotpedia lists him as an attorney and partner with the law firm Ramey & Flock, P.C.[3][1] He served on the Tyler City Council from 2005 to 2009.[3] After being re-elected to a third term in 2009 and appointed Mayor Pro Tem, he resigned to move his family to Houston for three years so his oldest son could attend a school for the Deaf, then returned to Tyler and his law practice.[3] He has served with nonprofit organizations including the Boy Scouts of America, the Discovery Science Place, Cancer Foundation for Life and the Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce, and helped start an education foundation for Whitehouse I.S.D.; he has also been a Sunday School teacher and church deacon.[3]

Moran was appointed Smith County Judge in 2016 to fill a vacancy and was elected to a full four-year term in 2018, serving until his election to Congress in November 2022.[3] The office is the presiding officer of the Commissioners Court and chief administrative officer of the county, and he was appointed to the Texas Judicial Commission on Mental Health in 2021.[3]

Moran won the 2022 election to succeed Rep. Louie Gohmert and took office on January 3, 2023.[1][3] In the House he serves on the Ways and Means Committee (Oversight, Social Security, and Work and Welfare subcommittees), the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party and the Committee on Ethics.[16] According to his official biography, he and his wife, Kyna, have four children, and his House website says the family lives in Whitehouse.[3][17] He advanced to the general election from the March 3, 2026 Republican primary.[16][1] He won the November 3, 2026 general election with 69% of the vote to Yolanda Prince's 31%, according to unofficial results reported by NBC News.[2]

Recent votes

DateParty lineMeasure
2026-06-03With partyvoted noWar Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilitiesH. Con. Res. 86 · Passed 215–208 · roll call ↗Democrats 211–1 · Republicans 4–207
2026-02-11With partyvoted noResolution disapproving tariffs on CanadaH.J. Res. 72 · Passed 219–211 · roll call ↗Democrats 213–1 · Republicans 6–210
2026-02-03With partyvoted yesConsolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 — full-year government fundingH.R. 7148 · Passed 217–214 · roll call ↗Democrats 21–193 · Republicans 196–21
2026-01-08With partyvoted noBreaking the Gridlock Act — ACA subsidy extensionH.R. 1834 · Passed 230–196 · roll call ↗Democrats 213–0 · Republicans 17–196
2025-12-17With partyvoted noWar Powers Resolution on VenezuelaH. Con. Res. 64 · Failed 211–213 · roll call ↗Democrats 208–1 · Republicans 3–212
2025-12-10With partyvoted yesNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 — final passageS. 1071 · Passed 312–112 · roll call ↗Democrats 115–94 · Republicans 197–18
2025-11-18With partyvoted yesEpstein Files Transparency ActH.R. 4405 · Passed 427–1 · roll call ↗Democrats 211–0 · Republicans 216–1
2025-11-12With partyvoted yesContinuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026 — shutdown-ending voteH.R. 5371 · Passed 222–209 · roll call ↗Democrats 6–207 · Republicans 216–2

Showing the 8 most recent of 17 votes.

All 17 recorded votes
DateParty lineMeasure
2026-06-03With partyvoted noWar Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilitiesH. Con. Res. 86 · Passed 215–208 · roll call ↗Democrats 211–1 · Republicans 4–207The resolution directs the President to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities with Iran that Congress has not authorized, invoking the War Powers Resolution. It passed the House with support from Democrats and a number of Republicans.
2026-02-11With partyvoted noResolution disapproving tariffs on CanadaH.J. Res. 72 · Passed 219–211 · roll call ↗Democrats 213–1 · Republicans 6–210The resolution terminates the national emergency the President declared in February 2025 to justify a 25 percent tariff on imports from Canada, ending that tariff if it becomes law. It passed with a bipartisan majority, including several Republicans who broke with the administration on trade policy.
2026-02-03With partyvoted yesConsolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 — full-year government fundingH.R. 7148 · Passed 217–214 · roll call ↗Democrats 21–193 · Republicans 196–21The bill provides full-year discretionary appropriations for federal agencies for the remainder of fiscal year 2026, replacing the stopgap funding enacted after the fall 2025 shutdown. It sets spending levels across defense and non-defense programs through September 2026.
2026-01-08With partyvoted noBreaking the Gridlock Act — ACA subsidy extensionH.R. 1834 · Passed 230–196 · roll call ↗Democrats 213–0 · Republicans 17–196The bill extends for additional years the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits that were expanded in 2021 and had lapsed at the end of 2025, lowering health-insurance premiums for people who buy coverage on ACA marketplaces. It passed with support from nearly all Democrats and a small group of Republicans.
2025-12-17With partyvoted noWar Powers Resolution on VenezuelaH. Con. Res. 64 · Failed 211–213 · roll call ↗Democrats 208–1 · Republicans 3–212The resolution would have directed the President to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities in or against Venezuela that Congress had not authorized. It failed after U.S. military strikes on suspected drug-trafficking vessels off Venezuela had raised questions in Congress about the administration's legal authority for military action in the region.
2025-12-10With partyvoted yesNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 — final passageS. 1071 · Passed 312–112 · roll call ↗Democrats 115–94 · Republicans 197–18The fiscal year 2026 NDAA authorizes roughly $900 billion in defense spending, including a pay raise for service members and funding for shipbuilding, munitions, and missile-defense programs. It also sets policy on military personnel, procurement, and other Defense Department programs for the year.
2025-11-18With partyvoted yesEpstein Files Transparency ActH.R. 4405 · Passed 427–1 · roll call ↗Democrats 211–0 · Republicans 216–1The bill directs the Department of Justice to publicly release its investigative files related to Jeffrey Epstein within 30 days, while allowing redactions to protect victim identities, ongoing investigations, and law enforcement techniques. It passed with near-unanimous support.
2025-11-12With partyvoted yesContinuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026 — shutdown-ending voteH.R. 5371 · Passed 222–209 · roll call ↗Democrats 6–207 · Republicans 216–2The bill reopened the federal government after a 43-day shutdown by funding most agencies through January 30, 2026, and providing full-year funding for a smaller group of agencies through September 2026. It also reversed shutdown-related federal layoffs and funded SNAP benefits retroactively.
2025-07-17With partyvoted yesCLARITY Act — digital asset market structureH.R. 3633 · Passed 294–134 · roll call ↗Democrats 78–134 · Republicans 216–0The CLARITY Act creates a regulatory framework dividing oversight of digital assets between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. It sets registration and disclosure requirements for cryptocurrency exchanges and other digital-asset intermediaries.
2025-07-17With partyvoted yesGENIUS Act — stablecoin regulationS. 1582 · Passed 308–122 · roll call ↗Democrats 102–110 · Republicans 206–12The GENIUS Act creates a federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins, requiring issuers to hold reserves backing their tokens on a one-to-one basis and to comply with new disclosure and licensing rules. It was the first major piece of cryptocurrency legislation enacted into federal law.
2025-07-03With partyvoted yesOne Big Beautiful Bill Act — final passageH.R. 1 · Passed 218–214 · roll call ↗Democrats 0–212 · Republicans 218–2H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, extends and expands the 2017 tax cuts, adds new deductions for tips, overtime pay, and seniors, and raises the cap on state and local tax deductions. It increases border security and defense spending while cutting projected Medicaid and SNAP spending and adding new work requirements; President Trump signed it into law on July 4, 2025.
2025-06-12With partyvoted yesRescissions Act of 2025H.R. 4 · Passed 214–212 · roll call ↗Democrats 0–208 · Republicans 214–4The Rescissions Act canceled about $9 billion in previously approved federal spending, mostly for foreign aid programs and for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It was the first rescissions package Congress had approved in decades.
2025-05-22With partyvoted yesOne Big Beautiful Bill Act — House passageH.R. 1 · Passed 215–214 · roll call ↗Democrats 0–212 · Republicans 215–2H.R. 1 extends and modifies the 2017 individual and business tax cuts, creates new deductions for tips and overtime pay, and increases spending on border security and defense. It also reduces projected spending on Medicaid and food-assistance programs and adds new work requirements for some recipients.
2025-04-10With partyvoted yesSAVE Act — proof-of-citizenship voter registrationH.R. 22 · Passed 220–208 · roll call ↗Democrats 4–208 · Republicans 216–0The SAVE Act would require individuals to provide documentary proof of U.S. citizenship in person when registering to vote in federal elections. It also directs states to establish procedures to remove noncitizens identified on voter rolls.
2025-03-11With partyvoted yesFull-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025H.R. 1968 · Passed 217–213 · roll call ↗Democrats 1–212 · Republicans 216–1The bill funded the federal government through the remainder of fiscal year 2025, largely at prior-year spending levels, averting a shutdown ahead of a March 14 deadline. It also extended several expiring health and other program authorizations.
2025-01-22With partyvoted yesLaken Riley Act — final passageS. 5 · Passed 263–156 · roll call ↗Democrats 46–156 · Republicans 217–0The Laken Riley Act requires the Department of Homeland Security to detain undocumented immigrants who are arrested, charged, or convicted for theft, burglary, or certain violent crimes. It also allows state attorneys general to sue the federal government over certain immigration enforcement decisions.
2023-05-11With partyvoted yesSecure the Border Act of 2023 — House passageH.R. 2 · Passed 219–213 · roll call ↗Democrats 0–211 · Republicans 219–2Would have resumed border-wall construction, restricted asylum eligibility, expanded detention, and mandated E-Verify for employers.

On the record

Official actions: bills, executive acts, filings and court records.

  • actionServes on the U.S. House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, among other committee assignments, in the 2025–2026 Congress.[18]
Campaign money$1.8M raised · 49% from individuals · FEC through 2026-06-30

Totals this cycle

Raised$1.8M
Spent$1.4M
Cash on hand$778K

Bars share one scale (raised = full). Cash on hand can include money carried over from earlier cycles.

Who gave

  • Individuals $748K
  • PACs & committees $780K

Largest committee contributions

  1. Cvs Health PAC PAC$10K
  2. Trinity Industries Employee Political Action Committee (SF) Inc. PAC$10K
  3. Elevance Health, Inc. Political Action Committee (Elevance Health PAC) PAC$10K
  4. National Multifamily Housing Council and Real Estate Technology and Transformation Center Political Action Committee (NMHC PAC) PAC$10K
  5. Vistra Employee Political Action Committee of Vistra Corp. PAC$10K
  6. Health Care Service Corporation Employees' Political Action Committee PAC$10K
  7. Eastmanpac-Political Action Committee of Eastman Chemical Company PAC$10K
  8. Texas Association for Home Care & Hospice, Inc. Texas Home Care & Hospice Pac- Federal PAC$10K
  9. New York Life Insurance Company Political Action Committee PAC$10K
  10. National Association of Professional Employer Organizations (NAPEO PAC) PAC$10K

Direct contributions only; outside spending is not included. Individual donors are itemized in the FEC’s receipts. All itemized receipts ↗ FEC filing ↗

Profile: /people/nathaniel-moran

Where they stood out

Voted against most of their party on 3 of 463 party-divided votes on file.

  • Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act

    What it does: Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025 This bill amends the Clean Air Act to address the limitations on Reid Vapor Pressure (a measure of gasoline's volatility) that are placed on gasoline during the…

    Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 95–113, Republicans 122–90

    May 13, 2026Official record ↗

  • ROTOR Act

    What it does: Rotorcraft Operations Transparency and Oversight Reform Act or the ROTOR Act This bill addresses aviation safety by increasing requirements for aircraft tracking and communication using Automatic Dependent Surveillanc…

    Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 187–1, Republicans 77–131

    Feb 24, 2026Official record ↗

  • Amendment (Crane) to H.R. 7006 — Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026

    A yes vote adopted Amendment 2 to H.R. 7006, which would have struck the bill's provisions funding the National Endowment for Democracy. (AI-written)

    What it does: Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 This bill provides FY2026 appropriations to several federal departments and agencies…

    Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 0–210, Republicans 127–80

    Jan 14, 2026Official record ↗

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Sources cited in this profile

  1. 1.Nathaniel Moran · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
  2. 2.Texas 1st District U.S. House election results 2026 · NBC News News report
  3. 3.Biography | U.S. Representative Nathaniel Moran · U.S. House of Representatives (Rep. Moran) · 2026-10-21 Official record
  4. 4.Congressman Moran Statement on Vote to Protect American Elections from Illegal Immigrants (Sept. 18, 2024) · Office of Congressman Nathaniel Moran · 2024-09-18 Official record
  5. 5.Roll call: SAVE Act — proof-of-citizenship voter registration · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-04-10 Official record
  6. 6.H.R. 38, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025) — sponsors and cosponsors · Congress.gov Official record
  7. 7.H.R. 722, the Life at Conception Act (Life at Conception Act) — sponsors and cosponsors · Congress.gov Official record
  8. 8.Roll call: Laken Riley Act — final passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-01-22 Official record
  9. 9.Roll call: One Big Beautiful Bill Act — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-05-22 Official record
  10. 10.Roll call: One Big Beautiful Bill Act — final passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-07-03 Official record
  11. 11.Roll call: Secure the Border Act of 2023 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2023-05-11 Official record
  12. 12.Roll call: Breaking the Gridlock Act — ACA subsidy extension · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2026-01-08 Official record
  13. 13.Roll call: War Powers Resolution on Venezuela · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-12-17 Official record
  14. 14.Roll call: War Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilities · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2026-06-03 Official record
  15. 15.Roll call: Resolution disapproving tariffs on Canada · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2026-02-11 Official record
  16. 16.Committees and Caucuses | U.S. Representative Nathaniel Moran · U.S. House of Representatives (Rep. Moran) · 2026-10-21 Official record
  17. 17.About Congressman Nathaniel Moran · U.S. House of Representatives (Rep. Moran) · 2026-10-21 Official record
  18. 18.Nathaniel Moran · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference