Vela is the representative for Texas’s 34th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 3, 2013. Vela is next up for reelection in 2020.
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Vela is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Vela has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Apr 18, 2019. See full analysis methodology.
Aye S. 140: A bill to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund.
Apr 16, 2015. Passed 272/152.
From Jan 2013 to Apr 2019, Vela missed 138 of 3,906 roll call votes, which is 3.5%. This is worse than the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.