U.S. House of Representatives
Elections 2020 Pfluger resigned from the NSC after three months to run for the
United States House of Representatives for . Representative
Mike Conaway, who had represented the district since its creation in 2005, was retiring after eight terms. Pfluger cleared 50% of the vote in a crowded 10-way Republican Party primary, enough to win the nomination in a single round. He faced
Democratic nominee Jon Mark Hogg and
Libertarian Wacey Alpha Cody in the November general election. However, with Republicans having a nearly 10-to-1 registration advantage in the district, Pfluger was heavily favored to win in November. Indeed, Hogg was only the fifth Democrat to run in the district since its creation in 2005. As expected, Pfluger easily defeated Hogg in the general election.
2022 Pfluger ran unopposed, winning a second term.
2024 Pfluger ran unopposed again, winning a third term.
2026 Tenure Pfluger took office on January 3, 2021. On January 6, the day of the
storming of the United States Capitol, he and 146 of his fellow congressional
Republicans voted to block certification of President-elect
Joe Biden's
2020 victory, as part of the
Trump-led effort to
overturn the 2020 United States presidential election. Specifically, he voted against certifying
Arizona's and
Pennsylvania's electoral votes. In August 2021,
Business Insider reported that Pfluger had violated the
Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act of 2012, a federal transparency and conflict-of-interest law, by failing to properly disclose stock trades made by him or his wife worth between $10,007 and $150,000. On July 18, 2023, he proposed a
congressional non-binding resolution which stated that “the State of Israel is not a
racist or
apartheid state", that Congress rejects "all forms of antisemitism and xenophobia" and that “the United States will always be a staunch partner and supporter of Israel." It passed with support from 217 Republicans and 195
Democrats. In March 2024, Pfluger, Representative
Don Davis, and a news reporter wrote an opinion piece in the
Washington Examiner. The piece criticized the push by many members of Congress to condition U.S. aid to Israel.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs •
Committee on Energy and Commerce Caucus membership •
Congressional Ukraine Caucus •
Republican Study Committee'''''' •
Congressional Western Caucus ==Personal life==