
August Pfluger
Republican · TX-11 · U.S. House
Bio
August Lee Pfluger is an American politician and Air Force officer serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 11th congressional district since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, his district includes much of West Texas.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 5.6 years
- First took office
- 2021 (3 terms)
- Seniority
- 275 of 437 by time served
- Age
- 47
- Killeen, TX · 254-669-6570
- Brownwood, TX · 325-646-1950
- San Angelo, TX · 325-659-4010
- Llano, TX · 325-247-2826
- Midland, TX · 432-687-2390
- Odessa, TX · 432-331-9667
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Reported net worth
- Assets
- $1.0M – $2.8M
- Liabilities
- $450k – $1.0M
- Net worth
- $49k – $2.3M
- Since 2019
- +$560k
Largest holdings in the 2025 filing · 44 assets reported
Largest first, capped at 40 line items. Each is the asset's reported value bracket, not the income it produced.
From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.
How they score against the parties
August Pfluger's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
On the political map
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Caucuses & committees
Where Pflugersits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.
Caucuses
- Republican Study Committeestrongly right · 139 members
Committees
- House Committee on Homeland Securitycenter · 31 members
- House Committee on Energy and Commercecenter · 54 members
Most and least aligned members
Treating Pfluger's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.
Recent notable votes
Latest news
GOP chairman says WNBA response on Caitlin Clark ‘falls short,’ keeps ‘every option on the table’Texas lawmaker August Pfluger says the WNBA's response to Congress about Caitlin Clark's treatment dodges specifics, vowing to keep every option on the table.
Fox News · July 29, 2026
GOP Lawmakers Press WNBA Commissioner to Protect Caitlin ClarkThe on-court abuse of WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark has reached the halls of Congress. The House Republican Study Committee, led by Chairman August Pfluger, R-Texas, sent a letter last week to WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert, arguing the league has not done …
Daily Signal · July 14, 2026
Politicians Seeking Answers From WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert About Treatment Of Caitlin Clark And ‘Racially Motivated Attacks’ By Other PlayersWashington D.C. is getting involved in the Caitlin Clark drama. A group of 11 Republican politicians sent a letter to WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert this wek demanding the league take “accountability” for what they described as “multiple attacks” against t…
BroBible · July 9, 2026- Lawmakers press WNBA for accountability over ‘attacks’ on Caitlin Clark in scathing letter
Caitlin Clark’s season has been dominated by the headlines surrounding the physical play she’s faced. Now, a group of United States lawmakers is trying to make its voices heard with the WNBA. Led by Republican Study Committee Chairman Rep. August Pfluger (Tex…
Freerepublic.com · July 9, 2026
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