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Republican representative for Texas’s 23rd district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Gonzales votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Gonzales’s actual and predicted Biden support scores
| Biden margin | Biden score | Biden plus-minus |
|---|---|---|
| Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s | How often Gonzales votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Gonzales’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-1.8% | 26.3% | -22.2 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Gonzales vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 23, 2022 | Providing appropriations for various federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023; updating the process of appointing and tallying presidential electors; providing money for humanitarian, security and economic assistance to Ukraine (225-201) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No |  | 43.7% | -43.7 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 33.2% | -33.2 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Allowing Puerto Rico to hold a referendum on whether to become a U.S. state, an independent country or a sovereign government (233-191) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 51.4% | -51.4 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Tony Gonzales's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 62.2% | +37.8 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 33.2% | -33.2 |
| Dec. 8, 2022 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state; includes an amendment allowing religious organizations to deny services or accomodations for same-sex weddings (258-169) Tony Gonzales's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 65.7% | +34.3 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 35.2% | -35.2 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Requiring the Bureau of Prisons to provide incarcerated women with certain pregnancy-related care and limiting the use of solitary confinement for pregnant women (324-90) Tony Gonzales's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.8% | +16.2 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Tony Gonzales's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.2% | +35.8 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Tony Gonzales's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.3% | +31.7 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Tony Gonzales's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.7% | +19.3 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.7% | -47.7 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 52.2% | -52.2 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 31.5% | -31.5 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 60.5% | -60.5 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 31.3% | -31.3 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for local governments to train mental health professionals and send them instead of law enforcement officers to respond to emergencies involving people with behavioral health needs (223-206) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 33.8% | -33.8 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Tony Gonzales's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.8% | +15.2 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 45.4% | -45.4 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 51.8% | -51.8 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.9% | -32.9 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing greater congressional oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau and prohibiting the removal of the bureau director without cause (220-208) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.5% | -30.5 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 41.8% | -41.8 |
| Aug. 12, 2022 | Allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices; extending Affordable Care Act subsidies; expanding tax credits for renewable and clean energy efforts; establishing a 15 percent corporate minimum tax; and other measures (220-207) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.2% | -27.2 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 73.8% | -73.8 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.8% | -27.8 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.3% | -26.3 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 56.0% | -56.0 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Tony Gonzales's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.9% | +2.1 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 52.5% | -52.5 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 59.6% | -59.6 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 44.3% | -44.3 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.3% | -27.3 |
| July 19, 2022 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state (267-157) Tony Gonzales's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.2% | +30.8 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.0% | -34.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.5% | -26.5 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Tony Gonzales's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.3% | +23.7 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Tony Gonzales's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.5% | +35.5 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Tony Gonzales's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 49.5% | +50.5 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 33.5% | -33.5 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Tony Gonzales's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.5% | +13.5 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Tony Gonzales's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.6% | +3.4 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.2% | -40.2 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.5% | -24.5 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 48.9% | -48.9 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 38.0% | -38.0 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.0% | -37.0 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.9% | -32.9 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.3% | -36.3 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Tony Gonzales's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 59.7% | +40.3 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 33.3% | -33.3 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Tony Gonzales's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.6% | +24.4 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.9% | -47.9 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 51.0% | -51.0 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.7% | -36.7 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Tony Gonzales's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.9% | +35.1 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 61.7% | -61.7 |
| Feb. 9, 2022 | Imposing visa restrictions on foreign people found responsible for human rights violations related to someone's sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics (227-206) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 39.1% | -39.1 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Tony Gonzales's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.9% | +15.1 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Tony Gonzales's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.4% | +16.6 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.1% | -32.1 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.4% | -27.4 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 72.1% | -72.1 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.4% | -32.4 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.5% | -28.5 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 31.9% | -31.9 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.6% | -32.6 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.3% | -26.3 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 42.1% | -42.1 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 41.8% | -41.8 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 45.5% | -45.5 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Tony Gonzales's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.1% | +25.9 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Tony Gonzales's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 61.2% | +38.8 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.2% | -30.2 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.7% | -27.7 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.6% | -28.6 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.6% | -28.6 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.6% | -28.6 |
| July 29, 2021 | Providing emergency funding for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack and for the expansion of the Afghan visa program (416-11) Tony Gonzales's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.1% | +1.9 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.6% | -34.6 |
| July 22, 2021 | Increasing the number of and expediting the process for visas available to Afghans who worked on behalf of the U.S. government in Afghanistan (407-16) Tony Gonzales's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.1% | +2.9 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 56.6% | -56.6 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.5% | -37.5 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 33.3% | -33.3 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 48.4% | -48.4 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Tony Gonzales's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 60.4% | +39.6 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.0% | -29.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.8% | -32.8 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Tony Gonzales's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 62.7% | +37.3 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 64.6% | -64.6 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 35.4% | -35.4 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Tony Gonzales's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 62.6% | +37.4 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Tony Gonzales's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.6% | +8.4 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Tony Gonzales's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.3% | +15.7 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.1% | -26.1 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.0% | -29.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.9% | -28.9 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.8% | -29.8 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 65.0% | -65.0 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.8% | -29.8 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 60.5% | -60.5 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 44.9% | -44.9 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 62.1% | -62.1 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.9% | -28.9 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.9% | -40.9 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.3% | -26.3 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.1% | -36.1 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.4% | -30.4 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 31.6% | -31.6 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 41.8% | -41.8 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Tony Gonzales's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.0% | -34.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Tony Gonzales's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.7% | +20.3 |
| Average | 26.3% | 48.6% | -22.2 | |||
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