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U.S. House, District 36: who gets your vote?

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Candidate
RHONDA HART

RHONDA HART

Running for U.S. House · Texas District 36

NationalDemocrat

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BRIAN BABIN

BRIAN BABIN

U.S. House · Texas District 36

NationalRepublican

RHONDA HARTCandidateBRIAN BABINCurrent rep

Job fit

RHONDA HART

Other work

  • I am Rhonda Hart, a Texas mom and disabled military veteran. 1

BRIAN BABIN

Offices held

  • he has served as Woodville’s Mayor, City Councilman, and as a Woodville ISD School Board Member 2

Education

  • He graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Lamar University 2

Top issues

Ranked by what Americans say matters most (Pew, 2026)

RHONDA HART

  • Health care costs
    "Healthcare should be affordable and accessible to all Texans." Opposes Medicaid cuts and wants a system not tied to paychecks or insurance company profits. 3
  • Cost of living & jobs
    Calls for raising the minimum wage, and says workers needed for housing construction shouldn't be deported. 3
  • Guns
    Her daughter Kimberly was killed in the 2018 Santa Fe High School shooting; she championed the Kimberly Vaughan Safe Storage of Firearms Act and keeps fighting for gun violence solutions. 3

No public stance found on: Crime & safety

More on their website →

BRIAN BABIN

No stated positions on file yet.

How they voted on top issues

RHONDA HART

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

BRIAN BABIN

  • Elections that are easy to vote in and hard to cheat → Tighter voting rules (4 of 4 votes) 4
  • What kids are taught in school → Limits on lessons and more say for parents (4 of 4 votes) 4
  • Guns → Protecting the right to own and carry guns (3 of 3 votes) 4

Who pays them

RHONDA HART

$3K raised 5

A donor total is on file for this candidate, but the small-donor, large-donor and PAC split is not.

BRIAN BABIN

Where the campaign money came from6

small donorslarge donorscompaniesindustry associationsmembership organizationsOther kinds of donors
small donors$4Klarge donors$230Kcompanies$225Kindustryassociations$80Kmembershiporganizations$51KOther kinds ofdonors$65K$688K raised
$3,9496Small individual donors
$229,8256Large individual donors

Checks

RHONDA HART

No voting record to check yet

BRIAN BABIN

Checks run: missed votes · stock trades

🚨 Stock trades on file: 8 since 2016. 7

About red flags

These are Voter Choice's editorial choices, not a finding about any person. We flag: stock trading while in office, absences, money's influence in politics, and reported misuse of power or public funds. State and local items may come from local news, which can lean partisan. Take with a grain of salt. The judgment is yours.

Based on current data. May change in a future update.

Sources

  1. RHONDA HART campaign website content bundle · checked 2026-10-18 used in: Experience
  2. Babin for Congress - About Brian · checked 2026-10-18 used in: Experience
  3. hart4congress.com used in: Top issues
  4. Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04 used in: How they voted on top issues
  5. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  6. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  7. House and Senate periodic transaction reports · disclosed through 2026-05-08 used in: Checks