Jodey C. Arrington
Details
- Party Affiliation
- Republican
- In Office Since
- Jan 1, 2017
- Organization
- United States Federal Government
Federal Roster & Campaign Finance
- Bioguide ID
- A000375
- Chamber
- US House
- State
- TX
- District
- 19
Meetings
No relevant meetings found.
Election History
No election history found.
Recent Bills Sponsored
Recent Votes
| Bill | Chamber | Roll call | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ratepayer Protection Act | house | — | Yea |
| Retire through Ownership Act | senate | — | Yea |
| Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran. | house | — | Nay |
| Stop Insider Trading Act | house | — | Yea |
| Stop Insider Trading Act | house | — | Nay |
Bill title and chamber are the only bill details held for these votes; see Bills for the fuller record. “Roll call” is the upstream roll-call identifier, not a date no vote date is recorded in this dataset.
Biography
Jodey Cook Arrington ( AIR-ring-tən; born March 9, 1972) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 19th congressional district since 2017. The district includes a large slice of West Texas, centered around Lubbock and Abilene. He is a member of the Republican Party. Arrington was a member of George W. Bush's gubernatorial and presidential administrations. He was named appointments manager for Governor Bush in 1996. In 2000, he was appointed Special Assistant to the President and Associate Director of Presidential Personnel. In December 2001, Donald E. Powell, the 18th chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, hired Arrington as the agency's chief of staff. Arrington later served as deputy federal coordinator for the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding. In 2006, he left the coastal rebuilding office to return to his alma mater, Texas Tech University, as its system chief of staff and later vice chancellor for research and commercialization. Until his election to Congress, Arrington was the president of Scott Laboratories in Lubbock. As a member of Congress, Arrington sponsored the One Big Beautiful Bill Act during the 119th Congress, which he introduced May 20, 2025, and was signed into law July 4, 2025. On November 11, 2025, Arrington announced that he would not seek re-election in 2026.
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