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Michael Cloud

US Representative (R-TX-27)
Tracked because Sitting member of the House; tracked for votes, donor mapping, and committee oversight.
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Michael Cloud is the Republican U.S. Representative (TX's 27th congressional district). The platform has 4 voting records on file (2025-2026) and 50 verified facts on file covering this member's voting positions, financial disclosures, and stated platform commitments.

Facts on record45
Connections mapped33
Sources cited22
✦ Thin coverage gap +40 connected to 33 entities · only 45 facts on record · flagged for follow-up research
Evidence: 12P+4 33S+25
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No documented contradictions on file.
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Documented financial relationships span 0 money flow chains, while 1 elected official holds documented connections.
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Key Connections
← National Cotton Council Of America Committee For The Advancement Of Cotton organization
donor
$5,000 to Michael Cloud's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00023028/
← National Association Of Realtors PAC organization
donor
$8,000 to Michael Cloud's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00030718/
← Valero Energy Corporation PAC organization
donor
$5,000 to Michael Cloud's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00109546/
← American Crystal Sugar Company PAC organization
donor
$7,500 to Michael Cloud's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00110338/
← National Beer Wholesalers Association PAC (Nbwa PAC) organization
donor
$5,000 to Michael Cloud's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00144766/
← The Caterpillar Inc. Employee Political Action Committee organization
donor
$5,000 to Michael Cloud's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00148031/
← Texas Farm Bureau Friends Of Agriculture Fund (Agfund) Inc. (Texas Farm Bureau Agfund) organization
donor
$9,600 to Michael Cloud's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00214981/
← Koch Industries, Inc. PAC (Kochpac) organization
donor
$10,000 to Michael Cloud's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00236489/
Facts (45)
Data Freshness
Ageing Last update: 166d ago · Avg age: 178d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
✓ Verified Findings (45)
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✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Non-English language at home: 29.6% of households (Spanish: 27.5%)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Drives alone to work: 79.3%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median age: 38.0
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Unemployment rate: 4.8%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Foreign-born population: 8.28% (64.4k)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Citizenship rate: 94.8%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: White (Non-Hispanic) population share: 37.2% (289k)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Hispanic population share: 54.6% (424k)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population: 777,664 (2024)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median rent: $1,212
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median home value: $211,700
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Bachelor's degree or higher: 21.4%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 66.3%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: 15.7% (Data USA 2024); 11.8% (ACS 5-Year)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income: $68,094 (2024)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Texas Proposition 1 — Property Tax Reduction (2023) (2023) — passed, margin approved by voters
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Texas Proposition 6 — Water Infrastructure Fund (2023) (2023) — passed, margin 77.5% to 22.5%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 21 - Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction (share 0.045)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 23 - Construction (share 0.107)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 - Retail Trade (share 0.111)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 - Health Care and Social Assistance (share 0.137)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Top employer: Cheniere Energy (Corpus Christi LNG export terminal) (500 employees)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Top employer: Citgo Refinery (Corpus Christi) (1000 employees)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Top employer: Port of Corpus Christi (major U.S. energy export hub) (3000 employees)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Top employer: Naval Air Station Corpus Christi (4300 employees)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Top employer: CHRISTUS Spohn Health System (Corpus Christi) (5000 employees)
✓ verified Pending Review [constituency_baseline] District summary: Texas's 27th Congressional District encompasses the Coastal Bend region, stretching from Corpus Christi and Victoria up through Bastrop County near Austin and Wharton County near Houston. With approximately 777,664 residents, it is a deep-red district (Cook PVI R+32) that has elected Republican Michael Cloud since a 2018 special election. The district has a median household income of $68,094 — well above the national median but below Texas metro averages — and a poverty rate of 15.7%. The population is majority-minority: 54.6% Hispanic and 289,000 White (Non-Hispanic) residents, with 37.2% White (Non-Hispanic) making it one of the most ethnically diverse GOP-held districts in Texas. Only 21.4% hold bachelor's degrees, significantly below the 33.7% national average. The economy is anchored by healthcare (47,370 employees), retail trade (38,359), construction (36,757), oil & gas extraction (highest-paying sector at $76,649 median earnings), and agriculture. It is car-dependent: 79.3% drive alone to work and median commute is 23.8 minutes. Median home value is $211,700 with a 66.3% homeownership rate. Key local concerns include Hurricane Harvey recovery, the Port of Corpus Christi (major energy export hub), Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, agricultural trade policy, and border security.
Added: 03 May 2026
✓ verified Primary Source Voted yea on H.R. 7567 (Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (Farm Bill) — On Passage) on 2026-04-30: Cloud voted Yea as 209 of 212 Republicans supported the Farm Bill (224-200). His district includes significant agricultural production — crop production & basic processing and livestock are among his top five donor industries ($64,259 combined). The bill preserved SNAP cuts from the OBBB affecting his 15.7% poverty-rate district and was opposed by 197 Democrats. Only 3 Republicans voted Nay. Cloud has previously advocated for cattle producers and rice farmers through his committee work.
Date: 2026-04-30 Added: 03 May 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Roll call: H.R. 7567
✓ verified Primary Source Voted yea on H.R. 22 (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act — On Passage) on 2025-04-10: Cloud was an original co-sponsor and voted Aye to require documentary proof of citizenship for voter registration. He stated: 'The American people deserve to have confidence in the integrity of their elections.' His district has a 94.8% citizenship rate, meaning the voter ID requirements could create disproportionate barriers for legal non-citizen residents — a consideration relevant to his 54.6% Hispanic district where ID documentation has historically been a civil rights concern. Only 4 Democrats joined all Republicans in passing the bill.
Date: 2025-04-10 Added: 03 May 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Roll call: H.R. 22
✓ verified Primary Source Voted yea on S. 5 / H.R. 29 (Laken Riley Act — On Passage) on 2025-01-22: Cloud voted with all Republicans to mandate ICE detention of undocumented immigrants charged with theft. His district is 54.6% Hispanic and has a 94.8% citizenship rate with only 8.28% foreign-born residents — immigration enforcement affects a significant share of his constituents. The vote aligned with his border-security brand (PATROL Act, border wall support) and his top donor industries (Oil & Gas, $44,000; AIPAC, $23,001).
✓ verified Primary Source Voted yea on H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act — On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment) on 2025-07-03: Cloud reversed his own public commitment made just one week earlier, when he warned as a Freedom Caucus fiscal hawk that the Senate version would 'blow up the deficit' and would add $1 trillion over 10 years. He voted Yea after what he described as 'working through the night' and conversations with Trump. He justified the vote by securing a commitment for a future Balanced Budget Amendment vote. The CBO found the bill added trillions to the deficit. His district's 15.7% poverty rate and heavy reliance on Medicaid expansion funding in Texas — a non-expansion state — made the cuts to safety-net programs directly harmful to his constituents.
Date: 2025-07-03 Added: 03 May 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Roll call: H.R. 1 (119th)
✓ verified Primary Source [disclosure] Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) fired thousands of federal workers in Cloud's district — the Corpus Christi Caller-Times reported that Indivisible Coastal Bend protesters at Cloud's office specifically cited 'DOGE's firing of federal workers and Trump's budget cuts to Medicare, Social Security and food assistance programs' as harming his constituents. Cloud enthusiastically championed DOGE from his position on the House Oversight Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency.
✓ verified Primary Source [vote] On the 12th ballot (Jan 6, 2023), Cloud flipped and voted for McCarthy after a deal was struck giving the Freedom Caucus concessions on House rules, committee assignments, and spending reforms. The Texas Tribune reported Cloud was among the Texas holdouts who 'gave in.'
✓ verified Primary Source [vote] Cloud voted against McCarthy for Speaker on 11 ballots (Jan 3-6, 2023) as part of the 'Never Kevin' Freedom Caucus bloc, branding himself an anti-establishment insurgent. He posted a video saying: 'Sometimes it can look like chaos. But I came here to change how Washington works.'
✓ verified Primary Source [disclosure] Cloud's district is 54.6% Hispanic — a majority-minority district. The OBBB's Medicaid work requirements, SNAP cuts, and reductions disproportionately affect low-income Hispanic families, who have higher uninsured rates in Texas. The bill Cloud celebrated included work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents and cuts to the provider tax 'money laundering scheme.' TX-27 has a 15.7% poverty rate and significant Latino population reliant on safety-net programs.
✓ verified Primary Source [statement] In his official newsletter after the OBBB vote, Cloud celebrated the bill, saying: 'This bill enacts the largest mandatory spending reforms in history — it's a big start.' He touted $1.94 million in Community Project Funding he secured for the Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority.
✓ verified Primary Source [vote] On July 3, 2025, Cloud voted Yea on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, Roll Call 190) — the same Senate version he had warned against. He later told Texas Politics: 'You never get everything you want, but that was not the expectation... You're not going to solve that problem in one bill.' The CBO found the final bill would add trillions to the deficit.
✓ verified Primary Source [statement] On June 26, 2025, Cloud publicly warned as a Freedom Caucus fiscal hawk: 'It's going to take the Senate taking seriously what was in the House bill.' He said Senate changes that could add 'an additional $1 trillion to the overall deficit over 10 years' were unacceptable and the Freedom Caucus would 'not vote for any Senate bill that deepens the deficits from the original House bill.'
✓ verified Primary Source FEC candidate committee ID: C00655332 (Cloud for Congress). 2019-2020 cycle top donors: Max Midstream ($19,600), House Freedom Fund ($17,350), CL Thomas Inc ($11,700), Susser Holdings ($11,467), Koch Industries PAC ($10,000), Cheniere Energy PAC ($10,000).
✓ verified Partially Corroborated 2025 Q2 fundraising: Cloud disclosed $158,000 in a FEC Q2 filing on July 15, 2025. His campaign accepts cryptocurrency donations.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated Net worth estimated at approximately $450,500 — the 359th highest in Congress. Approximately $0 invested in publicly traded assets tracked live. Cloud co-owns several family businesses including Cloud Properties and a commercial real estate venture.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated Leadership PAC: City on a Hill PAC. Vote Smart reports slightly different totals: Total raised $505,688.11, spent $607,157.70, cash on hand $180,017.08. Top contributors include House Freedom Fund ($17,900), CL Thomas Inc ($13,700), Saulsbury Industries ($13,200), AIPAC ($12,000), HHA Hospital Medicine ($9,800).
✓ verified Partially Corroborated Top contributing organizations (2023-2024): American Israel Public Affairs Cmte ($23,001 total — $13,001 individuals + $10,000 PAC), House Freedom Fund ($21,300), CL Thomas Inc ($13,825), Saulsbury Industries ($13,200), Cheniere Energy ($10,000 PAC).
✓ verified Partially Corroborated Top contributing industries (2023-2024): Retired ($75,689), Republican/Conservative ($44,289), Oil & Gas ($44,000), Livestock ($36,149), Crop Production & Basic Processing ($28,110).
✓ verified Partially Corroborated 2023-2024 election cycle: Raised $785,113; Spent $929,722; Cash on hand $136,877; Debts $0. Source of funds: Large individual contributions 62.93%, PAC contributions 26.88%, Small individual contributions ($200,000) 10.19%.
All Connections (33)
supporter primary since 2025
Cloud enthusiastically championed DOGE from his position on the House Oversight Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency. DOGE fired thousands of federal workers in Cloud's district, leading to protests at his office.
policy_interest primary since 2025
Cloud voted Yea on Laken Riley Act mandating ICE detention of undocumented immigrants charged with theft, aligning with his border-security brand including PATROL Act and border wall support.
policy_interest primary since 2025
Cloud voted to mandate ICE detention of undocumented immigrants charged with theft via Laken Riley Act (S. 5 / H.R. 29, 2025-01-22).
voted_for primary since 2025
Cloud voted Yea on H.R. 1 on July 3, 2025 despite having publicly warned just one week earlier that the Senate version would add $1 trillion to deficit. He later celebrated the bill in his newsletter as 'largest mandatory spending reforms in history.' CBO found the bill would add trillions to deficit.
→ Chip Roy elected official
ideological_ally inferential since 2023
As a member of the Freedom Caucus fiscal hawk bloc, Cloud shares ideological alignment with fellow Texas Freedom Caucus member Chip Roy regarding deficit concerns and House rules concessions.
donor secondary
2024: $23,001 total ($13,001 individuals + $10,000 PAC). Vote Smart reports $12,000 from AIPAC PAC.
← Cheniere Energy company
donor secondary
2024: $10,000 via PAC (LNG export terminal near Corpus Christi in his district).
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Michael Cloud's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00023028/
donor primary since 2026
$5,000 to Michael Cloud's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00028787/
donor primary since 2024
$8,000 to Michael Cloud's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00030718/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Michael Cloud's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00109546/
donor primary since 2024
$7,500 to Michael Cloud's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00110338/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Michael Cloud's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00144766/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Michael Cloud's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00148031/
← Farm Credit PAC organization
donor primary since 2026
$7,500 to Michael Cloud's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00193631/
donor primary since 2024
$9,600 to Michael Cloud's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00214981/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Michael Cloud's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00236489/
← The Home Depot Inc. PAC organization
donor primary since 2026
$5,000 to Michael Cloud's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00284885/
donor primary since 2026
$5,000 to Michael Cloud's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00306175/
donor primary since 2024
$6,000 to Michael Cloud's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00332296/
donor primary since 2026
$6,000 to Michael Cloud's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00404392/
donor primary since 2026
$10,000 to Michael Cloud's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00411116/
← Cheniere Energy Inc. PAC organization
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Michael Cloud's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (6 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00430157/
← Huck PAC organization
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Michael Cloud's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00448373/
donor primary since 2026
$5,000 to Michael Cloud's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00481531/
← Phillips 66 PAC organization
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Michael Cloud's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00513549/
← American Revival PAC organization
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Michael Cloud's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00639229/
← Let'S Get To Work PAC organization
donor primary since 2026
$7,000 to Michael Cloud's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00692327/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Michael Cloud's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00797670/
donor primary since 2026
$6,500 to Michael Cloud's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00340075/
← Buckeye Liberty PAC organization
donor primary since 2026
$10,000 to Michael Cloud's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00366781/
← Dell Technologies PAC organization
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Michael Cloud's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00369751/
← House Freedom Fund company
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Michael Cloud's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00552851/
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2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Michael Cloud — SEC filings (no results) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Michael Cloud — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
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— ↗ Roll call: H.R. 22 congress_handoff Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-04-23 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: Michael Cloud not found in fec claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt