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David Schweikert

8th term · 15.7 years in office: 7 full terms completed, 1 in progress.

Representative · AZ-1 · Republican · since Jan 2011

David Schweikert

Bills authored 13Missed votes 6 of 524Party unity 80% derived, how we compute this

Counted from 524 roll calls and 53 sponsorship records on file.

Stray index
293 of 5 stated positions diverge from the record
coverage 97%

Who they are · every sentence carries its source

Before the votes, a life.

David Schweikert was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Scottsdale, Arizona, with his adoptive parents and two siblings.Source 3: Wikipedia: David Schweikert He earned a bachelor's degree in finance and real estate and a master of business administration from Arizona State University before working in the real estate industry.Source 3: Wikipedia: David Schweikert He served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 1991 to 1995, chaired the state Board of Equalization, and worked as the Maricopa County treasurer.Source 3: Wikipedia: David Schweikert

After unsuccessful congressional campaigns in 1994 and 2008, Schweikert won election to the United States House of Representatives in 2010.Source 3: Wikipedia: David Schweikert He represented Arizona's 5th and 6th congressional districts before being elected to the 1st district in 2022.Source 3: Wikipedia: David Schweikert In 2025, he announced he would not seek reelection to Congress and instead ran an unsuccessful campaign for governor of Arizona.Source 3: Wikipedia: David Schweikert

In their own words

“I am going to save the future of this country, or at least give it one more shot before I leave here.”

Congressional Record · Jul 22, 2026 · Source

One rule for every member: their most recent dated, linkable statement about themselves.

The path here

  1. 1985

    Earned a bachelor's degree in finance and real estate from Arizona State University.Source 3: Wikipedia: David Schweikert

  2. 1991-1995

    Served in the Arizona House of Representatives.Source 3: Wikipedia: David Schweikert

  3. 2004-2007

    Served as the Maricopa County treasurer.Source 3: Wikipedia: David Schweikert

  4. 2010

    Elected to the United States House of Representatives.Source 3: Wikipedia: David Schweikert

  5. 2023-Present

    Serving as Representative for Arizona's 1st congressional district.Source 1: David Schweikert — Biographical Directory of the United States CongressSource 3: Wikipedia: David Schweikert

98.85% attendance · all roll calls we have ingested

2 sources

  1. 1David Schweikert — Biographical Directory of the United States Congressbioguideopen source
  2. 3Wikipedia: David Schweikertwikipediaopen source archived copy
Full record card

The record card · sourced from Bioguide, the Clerk and the FEC

15.7YRS

In office · 8th term · since Jan 2011

16,572VOTES

2024 margin of victory · 3.81%

Certified result

98.85%

Attendance

house median 97.9% (431 members)

Not a candidate in any election we track.

Figures cover all roll calls we have ingested.

Before Congress

  1. 1985 Earned a bachelor's degree in finance and real estate from Arizona State University.
  2. 1991-1995 Served in the Arizona House of Representatives.
  3. 2004-2007 Served as the Maricopa County treasurer.
  4. 2010 Elected to the United States House of Representatives.
  5. 2023-Present Serving as Representative for Arizona's 1st congressional district.
Joint Economic Committee chairHouse Committee on Ways and MeansHouse Committee on Ways and Means · Oversight subcommittee chairHouse Committee on Ways and Means · Tax subcommittee13 bills authored · 0 enacted

Says vs. does · 72 issues in 6 clusters

Stated position vs. voting record.

The dashed shape is what they campaigned on. The solid shape is how they voted. Where the shapes separate, the record differs from the platform. The distance is measured. What it means is up to you.

SaysDoes
  • Economy & taxes: stated 90 of 100 toward FISCAL RESTRAINT; voted 50 of 100.
  • Safety & enforcement: not yet stated; voted 60 of 100 toward STRICTER ENFORCEMENT.
  • Immigration: stated 81 of 100 toward TIGHTER LIMITS; voted 68 of 100.
  • Rights & liberty: not yet stated; voted 52 of 100 toward INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY.
  • Environment & energy: not yet stated; voted 38 of 100 toward CONSERVE & PROTECT.
  • Governance & oversight: not yet stated; voted 49 of 100 toward DISCLOSURE & AUDIT.
Rim = strongest position on each cluster’s named pole · Same scale for every member · How we score ▸ · Share this record ▸

3/5

stated positions where the voting record differs from the stated platform.

Largest distances · by gap size

  • Spending vs. restraintRecord ≠ Stated−107
  • Retirement programsRecord ≠ Stated−80
  • Overall tax levelRecord short of stated−50

Closest matches

Levels of legal immigration ±14Enforcement & security ±42

The stats, cluster by cluster

6 clusters · 72 issues · sorted by gap size

Each rail runs between two positions real bills take. ○ marks what they campaigned on; ▪ marks how they voted. Select a cluster to open its issues.

GapSorted by gap size · How we score ▸

In their words

Where the record differs from the stated platform, both halves in full: the member's own words, and the roll call our score compares them with.

Spending vs. restraint · the −107 gap, in primary sources

Said · Public statement, Jul 2026

“We are going to bring down this Republic, and it is not going to be some mob coming over the border. It is going to be our own fiscal insanity.”

Archived source ▸

Voted · 119-S-2, Jun 2026

Voted YEA on Secure America Act, the roll call our score compares with this statement.

Roll call 119-2-0214 ▸Bill text ▸

Record ≠ Stated

A divergence can mean a changed mind on new evidence. We show both halves, and you decide what it means.

Receipts · recent votes on passage

How they voted.

Money & ties

Who's behind them.

How complete is this money picture?

46%of the money categories we track are publicly disclosed for this member, counting those that lawfully lag.

  • Campaign financeThrough Jun 30, 2026Current · 34%
  • Corporate-PAC shareNot yet derived · 22%
  • Disclosed tradesLagged · 12%
  • Lobbyist meetingsNot disclosed · 32%

Disclosed by the FEC; we have not built the honest derivation — same for every member.

Members must disclose trades within 45 days; this picture is always at least that far behind.

A gap in the disclosure system, not a statement about this member — lobbyist meetings are not federally disclosed for any member of Congress.

Weights are fixed product-wide and disclosed, so this percentage is comparable across members.

Who funds them · 2026 cycle · FEC through Jun 30, 2026

$1.7MTotal raised · 1 ▪ = $50.0K · 35 units, rounded up

  • PAC contributions$663.2K · 38.9%
  • Itemized individual$587.3K · 34.5%
  • Small-dollar (≤$200)$24.4K · 1.4%
  • All other$429.6K · 25.2%
FEC filing totals ↗

Disclosed trades

We hold no disclosed-trade filings for this member. That is a gap in what we have loaded; it does not mean none were filed.

FEC OpenFEC · disclosed trades: House Clerk / Senate filings.

Ideology placement

Economic (dim 1)0.553
Social (dim 2)-0.220

Voteview DW-NOMINATE · retrieved Sep 7, 2026 — an external attributed reference, shown as context.

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