Michael Cloud

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Michael Cloud
Michael Cloud, Official Portrait, 115th Congress.jpg
Official portrait, 2018
Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives
from Texas's 27th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
July 10, 2018
Children3
Education Oral Roberts University (BS) (1997)
Website House website

Michael Jonathan Cloud (born May 13, 1975) is an American politician representing Texas's 27th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2018. He is a member of the Republican Party.

Contents

Cloud is a member of the new House Department of Government Efficiency Committee. [1]

Early life and career

Cloud graduated from Oral Roberts University in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science in mass media communications. [2] At Oral Roberts, he was on the cross country and track teams. [3] He chaired the Victoria County Republican Party from 2010 to 2017. [4]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2018 special election

Cloud succeeded Republican Blake Farenthold, who resigned amid controversy due to settling a sexual harassment lawsuit with public money. [5] [6] He won the Republican runoff for the regularly scheduled election with help from the Club for Growth and the endorsement of Ron Paul, who had previously represented parts of the district. [7] On June 30, 2018, he won the special election, defeating Democratic nominee Eric Holguin, 55% to 32%. [8]

2018 regular election

Cloud defeated Holguin again in November, along with independent candidate James Duerr and Libertarian candidate Daniel Tinus, with 60.3% of the vote.

2020

Cloud defeated Democratic nominee Ricardo "Rick" De La Fuente and Libertarian candidate Phil Gray with 63.1% of the vote. [9]

Tenure

Cloud was sworn in on July 10, 2018. [10]

In December 2020, Cloud was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives to sign an amicus brief in support of Texas v. Pennsylvania , a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Joe Biden defeated [11] incumbent Donald Trump. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case on the basis that Texas lacked standing under Article III of the Constitution to challenge the results of an election held by another state. [12] [13] [14]

During the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol, Cloud and his colleagues were ushered to a secure location. Later, video footage of him surfaced in which he refused to wear a mask, in violation of House rules. [15] [16]

Cloud was one of 12 House Republicans to vote against HR 1085, to award three Congressional Gold Medals to the United States Capitol Police who protected the Capitol on January 6, 2021. [17] [18] [19] In a statement defending his vote, he said, "I have always stood by and supported our brave law enforcement and still do but this bill was not truly about that, despite its name. Instead of simply being about honoring the Capitol Police who bravely protected the Capitol on January 6th, Speaker Pelosi included damaging language that unnecessarily weighs down the bill. The text refers to the Capitol as the temple of democracy. Simply put, it’s not a temple and Congress should not refer to it as one. The federal government is not a god." [20] In June 2021, Cloud and 20 other House Republicans voted against a similar resolution. [21]

On January 3, 2023, at the beginning of the 118th Congress, Cloud voted for Jim Jordan to be the U.S. House speaker, in rebuke of House minority leader Kevin McCarthy. [22]

Cloud voted to provide Israel with support following 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. [23] [24]

Iraq

In June 2021, Cloud was one of 49 House Republicans to vote to repeal the AUMF against Iraq. [25] [26]

Syria

In 2023, Cloud was among 47 Republicans to vote in favor of H.Con.Res. 21 which directed President Joe Biden to remove U.S. troops from Syria within 180 days. [27] [28]

Immigration

Cloud voted against the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020 which authorizes DHS to nearly double the available H-2B visas for the remainder of FY 2020. [29] [30]

Cloud voted against the Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 1158), [31] which effectively prohibits Immigration and Customs Enforcement from cooperating with the Department of Health and Human Services to detain or remove illegal alien sponsors of Unaccompanied Alien Children.[ citation needed ] He demanded answers in October 2024 from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement regarding a report that found nearly 300,000 migrant children disappeared from tracking. [32]

Big Tech

In 2022, Cloud was one of 39 Republicans to vote for the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022, an antitrust package that would crack down on corporations for anti-competitive behavior. [33] [34]

Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023

Cloud was among the 71 Republicans who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House. [35]

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

Electoral history

Texas' 27th congressional district special election, 2018 [38]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Michael Cloud 19,872 54.8
Democratic Eric Holguin11,59932.0
Democratic Raul (Roy) Barrera1,7484.8
Republican Bech Bruun (withdrawn)1,5714.3
Democratic Mike Westergren8582.4
Republican Marty Perez2760.8
Independent Judith Cutright1720.5
Libertarian Daniel Tinus1440.4
Independent Christopher Suprun510.1
Total votes36,268 100.0
Republican hold
2018 Republican primary results [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bech Bruun 15,845 36.1
Republican Michael Cloud 14,866 33.9
Republican Christopher K. Mapp5,30212.1
Republican Jerry Hall3,6168.2
Republican John Grunwald3,0386.9
Republican Eddie Gassman1,2262.8
Total votes43,893 100.0
2018 Republican primary runoff results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Michael Cloud 15,234 61.0
Republican Bech Bruun9,72339.0
Total votes24,957 100.0
Texas's 27th congressional district election, 2018 [40]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Michael Cloud (incumbent) 125,118 60.3
Democratic Eric Holguin75,92936.6
Independent James Duerr4,2742.1
Libertarian Daniel Tinus2,1001.0
Total votes207,421 100.0
Republican hold
2020 Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Michael Cloud (incumbent) 60,945 100.0
Total votes60,945 100.0
Texas's 27th congressional district election, 2020 [41]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Michael Cloud (incumbent) 172,305 63.1
Democratic Ricardo "Rick" De La Fuente95,44634.9
Libertarian Phil Gray5,4822.0
Total votes273,253 100.0
Republican hold
2022 Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Michael Cloud (incumbent) 45,741 72.5
Republican A.J. Louderback7,70412.2
Republican Chris Mapp4,5427.2
Republican Andrew Alvarez2,6484.2
Republican Eric Mireles2,4783.9
Total votes63,113 100.0
Texas's 27th congressional district election, 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Michael Cloud (incumbent) 133,416 64.4
Democratic Maclovio Perez73,61135.6
Total votes207,027 100.0

Personal life

Cloud is Protestant. [42]

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