The person behind the name
Scott Perry’s public career runs from a mechanical-contracting business and a National Guard aviation command to three terms in the Pennsylvania House and seven in Congress, where he chaired the House Freedom Caucus.
Perry was born in San Diego, California, on May 27, 1962, according to the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. His official biography describes him as the grandson of Colombian immigrants and the son of a single mother who settled the family in Harrisburg and then Dillsburg; it records that the family was on public assistance for several years and that he began working at 13 as a fruit picker in Mechanicsburg. He and his wife, Christy, have two children and live in Northern York County. [2][1]
Education and professional preparation
He graduated from Northern High School and the Cumberland-Perry Vo-Tech School in 1980 and, working full-time, earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Management from Pennsylvania State University in 1991. In 1993 he and his mother started a mechanical contracting firm in their garage; the Dillsburg business served municipal and investor-owned utilities from North Carolina to New York and specialized in large-meter calibration. He later earned a master’s degree in Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College. Degree years beyond those the official biography states were not part of this review. [1][2]
A public life that began in the Guard
Perry enlisted in the Army in 1980, was commissioned through Officer Candidate School as a field artillery lieutenant and transferred to Army Aviation, where his official biography records qualifications in most of the Army’s rotary-wing aircraft and an instructor-pilot rating. As a lieutenant colonel he commanded the 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion in Iraq from 2009 to 2010, flying 44 combat missions; he was promoted to colonel in 2011, selected for brigadier general in 2014, served as assistant division commander of the 28th Infantry Division and then as assistant adjutant general, and retired on March 1, 2019 after nearly 40 years of service. The campaign biography adds a Bronze Star Medal, which this review did not verify against military records. [1][3]
He served three terms in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 2007 to 2012, and won his House seat from the 4th District in 2012, taking office on January 3, 2013. He won election in the 10th District — Dauphin County and parts of Cumberland and York Counties — in 2018 and has represented it since January 3, 2019. In the 119th Congress he sits on Transportation and Infrastructure, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, and on Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. [2][12][1][9]
He ran unopposed in the Republican primary of May 19, 2026, and faces Janelle Stelson, the Democratic nominee, in a rematch of 2024, when the Clerk’s compilation of official returns recorded 205,567 votes for Perry and 200,434 for Stelson — 50.6 percent to 49.4 percent, a margin of 5,133 votes. [7][51][6][8]
A note on the campaign’s superlatives. The campaign site lists dozens of awards and recognitions, from the Farm Bureau to the National Taxpayers Union. They are the campaign’s own list; this review did not verify them individually and cites the rating organizations’ own pages where it could. [3]
Life & public service
From a Dillsburg garage and a Guard aviation battalion to the Freedom Caucus chairmanship, the documented milestones show how his record was built.
Battalion command in Iraq
As a lieutenant colonel, commanded the 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion on its deployment to Iraq, flying 44 combat missions. [1]
January 6 and the Pennsylvania objection
Voted to sustain the objections to Arizona’s and Pennsylvania’s electoral votes; the Senate’s record names the Pennsylvania objection as submitted by Perry and Senator Hawley. Voted Nay on impeachment on January 13. See the fuller record. [17][18][46][47][19][20]
Freedom Caucus chairman; a subpoena; a seized phone
Chosen in November 2021 to succeed Andy Biggs, he began a two-year term as chairman of the House Freedom Caucus in January; subpoenaed by the Select Committee on May 12, 2022, he did not appear; his personal cell phone was seized by the FBI under a warrant on August 9, 2022. [50][26][35][36][37]
Accomplishments, in the record
Roll calls, committee assignments, court records and the member’s own releases establish the following work. Outcomes are described at the level those records support, with the caveats that legislative counting requires.
Bills, and how many became law
In the 118th Congress Perry introduced 41 bills and resolutions; 9 got past committee to the floor for consideration, among them the Accountability for Government Censorship Act, the Falun Gong Protection Act and the FASTA Reform Act, and none became law. Five of the 41 had a cosponsor from another party. He cosponsored 221 measures, 3 percent of them introduced by non-Republicans. [13]
Across his House career GovTrack counts two Perry bills as enacted. One became law in its own right: H.R. 366, the DHS SAVE Act, a five-page bill on the management of the Department of Homeland Security’s vehicle fleet, introduced January 6, 2017, passed by the House by voice vote on January 31, 2017, passed with changes by the Senate on May 2, 2017, agreed to by the House on May 23 and signed on June 6, 2017 as Public Law 115-38. The other, H.R. 2597, naming the federal courthouse in Harrisburg for Judge Sylvia H. Rambo, is counted under GovTrack’s inclusive definition: its text became law as the Senate companion, S. 1226, signed May 10, 2022. [12][45][14]
In the 119th Congress his Falun Gong Protection Act, which would sanction participants in forced organ harvesting in China, passed the House on May 5, 2025; the office’s releases also record the reintroduction of the TREAT PTSD Act on March 11, 2025 and the Taiwan PLUS Act on May 21, 2025. Passage by one chamber is not enactment. [33][34]
A subcommittee gavel on Transportation and Infrastructure
Perry chairs the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and sits on its Aviation subcommittee; he also serves on Foreign Affairs, on Oversight and Government Reform, and on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The assignments are recorded on his official page and on GovTrack. [1][12]
Chairman of the House Freedom Caucus
Chosen in November 2021 to succeed Andy Biggs, Perry chaired the House Freedom Caucus from January 2022 for a two-year term that ended in January 2024, when Bob Good succeeded him; his official biography calls him an early member and former chairman. The Associated Press identified him as the caucus chairman during the January 2023 Speaker election, when he was one of the holdouts who voted for Andy Biggs on the first ballot and then switched to Kevin McCarthy, posting “We’re at a turning point.” [50][26][1][23][22]
The tax votes, and the votes against spending
Perry voted Yea on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act conference report on December 19, 2017. He voted Yea on H.R. 1 at House passage on May 22, 2025, which carried 215–214 — a margin on which any single yes vote was decisive — and Aye on the motion to concur in the Senate amendment on July 3, 2025, which carried 218–214. These are recorded votes, not authorship. [16][30][31]
He voted Nay on the motion to concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 3684, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, on November 5, 2021, No on the Fiscal Responsibility Act of May 31, 2023, and Nay on the Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act on April 20, 2024. [21][49][24][29]
A warrant requirement that failed on a tie
On April 12, 2024 Perry voted Aye on the Biggs amendment to prohibit warrantless searches of Americans’ communications in the Section 702 database of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which failed on a 212–212 tie, and then No on the reauthorization bill, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, which passed 273–147. [27][48][28]
The Epstein files
On November 18, 2025 Perry voted Aye on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which passed 427–1 under suspension of the rules. [32]
Attendance and ideology, measured
Perry missed 135 of 7,608 roll-call votes from January 2013 to September 2026, 1.8 percent, against a 2.1 percent median for sitting representatives. Voteview’s DW-NOMINATE score places him at 0.685 on the conservative–liberal dimension, 37th most conservative of the 227 House Republicans with scores in the 119th Congress by this profile’s count. GovTrack’s own 118th-Congress ideology analysis ranked him 26th most politically right among representatives serving ten years or more. [12][15][13]
What the ratings measure
Heritage Action scores him 96 percent for the 119th Congress and 91 percent lifetime. The Club for Growth’s scorecard gives him 93 for 2025, a lifetime score of 93 and a rank of 78, with scores of 100 in each year from 2021 through 2024. The League of Conservation Voters scores him 3 percent for 2025 and 2 percent lifetime; the NRA Political Victory Fund grades him A and marks him as endorsed; SBA Pro-Life America grades him A+. Ratings are the judgments of advocacy organizations about selected votes, not government records. [40][41][42][43][44]
Family & community
His official biography identifies his wife as Christy and says they are the parents of two children and reside in Northern York County; the campaign biography describes the children as two daughters. [1][3]
The same biographies record community roles in and around Dillsburg: chairman of the Carroll Township Planning Commission, chairman of the Dillsburg Area Wellhead Protection Advisory Committee, service on the Dillsburg Revitalization Committee, membership in the Jaycees, where he was a regional director for the state organization, and membership in American Legion Post 26, VFW Post 6771 and Lions Club International. In Congress he is a member and former chairman of the House Freedom Caucus. [1][3]
Neither his official biography nor his campaign biography states a religious affiliation, and this profile makes no claim about one. The sources reviewed document family, residence and civic roles as the candidate states them; they do not independently verify them, and no charitable board service is asserted.
Mission & priorities
“As a former small business owner, Scott Perry understands that excessive taxes and over-regulation prevent small businesses from creating jobs and prospering.” {4}
The following summarizes the agenda on Perry’s campaign website, read against the votes and bills that bear on each item. These are stated positions, not completed accomplishments. [4][5]
01Economy and the budget
The campaign lists four commitments: “A Balanced Budget Amendment”, “Less government regulation”, “Reducing the National debt” and “Lowering taxes on families and small businesses.” The record shows Yea votes on the 2017 tax law and on H.R. 1 in 2025, a Nay on the 2021 infrastructure law and a No on the 2023 Fiscal Responsibility Act. [4][16][30][21][24]
02Immigration and the border
The campaign supports securing the border, deporting violent criminals, banning sanctuary cities and “Providing Border Patrol agents with the resources to do their jobs”, and notes that his grandmother emigrated from Colombia. The record shows a Yea vote on H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act, which passed the House 219–213 on May 11, 2023. [4][53]
03Energy
The campaign says Perry “supports a blended energy portfolio that includes the development of clean energy technologies” alongside natural gas, hydroelectric and nuclear power, with the stated aim of energy independence. The office’s 2025 releases include the Eliminating the RFS and Its Destructive Outcomes Act — RFS being the federal Renewable Fuel Standard — introduced April 30, 2025. [4][34]
04Health care, Medicare and Social Security
The campaign promises to “keep our promise to our Seniors, by preserving and protecting Medicare and Social Security”, opposes single-payer health care, and lists reforms that would “Ensure coverage of pre-existing conditions”, expand health savings accounts and allow purchases across state lines. His opponent’s campaign says his H.R. 1 votes made him the deciding vote for Medicaid cuts; the two roll calls are in the record above. [4][9][30][31]
05Defending life
“Scott Perry believes firmly in the sanctity of Life – period. He makes exceptions for circumstances that involve rape, incest, and danger to the life of the mother.” The campaign adds opposition to taxpayer funding of abortion and support for defunding Planned Parenthood. SBA Pro-Life America grades him A+. [4][44]
06The Second Amendment
07Women’s sports
Citing Title IX and his two daughters, the campaign says “Scott opposes any attempt to allow males to compete against females in women’s sports.” The record shows a Yea vote on H.R. 28, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which passed the House 218–206 on January 14, 2025. [4][54]
08Veterans
How to assess a proposal. A campaign plan states an intention. Enactment, implementation costs, replacement revenue, and measured results are separate questions. These priorities should be read alongside the legislative and voting history above.
The fuller record
A useful profile includes the limits of a claim, the findings of investigations, and the candidate’s answers to material criticism. The items below are drawn from primary documents and independent reporting, with Perry’s response where one is on record.
January 6 and the Select Committee
Perry voted Yea on the objections to Arizona’s and Pennsylvania’s electoral votes on January 6–7, 2021, and the Senate’s record names the Pennsylvania objection as submitted by Perry and Senator Josh Hawley; it was not sustained, 7–92 in the Senate and 138–282 in the House. The Select Committee’s final report says Perry introduced Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark to President Trump, pressed Chief of Staff Mark Meadows by text between December 26 and 28, 2020 to elevate Clark — “11 days to 1/6 . . . We gotta get going!” — and, after January 6, asked White House staff for a presidential pardon, a claim the committee attributed to the testimony of Cassidy Hutchinson. Perry, subpoenaed on May 12, 2022, declined to appear for his May 26 deposition, and the committee referred him, with Kevin McCarthy, Jim Jordan and Andy Biggs, for sanction by the House Ethics Committee for failure to comply. Perry has said he obliged the President’s request for an introduction to Clark and that his official communications were lawful, and on June 10, 2022 he wrote that “The notion that I ever sought a Presidential pardon for myself or other Members of Congress is an absolute, shameless, and soulless lie”; his spokesperson gave the York Daily Record a shorter version, “This is a ludicrous and soulless lie.” The report is the finding of a committee, not a court; no Ethics Committee action appears in the records reviewed. [17][18][46][47][19][35][36][38][39][52]
The seized phone and the Speech or Debate Clause
On August 9, 2022 FBI agents executing a search warrant seized Perry’s personal cell phone; he called it “banana republic tactics” and said, “I’m outraged – though not surprised – that the FBI under the direction of Merrick Garland’s DOJ, would seize the phone of a sitting Member of Congress.” The court record shows the warrant issued in the Middle District of Pennsylvania, that Perry claimed 2,219 records as privileged under the Speech or Debate Clause, and that after the D.C. Circuit remanded the question in 2023, Chief Judge James E. Boasberg on December 19, 2023 ordered 1,659 of the 2,055 records still at issue disclosed and allowed him to withhold 396. No charge against Perry appears in the records reviewed, and the opinion concerns privilege, not guilt. [36][37][9]
The Speaker fights and the Freedom Caucus chairmanship
As Freedom Caucus chairman Perry voted for Andy Biggs on the first Speaker ballot of January 3, 2023 and switched to Kevin McCarthy after the holdouts won rule changes, before McCarthy’s 216–212 election on the 15th ballot. On October 3, 2023 he voted Nay on the motion to vacate the chair, which carried 216–210 with eight Republicans in favor. His two-year term as chairman, which began in January 2022 after he was chosen in November 2021 to succeed Andy Biggs, ended in January 2024; his chief of staff described it as “the successful completion of his two-year term as chairman of the House Freedom Caucus”. Supporters read the 2023 negotiations as leverage well used; critics as brinkmanship. The roll calls are the record either way. [22][23][25][26][50]
The H.R. 1 vote and the Medicaid attack
Launching her second campaign in July 2025, Janelle Stelson said Perry “just sold us out again by casting the deciding vote for the largest Medicaid cuts in history, all to fund more tax cuts for billionaires”. The record shows the House passed H.R. 1 on May 22, 2025 by 215–214, a margin on which any single yes vote was decisive, and agreed to the final version on July 3, 2025 by 218–214, with Perry voting Yea and Aye. Perry’s answer, after the May 2026 primary, was that the law “lowered the tax burden” on the district’s residents. The size and timing of the Medicaid provisions are questions for the statute and the Congressional Budget Office, which this review did not measure. [9][30][31][8]
The 2026 rematch
Stelson lost to Perry by 5,133 votes in 2024, 50.6 percent to 49.4 percent. The National Republican Congressional Committee’s statement on her 2025 launch called her a candidate “who won’t even bother to live in the district she wants to represent”, and Perry’s primary-night statement called her “the same carpetbagging, racist, tax hiker we defeated less than two years ago”; Stelson’s response to the residency claim was not among the sources this review could retrieve, and the characterizations are the campaigns’ own. As of May 2026 the Cook Political Report and Sabato’s Crystal Ball rated the district a toss-up and Inside Elections tilt Republican. Through June 30, 2026 Patriots for Perry reported $5,194,925.35 in receipts and $2,845,975.82 in cash on hand, with $335,157.93 in debts. President Trump’s March 27, 2025 endorsement — “Scott Perry has my Complete and Total Endorsement for Re-Election” — establishes political support, not an evaluation of the record above. [6][9][8][11][10]
Questions & answers
Who is Scott Perry?
Scott Perry’s public career runs from a mechanical-contracting business and a National Guard aviation command to three terms in the Pennsylvania House and seven in Congress, where he chaired the House Freedom Caucus. Perry was born in San Diego, California, on May 27, 1962, according to the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. His official biography describes him as the grandson of Colombian immigrants and the son of a single mother who settled the family in Harrisburg and then Dillsburg; it records that the family was on public assistance for several years and that he began working at 13 as a fruit picker in Mechanicsburg. He and his wife, Christy, have two children and live in Northern York County. [2][1]
What office is Scott Perry running for in 2026?
Who is Scott Perry running against?
He ran unopposed in the Republican primary of May 19, 2026, and faces Janelle Stelson, the Democratic nominee, in a rematch of 2024, when the Clerk’s compilation of official returns recorded 205,567 votes for Perry and 200,434 for Stelson — 50.6 percent to 49.4 percent, a margin of 5,133 votes. [7][51][6][8]
What are Scott Perry's stated priorities?
The following summarizes the agenda on Perry’s campaign website, read against the votes and bills that bear on each item. These are stated positions, not completed accomplishments. [4][5] The campaign lists: Economy and the budget; Immigration and the border; Energy; Health care, Medicare and Social Security; Defending life; The Second Amendment; Women’s sports; Veterans.
What does the public record show?
Roll calls, committee assignments, court records and the member’s own releases establish the following work. Outcomes are described at the level those records support, with the caveats that legislative counting requires. In the 118th Congress Perry introduced 41 bills and resolutions; 9 got past committee to the floor for consideration, among them the Accountability for Government Censorship Act, the Falun Gong Protection Act and the FASTA Reform Act, and none became law. Five of the 41 had a cosponsor from another party. He cosponsored 221 measures, 3 percent of them introduced by non-Republicans. [13]
How was this profile researched?
Reviewed September 17, 2026. This is a documented overview of publicly available biography, major actions and stated priorities, not an exhaustive vote-by-vote record; 16 House roll calls and one Senate roll call were read for it and the defining ones are cited. Numerical claims retain their original meaning and attribution; a committee’s findings and a court’s rulings are labeled as such; historical sources do not imply current positions. Military decorations, bar and license records, degree years beyond those stated in the official biography and personal financial disclosures were not part of this review. The Pennsylvania Department of State’s returns site, Ballotpedia, Congress.gov and OpenSecrets declined automated retrieval, so the Clerk’s compilation of official returns, two news organizations’ reports of the primary, GovTrack and the FEC are cited in their place. Filings and campaign pages may change after this review.
Sources & methodology
Government records anchor the profile: the Clerk’s and the Senate’s roll calls, the Clerk’s compilation of official election returns, the Select Committee’s report, a federal court opinion and the member’s official pages; independent analyses and advocacy ratings are labeled as such; reporting supplies responses and scrutiny; campaign materials are used for the candidate’s own priorities and claims.
- 01Biography | U.S. Representative Scott Perry (official House biography)perry.house.gov · Accessed September 17, 2026
Official biography: committee and subcommittee assignments, former Freedom Caucus chairman, three terms in the Pennsylvania House, education, the business, the Army National Guard career and the March 1, 2019 retirement, community roles, family and residence.Government record - 02PERRY, Scott — Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (House Historian entry)Office of the Historian, U.S. House of Representatives · Accessed September 17, 2026
Born in San Diego, California, May 27, 1962; Northern High School 1980; B.S. Pennsylvania State University 1991; Pennsylvania Army National Guard 1980–2019; Pennsylvania House 2007–2012; elected to the 113th and six succeeding Congresses.Government record - 03About Scott Perry | Patriots for PerryPatriots for Perry (campaign) · Accessed September 17, 2026
Campaign biography: the Bronze Star, two daughters, and a self-reported list of awards and recognitions. Self-descriptions.Campaign or advocacy material - 04Issues | Patriots for PerryPatriots for Perry (campaign) · Accessed September 17, 2026
The campaign’s eleven issue planks quoted in this profile. Proposals and positions, not record.Campaign or advocacy material - 05Home | Patriots for PerryPatriots for Perry (campaign) · Accessed September 17, 2026
The campaign’s summary of the candidate and its social-media links; the November 3 general-election appeal.Campaign or advocacy material - 06Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 2024Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (Office of the Historian copy) · Compiled 2025 from official state returns
Pennsylvania, 10th District: Scott Perry, Republican, 205,567; Janelle Stelson, Democrat, 200,434. Percentages in this profile were computed from these two figures.Government record - 07Results are in for Pennsylvania’s primary electionsNBC10 Philadelphia · May 19, 2026
Perry among the incumbents who ran unopposed in their Republican primaries on May 19, 2026. Used because the Pennsylvania Department of State’s returns site declined automated retrieval.Independent reporting - 08‘Game on’: Janelle Stelson advances to general election rematch against Scott PerryCity & State Pennsylvania (Justin Sweitzer) · May 19, 2026
Stelson’s Democratic primary win over Justin Douglas; the 2024 margin of 5,133 votes; Perry’s and Stelson’s statements; the Cook, Sabato and Inside Elections ratings as of May 2026.Independent reporting - 09GOP Rep. Scott Perry to be challenged by Democrat he defeated in 2024The Hill (syndicated by Yahoo News) · July 14, 2025
Stelson’s July 2025 campaign launch and her statement on the H.R. 1 vote; the NRCC and DCCC statements; the 2022 phone seizure and the later court ruling, as summarized by The Hill.Independent reporting - 10President Trump endorses Rep. Scott Perryabc27 / WHTM (syndicated by Yahoo News) · March 27, 2025
The Truth Social endorsement quoted in this profile; the 2024 margin as the station reported it.Independent reporting - 11PERRY, SCOTT — Candidate overview, 2025–2026 (H2PA04135)Federal Election Commission · Filings through June 30, 2026
Patriots for Perry (C00510164): total receipts $5,194,925.35, total disbursements $2,430,868.51, cash on hand $2,845,975.82 and debts of $335,157.93 for January 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026; First Capital PAC listed as the sponsored leadership PAC.Government record - 12Rep. Scott Perry — member page and missed-votes recordGovTrack.us · Accessed September 17, 2026
Service dates for the 4th and 10th Districts; committee assignments; attendance of 135 of 7,608 roll calls missed from January 2013 to September 2026 (1.8 percent) against a 2.1 percent median; the two bills GovTrack counts as enacted, one signed into law itself and one via its Senate companion.Independent analysis or rating - 132024 Report Card, Rep. Scott Perry (118th Congress)GovTrack.us · Updated February 13, 2025
41 bills and resolutions introduced, 9 reported out of committee, none enacted; 5 of 41 with a cosponsor from another party; 221 bills cosponsored, 3 percent of them introduced by non-Republicans.Independent analysis or rating - 14H.R. 2597 (117th Congress): Judge Sylvia H. Rambo United States Courthouse designationGovTrack.us · 2022; accessed September 17, 2026
Introduced April 15, 2021; status “Enacted Via Other Measures” — the text became law as the Senate companion, S. 1226, signed May 10, 2022.Independent analysis or rating - 15DW-NOMINATE member data (HSall_members.csv)Voteview (UCLA) · Accessed September 17, 2026
First-dimension score 0.685 for Perry in every Congress since the 113th. The rank among House Republicans in the 119th Congress was computed from this file for this profile.Independent analysis or rating - 16Roll call 692, December 19, 2017 — H.R. 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, conference reportClerk of the U.S. House · December 19, 2017
Perry recorded Yea; agreed to 227–203.Government record - 17Roll call 10, January 6, 2021 — objection to Arizona’s electoral votesClerk of the U.S. House · January 6, 2021
Perry recorded Yea; the objection failed 121–303.Government record - 18Roll call 11, January 7, 2021 — objection to Pennsylvania’s electoral votesClerk of the U.S. House · January 7, 2021
Perry recorded Yea; the objection failed 138–282.Government record - 19Senate roll call vote 2, 117th Congress, 1st session — on the objection to Pennsylvania’s electoral votesSecretary of the U.S. Senate (Legislative Information System) · January 7, 2021
The Senate recorded the question as whether the objection submitted by Mr. Perry of Pennsylvania and Senator Hawley of Missouri should be sustained; not sustained, 7–92, at 12:30 a.m.Government record - 20Roll call 17, January 13, 2021 — H.Res. 24, impeaching President TrumpClerk of the U.S. House · January 13, 2021
Perry recorded Nay; agreed to 232–197.Government record - 21Roll call 369, November 5, 2021 — H.R. 3684, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (motion to concur)Clerk of the U.S. House · November 5, 2021
Perry recorded Nay; agreed to 228–206.Government record - 22Roll call 2, January 3, 2023 — election of the Speaker, first ballotClerk of the U.S. House · January 3, 2023
Perry voted for Andy Biggs; Jeffries 212, McCarthy 203, Biggs 10, Jordan 6.Government record - 23McCarthy elected House speaker after chaotic votes in late-night sessionThe Associated Press (published by PBS News) · January 7, 2023
McCarthy elected on the 15th ballot, 216–212; Perry, described as chairman of the Freedom Caucus, switched his vote and posted “We’re at a turning point.”Independent reporting - 24Roll call 243, May 31, 2023 — H.R. 3746, Fiscal Responsibility ActClerk of the U.S. House · May 31, 2023
Perry recorded No; passed 314–117.Government record - 25Roll call 519, October 3, 2023 — H.Res. 757, declaring the office of Speaker vacantClerk of the U.S. House · October 3, 2023
Perry recorded Nay; agreed to 216–210.Government record - 26U.S. Rep. Scott Perry leaving his high-profile seat as House Freedom Caucus chairThe York Dispatch (Matt Enright) · December 12, 2023
Perry’s two-year term as Freedom Caucus chairman ending in January 2024, with Bob Good elected to succeed him; his chief of staff’s statement.Independent reporting - 27Roll call 114, April 12, 2024 — H.R. 7888, amendment requiring warrants under FISA Section 702Clerk of the U.S. House · April 12, 2024
Perry recorded Aye; the amendment failed on a 212–212 tie.Government record - 28Roll call 119, April 12, 2024 — H.R. 7888, Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, passageClerk of the U.S. House · April 12, 2024
Perry recorded No; passed 273–147.Government record - 29Roll call 151, April 20, 2024 — H.R. 8035, Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations ActClerk of the U.S. House · April 20, 2024
Perry recorded Nay; passed 311–112.Government record - 30Roll call 145, May 22, 2025 — H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, passageClerk of the U.S. House · May 22, 2025
Perry recorded Yea; passed 215–214.Government record - 31Roll call 190, July 3, 2025 — H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, motion to concur in the Senate amendmentClerk of the U.S. House · July 3, 2025
Perry recorded Aye; agreed to 218–214.Government record - 32Roll call 289, November 18, 2025 — H.R. 4405, Epstein Files Transparency ActClerk of the U.S. House · November 18, 2025
Perry recorded Aye; passed 427–1 under suspension of the rules.Government record - 33Congressman Perry’s Falun Gong Protection Act Passes the U.S. House (press release)Office of Rep. Scott Perry · May 5, 2025
House passage of his sanctions bill on forced organ harvesting, in the member’s own words.Government record - 34News List, 2025 (press releases)Office of Rep. Scott Perry · Accessed September 17, 2026
The office’s 2025 releases, including the March 11, 2025 reintroduction of the TREAT PTSD Act and the May 21, 2025 Taiwan PLUS Act.Government record - 35Final Report of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol (H. Rept. 117-663)U.S. Government Publishing Office · December 22, 2022
The committee’s account of Perry’s role with Jeffrey Clark and Mark Meadows, his texts of December 26–28, 2020, the May 12, 2022 subpoena he did not comply with, the referral for sanction by the House Ethics Committee, and Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony on pardons. Findings of a committee, not a court.Government record - 36Pa. Congressman Scott Perry says FBI agents seized his cellphoneThe Associated Press (published by WITF) · August 10, 2022
Perry’s statement on the August 9, 2022 seizure (“banana republic tactics”); his account that he obliged President Trump’s request for an introduction to Clark; his position that his official communications were lawful.Independent reporting - 37In the Matter of the Search of the Forensic Copy of the Cell Phone of Representative Scott Perry, No. 22-sc-2144 (JEB) — Memorandum OpinionU.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Chief Judge James E. Boasberg) · December 19, 2023
The seizure under a Middle District of Pennsylvania warrant; 2,219 records claimed as privileged; the D.C. Circuit’s remand in In re Sealed Case, 80 F.4th 355; the order that 1,659 of the 2,055 records still at issue be disclosed and 396 withheld.Government record - 38Jan. 6 hearings: Rep. Scott Perry calls claim he sought Trump pardon a ‘soulless lie’Fox News · June 10, 2022
Perry’s denial, posted June 10, 2022, and Vice Chair Cheney’s statement of June 9, 2022 as reported.Independent reporting - 39Cheney Says Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Perry, Other Republican Congressmembers Sought Pardons After Jan. 6CBS News Philadelphia · June 9, 2022
A second outlet’s account of the June 9, 2022 hearing statement; notes that Perry rejected the committee’s subpoena.Independent reporting - 40Scorecard: Rep. Scott Perry, 119th CongressHeritage Action for America · Accessed September 17, 2026
Session score 96 percent; lifetime 91 percent.Independent analysis or rating - 41Congressional Scorecard — Scott Perry (PA-10), legislator page P000605Club for Growth · Accessed September 17, 2026
2025 score 93, lifetime 93, rank 78; scores of 100 in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; “Defender of Economic Freedom” awards listed for 2013, 2019 and 2021 through 2025.Independent analysis or rating - 42National Environmental Scorecard: Scott PerryLeague of Conservation Voters · Accessed September 17, 2026
2025 score 3 percent; lifetime 2 percent.Independent analysis or rating - 43Grades & Endorsements — Pennsylvania 2026NRA Political Victory Fund · Accessed September 17, 2026
10th District: Scott Perry (R) A, marked as an NRA-endorsed candidate; Janelle Stelson (D) F.Independent analysis or rating - 44House ScorecardSBA Pro-Life America · Accessed September 17, 2026
Perry (PA-10) graded A+.Independent analysis or rating - 45H.R. 366 (115th Congress): DHS SAVE ActGovTrack.us · 2017; accessed September 17, 2026
Introduced January 6, 2017; passed the House January 31, 2017; passed the Senate with changes May 2, 2017; House agreed May 23, 2017; signed by the President June 6, 2017 as Public Law 115-38. A bill on the Department of Homeland Security’s vehicle fleet.Independent analysis or rating - 46House Vote 10, January 6, 2021 — On Agreeing to the Objection (Arizona)GovTrack.us · January 6, 2021; accessed September 17, 2026
Identifies roll call 10 as the vote on the objection to Arizona’s electors lodged by Representative Gosar and Senator Cruz; the Clerk’s XML file does not name the state.Independent analysis or rating - 47House Vote 11, January 7, 2021 — On Agreeing to the Objection (Pennsylvania)GovTrack.us · January 7, 2021; accessed September 17, 2026
Identifies roll call 11 as the vote on the objection to Pennsylvania’s electors lodged by Representative Perry and Senator Hawley.Independent analysis or rating - 48House Vote 114, April 12, 2024 — H.Amdt. 876 (Biggs) to H.R. 7888GovTrack.us · April 12, 2024; accessed September 17, 2026
The amendment’s stated purpose: to prohibit warrantless searches of U.S. person communications in the FISA 702 database, with exceptions; the Clerk’s file names it only as Biggs Amendment No. 1.Independent analysis or rating - 49H.R. 3684 (117th Congress): Infrastructure Investment and Jobs ActGovTrack.us · 2021; accessed September 17, 2026
The enacted title of the bill the Clerk’s roll call 369 records under its House title, the INVEST in America Act; signed November 15, 2021.Independent analysis or rating - 50Perry tapped as next head of House Freedom CaucusWITF (Sam Dunklau) · November 16, 2021
Perry, a founding member, set to lead the House Freedom Caucus from January 2022, replacing Andy Biggs, who had chaired it since 2019.Independent reporting - 51Pennsylvania House District 10 Primary Election Live Results 2026NBC News · May 19, 2026; accessed September 17, 2026
Republican primary: Scott Perry, incumbent, “This race is uncontested.” Democratic primary: Stelson 67.5 percent, Douglas 32.5 percent with 99 percent of expected votes in. A second source for the uncontested Republican primary.Independent reporting - 52Congressman Scott Perry asked for a pardon weeks after Jan. 6 insurrection, panel saysYork Daily Record (Teresa Boeckel; syndicated by Yahoo News) · June 10, 2022
A second outlet’s account of Vice Chair Cheney’s statement and of the Perry spokesperson’s response calling the claim a ludicrous and soulless lie.Independent reporting - 53Roll call 209, May 11, 2023 — H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act, passageClerk of the U.S. House · May 11, 2023
Perry recorded Yea; passed 219–213.Government record - 54Roll call 12, January 14, 2025 — H.R. 28, Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, passageClerk of the U.S. House · January 14, 2025
Perry recorded Yea; passed 218–206.Government record
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Voting in Pennsylvania: official dates, deadlines and rules
The general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. The dates and rules below were read from the Pennsylvania Department of State; the authority's own page, linked beside each one, is the final word.
Dates and deadlines
- Voter registration deadlineOctober 19, 2026 is the last day to register to vote, or to update your registration, before the November 3, 2026 general election. The Department of State prints one deadline for every way of applying (online, by mail or in person) and gives no time of day. Read from: pa.gov/agencies/vote/voter-registration
- Registering by mail: received-by deadlineOctober 19, 2026. The Department of State's 2026 General Election Calendar says all applications for registration, including updates to an existing registration, must be received by the county boards of elections by this date. The paper form says to mail or deliver it to your county elections office at least 15 days before the election. Read from: pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/dos/programs/voting-and-elections/running-for-office/2026/2026-general-election-calendar.pdf
- Counties begin sending mail ballotsNo later than October 20, 2026. County boards of elections must begin to deliver or mail civilian absentee and mail-in ballots as soon as possible after the ballots are printed, and in no event later than this day. Each county's ballots become available on its own schedule. Read from: pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/dos/programs/voting-and-elections/running-for-office/2026/2026-general-election-calendar.pdf
- Last day to apply for and vote a mail ballot in person (on-demand mail ballot voting)October 27, 2026, 5 p.m. is the deadline to apply in person for a mail ballot at your county election office or other designated location, where you can request, receive, vote and submit the ballot in one visit. The Department of State prints no statewide start date: the option opens in each county when its ballots are ready. Read from: pa.gov/agencies/vote/voter-support/mail-in-and-absentee-ballot/mail-ballot-before-election-day
- Deadline to apply for a mail-in or absentee ballotOctober 27, 2026, 5 p.m. Your application for a mail-in or absentee ballot must be received by your county election office by then. It is a received-by deadline, and it is the same for online, paper and in-person applications. Read from: pa.gov/agencies/vote/voter-support/mail-in-and-absentee-ballot
- Deadline to return a mail-in or absentee ballotNovember 3, 2026, 8 p.m. Your county election office must receive your completed ballot by then. It is a received-by deadline: a postmark by 8 p.m. on November 3 is not sufficient. Read from: pa.gov/agencies/vote/voter-support/mail-in-and-absentee-ballot
- Poll hoursPolls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Election Day, November 3, 2026. If you are in line by 8 p.m., you can vote. Read from: pa.gov/services/vote/find-your-local-polling-place
- Military and overseas absentee ballotsNovember 10, 2026 is the last day for the county election office to receive completed military and overseas absentee ballots, which must be submitted for delivery no later than 11:59 p.m. on November 2, 2026. The 2026 General Election Calendar says such a ballot must be delivered by 5:00 PM on November 10 to be counted. Read from: pa.gov/agencies/vote/elections/upcoming-elections
Rules to know
- What to bringYou must show identification only the first time you vote at a polling place, meaning the first time you appear to vote in a particular election district. Approved photo IDs: Pennsylvania driver's license or PennDOT ID card; ID issued by any Commonwealth agency; ID issued by the U.S. Government; U.S. passport; U.S. Armed Forces ID; student ID (including an electronic/digital student ID card); employee ID. If you do not have a photo ID, you can use one of the following so long as it includes your name and address: confirmation issued by the county voter registration office, such as a voter registration card; non-photo ID issued by the Commonwealth; non-photo ID issued by the U.S. Government; firearm permit; current utility bill; current bank statement; paycheck; government check. You will not have to show ID again unless you move and are assigned to a new polling place. A voter who is required to show ID but cannot show it may be issued a provisional ballot. Read from: pa.gov/agencies/vote/voter-support/new-voters
- Voting by mailAny registered voter may apply for a mail-in ballot without giving a reason. An absentee ballot is for voters who will be out of their municipality on Election Day or who have a disability or illness that prevents them from going to the polling place, and it requires a reason. Apply online, on paper or in person at your county election office. You must give your Pennsylvania driver's license or PennDOT ID number; if you have not been issued one, the last four digits of your Social Security number; if you have neither, a copy of an accepted photo ID such as an unexpired U.S. passport. Seal your ballot in the yellow envelope marked “official election ballot,” seal that envelope in the pre-addressed outer return envelope, and sign and write the current date on the voter's declaration; otherwise the ballot will not be counted. Voters must return their own ballots: by mail, at a drop box where the county has one, at the county election office or at another officially designated location, but not at a polling place. The exceptions are voters with a disability who have designated someone in writing to deliver the ballot and voters who need an emergency absentee ballot. Read from: pa.gov/agencies/vote/voter-support/mail-in-and-absentee-ballot
- Voting before Election DayThe Department of State's pages list no early-voting period at polling places. Instead, when your county's ballots are ready, you can request, receive, vote and submit your mail-in or absentee ballot all in one visit to your county election office or other officially designated location (the Department calls this on-demand mail ballot voting). You will need your PennDOT ID number or the last 4 digits of your Social Security number. The deadline to apply for a ballot in person for the 2026 general election is 5 p.m., October 27, 2026; you may drop off your mail ballot in person until 8 p.m. on Election Day. Check your county's website or call your county to see if ballots are finalized and available. Read from: pa.gov/agencies/vote/voter-support/mail-in-and-absentee-ballot/mail-ballot-before-election-day
- Track your ballotYou can track the status of your mail-in or absentee ballot online with the Department of State's ballot tracking tool. If you gave your email address to your county election office when you registered to vote or applied for a mail ballot, you may receive an email notification when your returned ballot is received, as well as information about your ballot status, depending on county practices. If you vote a provisional ballot, you can find out whether it counted, partially counted or did not count beginning 7 days after the election, online or by calling 1-877-VOTESPA. Read from: pa.gov/agencies/vote/voter-support/mail-in-and-absentee-ballot
- If there is a problem with your mail ballotThe Department of State's voter pages do not describe a statewide process for correcting a mail ballot after it is returned, and they say ballot-status notices depend on county practices. If you received a mail ballot but did not return it, you may surrender the ballot and its outer return envelope at your polling place and vote a regular ballot; without them you can vote only by provisional ballot. If you returned a completed mail ballot that was rejected, or that you believe will be rejected, and you believe you are eligible to vote, you may be issued a provisional ballot at your polling place. After 5 p.m. on the Tuesday before the election (October 27, 2026), a voter with an emergency such as an unexpected illness, disability or last-minute absence from the municipality can request an emergency absentee ballot; that application is due at the county election office by 8 p.m. on Election Day. The 2026 General Election Calendar sets November 9, 2026 as the last day for county boards of elections to receive proof of identification that can be verified from an absentee or mail-in voter. Read from: pa.gov/agencies/vote/voter-support/provisional-ballot
Read from: Voting & Election Information | Voting & Election Information | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · Upcoming Elections | Voting & Election Information | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · 2026 General Election Calendar · 2026 Pennsylvania Elections Important Dates to Remember · Elecciones de Pensilvania de 2026: fechas importantes para recordar · Voter Registration | Voting & Election Information | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania — Rules and dates as of Sep 17, 2026
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