Paul A. Gosar

Background and career

Paul Anthony Gosar ( GOH-sar; born November 27, 1958) is an American politician and former dentist serving in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2011. Representing Arizona’s 9th congressional district since 2023, he previously represented the 4th district (2013–2023) and the 1st district (2011–2013).

Education

Career before Congress

Citizenship

citizen by birth in the United States.

Religion

Catholic (self-reported in Pew survey of Congress)

Name history and family

Children: 3 · Marriages: 1 · Counts reflect publicly documented information; a missing count means not documented, not zero.

Marital status: Not listed

Previously held offices

Not listed.

Campaign fundraising

Raised $478,478 in the 2024 cycle and $580,042 so far in the 2026 cycle (partial).

Top individual donors, 2024

183 other donors gave a total of $194,293.

Top individual donors, 2026 (partial)

188 other donors gave a total of $183,507.

PAC and party committee contributors over $5,000, 2024

Gross receipts from FEC filings, not net of refunds. Industry mappings are the directory's own classification; see methodology.

PAC and party committee contributors over $5,000, 2026 (partial)

Gross receipts from FEC filings, not net of refunds. Industry mappings are the directory's own classification; see methodology.

Outside money

2024

Independent expenditures by super PACs and other outside groups concerning the member. A committee name links to its page here, with its contributors and every member it spent for or against.

Leadership PAC: PROTECTING AMERICA UNDER LAW POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE. No donors met the reporting thresholds.

2026 (partial)

Independent expenditures by super PACs and other outside groups concerning the member. A committee name links to its page here, with its contributors and every member it spent for or against.

Leadership PAC: PROTECTING AMERICA UNDER LAW POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE. No donors met the reporting thresholds.

Independent expenditures are reported to the FEC by the spending committee, not the member's campaign. A committee is marked single-candidate when 80% or more of its cycle independent-expenditure dollars concern one candidate. Donors are named only at $50,000 or more to a super PAC or joint fundraising committee. For leadership PACs, individuals are named at $50,000 or more; organizations and PACs at $5,000 or more. The 2026 cycle is still in progress.

Amounts are each donor's net total of itemized contributions across the cycle (primary, general, and runoff elections combined), after subtracting refunds, not single gifts. Receipts marked as received in error, returned, or refunded are excluded, and refunds to the donor are subtracted. Joint-fundraising shares are included: the member committee's itemized share of joint-fundraising proceeds (FEC transaction type 15J) counts toward the donor's total, while the joint fundraising committee's own transfers are not counted separately. Donors are named only when their net cycle total is $1,000 or more; smaller donors appear only in the aggregate count and total below each table. Where a returned receipt of $10,000 or more affects a total, it is noted below the table. Lists cover itemized individual gifts to the member's principal campaign committee only. Employer and occupation are self-reported. The 2026 cycle is still in progress.

Donor figures are net of refunds from the FEC individual-contribution bulk files (2024 and 2026 cycles, each itemization taken at its latest amended version before any exclusion), rebuilt and reconciled row by row against the previous release on 2026-10-02; see methodology for the method and the reconciliation counts.

Money and finances

Estimated net worth

Not listed in the disclosures reviewed.

Stock trades (last 12 months)

0 trades, estimated volume No trades. As of 2026-09-26. Quiver

STOCK Act disclosures cover the member, spouse, and dependent children, and report amounts as ranges, so volumes are estimates. Null records mean data was not retrieved, never zero trades.

Influence in Congress

Legislative effectiveness

1.72 on the 118th Legislative Effectiveness Score (House). thelawmakers.org

Bipartisanship

Lugar Bipartisan Index: -1.94, ranked #424 (118th (first session, 2023)) Lugar Center

Ideology

DW-NOMINATE first dimension: 0.701 (conservative end of the scale), chamber rank #408 of the 119th Congress. Voteview

Interest group ratings

Bills enacted

1 sponsored bill enacted into law in the 119th Congress.

2026 election

District lean

Cook Partisan Voting Index (2025): R+15. Last election margin: 30.6 points (2024). Cook PVI

2026 election

No notable challenger declared.

Notable family

No notable relatives found under this methodology.

Voting record (2026)

314 roll-call votes in 2026 · missed 9.6% · party unity 90.8

Legislation

Sponsored 26 bills and cosponsored 271 bills in the 119th Congress.

Latest statements

• Gosar Introduces VA Hiring Integrity Act to Keep Convicted Fraudsters Off VA Payroll September 25, 2026
  | Posted in Press Releases WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Paul Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-09), issued the following statement in response to introducing H.R. 10556, the VA Hiring Integrity Act of 2026,...
• Gosar Leads Arizona Delegation in Submitting 250 Copper Pennies to Congressional Time Capsule Honoring America’s 250th Birthday June 17, 2026
  | Posted in Press Releases Goodyear, Arizona - Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-09) issued the following statement announcing that Arizona’s bipartisan congressional delegation has submitted 250...
• Gosar Applauds Committee Passage of Yuma Defense Readiness Act June 10, 2026
  | Posted in Press Releases WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Paul Gosar, DDS (AZ-09) issued the following statement after the House Natural Resources Committee approved H.R. 8686, the Yuma Defense...
• My Bill To Pause the H1-B Visa Will Protect American Workers May 18, 2026
  | Posted in Weekly Columns and Op-Eds https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/2026/05/18/protect-job-from-foreign-workers-opinion/90051568007/ My bill to pause the H1-B visa will protect...
• Gosar Introduces Bill to Strengthen Yuma Proving Ground and Support Military Readiness May 8, 2026
  | Posted in Press Releases Yuma, Arizona - Congressman Paul Gosar, DDS (AZ-09) issued the following statement in response to introducing H.R. 8686, legislation authorizing the withdrawal and...

Latest official press releases and statements from the member's official site. This section requires periodic refresh; always check the source site for the newest items.

Social following

Office total: 437K · Personal total: no counts retrieved · Combined: 437K

Collected 2026-09-29. Office accounts are the member's official congressional accounts; personal accounts are their own campaign/personal accounts. Totals sum only accounts with a retrieved count and are never zero-filled. X counts are approximate (logged-out page variance). A missing account means none was verified, not that none exists.

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

• Freedom Caucus
• Republican Study Committee

Only documented caucus memberships are listed; memberships are never inferred.

Staff

Chief of staff

Leslie H Foti · (202) 225-2315

• Deputy Chief of Staff at Rep. Paul Gosar source

Staff data from House and Senate payroll filings; roles can change and filings can lag.

Offices

Washington, D.C. office

2057 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-2315

District/state offices

Connections

No documented connections beyond committee service.

Official links

Official website · Wikipedia