18 Facts About Ted Poe

Lloyd Theodore Poe was born on September 10,1948 and is an American politician who represented Texas's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2005 to 2019.

In November 2017, Ted Poe announced that he would retire from Congress, and not seek re-election in 2018.

However, in at least one case, Ted Poe amended the sentence afterwards without notifying the victim's family.

In November 2004, Ted Poe ran for the US House in the 2nd District.

Ted Poe made border security a centerpiece of his re-election strategy, calling for "more [National] Guardsmen on the border front".

In November 2008 and 2010, Ted Poe did not face a Democratic challenger in the general election.

Ted Poe's district was made significantly more compact in the 2010s round of redistricting.

Ted Poe announced on November 7,2017, that he would not seek re-election in 2018.

Ted Poe is a member of the Republican Study Committee, the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus, the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus, the Tea Party Caucus, the House Baltic Caucus and the United States Congressional International Conservation Caucus.

Ted Poe is a signer of Americans for Tax Reform's Taxpayer Protection Pledge.

Ted Poe voted for the Prohibiting Federal Funding of Abortion Services amendment on November 7,2009.

Ted Poe voted for the Secure Fence Act of 2006 and against the DREAM Act when it was introduced in 2010.

Ted Poe opposed the Obama administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, calling it "an imperial decree" that violated immigration law.

Ted Poe introduced the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2013 and the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015, a bill to combat human trafficking.

Ted Poe announced on July 13,2016, that he had recently been diagnosed with leukemia and would be seeking treatment at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Ted Poe was interviewed about his controversial creative sentencing practices while still a Texas district judge by Jon Ronson for Ronson's 2015 book, So You've Been Publicly Shamed.

In 2011, Ted Poe gave a speech on the house floor concerning excessive spending by the Justice Department on refreshments served at conferences at the Capitol Hilton.

Ted Poe expressed significant disapproval that muffins apparently costing $16 each were served at the conferences.