Utah · 117th–119th Congress · Jan 2021 – Jul 2026

Blake Moore calls himself a moderate.
His voting record says otherwise.

Every number on this page is computed from the official House roll-call record — 2,874 votes across three Congresses — not from press releases or advocacy scorecards. Where he genuinely broke with his party, that is on this page too. The case against him does not require exaggeration.

How these numbers were computed

The headline number

You asked how often he breaks from a majority of Republicans. Two ways of measuring it, both computed the same way for every House Republican so he can be ranked against them.

Read this carefully before you use it. "Breaking with the party" is not the same as being a moderate. A large share of his 2023–24 defections were votes with Republican leadership against the Freedom Caucus, not votes with Democrats. The honest framing is not "he's secretly a hardliner" — it's that his independence is real but narrow, and it has been shrinking since he joined leadership.

The independence gap has closed

Moore became Vice Chair of the House Republican Conference — the No. 5 job in House GOP leadership — in November 2023. Here is his party-unity record by Congress, next to the median House Republican.

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE ideology estimates tell the same story. Moore's Nokken-Poole score for each Congress moved from 0.349 → 0.381 → 0.425 on a scale where higher means more conservative. He has not moderated in office. He has moved right in every single term.

The votes that should be in the room

High-salience votes where his choice is hard to defend to a Utah audience. Each card links to the full roll call showing every member's vote, and to the bill text on Congress.gov.

See all curated key votes, filterable by theme

Where he genuinely broke with his party

Leave these out and the first person who knows the record will discredit everything else you say. Put them in, and the argument gets stronger — because the pattern is that his breaks are real but almost always low-cost, and almost all of them happened before he joined leadership.

The legislative record

Complete counts from the Congress.gov API, current as of 15 August 2026.

Be fair about this one. Two standalone public laws out of 97 sponsored measures is a low number, but it is not unusual — most bills die, and provisions frequently become law folded into larger vehicles. Moore's child-investment-account proposal, for instance, was absorbed into H.R. 1 rather than passing on its own. The stronger point is not the count; it is what he chose to put his name on. The full lists are below so you can judge for yourself.
Browse all 97 sponsored and 622 cosponsored bills

Questions for the town hall

Each one is anchored to a specific recorded vote, so it cannot be waved off as a mischaracterization.

  1. You voted twice for H.R. 1, which KFF estimates will cost roughly 77,000 Utahns their health coverage. The first House vote passed 215–214. If you had voted no, it would have failed. What did you get in exchange? H.R. 1, roll calls 144 (22 May 2025) and 189 (3 Jul 2025)
  2. A majority of House Republicans voted to repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision and restore full Social Security benefits to retired teachers, firefighters and police. You voted no. Why? H.R. 82, roll call 1174, 12 Nov 2024
  3. A majority of House Republicans voted for the PACT Act, giving health care to veterans exposed to burn pits. With Hill Air Force Base in your district, you voted no. Twice. Why? S. 3373, roll call 756, 13 Jul 2022
  4. The House has now passed two resolutions directing the President to end hostilities with Iran without congressional authorization. You voted no on all seven war-powers resolutions since December 2025. What military action would require Congress's approval? H.Con.Res. 61, 86, 89 and four others, Dec 2025 – Jul 2026
  5. You voted no on the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, which a majority of Republicans supported, and yes on reauthorizing warrantless Section 702 surveillance. Explain the principle that connects those two votes. H.R. 4639, roll call 854 and H.R. 7888, roll call 837, Apr 2024
  6. You served as a Republican chair of Better Boundaries, the group behind Proposition 4 — then the legislature overturned it, and when a court restored an independent map in 2025 you moved districts rather than run in the seat you helped create. What do you owe the voters who passed Prop 4? Utah redistricting, 2018–2025 — Deseret News
  7. You voted against the Infrastructure Act and against the CHIPS Act. Both are now law and both are sending money into Utah. Would you vote the same way today? H.R. 3684, roll call 368 and H.R. 4346, roll call 851
  8. You voted to certify the 2020 election, and against impeaching the President for the attack that preceded it. Since then your party-unity score has gone from 92% to 97%. What is the last time you told this President no? Roll calls 9 and 10 (Jan 2021); 119th Congress unity score

Context you should have before you walk in

He is favored, and you should know that

After the court-ordered 2025 remap, Moore moved to the new 2nd District and won the June 2026 Republican primary over state Rep. Karianne Lisonbee, 58%–42%. Major forecasters rate the general election Solid/Safe Republican. Persuasion here is about margin, turnout and the next cycle — not about pretending the race is close.

His own delegates booed him

At the April 2026 Utah GOP convention, Moore — the fifth-ranking Republican in the House — lost the delegate vote and was booed off the stage, largely over the redistricting fight. He is not universally beloved on his own right flank either, which changes what kind of argument works on which audience.

What H.R. 1 does to Utah

KFF estimated roughly 77,000 Utahns would lose health coverage under the law — about 52,000 from the Medicaid changes, with far more exposed as enhanced ACA subsidies lapse. The Utah Hospital Association warned rural hospitals could lose on the order of $870 million. SNAP eligibility narrows at the same time.

He is not a low-attendance member

Moore has missed about 1.1% of roll-call votes since 2021, better than the House median. Attendance is not an available line of attack, and using it would cost you credibility on everything else.