Louis Buller Gohmert Jr born August 18 1953 is an American attorney politician and former judge who was the US representative from Texass 1st congressional district from 2005 to 2023 Gohmert is a Republican and was part of the Tea Party movement In January 2015 he unsuccessfully challenged John Boehner for Speaker of the House of Representatives In November 2021 he announced his candidacy in the 2022 Texas Attorney General election He failed to advance to the Republican primary runoff getting 17 of the vote