Which Republicans voted the way Democrats urged?

This study analyzed the Texas House 89R floor video archive to identify each Democratic request to press Yea or Nay, mapped each request to the exact pending House action and corresponding House Record, then compared the requested vote with every Republican member's recorded vote.

Allen Ye

Founder & Software Engineer

founder@polilens.io

437.42

hours across 92 floor videos

318

recorded questions with a Democratic urge

456

explicit Democratic floor urges

Republicans compared

Mapped output

One Democratic urge, matched to every Republican vote.

Democratic floor urge · SB1

2025-04-10

Ana-María Rodríguez Ramos

“I urge you to support this amendment and bring much-needed transparency to the TEA because our parents want answers.”

Official House video · 17:25:37.130–17:27:15.438 Official House Journal · Record 147

Requested vote

Yea

Pending action

Amendment Adoption

Republican comparison

45 same · 36 different · 7 other

Republican urge-match ranking

Who most often voted the way Democrats urged?

Each match means a Republican cast the Yea or Nay requested in a mapped Democratic floor urge. Open any member to see every urge, pending action, official video, House Record, and Republican vote behind the total.

Search all 88 Republican members

Rank	Member	Same vote	Different vote	Other status	Match rate
1	Ryan Guillen District 31	115	190	13	37.7%
T-2	Drew Darby District 72 · 2-member tie	110	197	11	35.8%
T-2	John Lujan District 118 · 2-member tie	110	208	0	34.6%
4	Stan Lambert District 71	107	190	21	36.0%
T-5	Charlie Geren District 99 · 2-member tie	106	164	48	39.3%
T-5	Dade Phelan District 21 · 2-member tie	106	203	9	34.3%
7	Gary VanDeaver District 1	103	210	5	32.9%
8	Angie Chen Button District 112	101	205	12	33.0%
T-9	Ken King District 88 · 2-member tie	100	169	49	37.2%
T-9	Pat Curry District 56 · 2-member tie	100	202	16	33.1%
T-11	Jeff Barry District 29 · 4-member tie	97	218	3	30.8%
T-11	Morgan Meyer District 108 · 4-member tie	97	219	2	30.7%
T-11	Stan Kitzman District 85 · 4-member tie	97	214	7	31.2%
T-11	Tom Craddick District 82 · 4-member tie	97	208	13	31.8%
15	Sam Harless District 126	96	215	7	30.9%
16	Denise Villalobos District 34	95	220	3	30.2%
T-17	Jay Dean District 7 · 2-member tie	94	215	9	30.4%
T-17	Paul Dyson District 14 · 2-member tie	94	220	4	29.9%
T-19	Keith Bell District 4 · 2-member tie	93	215	10	30.2%
T-19	Todd Hunter District 32 · 2-member tie	93	204	21	31.3%
21	Janie Lopez District 37	90	208	20	30.2%
22	Caroline Fairly District 87	88	201	29	30.4%
T-23	Brad Buckley District 54 · 3-member tie	87	204	27	29.9%
T-23	Jeff Leach District 67 · 3-member tie	87	212	19	29.1%
T-23	Terry M. Wilson District 20 · 3-member tie	87	225	6	27.9%
T-26	Candy Noble District 89 · 3-member tie	85	229	4	27.1%
T-26	Giovanni Capriglione District 98 · 3-member tie	85	224	9	27.5%
T-26	James Frank District 69 · 3-member tie	85	226	7	27.3%
29	Don McLaughlin, Jr. District 80	84	221	13	27.5%
T-30	Greg Bonnen District 24 · 2-member tie	83	225	10	26.9%
T-30	John McQueeney District 97 · 2-member tie	83	228	7	26.7%
T-32	Gary Gates District 28 · 2-member tie	82	218	18	27.3%
T-32	Trent Ashby District 9 · 2-member tie	82	222	14	27.0%
34	Trey Wharton District 12	81	232	5	25.9%
T-35	Charles Cunningham District 127 · 2-member tie	80	231	7	25.7%
T-35	Stan Gerdes District 17 · 2-member tie	80	233	5	25.6%
T-37	Brooks Landgraf District 81 · 3-member tie	79	195	44	28.8%
T-37	Marc LaHood District 121 · 3-member tie	79	222	17	26.2%
T-37	Matt Shaheen District 66 · 3-member tie	79	237	2	25.0%
T-40	Angelia Orr District 13 · 2-member tie	77	217	24	26.2%
T-40	John Smithee District 86 · 2-member tie	77	209	32	26.9%
T-42	Carl H. Tepper District 84 · 2-member tie	75	238	5	24.0%
T-42	Jared Patterson District 106 · 2-member tie	75	241	2	23.7%
44	Mark Dorazio District 122	73	239	6	23.4%
T-45	Cecil Bell, Jr. District 3 · 2-member tie	71	239	8	22.9%
T-45	Richard Hayes District 57 · 2-member tie	71	236	11	23.1%
T-47	AJ Louderback District 30 · 3-member tie	70	225	23	23.7%
T-47	Cole Hefner District 5 · 3-member tie	70	237	11	22.8%
T-47	J.M. Lozano District 43 · 3-member tie	70	204	44	25.5%
T-50	Carrie Isaac District 73 · 3-member tie	69	246	3	21.9%
T-50	David Spiller District 68 · 3-member tie	69	249	0	21.7%
T-50	Mano DeAyala District 133 · 3-member tie	69	240	9	22.3%
T-53	Benjamin Bumgarner District 63 · 2-member tie	67	249	2	21.2%
T-53	Will Metcalf District 16 · 2-member tie	67	245	6	21.5%
55	Caroline Harris Davila District 52	66	250	2	20.9%
T-56	Lacey Hull District 138 · 2-member tie	65	240	13	21.3%
T-56	Mitch Little District 65 · 2-member tie	65	236	17	21.6%
T-58	Keresa Richardson District 61 · 2-member tie	64	249	5	20.4%
T-58	Matt Morgan District 26 · 2-member tie	64	239	15	21.1%
T-60	David Cook District 96 · 2-member tie	63	248	7	20.3%
T-60	Ellen Troxclair District 19 · 2-member tie	63	248	7	20.3%
T-62	Helen Kerwin District 58 · 2-member tie	62	194	62	24.2%
T-62	Hillary Hickland District 55 · 2-member tie	62	252	4	19.7%
64	Katrina Pierson District 33	61	240	17	20.3%
65	Valoree Swanson District 150	59	254	5	18.8%
T-66	Cody Harris District 8 · 2-member tie	58	169	91	25.6%
T-66	Tom Oliverson District 130 · 2-member tie	58	247	13	19.0%
T-68	Brent Money District 2 · 2-member tie	57	249	12	18.6%
T-68	Terri Leo Wilson District 23 · 2-member tie	57	249	12	18.6%
T-70	Dennis Paul District 129 · 4-member tie	54	226	38	19.3%
T-70	Mike Schofield District 132 · 4-member tie	54	197	67	21.5%
T-70	Tony Tinderholt District 94 · 4-member tie	54	260	4	17.2%
T-70	Wes Virdell District 53 · 4-member tie	54	225	39	19.4%
T-74	Janis Holt District 18 · 2-member tie	53	226	39	19.0%
T-74	Shelley Luther District 62 · 2-member tie	53	255	10	17.2%
T-76	Daniel Alders District 6 · 3-member tie	52	259	7	16.7%
T-76	Joanne Shofner District 11 · 3-member tie	52	257	9	16.8%
T-76	Steve Toth District 15 · 3-member tie	52	264	2	16.5%
79	Nate Schatzline District 93	51	259	8	16.5%
80	Cody Vasut District 25	50	238	30	17.4%
T-81	Alan Schoolcraft District 44 · 2-member tie	49	259	10	15.9%
T-81	Andy Hopper District 64 · 2-member tie	49	265	4	15.6%
83	Shelby Slawson District 59	47	266	5	15.0%
84	David Lowe District 91	44	266	8	14.2%
T-85	Brian Harrison District 10 · 2-member tie	43	261	14	14.1%
T-85	Mike Olcott District 60 · 2-member tie	43	259	16	14.2%
87	Briscoe Cain District 128	39	253	26	13.4%
88	Dustin Burrows District 83	1	2	315	33.3%

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