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House agreement does not establish completed congressional action or troop removal.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "28", "topic_index": 6, "topic": "military_aid", "proposal": "H.R.8034 Israel Security Supplemental package (2024)", "stance": "for", "summary": "Yea on April 20, 2024, on House passage of H.R.8034, the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act. The package included funding for Iron Dome, David's Sling and Iron Beam defenses. The House passed it, 366–58.", "source_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024152", "source_label": "House Clerk, roll call 152: H.R.8034, On Passage, April 20, 2024", "record_date": "2024-04-20", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "recorded_vote", "caveat": "Yea on House passage of the whole package, including defensive, humanitarian and other provisions; not approval of each component in isolation. This was a whole-package vote, including humanitarian and other provisions, and does not isolate Self's position on any one component. The recorded stage was House passage.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "28", "topic_index": 7, "topic": "humanitarian_aid", "proposal": "H.R.8034 Israel Security Supplemental package (2024)", "stance": "for", "summary": "The same April 20, 2024 Yea on House passage of H.R.8034 covered a package containing $5.655 billion for international disaster assistance and $3.495 billion for migration and refugee assistance, plus certification, monitoring and reporting requirements for Gaza assistance.", "source_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024152", "source_label": "House Clerk, roll call 152: H.R.8034, On Passage, April 20, 2024; same vote as military-aid entry", "record_date": "2024-04-20", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "recorded_vote", "caveat": "Same whole-package Yea as topic6. Humanitarian accounts were not solely for Gaza; not a standalone aid-access or ceasefire vote. These were humanitarian accounts for vulnerable populations, not an appropriation solely for Gaza. A whole-package vote does not establish separate approval of every aid provision or a standalone humanitarian-access or ceasefire position.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "28", "topic_index": 8, "topic": "military_aid", "proposal": "H.R.8035 Ukraine Security Supplemental package (2024)", "stance": "against", "summary": "Nay on April 20, 2024, on House passage of H.R.8035, the Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act. Its provisions included the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative and replacement of defense articles supplied to Ukraine. The House passed it, 311–112, with one Present vote.", "source_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024151", "source_label": "House Clerk, roll call 151: H.R.8035, On Passage, April 20, 2024", "record_date": "2024-04-20", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "recorded_vote", "caveat": "Nay on House passage of this package only; does not establish opposition to every form of Ukraine assistance. Preserve the separate 2025 amendment vote. A vote against this package does not establish opposition to every form of Ukraine assistance. Preserve alongside his July 18, 2025 No on an amendment restricting Ukraine assistance from another bill's funds. The recorded stage was House passage.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "28", "topic_index": 9, "topic": "military_aid", "proposal": "Greene Amendment116 barring Ukraine aid from H.R.4016 funds (2025)", "stance": "against", "summary": "No on July 18, 2025, on agreeing to Greene's Part A Amendment No.116 to H.R.4016, the FY2026 Defense appropriations bill. The amendment would bar Ukraine assistance using funds made available by that bill. It failed, 76–353.", "source_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025209", "source_label": "House Clerk, roll call 209: H.R.4016, On Agreeing to the Amendment, July 18, 2025", "record_date": "2025-07-18", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "recorded_vote", "caveat": "No on agreeing to this funding-restriction amendment; not final passage, authorization or new appropriation. Preserve alongside the 2024 Ukraine supplemental Nay. This was an amendment vote, not final passage, and did not itself authorize or appropriate new assistance. The restriction applied to this bill's funds. Preserve alongside his April 20, 2024 Nay on the Ukraine supplemental. Congressional Record headings use the July 17 legislative day.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "28", "topic_index": 10, "topic": "sanctions", "proposal": "H.R.23 proposed sanctions for specified ICC actions (2025)", "stance": "for", "summary": "Yea on January 9, 2025, on House passage of H.R.23, the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act. It proposed property and entry restrictions on specified foreign persons involved in ICC action against people protected by the bill. The House passed it, 243–140, with one Present vote.", "source_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025007", "source_label": "House Clerk, roll call 7: H.R.23, On Passage, January 9, 2025", "record_date": "2025-01-09", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "recorded_vote", "caveat": "Yea on House passage; not enactment or proof of currently enforceable sanctions. Preserve Senate-cloture status. House passage is not enactment. The consulted Congress.gov status lists House passage and unsuccessful Senate cloture on the motion to proceed on January 28, 2025. This entry does not establish currently enforceable sanctions, ICC jurisdiction, or litigation outcomes.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "28", "topic_index": 11, "topic": "diplomacy", "proposal": "Restoring communication with European allies", "stance": "for", "summary": "In his January 10, 2025 announcement as Europe subcommittee chairman, Self advocated restoring communication with European allies to counter Russia, China and Iran, alongside a peace-through-strength approach.", "source_url": "https://keithself.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-keith-self-named-chairman-house-foreign-affairs-subcommittee", "source_label": "Keith Self official office release, Congressman Keith Self Named Chairman of House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe", "record_date": "2025-01-10", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "official_statement", "caveat": "Official statement, not a vote or implemented diplomatic outcome; original direct-page access limit remains. An official statement, not a vote or implemented diplomatic outcome. Read from the official page's search-indexed content; direct page retrieval returned 403. 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State voucher rules are not directly set by one member of Congress.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "30", "topic_index": 3, "topic": "education", "proposal": "Expanded education savings accounts", "stance": "for", "summary": "Supports expanded education savings accounts, charter growth and parental curriculum rights.", "source_url": "https://texansforflint.com/issues/", "source_label": "Campaign platform", "record_date": null, "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "campaign_commitment", "caveat": "Campaign commitment, not enactment.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "2", "topic_index": 6, "topic": "energy", "proposal": "SB2627 Texas Energy Fund package (2023)", "stance": "against", "summary": "Voted Nay on SB2627 House conference report, concerning the Texas Energy Fund package.", "source_url": "https://journals.house.texas.gov/hjrnl/88r/pdf/88RDAY74FINAL.PDF#page=391", "source_label": "Texas House Journal, 88R (2023), 2023-05-28, pp. 6366–6367; roll call on 6367, RV2258", "record_date": "2023-05-28", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "recorded_vote", "caveat": "Whole-package conference-report vote; dispatchable loans and backup-power provisions differ. Preserve original scope and historical status. Whole-package vote; dispatchable loans and backup-power provisions differ. See original-text scope and historical status.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "6", "topic_index": 5, "topic": "energy", "proposal": "SB2627 Texas Energy Fund package (2023)", "stance": "against", "summary": "Voted Nay on SB2627 House conference report, concerning the Texas Energy Fund package.", "source_url": "https://journals.house.texas.gov/hjrnl/88r/pdf/88RDAY74FINAL.PDF#page=391", "source_label": "Texas House Journal, 88R (2023), 2023-05-28, pp. 6366–6367; roll call on 6367, RV2258", "record_date": "2023-05-28", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "recorded_vote", "caveat": "Whole-package conference-report vote; dispatchable loans and backup-power provisions differ. Preserve original scope and historical status. Whole-package vote; dispatchable loans and backup-power provisions differ. See original-text scope and historical status.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "9", "topic_index": 6, "topic": "energy", "proposal": "SB2627 Texas Energy Fund package (2023)", "stance": "against", "summary": "Voted Nay on SB2627 House conference report, concerning the Texas Energy Fund package.", "source_url": "https://journals.house.texas.gov/hjrnl/88r/pdf/88RDAY74FINAL.PDF#page=391", "source_label": "Texas House Journal, 88R (2023), 2023-05-28, pp. 6366–6367; roll call on 6367, RV2258", "record_date": "2023-05-28", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "recorded_vote", "caveat": "Whole-package conference-report vote; dispatchable loans and backup-power provisions differ. Preserve original scope and historical status. Whole-package vote; dispatchable loans and backup-power provisions differ. See original-text scope and historical status.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "12", "topic_index": 5, "topic": "energy", "proposal": "SB2627 Texas Energy Fund package (2023)", "stance": "for", "summary": "Voted Yea on SB2627 Senate conference report, concerning the Texas Energy Fund package.", "source_url": "https://journals.senate.texas.gov/sjrnl/88r/pdf/88RSJ05-28-F.PDF#page=63", "source_label": "Texas Senate Journal, 88R (2023), 2023-05-28, pp. 3239", "record_date": "2023-05-28", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "recorded_vote", "caveat": "Whole-package conference-report vote; dispatchable loans and backup-power provisions differ. Preserve original scope and historical status. Whole-package vote; dispatchable loans and backup-power provisions differ. See original-text scope and historical status.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "13", "topic_index": 4, "topic": "energy", "proposal": "SB2627 Texas Energy Fund package (2023)", "stance": "for", "summary": "Voted Yea on SB2627 Senate conference report, concerning the Texas Energy Fund package.", "source_url": "https://journals.senate.texas.gov/sjrnl/88r/pdf/88RSJ05-28-F.PDF#page=63", "source_label": "Texas Senate Journal, 88R (2023), 2023-05-28, pp. 3239", "record_date": "2023-05-28", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "recorded_vote", "caveat": "Whole-package conference-report vote; dispatchable loans and backup-power provisions differ. Preserve original scope and historical status. Whole-package vote; dispatchable loans and backup-power provisions differ. See original-text scope and historical status.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "16", "topic_index": 5, "topic": "energy", "proposal": "SB2627 Texas Energy Fund package (2023)", "stance": "for", "summary": "Voted Yea on SB2627 Senate conference report, concerning the Texas Energy Fund package.", "source_url": "https://journals.senate.texas.gov/sjrnl/88r/pdf/88RSJ05-28-F.PDF#page=63", "source_label": "Texas Senate Journal, 88R (2023), 2023-05-28, pp. 3239", "record_date": "2023-05-28", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "recorded_vote", "caveat": "Whole-package conference-report vote; dispatchable loans and backup-power provisions differ. Preserve original scope and historical status. Whole-package vote; dispatchable loans and backup-power provisions differ. See original-text scope and historical status.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "26", "topic_index": 6, "topic": "energy", "proposal": "SB2627 Texas Energy Fund package (2023)", "stance": "against", "summary": "Voted Nay on SB2627 House conference report, concerning the Texas Energy Fund package.", "source_url": "https://journals.house.texas.gov/hjrnl/88r/pdf/88RDAY74FINAL.PDF#page=391", "source_label": "Texas House Journal, 88R (2023), 2023-05-28, pp. 6366–6367; roll call on 6367, RV2258", "record_date": "2023-05-28", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "recorded_vote", "caveat": "Whole-package conference-report vote; dispatchable loans and backup-power provisions differ. Preserve original scope and historical status. Whole-package vote; dispatchable loans and backup-power provisions differ. See original-text scope and historical status.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "31", "topic_index": 8, "topic": "energy", "proposal": "SB2627 Texas Energy Fund package (2023)", "stance": "against", "summary": "Voted Nay on SB2627 House conference report, concerning the Texas Energy Fund package.", "source_url": "https://journals.house.texas.gov/hjrnl/88r/pdf/88RDAY74FINAL.PDF#page=391", "source_label": "Texas House Journal, 88R (2023), 2023-05-28, pp. 6366–6367; roll call on 6367, RV2258", "record_date": "2023-05-28", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "recorded_vote", "caveat": "Whole-package conference-report vote; dispatchable loans and backup-power provisions differ. Preserve original scope and historical status. Whole-package vote; dispatchable loans and backup-power provisions differ. See original-text scope and historical status.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "12", "topic_index": 7, "topic": "energy", "proposal": "SB819 proposed wind/solar approval, notice and setback rules (2025)", "stance": "for", "summary": "Voted Yea on SB819 final Senate passage, concerning proposed wind/solar state-approval, notice and setback requirements.", "source_url": "https://journals.senate.texas.gov/sjrnl/89r/pdf/89RSJ04-15-F.PDF#page=24", "source_label": "Texas Senate Journal, 89R (2025), 2025-04-15, pp. 1290 in final daily PDF", "record_date": "2025-04-15", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "recorded_vote", "caveat": "Final Senate-passage vote; proposal did not become law. Preserve its last-action status. Proposal did not become law. 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The reviewed page does not set a quantified emissions-reduction or clean-energy target; this is a page-specific gap, not proof of no position elsewhere.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "1", "topic_index": 4, "topic": "emissions", "proposal": "EPA's oil-and-gas methane emissions standards challenged in 2024", "stance": "against", "summary": "As attorney general, challenged EPA’s oil-and-gas methane and other emissions standards. His office argued federal overreach and economic harm to Texas industry.", "source_url": "https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/Methane%20Rule%20Challenge%20Filestamped.pdf", "source_label": "Filed petition for review, Texas v. EPA, D.C. 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The entry records opposition to this particular federal rule and does not establish current case disposition.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "1", "topic_index": 6, "topic": "pollution", "proposal": "State enforcement over alleged Blue Cube chemical releases", "stance": "for", "summary": "His office sued Blue Cube Operations on behalf of TCEQ over alleged unauthorized chemical releases, seeking civil penalties and corrective measures under the Texas Clean Air Act.", "source_url": "https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/BC.pdf", "source_label": "Filed state petition, Texas v. 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This is state pollution enforcement, a different question from support for stronger federal climate rules.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "2", "topic_index": 0, "topic": "energy", "proposal": "Weatherproofing the electricity grid", "stance": "for", "summary": "Supports grid weatherproofing and an energy mix including oil/gas, wind, solar and geothermal.", "source_url": "https://jamestalarico.com/issue/energy-environment/", "source_label": "Campaign platform", "record_date": null, "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "campaign_commitment", "caveat": "Campaign commitment includes a mixed energy portfolio; not opposition to all oil and gas.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "5", "topic_index": 0, "topic": "energy", "proposal": "Retail competition for municipal electricity systems", "stance": "for", "summary": "Proposes retail competition for municipal electricity systems and restrictions on unrelated utility fees.", "source_url": "https://www.gregabbott.com/policy/", "source_label": "Campaign platform", "record_date": null, "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "campaign_commitment", "caveat": "Campaign proposal, not an enacted change.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "6", "topic_index": 0, "topic": "energy", "proposal": "Residential energy-rate protections until high-load users cover costs", "stance": "for", "summary": "Proposes residential-rate protections until high-load users cover their costs, and better grid access for wind, solar and other energy.", "source_url": "https://ginafortexas.com/priority/an-affordable-texas-that-works-for-everyone/", "source_label": "Campaign platform", "record_date": null, "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "campaign_commitment", "caveat": "Campaign proposal; separate support for grid access is retained in the original record.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "11", "topic_index": 0, "topic": "energy", "proposal": "Renewable-energy expansion", "stance": "for", "summary": "Supports renewable energy and expanded city bus fleets.", "source_url": "https://www.kmm2026.org/", "source_label": "Campaign platform", "record_date": null, "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "campaign_commitment", "caveat": "Campaign commitment, not a verified outcome.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "19", "topic_index": 0, "topic": "energy", "proposal": "Oil-and-gas development", "stance": "for", "summary": "Supports oil/gas development and emerging hydrogen, geothermal and nuclear technology.", "source_url": "https://dawnbuckingham.com/landowners-and-energy-communities/", "source_label": "Campaign platform", "record_date": null, "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "campaign_commitment", "caveat": "Also supports hydrogen, geothermal and nuclear; do not infer opposition to other energy sources.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "20", "topic_index": 0, "topic": "energy", "proposal": "State-land revenues from traditional and renewable energy", "stance": "for", "summary": "Proposes state-land revenue from both traditional and renewable energy.", "source_url": "https://www.letsgowithben.com/home", "source_label": "Campaign platform", "record_date": null, "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "campaign_commitment", "caveat": "Campaign proposal.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "25", "topic_index": 0, "topic": "energy", "proposal": "Expanding oil-and-gas production and reducing operator regulation", "stance": "for", "summary": "Supports expanding oil/gas production and reducing regulation of operators.", "source_url": "https://bofrench.com/issues/", "source_label": "Campaign platform", "record_date": null, "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "campaign_commitment", "caveat": "Campaign commitment, not an implemented outcome.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "26", "topic_index": 0, "topic": "energy", "proposal": "Enforceable weatherization and reporting for critical gas facilities", "stance": "for", "summary": "Supports enforceable weatherization for critical gas facilities and public compliance reporting.", "source_url": "https://jonrosenthaltx.com/priority/keep-the-heat-on-bring-bills-down/", "source_label": "Campaign platform", "record_date": null, "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "campaign_commitment", "caveat": "Campaign commitment.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "26", "topic_index": 1, "topic": "emissions", "proposal": "Ending routine flaring/venting and strengthening methane-leak detection", "stance": "for", "summary": "Proposes ending routine flaring/venting and strengthening methane-leak detection.", "source_url": "https://jonrosenthaltx.com/priority/clean-air-clean-water-safe-communities/", "source_label": "Campaign platform", "record_date": null, "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "campaign_commitment", "caveat": "Proposal subject to the RRC/TCEQ division of authority. Implementation must respect the RRC/TCEQ division of authority.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "27", "topic_index": 0, "topic": "energy", "proposal": "Energy-source subsidies and mandates", "stance": "against", "summary": "Supports a market-determined energy mix without subsidies or mandates for any source.", "source_url": "https://www.votedibianca.com/home", "source_label": "Campaign platform", "record_date": null, "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "campaign_commitment", "caveat": "Supports a market-determined mix; do not infer opposition to any particular energy technology.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "28", "topic_index": 4, "topic": "emissions", "proposal": "EPA's waste-emissions-charge compliance rule addressed by H.J.Res.35 (2025)", "stance": "against", "summary": "Yea on February 26, 2025, on House passage of H.J.Res.35, which disapproved EPA’s waste-emissions-charge compliance rule for petroleum and natural gas systems, including netting and exemptions. The House passed the resolution, 220–206, with 1 present. It became Public Law 119-2 on March 14, 2025.", "source_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202552", "source_label": "House Clerk, roll call 52: H.J.Res.35, On Passage, February 26, 2025", "record_date": "2025-02-26", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "recorded_vote", "caveat": "Yea on disapproval of this specific rule. Not repeal of underlying statutory charge authority or all methane regulation; preserve enactment/date caveats. This vote concerns the identified EPA rule. The resolution nullified that rule; it did not itself repeal the underlying statutory methane-charge authority or all methane regulations. It does not establish Self’s position on every emissions policy, environmental effects, or the present status of other rules or the statute.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "30", "topic_index": 0, "topic": "energy", "proposal": "Dispatchable natural-gas/nuclear generation", "stance": "for", "summary": "Supports dispatchable natural gas/nuclear generation and baseload reliability standards.", "source_url": "https://texansforflint.com/issues/", "source_label": "Campaign platform", "record_date": null, "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "campaign_commitment", "caveat": "Campaign commitment, not an operational reliability finding.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "31", "topic_index": 4, "topic": "energy", "proposal": "HB4734 offshore-wind supply-chain study (2023)", "stance": "for", "summary": "Coauthored HB 4734 (88R, 2023), proposing a study and report on attracting offshore-wind supply-chain industries to Texas.", "source_url": "https://capitol.texas.gov/reports/report.aspx?Code=A4345&ID=coauthor&LegSess=88R", "source_label": "Texas Legislature: Plesa 88R coauthor report, HB 4734", "record_date": "2023-05-17", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "legislative_record", "caveat": "Coauthorship of a study/report proposal, not a vote or enacted law; preserve last-action status. The last listed action was referral to the Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development Committee on May 17, 2023. HB 4734 did not become law. This historical proposal is not a complete current energy platform.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "3", "topic_index": 2, "topic": "energy", "proposal": "Taxpayer subsidies for data centers", "stance": "against", "summary": "Supports a market-selected mix of fossil fuels, wind, solar, hydroelectric and nuclear power. Opposes taxpayer subsidies for data centers.", "source_url": "https://snapcoalition.org/initiatives/stance-on-science/candidates/tx/ted-brown", "source_label": "SNAP Stance on Science: candidate response", "record_date": "2026-08-13", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "candidate_questionnaire", "caveat": "Candidate questionnaire; separate support for a market-selected energy mix is retained. Proposal. The response does not establish the performance or feasibility of particular technologies.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "3", "topic_index": 3, "topic": "water", "proposal": "Data-center disclosure of water and power sources", "stance": "for", "summary": "Calls for data centers to disclose their water and power sources and for local officials to explain community impacts.", "source_url": "https://snapcoalition.org/initiatives/stance-on-science/candidates/tx/ted-brown", "source_label": "SNAP Stance on Science: candidate response", "record_date": "2026-08-13", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "candidate_questionnaire", "caveat": "Candidate questionnaire; no substantive water-infrastructure plan was offered there. He expressly declined to offer a substantive water-infrastructure plan in the questionnaire.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "4", "topic_index": 3, "topic": "energy", "proposal": "New data-center tax abatements", "stance": "against", "summary": "Opposes new data-center tax abatements; proposes developer contributions to grid upgrades, battery-storage incentives and emergency demand response for large loads.", "source_url": "https://snapcoalition.org/initiatives/stance-on-science/candidates/tx/jade-simmons", "source_label": "SNAP Stance on Science: candidate response", "record_date": "2026-08-31", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "candidate_questionnaire", "caveat": "Candidate questionnaire; state/local policy requires collaboration, not unilateral Senate action. Proposal. A U.S. senator does not unilaterally set Texas utility or local tax rules; state/local measures require collaboration.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "7", "topic_index": 0, "topic": "water", "proposal": "Growth including data centers funding its infrastructure demands", "stance": "for", "summary": "Says growth, including data centers, should fund its own resource and infrastructure demands.", "source_url": "https://patdixon.org/free-market-sustainability/", "source_label": "Campaign platform", "record_date": "2026-06-29", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "campaign_commitment", "caveat": "Campaign commitment; not a general construction ban.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "14", "topic_index": 0, "topic": "water", "proposal": "Data-center construction pending water-impact explanations", "stance": "conditional", "summary": "Proposes a pause on data-center construction until developers explain how they would avoid worsening water-resource pressures.", "source_url": "https://snapcoalition.org/initiatives/stance-on-science/candidates/tx/tom-oxford", "source_label": "SNAP Stance on Science: candidate response", "record_date": "2026-08-11", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "candidate_questionnaire", "caveat": "Proposes a pause until developers explain avoiding additional water-resource pressures; no general AG moratorium mechanism established. Proposal. The response supplies no legal mechanism for an attorney general to impose a general construction moratorium.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "14", "topic_index": 1, "topic": "energy", "proposal": "Data-center construction pending self-supplied clean energy and grid protection", "stance": "conditional", "summary": "Proposes requiring data centers to supply their own clean energy without harming the existing grid before construction proceeds.", "source_url": "https://snapcoalition.org/initiatives/stance-on-science/candidates/tx/tom-oxford", "source_label": "SNAP Stance on Science: candidate response", "record_date": "2026-08-11", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "candidate_questionnaire", "caveat": "Proposes requiring these conditions before construction; not an enacted rule or verified technical result. Proposal, not an enacted rule or verified technical result.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "18", "topic_index": 0, "topic": "energy", "proposal": "Data-center tax breaks", "stance": "against", "summary": "Opposes data-center tax breaks, citing fiscal and resource impacts.", "source_url": "https://www.faizifortexas.com/issues", "source_label": "Campaign platform", "record_date": null, "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "campaign_commitment", "caveat": "Campaign commitment citing fiscal/resource impacts; not opposition to all data centers.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "30", "topic_index": 6, "topic": "energy", "proposal": "Data-center tax incentives", "stance": "against", "summary": "Proposes ending data-center tax incentives and requiring their own gas or nuclear plants.", "source_url": "https://snapcoalition.org/initiatives/stance-on-science/states/tx", "source_label": "SNAP Stance on Science: candidate response (Texas page, find candidate name)", "record_date": "2026-08-18", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "candidate_questionnaire", "caveat": "Candidate questionnaire also proposes own gas/nuclear plants; neither proposal is enacted. Proposal.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "30", "topic_index": 7, "topic": "water", "proposal": "Rising data-center water rates as consumption increases", "stance": "for", "summary": "Proposes higher data-center water rates as consumption rises, conservation, desalination and pipe repair.", "source_url": "https://snapcoalition.org/initiatives/stance-on-science/states/tx", "source_label": "SNAP Stance on Science: candidate response (Texas page, find candidate name)", "record_date": "2026-08-18", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "candidate_questionnaire", "caveat": "Candidate questionnaire; retain the other water proposals in original context. Proposal.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "31", "topic_index": 6, "topic": "energy", "proposal": "Public-benefit conditions for data-center tax incentives", "stance": "for", "summary": "Proposes developer contributions to grid upgrades, public-benefit conditions for tax incentives, local input, transmission, storage and efficiency.", "source_url": "https://snapcoalition.org/initiatives/stance-on-science/states/tx", "source_label": "SNAP Stance on Science: candidate response (Texas page, find candidate name)", "record_date": "2026-09-03", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "candidate_questionnaire", "caveat": "Candidate questionnaire; not blanket support for every incentive or project. Proposal.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "31", "topic_index": 7, "topic": "water", "proposal": "Stronger data-center water-conservation and reuse standards", "stance": "for", "summary": "Proposes stronger data-center conservation standards, water reuse, flood mitigation and farm conservation incentives.", "source_url": "https://snapcoalition.org/initiatives/stance-on-science/states/tx", "source_label": "SNAP Stance on Science: candidate response (Texas page, find candidate name)", "record_date": "2026-09-03", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "candidate_questionnaire", "caveat": "Candidate questionnaire, not an enacted standard. Proposal.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "1", "topic_index": 3, "topic": "immigration", "proposal": "Completing the border wall", "stance": "for", "summary": "Supports completing the border wall and deportation, with his border section emphasizing people with criminal records.", "source_url": "https://www.kenpaxton.com/issues", "source_label": "Campaign platform", "record_date": null, "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "campaign_commitment", "caveat": "Campaign commitment also supports deportation, emphasizing people with criminal records; do not broaden that qualifier.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "2", "topic_index": 4, "topic": "immigration", "proposal": "Easier lawful immigration", "stance": "for", "summary": "Supports more Border Patrol resources, easier lawful immigration and deportation priorities focused on criminals rather than nonviolent families.", "source_url": "https://jamestalarico.com/issue/immigration-border-security/", "source_label": "Campaign platform", "record_date": null, "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "campaign_commitment", "caveat": "Also supports Border Patrol resources and criminal-focused deportation priorities; do not collapse these positions into an immigration binary.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "3", "topic_index": 0, "topic": "immigration", "proposal": "Abolishing ICE", "stance": "for", "summary": "Supports abolishing ICE and allowing screened entrants to work, after criminal-record and communicable-disease checks.", "source_url": "https://tedbrown.org/website/", "source_label": "Campaign platform", "record_date": null, "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "campaign_commitment", "caveat": "Also proposes screened entry/work after criminal-record and communicable-disease checks.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "5", "topic_index": 2, "topic": "immigration", "proposal": "Bail restrictions for unlawfully present people arrested for violent felonies", "stance": "for", "summary": "Supports border security and bail restrictions for unlawfully present immigrants arrested for violent felonies.", "source_url": "https://www.gregabbott.com/policy/", "source_label": "Campaign platform", "record_date": null, "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "campaign_commitment", "caveat": "Campaign commitment; allegation/arrest is not conviction.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "6", "topic_index": 3, "topic": "immigration", "proposal": "State resources for ICE operations", "stance": "conditional", "summary": "Called for withholding state resources from ICE operations until abuses and unlawful detention stop.", "source_url": "https://ginafortexas.com/2026/01/hinojosa-calls-on-abbott-to-stop-facilitating-fatal-ice-operations/", "source_label": "Campaign platform", "record_date": "2026-01-26", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "campaign_commitment", "caveat": "Calls for withholding resources until alleged abuses and unlawful detention stop; the allegations are the candidate characterization, not legal findings. Candidate’s position and characterization; not a legal finding about every ICE operation.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "8", "topic_index": 5, "topic": "immigration", "proposal": "SB8 local-law-enforcement assistance with federal deportation", "stance": "for", "summary": "Publicly supported SB 8 requiring local-law-enforcement assistance with federal deportation efforts.", "source_url": "https://www.ltgov.texas.gov/2025/04/01/lt-gov-dan-patrick-statement-on-the-passage-of-senate-bill-8-requiring-local-law-enforcement-to-assist-the-federal-governments-deportation-efforts/", "source_label": "Lieutenant-governor statement", "record_date": "2025-04-01", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "official_action", "caveat": "Public statement supporting legislation, not a separate roll-call vote; retain original evidence type and this limit. A public statement on legislation, not a separate roll-call vote.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "15", "topic_index": 2, "topic": "immigration", "proposal": "Tax-funded public schooling for unlawfully present people", "stance": "against", "summary": "Proposes ending tax-funded services for unlawfully present people, specifically including public-school education.", "source_url": "https://donhuffines.com/texasmeansbusiness/", "source_label": "Campaign platform", "record_date": null, "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "campaign_commitment", "caveat": "Campaign proposal, not a finding the comptroller can unilaterally deny school access. A campaign proposal, not a finding that the comptroller can unilaterally deny school access.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "16", "topic_index": 3, "topic": "immigration", "proposal": "ICE operations in Texas pending an independent investigation", "stance": "conditional", "summary": "As a senator, urged a pause in ICE operations in Texas pending an independent investigation.", "source_url": "https://senate.texas.gov/members/d14/press/en/p20260128a.pdf", "source_label": "Senate release", "record_date": "2026-01-28", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "official_action", "caveat": "As senator urged a pause pending investigation; not a comptroller power to command ICE. A public request, not a comptroller power to command ICE.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "18", "topic_index": 1, "topic": "immigration", "proposal": "Sheriff grant program encouraging ICE cooperation", "stance": "against", "summary": "Proposes challenging the sheriff grant program encouraging ICE cooperation and supports local sheriff independence from federal immigration enforcement.", "source_url": "https://www.faizifortexas.com/issues", "source_label": "Campaign platform", "record_date": null, "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "campaign_commitment", "caveat": "Proposes a challenge; not a finding the program is invalid or that a comptroller directs ICE. A proposal to challenge the program, not a finding that it is invalid or that a comptroller directs ICE.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "19", "topic_index": 4, "topic": "immigration", "proposal": "Land-office resources for border and detention/deportation efforts", "stance": "for", "summary": "Supports using land-office resources for border security and detention/deportation efforts.", "source_url": "https://dawnbuckingham.com/", "source_label": "Campaign platform", "record_date": null, "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "campaign_commitment", "caveat": "Campaign commitment within the described land-office resource proposal.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "22", "topic_index": 2, "topic": "immigration", "proposal": "Mandatory E-Verify", "stance": "for", "summary": "Supports Trump’s border/deportation policy and mandatory E-Verify.", "source_url": "https://natesheets.com/nate-sheets-on-the-issues/", "source_label": "Campaign platform", "record_date": null, "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "campaign_commitment", "caveat": "Campaign commitment; E-Verify checks work authorization, not simply citizenship. The campaign also calls for citizenship checks. E-Verify checks work authorization, not simply citizenship.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "26", "topic_index": 4, "topic": "immigration", "proposal": "Abolishing ICE", "stance": "for", "summary": "Publicly called for abolishing ICE, investigations and immigration reform.", "source_url": "https://jonrosenthaltx.com/statement-from-state-rep-jon-rosenthal-on-the-murder-of-alex-pretti/", "source_label": "Campaign platform", "record_date": null, "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "campaign_commitment", "caveat": "Public campaign position acknowledges the Railroad Commission has no ICE role; not an adopted criminal allegation. He acknowledges the commission has no role in ICE operations; no unadjudicated criminal allegation is adopted here.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "30", "topic_index": 5, "topic": "immigration", "proposal": "Sanctuary policies", "stance": "against", "summary": "Supports Operation Lone Star and border funding; opposes sanctuary policies and prioritizes fentanyl/trafficking enforcement.", "source_url": "https://texansforflint.com/issues/", "source_label": "Campaign platform", "record_date": null, "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "campaign_commitment", "caveat": "Campaign commitment also supports Operation Lone Star, border funding and trafficking enforcement.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "2", "topic_index": 7, "topic": "healthcare", "proposal": "SB14 specified under-18 gender-transition treatment restrictions (2023)", "stance": "against", "summary": "Voted Nay on SB14 final House passage, concerning specified under-18 gender-transition treatment restrictions.", "source_url": "https://journals.house.texas.gov/hjrnl/88r/pdf/88RDAY63FINAL.PDF#page=20", "source_label": "Texas House Journal, 88R (2023), 2023-05-15, pp. 4242–4243; Nay list on 4243, RV1688", "record_date": "2023-05-15", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "recorded_vote", "caveat": "Historical vote at the original recorded stage; listed exceptions apply, and current enforceability was not reviewed. 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Historical vote; present enforceability not reviewed.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "12", "topic_index": 6, "topic": "healthcare", "proposal": "SB14 specified under-18 gender-transition treatment restrictions (2023)", "stance": "for", "summary": "Voted Yea on SB14 Senate concurrence in House amendments, concerning specified under-18 gender-transition treatment restrictions.", "source_url": "https://journals.senate.texas.gov/sjrnl/88r/pdf/88RSJ05-17-F.PDF#page=51", "source_label": "Texas Senate Journal, 88R (2023), 2023-05-17, pp. 2057", "record_date": "2023-05-17", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "recorded_vote", "caveat": "Historical vote at the original recorded stage; listed exceptions apply, and current enforceability was not reviewed. Listed exceptions apply. Historical vote; present enforceability not reviewed.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "13", "topic_index": 5, "topic": "healthcare", "proposal": "SB14 specified under-18 gender-transition treatment restrictions (2023)", "stance": "against", "summary": "Voted Nay on SB14 Senate concurrence in House amendments, concerning specified under-18 gender-transition treatment restrictions.", "source_url": "https://journals.senate.texas.gov/sjrnl/88r/pdf/88RSJ05-17-F.PDF#page=51", "source_label": "Texas Senate Journal, 88R (2023), 2023-05-17, pp. 2057", "record_date": "2023-05-17", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "recorded_vote", "caveat": "Historical vote at the original recorded stage; listed exceptions apply, and current enforceability was not reviewed. Listed exceptions apply. Historical vote; present enforceability not reviewed.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "16", "topic_index": 6, "topic": "healthcare", "proposal": "SB14 specified under-18 gender-transition treatment restrictions (2023)", "stance": "against", "summary": "Voted Nay on SB14 Senate concurrence in House amendments, concerning specified under-18 gender-transition treatment restrictions.", "source_url": "https://journals.senate.texas.gov/sjrnl/88r/pdf/88RSJ05-17-F.PDF#page=51", "source_label": "Texas Senate Journal, 88R (2023), 2023-05-17, pp. 2057", "record_date": "2023-05-17", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "recorded_vote", "caveat": "Historical vote at the original recorded stage; listed exceptions apply, and current enforceability was not reviewed. Listed exceptions apply. Historical vote; present enforceability not reviewed.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "26", "topic_index": 7, "topic": "healthcare", "proposal": "SB14 specified under-18 gender-transition treatment restrictions (2023)", "stance": "against", "summary": "Voted Nay on SB14 final House passage, concerning specified under-18 gender-transition treatment restrictions.", "source_url": "https://journals.house.texas.gov/hjrnl/88r/pdf/88RDAY63FINAL.PDF#page=20", "source_label": "Texas House Journal, 88R (2023), 2023-05-15, pp. 4242–4243; Nay list on 4243, RV1688", "record_date": "2023-05-15", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "recorded_vote", "caveat": "Historical vote at the original recorded stage; listed exceptions apply, and current enforceability was not reviewed. Listed exceptions apply. Historical vote; present enforceability not reviewed.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "31", "topic_index": 9, "topic": "healthcare", "proposal": "SB14 specified under-18 gender-transition treatment restrictions (2023)", "stance": "against", "summary": "Voted Nay on SB14 final House passage, concerning specified under-18 gender-transition treatment restrictions.", "source_url": "https://journals.house.texas.gov/hjrnl/88r/pdf/88RDAY63FINAL.PDF#page=20", "source_label": "Texas House Journal, 88R (2023), 2023-05-15, pp. 4242–4243; Nay list on 4243, RV1688", "record_date": "2023-05-15", "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "recorded_vote", "caveat": "Historical vote at the original recorded stage; listed exceptions apply, and current enforceability was not reviewed. Listed exceptions apply. Historical vote; present enforceability not reviewed.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "1", "topic_index": 1, "topic": "healthcare", "proposal": "Abortion restrictions", "stance": "for", "summary": "Supports abortion restrictions. Pledges greater transparency and accountability in food and healthcare markets; the reviewed page provides no detailed insurance-coverage design.", "source_url": "https://www.kenpaxton.com/issues", "source_label": "Campaign platform", "record_date": null, "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "campaign_commitment", "caveat": "Campaign commitment; no detailed health-insurance coverage design established.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "2", "topic_index": 2, "topic": "healthcare", "proposal": "Medicare buy-in at any age", "stance": "for", "summary": "Proposes a Medicare buy-in at any age, stronger ACA coverage, lower drug costs, and federal legislation restoring abortion access and protecting contraception and IVF.", "source_url": "https://jamestalarico.com/issue/health-care/", "source_label": "Campaign platform", "record_date": null, "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "campaign_commitment", "caveat": "Campaign proposal also addresses ACA coverage, drug costs, abortion access, contraception and IVF; not enacted law.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "6", "topic_index": 1, "topic": "healthcare", "proposal": "Healthcare coverage for every Texas child", "stance": "for", "summary": "Pledges healthcare for every Texas child, restrictions on bad-faith insurance denials, and stronger rural hospitals.", "source_url": "https://ginafortexas.com/priority/an-affordable-texas-that-works-for-everyone/", "source_label": "Campaign platform", "record_date": null, "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "campaign_commitment", "caveat": "Campaign pledge, not an implemented coverage result.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "9", "topic_index": 2, "topic": "healthcare", "proposal": "Medicaid expansion", "stance": "for", "summary": "Supports Medicaid expansion, reproductive healthcare, maternal care and expanded mental-health services.", "source_url": "https://www.vikkigoodwin.com/healthcare", "source_label": "Campaign platform", "record_date": null, "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "campaign_commitment", "caveat": "Campaign position; retain the separate reproductive, maternal and mental-health context.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "12", "topic_index": 1, "topic": "healthcare", "proposal": "Enforcement of abortion restrictions", "stance": "for", "summary": "Pledges to enforce abortion restrictions.", "source_url": "https://mayesmiddleton.com/", "source_label": "Campaign platform", "record_date": null, "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "campaign_commitment", "caveat": "Campaign commitment; do not invent exceptions.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "16", "topic_index": 1, "topic": "healthcare", "proposal": "Documenting fiscal costs of not expanding Medicaid", "stance": "for", "summary": "Proposes documenting the fiscal cost of Texas not expanding Medicaid.", "source_url": "https://www.saraheckhardt.com/why-im-running", "source_label": "Campaign platform", "record_date": null, "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "campaign_commitment", "caveat": "Fiscal-oversight proposal, not the comptroller independently expanding Medicaid. A fiscal-oversight proposal; the comptroller cannot independently expand Medicaid.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "29", "topic_index": 0, "topic": "healthcare", "proposal": "Retaining ACA subsidies until a replacement plan exists", "stance": "conditional", "summary": "Supports retaining ACA subsidies until a better plan exists, a public/private affordable baseline, lower drug costs and billing transparency.", "source_url": "https://www.electevanhunt.com/", "source_label": "Campaign platform", "record_date": null, "checked": "2026-10-14", "evidence_type": "campaign_commitment", "caveat": "Campaign commitment to retain subsidies until a better plan exists; not an unconditional or enacted replacement policy.", "new_topic": false, "label_reviewed": "2026-10-15", "review_basis": "Explicit direction label from preserved v14 record; not a refreshed factual audit." }, { "candidate_id": "2", "topic": "gas_prices", "proposal": "Suspend the federal gasoline tax?", "stance": "for", "summary": "Proposes suspending the federal gasoline tax.", "source_url": "https://jamestalarico.com/issue/energy-environment/", "source_label": "Official campaign, Energy & Environment; embedded April 30 statement", "record_date": "2026-04-30", "checked": "2026-10-15", "evidence_type": "campaign_statement", "caveat": "A proposal. No enacted suspension, realized price reduction or guaranteed savings was verified. Do not repeat the campaign’s immediate-price-drop promise as an established outcome.", "new_topic": true, "review_basis": "Focused primary candidate/government source check 15 October 2026." }, { "candidate_id": "2", "topic": "data_centres", "proposal": "Require data centres to pay for their infrastructure?", "stance": "for", "summary": "Proposes requiring AI data centers to cover their energy infrastructure upgrades.", "source_url": "https://jamestalarico.com/issue/energy-environment/", "source_label": "Official campaign, Energy & Environment", "record_date": null, "checked": "2026-10-15", "evidence_type": "campaign_commitment", "caveat": "Proposed federal policy; source does not establish a general for/against position on every new center, nor verify actual cost savings.", "new_topic": true, "review_basis": "Focused primary candidate/government source check 15 October 2026." }, { "candidate_id": "5", "topic": "data_centres", "proposal": "Offer taxpayer incentives to data centres?", "stance": "against", "summary": "Pledges to seek elimination of financial incentives for data centers next legislative session.", "source_url": "https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-directs-tceq-to-halt-data-center-permits", "source_label": "Office of the Texas Governor, September 21, 2026", "record_date": "2026-09-21", "checked": "2026-10-15", "evidence_type": "announced_legislative_intent", "caveat": "A legislative pledge, not evidence that existing statutory exemptions have been repealed.", "new_topic": true, "review_basis": "Focused primary candidate/government source check 15 October 2026." }, { "candidate_id": "5", "topic": "data_centres", "proposal": "Require data centres to pay for their infrastructure?", "stance": "for", "summary": "Directs that data-center projects cover their electrical infrastructure costs.", "source_url": "https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-directs-tceq-to-halt-data-center-permits", "source_label": "Office of the Texas Governor, September 21, 2026", "record_date": "2026-09-21", "checked": "2026-10-15", "evidence_type": "official_directive", "caveat": "Official directive; actual implementation, legal effect and realized household bill savings were not independently verified.", "new_topic": true, "review_basis": "Focused primary candidate/government source check 15 October 2026." }, { "candidate_id": "7", "topic": "data_centres", "proposal": "Require data centres to pay for their infrastructure?", "stance": "for", "summary": "Says growth, expressly including data centers, should pay for the resource demands it creates.", "source_url": "https://patdixon.org/free-market-sustainability/", "source_label": "Official candidate website, Free Market Sustainability", "record_date": "2026-06-29", "checked": "2026-10-15", "evidence_type": "campaign_statement", "caveat": "A general policy statement, not an enacted mechanism or a verified projection of resource impacts. 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Do not assert a precise repeal mechanism or independently endorse campaign figures.", "new_topic": true, "review_basis": "Focused primary candidate/government source check 15 October 2026." }, { "candidate_id": "23", "topic": "data_centres", "proposal": "Allow data-centre development?", "stance": "conditional", "summary": "Proposes slowing or stopping irresponsible AI centers and sets conditions for responsible development.", "source_url": "https://www.claytontuckertx.com/stop_ai_centers", "source_label": "Official campaign, Stop AI Data Centers", "record_date": null, "checked": "2026-10-15", "evidence_type": "campaign_commitment", "caveat": "Despite its headline, the detailed page allows responsible centers under seven conditions. Do not encode blanket opposition to all development. Claimed Agriculture Commissioner powers and predicted effects are not independently verified.", "new_topic": true, "review_basis": "Focused primary candidate/government source check 15 October 2026." }, { "candidate_id": "3", "topic": "data_centres", "proposal": "Offer taxpayer incentives to data centres?", "stance": "against", "summary": "Opposes taxpayer subsidies for data-centre companies.", "source_url": "https://snapcoalition.org/initiatives/stance-on-science/candidates/tx/ted-brown", "source_label": "SNAP Stance on Science: direct candidate response (not a government record)", "record_date": "2026-08-13", "checked": "2026-10-15", "evidence_type": "candidate_questionnaire", "caveat": "Subsidy opposition does not mean opposition to all data-centre development.", "new_topic": true, "review_basis": "Focused primary candidate/government source check 15 October 2026." }, { "candidate_id": "4", "topic": "data_centres", "proposal": "Offer new tax abatements to data centres?", "stance": "against", "summary": "Opposes tax abatements for new data centres.", "source_url": "https://snapcoalition.org/initiatives/stance-on-science/candidates/tx/jade-simmons", "source_label": "SNAP Stance on Science: direct candidate response (not a government record)", "record_date": "2026-08-31", "checked": "2026-10-15", "evidence_type": "candidate_questionnaire", "caveat": "A proposal; state/local tax powers are not unilateral powers of a U.S. senator.", "new_topic": true, "review_basis": "Focused primary candidate/government source check 15 October 2026." }, { "candidate_id": "4", "topic": "data_centres", "proposal": "Require data centres to pay for their infrastructure?", "stance": "for", "summary": "Would require developers to fund their fair share of grid and water infrastructure.", "source_url": "https://snapcoalition.org/initiatives/stance-on-science/candidates/tx/jade-simmons", "source_label": "SNAP Stance on Science: direct candidate response (not a government record)", "record_date": "2026-08-31", "checked": "2026-10-15", "evidence_type": "candidate_questionnaire", "caveat": "Proposed policy; not proof of realized consumer savings.", "new_topic": true, "review_basis": "Focused primary candidate/government source check 15 October 2026." }, { "candidate_id": "14", "topic": "data_centres", "proposal": "Allow data-centre construction?", "stance": "conditional", "summary": "Calls for a construction pause until developers explain how they will avoid worsening water pressures and grid impacts.", "source_url": "https://snapcoalition.org/initiatives/stance-on-science/candidates/tx/tom-oxford", "source_label": "SNAP Stance on Science: direct candidate response (not a government record)", "record_date": "2026-08-11", "checked": "2026-10-15", "evidence_type": "candidate_questionnaire", "caveat": "Conditional moratorium; no legal mechanism for an attorney general to impose a statewide construction pause was verified.", "new_topic": true, "review_basis": "Focused primary candidate/government source check 15 October 2026." }, { "candidate_id": "30", "topic": "data_centres", "proposal": "Offer taxpayer incentives to data centres?", "stance": "against", "summary": "Proposes removing data-centre tax incentives throughout Texas.", "source_url": "https://snapcoalition.org/initiatives/stance-on-science/states/tx", "source_label": "SNAP Stance on Science: direct candidate response (not a government record)", "record_date": "2026-08-18", "checked": "2026-10-15", "evidence_type": "candidate_questionnaire", "caveat": "Candidate questionnaire proposal, not enacted repeal; find George Flint and Q2.", "new_topic": true, "review_basis": "Focused primary candidate/government source check 15 October 2026." }, { "candidate_id": "30", "topic": "data_centres", "proposal": "Require data centres to supply their own power?", "stance": "for", "summary": "Proposes that data centres build their own natural-gas or nuclear plants.", "source_url": "https://snapcoalition.org/initiatives/stance-on-science/states/tx", "source_label": "SNAP Stance on Science: direct candidate response (not a government record)", "record_date": "2026-08-18", "checked": "2026-10-15", "evidence_type": "candidate_questionnaire", "caveat": "Proposal; does not establish technical feasibility, cost savings or a gasoline-price position. 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Find Mihaela Plesa and Q2.", "new_topic": true, "review_basis": "Focused primary candidate/government source check 15 October 2026." } ], "v13_updates": { "case_records": [ { "candidate_id": "1", "person": "Ken Paxton", "kind": "indictment_charge", "case_label": "Texas securities-fraud / investment-adviser criminal case", "charge_date": "2015-07-28", "charge_date_note": "Indictments dated July 28, 2015; unsealed August 3, 2015.", "summary": "Indicted on two securities-fraud counts and one count involving failure to register as an investment adviser. These were allegations, not convictions.", "outcome": "reported_dismissed", "outcome_date": "2025-06-18", "outcome_text": "Bloomberg Law reported the three charges dismissed after completion of pretrial-diversion requirements. The diversion agreement was announced March 26, 2024. This record does not establish a conviction.", "conviction": false, "sources": [ { "title": "Ken Paxton indictments", "institution": "Collin County grand jury; document hosted by The Texas Tribune", "url": "https://static.texastribune.org/media/documents/Court_paper_work.pdf", "date": "2015-07-28", "type": "primary_document", "access_limit": "Direct retrieval returned 403 in this session; dated indictment also described in the linked contemporaneous reporting." }, { "title": "Paxton Surrenders in Securities Fraud Indictment", "institution": "The Texas Tribune", "url": "https://www.texastribune.org/2015/08/03/paxton-set-surrender-securities-fraud-indictment/", "date": "2015-08-03", "type": "reporting" }, { "title": "Ken Paxton agrees to community service, paying restitution to avoid trial", "institution": "The Texas Tribune", "url": "https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/26/ken-paxton-plea-deal-securities-fraud-felony/", "date": "2024-03-26", "type": "reporting" }, { "title": "Paxton Felony Case Dropped After Restitution Paid, Hours Worked", "institution": "Bloomberg Law", "url": "https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/paxton-felony-case-dropped-after-restitution-paid-hours-worked", "date": "2025-06-18", "type": "reporting" } ], "limits": "The final dismissal order was not independently retrieved. Outcome is attributed to dated reporting. No inference is made about other proceedings. Impeachment and civil proceedings are not classified as criminal convictions." } ], "official_contacts": [ { "county": "Dallas County", "direct_url": "https://www.dallascountyvotes.org/", "alternative_url": "https://www.dallascounty.org/about-us/contact/", "phone": "469-627-8683", "address": "1520 Round Table Drive, Dallas, TX 75247", "verification_source": "https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/voter/county.shtml", "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "access_note": "Access varies by browser or network. A denied or empty response here does not establish a general outage." }, { "county": "Denton County", "direct_url": "https://www.votedenton.gov/", "alternative_url": "https://www.dentoncounty.gov/m/directory/department?did=279", "phone": "940-349-3200", "address": "701 Kimberly Drive, A100, Denton, TX 76208", "email": "elections@dentoncounty.gov", "verification_source": "https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/voter/county.shtml", "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "access_note": "If the election page denies access, use the official county directory or phone. This does not mean the page is unavailable to everyone." } ], "reviewed_on": "2026-10-15", "new_claim_review": "Focused additions; not an exhaustive refreshed factual audit" } }