Terry Wilson

On the November 2026 ballot

Running for State Representative · District 20 · Republican

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2,514 roll-call votes on record - 2,089 yes, 397 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Latest coverage: “Vehicle drives into cannabis cultivation facility in what Sacramento police call a burglary” (KCRA 3, Jul 24, 2026). coverage, lean labeled ↗
Serves as State Representative, District 20 (Texas) since Jan 2017. github.com ↗

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The record

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2,514

Roll-call votes on record.

2,514 votes · 2,089 yes · 397 no · 24 absent · 3 not voting · 1 excused. These roll calls don’t record a party-by-party tally, so there’s no party-alignment rate to show - the votes themselves are below. official roll calls · Sep 3, 2025

Votes by topic: top topics first, the rest behind filters

Special Districts19 votes · yes on 18, no on 1

Agriculture15 votes · yes on 14, no on 1

Agriculture (I0020)14 votes · yes on 14, no on 0

Occupational Regulation14 votes · yes on 11, no on 3

Courts14 votes · yes on 12, no on 2

One vote can touch several topics.

LATEST: YESRelating to campground and youth camp safety.SB 1 · Sep 3, 2025

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Personal finances

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Political placement

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Left–right estimates (academic)

Shor-McCarty · votesVery Conservative

More conservative than 97% of Texas House members

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Score+2.17 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.99 more conservative than the Republican median in this group (+1.19)

Compared with516 members of Texas House members (1993–2022)

Covers2017–2022

● This person Democrats (230) Republicans (286)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Shor, Boris. 2025. "Individual State Legislator Shor-McCarty Ideology Data, January 2025 Update." Harvard Dataverse, V1. Method: Shor, Boris, and Nolan McCarty. 2011. "The Ideological Mapping of American Legislatures." American Political Science Review 105(3). Shor-McCarty ↗

DIME CFscore · donorsVery Conservative

More conservative than 66% of 2022 Texas House candidates

Details

Score+1.13 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.26 more conservative than the Independent median in this group (+0.87)

Compared with549 members of 2022 Texas House candidates

Covers2016–2022

● This person Democrats (139) Republicans (188) Independents (222)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0. Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime DIME CFscore ↗

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In their words

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“I’ve always focused on what matters most to families in our community. Keeping crime low, protecting our children, keeping down costs and property taxes so families can keep food on the table, and providing quality education.I will continue to make it easier for Texans to provide for their families through lowering property taxes, making it easier for local producers to bring healthy fresh foods to market, and lowering the cost of insurance, medical care and prescription drugs.”

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“Providing Water, Education, National Defense, and public safety.”

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