John Smithee

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343 roll-call votes on record - 300 yes, 17 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Serves as State Representative, District 86 (Texas) since Jan 1985. github.com ↗

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343

Roll-call votes on record.

343 votes · 300 yes · 23 excused · 17 no · 2 absent · 1 not voting. 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

Occupational Regulation10 votes · yes on 10, no on 0

Special Districts8 votes · yes on 8, no on 0

County Government6 votes · yes on 5, no on 1

Public Notice6 votes · yes on 6, no on 0

County Government--General (I0096)6 votes · yes on 5, no on 1

One vote can touch several topics.

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

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Shor-McCarty · votesVery Conservative

More conservative than 72% of Texas House members

Details

Score+1.18 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.01 more liberal than the Republican median in this group (+1.19)

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

Covers1993–2022

● 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 62% of 2022 Texas House candidates

Details

Score+1.10 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.23 more conservative than the Independent median in this group (+0.87)

Compared with549 members of 2022 Texas House candidates

Covers1998–2022

● 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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