Will Metcalf

On the November 2026 ballot

Running for State Representative · District 16 · Republican

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1,292 roll-call votes on record - 1,126 yes, 159 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Latest coverage: “‘And I have to pick one...’: Sarasota’s Scooter Gennett weighs in on World Series” (MySuncoast / WWSB (ABC Sarasota), Oct 24, 2026) - one of 20 stories across the spectrum (Left 3 · Center 16 · Right 1). coverage, lean labeled ↗
Serves as State Representative, District 16 (Texas) since Jan 2015. github.com ↗

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The record

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1,292

Roll-call votes on record.

1,292 votes · 1,126 yes · 159 no · 6 not voting · 1 absent. 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 Districts16 votes · yes on 15, no on 1

Occupational Regulation12 votes · yes on 11, no on 1

Criminal Procedure9 votes · yes on 9, no on 0

Law Enforcement8 votes · yes on 8, no on 0

Statutory Revision7 votes · yes on 7, no on 0

One vote can touch several topics.

LATEST: YESRelating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties.HB 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 92% of Texas House members

Details

Score+1.69 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.50 more conservative than the Republican median in this group (+1.19)

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

Covers2015–2022

● 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 55% of 2022 Texas House candidates

Details

Score+1.06 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.09 more liberal than the Republican median in this group (+1.16)

Compared with549 members of 2022 Texas House candidates

Covers2014–2022

● 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 ↗

About these scores

These are third-party academic estimates of one left–right dimension, computed by researchers from roll-call votes or campaign donors. They are not Poliscope’s judgment. Each source uses its own scale, so compare people within a source rather than across sources.

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