Shelby Slawson

On the November 2026 ballot

Running for State Representative · District 59 · Republican

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1,320 roll-call votes on record - 975 yes, 332 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Serves as State Representative, District 59 (Texas) since Jan 2021. github.com ↗

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1,320

Roll-call votes on record.

1,320 votes · 975 yes · 332 no · 13 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 Districts17 votes · yes on 12, no on 5

Occupational Regulation12 votes · yes on 11, no on 1

Criminal Procedure9 votes · yes on 9, no on 0

County Government8 votes · yes on 4, no on 4

County Government--General (I0096)8 votes · yes on 4, no on 4

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 97% of Texas House members

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Score+2.19 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median1.00 more conservative than the Republican median in this group (+1.19)

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

Covers2021–2022

● 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

Covers2020–2022

● 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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