Erin Zwiener

On the November 2026 ballot

Running for State Representative · District 45 · Democratic

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2,830 roll-call votes on record - 2,391 yes, 397 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Serves as State Representative, District 45 (Texas) since Jan 2019. github.com ↗

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The record

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2,830

Roll-call votes on record.

2,830 votes · 2,391 yes · 397 no · 27 absent · 13 not voting · 2 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 0, 1 other

Agriculture15 votes · yes on 14, no on 1

Agriculture (I0020)14 votes · yes on 13, no on 1

Occupational Regulation14 votes · yes on 12, no on 2

Courts14 votes · yes on 13, no on 1

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 Liberal

More liberal than 97% of Texas House members

Details

Score−1.65 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.67 more liberal than the Democratic median in this group (−0.98)

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

Covers2019–2022

● 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 ↗

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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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In their words

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Why they’re running · in their own words

“I want for my daughter what all Texans want for their children: a great education, access to health care, clean air and water, and to be treated fairly by their community. That’s what I’m fighting for in the Texas House.”

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Platform positions · verbatim where quoted

Civil Rightstap to open

She advocates for defending the rights of all Texans and ensuring fair treatment.

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Environmental Protectiontap to open

She is fighting to protect the Hill Country and ensure access to clean air and water.

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Healthcare Accesstap to open

She advocates for ensuring everyone has access to affordable and quality healthcare.

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