Richard Raymond

On the November 2026 ballot

Running for State Representative · District 42 · Democratic

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759 roll-call votes on record - 739 yes, 17 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Serves as State Representative, District 42 (Texas) since Jan 2021. github.com ↗

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759

Roll-call votes on record.

759 votes · 739 yes · 17 no · 3 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

Occupational Regulation9 votes · yes on 8, no on 0, 1 other

Special Districts9 votes · yes on 9, no on 0

Public Notice7 votes · yes on 7, no on 0

Elections7 votes · yes on 4, no on 3

County Government6 votes · yes on 5, no on 0, 1 other

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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Shor-McCarty · votesLiberal

More liberal than 69% of Texas House members

Details

Score−0.66 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.32 more conservative than the Democratic median in this group (−0.98)

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 · donorsCenter-Left

More liberal than 59% of 2022 Texas House candidates

Details

Score−0.12 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.99 more liberal 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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