Bob Hall

On the November 2026 ballot

Running for State Senator · District 2 · Republican

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Latest coverage: “US Biathlon considers joining US Ski & Snowboard in a rare merger of Olympic sport organizations” (WPLG Local 10 – Main Feed, Jul 29, 2026). coverage, lean labeled ↗
Serves as State Senator, District 2 (Texas) since Jan 2015. github.com ↗

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Shor-McCarty · votesVery Conservative

More conservative than 99% of Texas Senate members

Details

Score+2.26 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median1.22 more conservative than the Republican median in this group (+1.04)

Compared with92 members of Texas Senate members (1993–2022)

Covers2015–2022

● This person Democrats (37) Republicans (55)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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“Envisioning their futures compelled him to become actively involved in the state’s political process and strongly believes it is time to stand in the gap for our children, our liberties and our future.”

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“The current Texas election process is a true “BLACK-BOX” operation. Why? Because there is no TRANSPARENCY, no ACCOUNTABILITY, and the ACCURACY is unknowable due to the lack of verifiability throughout the current process.”

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“The current Texas election process is a true “BLACK-BOX” operation. Why? Because there is no TRANSPARENCY, no ACCOUNTABILITY, and the ACCURACY is unknowable due to the lack of verifiability throughout the current process.”

He advocates for increased transparency, accountability, and verifiability in the Texas election process, describing the current system as a 'black-box' operation.

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US Biathlon considers joining US Ski & Snowboard in a rare merger of Olympic sport organizationsWPLG Local 10 – Main Feed · Jul 29, 2026

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