Joe Moody

On the November 2026 ballot

Running for State Representative · District 78 · Democratic

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2,782 roll-call votes on record - 2,334 yes, 253 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Latest coverage: “Panama City installs new bat houses across public parks” (WJHG / WECP (NBC/CBS Panama City), Jul 17, 2026). coverage, lean labeled ↗
Serves as State Representative, District 78 (Texas) since Jan 2013. github.com ↗

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The record

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2,782

Roll-call votes on record.

2,782 votes · 2,334 yes · 253 no · 126 not voting · 69 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 Districts19 votes · yes on 17, no on 0, 2 other

Agriculture15 votes · yes on 13, no on 0, 2 other

Agriculture (I0020)14 votes · yes on 12, no on 0, 2 other

School Districts11 votes · yes on 9, no on 1, 1 other

Governor (I0375)11 votes · yes on 9, no on 0, 2 other

One vote can touch several topics.

LATEST: YESRelating to campground and youth camp safety.SB 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 84% of Texas House members

Details

Score−1.14 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.16 more liberal than the Democratic median in this group (−0.98)

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

Covers2009–2022

● 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 66% of 2022 Texas House candidates

Details

Score−0.50 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median1.37 more liberal than the Independent median in this group (+0.87)

Compared with549 members of 2022 Texas House candidates

Covers2008–2022

● 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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