Cody Vasut

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2,852 roll-call votes on record - 1,640 yes, 765 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Serves as State Representative, District 25 (Texas) since Jan 2021. github.com ↗

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The record

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2,852

Roll-call votes on record.

2,852 votes · 1,640 yes · 765 no · 416 not voting · 31 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 Districts18 votes · yes on 12, no on 3, 3 other

Agriculture15 votes · yes on 6, no on 9

Courts14 votes · yes on 11, no on 1, 2 other

Occupational Regulation14 votes · yes on 11, no on 3

Agriculture (I0020)14 votes · yes on 6, no on 8

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 Conservative

More conservative than 99% of Texas House members

Details

Score+2.80 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median1.61 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 58% of 2022 Texas House candidates

Details

Score+1.08 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.08 more liberal than the Republican median in this group (+1.16)

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 ↗

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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In their words

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Platform positions · verbatim where quoted

Fiscal Policyverbatim · tap to open

“I will only vote for a balanced budget. I strongly believe government should limit the growth of its tax revenues to the sum of inflation and population growth”

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Unfunded Mandatesverbatim · tap to open

“I oppose unfunded mandates.”

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Local Controlverbatim · tap to open

“I oppose the abuse of local control to infringe on the private property rights of Texans or to enact overly burdensome regulations on businesses.”

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Term Limitsverbatim · tap to open

“I have authored, and will continue to author, legislation to put 12-year term limits in place for all executive and legislative offices in the State of Texas.”

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Lifeverbatim · tap to open

“I passed legislation to abolish abortion in Texas, and I will always vote to defend innocent human life.”

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Lifeverbatim · tap to open

“I passed legislation to abolish abortion in Texas, and I will always vote to defend innocent human life.”

Vasut believes in the inherent dignity of human life from conception and opposes abortion and euthanasia, noting he has passed legislation to abolish abortion in Texas.

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Term Limitsverbatim · tap to open

“I have authored, and will continue to author, legislation to put 12-year term limits in place for all executive and legislative offices in the State of Texas.”

Vasut advocates for 12-year term limits for all executive and legislative offices in Texas to prevent the influence of career politicians, and has pledged not to serve longer than 12 years himself.

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Local Controlverbatim · tap to open

“I oppose the abuse of local control to infringe on the private property rights of Texans or to enact overly burdensome regulations on businesses.”

While supporting local control, he opposes its use to infringe on private property rights or to impose burdensome business regulations.

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Unfunded Mandatesverbatim · tap to open

“I oppose unfunded mandates.”

He believes the state should provide adequate funding to local entities for state-mandated programs.

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Fiscal Policyverbatim · tap to open

“I will only vote for a balanced budget. I strongly believe government should limit the growth of its tax revenues to the sum of inflation and population growth”

Vasut supports balanced budgets and limiting tax revenue growth to the sum of inflation and population growth.

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