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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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TX | State Senate - 22 | Brian Birdwell | Republican | 95% |
TX | Attorney General | Ken Paxton, Jr. | Republican | 95% |
TX | Railroad Commissioner | Wayne Christian | Republican | 93% |
Dan Flynn | 92% | |||
David Simpson | 91% | |||
Erwin Cain | 89% | |||
TX | State Senate - 1 | Bryan Hughes | Republican | 89% |
TX | U.S. House - 14 | Randy Weber, Sr. | Republican | 88% |
TX | Lieutenant Governor | Dan Patrick | Republican | 87% |
James Landtroop, Jr. | 84% | |||
Jodie Laubenberg | 84% | |||
Bill Zedler | 84% | |||
TX | State Senate - 4 | Brandon Creighton | Republican | 83% |
Leo Berman | 82% | |||
TX | State Senate - 10 | Phil King | Republican | 82% |
Larry Phillips | 82% | |||
James White | 82% | |||
Dennis Bonnen | 81% | |||
Allen Fletcher | 80% | |||
TX | State Senate - 9 | Kelly Hancock | Republican | 80% |
Ken Legler | 80% | |||
Rob Orr | 80% | |||
TX | State Senate - 12 | Tan Parker | Republican | 80% |
TX | State Senate - 28 | Charles Perry | Republican | 80% |
Van Taylor | 80% | |||
Gary Elkins | 79% | |||
George Lavender | 79% | |||
TX | Commissioner of Agriculture | Sid Miller | Republican | 79% |
TX | Secretary of State | Jane Gray Nelson | Republican | 79% |
Debbie Riddle | 79% | |||
Jerry Madden | 77% | |||
TX | State Senate - 5 | Charles Schwertner | Republican | 77% |
Burt Solomons | 76% | |||
Paul Workman | 76% | |||
Cindy Burkett | 75% | |||
Harvey Hilderbran | 75% | |||
Jason Isaac | 75% | |||
John Frullo | 74% | |||
Jose Aliseda | 73% | |||
TX | State House - 56 | Doc Anderson | Republican | 73% |
Stefani Carter | 73% | |||
John Garza | 73% | |||
TX | State House - 99 | Charlie Geren | Republican | 73% |
Dan Huberty | 73% | |||
TX | State Senate - 18 | Lois Kolkhorst | Republican | 73% |
Jim Keffer | 72% | |||
Rodney Anderson | 71% | |||
Marva Beck | 71% | |||
Warren Chisum | 71% | |||
Troy Fraser | 71% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 5 | Lance Gooden | Republican | 71% |
Charlie Howard | 71% | |||
Jim Jackson | 71% | |||
Tim Kleinschmidt | 71% | |||
Lyle Larson | 71% | |||
John Otto | 71% | |||
Florence Shapiro | 71% | |||
Ralph Sheffield | 71% | |||
Larry Taylor | 71% | |||
Jim Murphy | 70% | |||
Barbara Nash | 70% | |||
TX | State House - 87 | Four Price IV | Republican | 70% |
Connie Scott | 70% | |||
Kenneth Sheets | 70% | |||
TX | State House - 32 | Todd Hunter | Republican | 69% |
TX | State House - 30 | Geanie Morrison | Republican | 68% |
Mark Shelton | 68% | |||
Raul Torres | 68% | |||
Daniel Branch | 67% | |||
Joe Driver | 67% | |||
Linda Harper-Brown | 67% | |||
TX | State House - 44 | John Kuempel | Republican | 67% |
Doug Miller | 67% | |||
TX | State House - 86 | John Smithee | Republican | 67% |
TX | State House - 112 | Angie Chen Button | Republican | 66% |
Myra Crownover | 66% | |||
Larry Gonzales | 66% | |||
Wayne Smith | 66% | |||
Bill Callegari | 65% | |||
Jimmie Don Aycock | 64% | |||
Byron Cook | 64% | |||
TX | State House - 82 | Tom Craddick | Republican | 64% |
John Davis | 64% | |||
Rob Eissler | 64% | |||
Rick Hardcastle | 64% | |||
Patricia Harless | 64% | |||
Will Ford Hartnett | 64% | |||
Tryon Lewis | 64% | |||
Dwayne Bohac | 63% | |||
TX | State House - 72 | Drew Darby | Republican | 63% |
Mike Hamilton | 63% | |||
Chris Harris | 63% | |||
TX | Comptroller of Public Accounts | Glenn Hegar, Jr. | Republican | 63% |
TX | State Senate - 17 | Joan Huffman | Republican | 63% |
Susan King | 63% | |||
Lanham Lyne | 63% | |||
TX | State Senate - 3 | Robert Nichols | Republican | 63% |
Diane Patrick | 63% | |||
Vicki Truitt | 63% | |||
Chuck Hopson | 62% |