James Talarico and Ken Paxton on the 2025 Texas bills
They are running for one of Texas's seats in the United States Senate. Only one of them has cast a vote on the bills this site asks about, and that is a fact about the offices they have held rather than a judgement about either of them. This page says exactly what the record shows for each, and where the two kinds of record stop being comparable.
What James Talarico's record shows
James Talarico sits in the Texas House, so there is a roll call on these bills. Of the 67 votes this site asks about, James Talarico cast 53. On the 41 of those where the two parties took opposite sides, they voted against their own party's majority 1 time.
Where they broke with their own party
- HB 5111 — Sets who may serve as a campaign treasurer: at least 18, a Texas resident, not already treasurer for someone else, and not convicted of certain election offences.
What Ken Paxton's record shows
Why there are no votes. His last legislative vote was in 2015, before any of the three took office — there is no session they share.
What there is instead. Nothing that attaches to these bills.
What that evidence cannot tell you. Nothing on his record can be joined to a bill in this quiz, so he appears on no question.
Why these are not the same kind of evidence
A vote is a choice between yes and no on one question, made at the same moment as 149 other people, and it can go either way. A signature is the last word on a bill that already passed, and a priority list names only bills somebody wanted. Printing them side by side as though they were one measurement would flatter whichever candidate you already preferred, so this page keeps them apart and says what each one is.
See where you land, before you see the party
The site asks you about real votes with the party labels hidden, then shows you where you landed and how these members actually voted.
Who made this. Marco Arras, a Texas resident. I donate to the Democratic Party, and I say so before anything else rather than in a footnote. The rule that picks which votes appear is published and runs identically on both caucuses, the party label is hidden until you answer, and every vote, count and score is in a file you can download and check, so none of this asks you to trust me.
Sources. Roll calls from the Texas House Journal and LegiScan.