TX House Olcott: Conservative Rankings of the Texas House
- The Citizen
- Jun 29
- 2 min read
Summary: Report from Mike Olcott, House Rep. for Texas House District 60, which includes Willow Park. "During my campaign to represent you in Austin, I promised you that I would provide our district with conservative representation and stand firm against the Austin establishment... I am pleased to report... that I was ranked as the most conservative member of the Texas House."
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Conservative Rankings of the Texas House
[in .pdf.] 26 June 2025
My Fellow Texans,
During my campaign to represent you in Austin, I promised you that I would provide our district with conservative representation and stand firm against the Austin establishment.
Professor Mark Jones from Rice University has released his computer analysis of the more than 4,000 votes taken during the 2025 Legislative Session. I am pleased to report that the results indicate that I was ranked as the most conservative member of the Texas House.
The results from the study were released on June 17 and reported in the Texas Tribune. [Analysis: The 2025 Texas House, from right to left, The Texas Tribune, 17 June 2025]
The following is an excerpt from the article.
"The 88 members of the Republican House delegation hold a wide range of ideological positions. The conservative end of the Texas House GOP caucus is anchored by Mike Olcott of Fort Worth, Briscoe Cain of Deer Park, Steve Toth of Conroe, David Lowe of North Richland Hills, Brian Harrison of Midlothian, and Nate Schatzline of Fort Worth. The other end of the GOP caucus ideological spectrum is anchored by Ryan Guillen of Rio Grande City, Charlie Geren of Fort Worth, Ken King of Canadian, John Lujan of San Antonio, Stan Lambert of Abilene, and Dade Phelan of Beaumont. The speaker of the House, Republican Dustin Burrows of Lubbock, by custom does not ordinarily vote and is not included in the analysis here.
"Within the Republican delegation, three distinct blocs of representatives appear in the data.
"At the most conservative end of the House GOP ideological spectrum is a group of 17 representatives ranging from Olcott and Cain to Mitch Little of Lewisville and Matt Morgan of Richmond. As a group, these 17 representatives are significantly more conservative than more than two-thirds of their fellow Republican legislators. Olcott is significantly more conservative than all 86 of his fellow Republicans and Cain than 84 of 86, while Little and Morgan are both significantly more conservative than 60 of 86.”
For Texas and our Nation,
Mike Olcott
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