# Ray Lopez

Ray Lopez is a Democratic member of the Texas House for district 125.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Texas House, district 125
- Serving since: 2019-03-21
- Current term: TX 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/01ce2f6b-0500-4baa-a47f-386f9c6286b0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/01ce2f6b-0500-4baa-a47f-386f9c6286b0 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

64% of Lopez’s statements discuss policy, 1.6 times the State House Democrat average of 39%.

## What Lopez says (TX 2025–26 session)

251 classified statements: 251 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Lopez | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.4% | 2.5% | 377 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 12.3% | 10.4% | 254 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 64.1% | 39.2% | 69 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 4.0% | 2.9% | 193 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 22.7% | 14.4% | 188 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Armed Forces and National Security 34% (State House Democrats 3.1%); Education 24% (State House Democrats 15%); Transportation and Public Works 11% (State House Democrats 5.3%); Government Operations and Politics 9.9% (State House Democrats 15%); Health 9.3% (State House Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.46 (standard error 0.02), from 1,218 donors and 835 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 74% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (TX 2025–26 session)

3,369 roll calls. Attendance 93.7% (Texas House 93.1%). Party unity 88% (85%). 112 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · passage · HB 1 Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB1/
- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · passage · SB 1 Relating to campground and youth camp safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB1/
- 2025-09-03 · voted nay · passage · HB 8 Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB8/
- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · adopt the conference committee report on SB 5. · SB 5 Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB5/
- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · passage · HB 8 Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB8/
- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · concur in the senate amendments to HB 20. · HB 20 Relating to measures to prevent and reduce fraudulent charitable solicitations and theft during declared disasters, including establishing a designation… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB20/
- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · passage · SB 1 Relating to campground and youth camp safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB1/
- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · concur in the senate amendments to HB 1. · HB 1 Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB1/
- 2025-09-02 · voted nay · passage · SB 54 Relating to election procedures regarding accepting a voter with a residence address that is not current and the immediate effect of a voter's… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB54/
- 2025-09-02 · voted nay · passage · HB 18 Relating to a restriction on the acceptance of political contributions and the making of certain political expenditures by a member of the legislature… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB18/

## Legislation (TX 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 40 bills: 39 reached committee, 19 passed one chamber, 14 passed both, 14 became law. Cosponsored 52. 47.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Texas House 48.5%; rank 74 of 145).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 257: Relating to emergency warning systems operated by municipalities and counties. (introduced, 2025-08-19) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB257/
- HR 1130: Congratulating Gregg Popovich on his retirement as head coach of the San Antonio Spurs. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-24) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1130/
- HB 5238: Relating to the criminal offense of disrupting a meeting or procession. (became law, 2025-05-29) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB5238/
- HB 5475: Relating to a study and report on the Underground Facility Damage Prevention and Safety Act. (in committee, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB5475/
- HB 4754: Relating to access to universal changing facilities in places of public accommodation and public buildings. (in committee, 2025-04-03) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB4754/
- HB 132: Relating to the confidentiality of information used to prevent, detect, respond to, or investigate a hostile act of a foreign adversary of the United States. (became law, 2025-06-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB132/
- HB 5030: Relating to the provision of certain mental and behavioral health services under Medicaid, Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for those services, and the… (in committee, 2025-04-03) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB5030/
- HB 4544: Relating to the operation and administration of practice and procedure related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government. (in committee, 2025-04-03) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB4544/
- HB 4711: Relating to the confidentiality of information used to prevent, detect, respond to, or investigate a hostile act of a foreign adversary of the United States. (in committee, 2025-04-03) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB4711/
- HB 150: Relating to the establishment of the Texas Cyber Command and the transfer to it of certain powers and duties of the Department of Information Resources. (became law, 2025-06-02) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB150/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $12.9K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 63% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-05-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/raylopezfortx/status/2051734079985377580
- 2026-04-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/raylopezfortx/status/2040860078220234985
- 2026-02-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/raylopezfortx/status/2026469828672848339
- 2026-02-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/raylopezfortx/status/2024955070463279244
- 2026-01-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/raylopezfortx/status/2013362688122822935
- 2025-12-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/raylopezfortx/status/1997142346954355104
- 2025-12-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/raylopezfortx/status/1997083301291385118
- 2025-11-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/raylopezfortx/status/1989026335163883863
- 2025-11-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship · https://x.com/raylopezfortx/status/1986515955300901077
- 2025-11-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/raylopezfortx/status/1984443117215338748

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.texas.gov/members/member-page/?district=125
- Campaign site: https://www.lopezfortexas.com
- X: https://x.com/raylopezfortx
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/raylopezfortx
- Instagram: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.instagram.com/raylopezfortx/%3Fhl%3Den&ved=2ahUKEwi4n6DUzqGGAxUYpIkEHeMdD0wQFnoECA8QAQ&usg=AOvVaw16C6YdcVtkaC4zBc73pAZ3
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY8Mv6PMVZ3SawMf6e2QXfA
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ray-lopez-abb65644/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/01ce2f6b-0500-4baa-a47f-386f9c6286b0