# Molly Cook

Molly Cook is a Democratic member of the Texas Senate for district 15.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Texas Senate, district 15
- Serving since: 2024-05-16
- Current term: TX 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/06aed58e-f403-43a5-b4b9-8785a4acf981

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/06aed58e-f403-43a5-b4b9-8785a4acf981 (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

33% of Cook’s statements criticize a policy, 3.2 times the State Senate Democrat average of 10%.

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

414 classified statements: 414 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Cook | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.0% | 2.4% | 133 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 33.1% | 10.3% | 13 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 62.8% | 42.9% | 44 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.4% | 3.4% | 164 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 8.9% | 16.1% | 215 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.7% | 0.8% | 86 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 37% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Health 20% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 17% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Emergency Management 11% (State Senate Democrats 3.7%); Education 9.2% (State Senate Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.30 (standard error 0.01), from 3,136 donors and 594 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 92% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (TX 2025–26 session)

5,045 roll calls. Attendance 98.2% (Texas Senate 97.9%). Party unity 50% (89%). 1,403 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2025-09-04 · voted nay · final 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/
- 2025-09-03 · voted nay · 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 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 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/
- 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 nay · final passage · HB 7 Relating to prohibitions on the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, including the jurisdiction of and effect of certain judgments by… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB7/
- 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 · 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/

## Legislation (TX 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 188 bills: 176 reached committee, 83 passed one chamber, 27 passed both, 23 became law. Cosponsored 42. 44.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Texas Senate 65.2%; rank 26 of 28).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 42: Relating to exceptions to certain laws prohibiting abortion. (introduced, 2025-08-18) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB42/
- SB 43: Relating to exceptions to and the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion. (introduced, 2025-08-18) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB43/
- SB 11: Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution. (became law, 2025-09-17) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB11/
- SJR 3: Proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the time in which the legislature may enact or modify districts for the Texas Legislature or the United States… (introduced, 2025-08-15) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SJR3/
- SB 31: Relating to the regulation of the cultivation, manufacture, processing, distribution, sale, testing, transportation, delivery, transfer, possession, use, and… (introduced, 2025-08-15) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB31/
- SJR 2: Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing an independent redistricting commission to establish districts for the election of the members of the United… (introduced, 2025-08-15) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SJR2/
- SB 54: Relating to the regulation of the cultivation, manufacture, processing, distribution, sale, testing, transportation, delivery, transfer, possession, use, and… (introduced, 2025-07-30) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/SB54/
- SB 53: Relating to the regulation of products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and hemp beverages and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in… (introduced, 2025-07-30) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/SB53/
- SR 75: Recognizing the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Medicare and Medicaid Act. (passed one chamber, 2025-08-15) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/SR75/
- SB 51: Relating to the regulation of abortion and related matters, including infant supportive palliative care and exceptions to and the repeal of certain laws… (introduced, 2025-07-28) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/SB51/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $156.7K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 93% 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.

- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/MollyforTexas/status/2113349436805894301
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/MollyforTexas/status/2113410498662162632
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MollyforTexas/status/2109756377879179455
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/MollyforTexas/status/2109051245038022995
- 2026-09-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MollyforTexas/status/2104755495974187289
- 2026-09-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MollyforTexas/status/2101817066412032420
- 2026-09-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/MollyforTexas/status/2100019225528082614
- 2026-08-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MollyforTexas/status/2089831378028228898
- 2026-08-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/MollyforTexas/status/2088044244367712523
- 2026-08-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MollyforTexas/status/2087292627766919253

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senate.texas.gov/member.php?d=15
- Campaign site: https://www.mollyfortexas.com
- X: https://x.com/MollyforTexas
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mollyfortexas/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mollyfortexas/?hl=en
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuhSYlRQUZzvVIwS1BYKG4w
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mollyfortexas
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mollycookrn/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/06aed58e-f403-43a5-b4b9-8785a4acf981