# Jeff Leach

Jeff Leach is a Republican member of the Texas House for district 67.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Texas House, district 67
- Serving since: 2013-01-08
- Current term: TX 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/40a678a3-7d85-486e-bf38-5d070142aa83

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/40a678a3-7d85-486e-bf38-5d070142aa83 (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

Leach reported $1.7M in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

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

1,081 classified statements: 1,081 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Leach | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.8% | 2.9% | 316 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 3.0% | 9.3% | 549 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 29.9% | 31.9% | 414 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.3% | 1.8% | 222 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 17.2% | 12.7% | 233 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.9% | 1.4% | 306 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 30% (State House Republicans 15%); Crime and Law Enforcement 17% (State House Republicans 11%); Law 13% (State House Republicans 3.1%); Health 13% (State House Republicans 10%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 12% (State House Republicans 6.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.44 (standard error 0.01), from 810 donors and 821 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 66% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (TX 2025–26 session)

3,742 roll calls. Attendance 91.3% (Texas House 93.1%). Party unity 76% (85%). 230 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 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 · 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 · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 174 bills: 167 reached committee, 102 passed one chamber, 48 passed both, 43 became law. Cosponsored 70. 58.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Texas House 48.5%; rank 39 of 145).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 173: In memory of Jennifer Lynn Young Cook of Plano. (passed one chamber, 2025-09-03) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HR173/
- HB 7: Relating to prohibitions on the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, including the jurisdiction of and effect of certain judgments by courts… (became law, 2025-09-17) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB7/
- HB 265: Relating to governmental oversight of youth camps, including youth camp rules, duties, and the advisory committee. (passed one chamber, 2025-09-02) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB265/
- HB 214: Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action. (in committee, 2025-08-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB214/
- HB 226: Relating to the required provision to campers at youth camps of active radio frequency identification tags. (in committee, 2025-08-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB226/
- HB 16: Relating to the operation and administration of and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government, including… (became law, 2025-09-17) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB16/
- SB 8: Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action. (became law, 2025-09-22) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB8/
- HB 52: Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action. (in committee, 2025-08-18) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB52/
- HB 16: Relating to the operation and administration of and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government, including… (introduced, 2025-08-11) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HB16/
- HB 6: Relating to the provision of abortion-inducing drugs, including the enforcement of and exceptions to laws regulating the provision of abortion-inducing drugs;… (introduced, 2025-08-08) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HB6/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1.7M (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/leachfortexas/status/2114760451074744537
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/leachfortexas/status/2114175223654227981
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/leachfortexas/status/2114430882975203483
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/leachfortexas/status/2113970983182950524
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/leachfortexas/status/2113988531651485733
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/leachfortexas/status/2113424428474196251
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/leachfortexas/status/2113605053949042724
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/leachfortexas/status/2113764102937976863
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/leachfortexas/status/2113305839591379417
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/leachfortexas/status/2112899929102291084

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.texas.gov/members/member-page/?district=67
- Campaign site: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://jeffleach.com/&ved=2ahUKEwidlu2cp6CGAxUkFlkFHQ75A7kQFnoECCUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1I223NKXPEeaAvjQU5DTBl
- X: https://x.com/leachfortexas
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jeffleachcampaign
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeffleachtx/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-leach-b1935329

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/40a678a3-7d85-486e-bf38-5d070142aa83