# Drew Darby Drew Darby is a Republican member of the Texas House for district 72. - Party: Republican - Seat: Texas House, district 72 - Serving since: 2007-01-09 - Current term: TX 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/40f0e868-e021-4453-8675-a9d2357e41e1 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/40f0e868-e021-4453-8675-a9d2357e41e1 (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 Darby voted against the majority of Texas House Republicans 325 times; party unity 56%, in the bottom 5% of the Texas House (average 85%). ## What Darby says (TX 2025–26 session) 77 classified statements: 77 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 | Darby | State House Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 2.6% | 2.9% | 266 of 791 | | Policy criticism | 6.5% | 9.3% | 393 of 791 | | Policy discussion | 39.0% | 31.9% | 283 of 791 | | Bipartisanship | 3.9% | 1.8% | 110 of 791 | | Credit claiming | 23.4% | 12.7% | 127 of 791 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 | Most discussed policy areas: Energy 50% (State House Republicans 4.1%); Emergency Management 20% (State House Republicans 2.8%); Government Operations and Politics 13% (State House Republicans 18%); Water Resources Development 13% (State House Republicans 1.4%); Health 6.7% (State House Republicans 10%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.26 (standard error 0.01), from 575 donors and 810 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 34% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (TX 2025–26 session) 3,700 roll calls. Attendance 95.3% (Texas House 93.1%). Party unity 56% (85%). 325 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 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 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 153 bills: 149 reached committee, 94 passed one chamber, 48 passed both, 47 became law. Cosponsored 64. 61.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Texas House 48.5%; rank 31 of 145). Recent sponsored bills: - HR 95: Commemorating the 125th anniversary of Glen Cove Baptist Church. (passed one chamber, 2025-09-02) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HR95/ - SB 1: Relating to campground and youth camp safety. (became law, 2025-09-05) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB1/ - HB 66: Relating to the creation of the disaster relief and prevention matching grant and loan program and the disaster relief and prevention account. (in committee, 2025-08-22) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB66/ - HB 20: Relating to measures to prevent and reduce fraudulent charitable solicitations and theft during declared disasters, including establishing a designation… (became law, 2025-09-17) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB20/ - SB 3: Relating to outdoor warning sirens in flash flood-prone areas. (became law, 2025-09-05) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB3/ - HB 1: Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties. (became law, 2025-09-05) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB1/ - HB 63: Relating to requirements for campgrounds located in a floodway; authorizing an administrative penalty; providing a private cause of action. (in committee, 2025-08-18) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB63/ - HB 2: Relating to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery, including required training for justices of the peace and responding to mass fatality events;… (in committee, 2025-08-21) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB2/ - SB 2: Relating to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery; requiring a license; authorizing fees. (passed both chambers, 2025-08-27) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB2/ - HB 48: Relating to the creation of a working group to study alert notification systems. (passed one chamber, 2025-08-27) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB48/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $431.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 98% 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. - 2026-09-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DrewDarbyTX/status/2099197789934600213 - 2026-08-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/DrewDarbyTX/status/2092778931514401181 - 2026-08-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/DrewDarbyTX/status/2088336022731886595 - 2026-08-13 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship · https://x.com/DrewDarbyTX/status/2088046092302553263 - 2026-08-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/DrewDarbyTX/status/2085883453560557897 - 2026-08-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DrewDarbyTX/status/2085898793635975379 - 2026-08-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DrewDarbyTX/status/2085877016239161418 - 2026-06-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/DrewDarbyTX/status/2071949945788158384 - 2026-06-18 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/DrewDarbyTX/status/2067717884424708470 - 2026-05-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/DrewDarbyTX/status/2057829625548402986 ## Links - Official site: https://www.house.texas.gov/members/member-page/?district=72 - Campaign site: https://drewdarby.com/ - X: https://x.com/DrewDarbyTX - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrewDarbyforTexas Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/40f0e868-e021-4453-8675-a9d2357e41e1