# Pete Flores

Pete Flores is a Republican member of the Texas Senate for district 24.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Texas Senate, district 24
- Serving since: 2023-01-10
- Current term: TX 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/682e8ef8-8fc1-4490-a04d-63a7c6d92185

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/682e8ef8-8fc1-4490-a04d-63a7c6d92185 (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

63% of Flores’s statements discuss policy, 1.7 times the State Senate Republican average of 37%.

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

449 classified statements: 449 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Flores | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 272 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 1.1% | 9.5% | 285 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 62.8% | 37.3% | 26 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.7% | 2.3% | 116 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 35.2% | 15.4% | 26 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 20% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Armed Forces and National Security 16% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%); Emergency Management 14% (State Senate Republicans 3.1%); Economics and Public Finance 13% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Education 11% (State Senate Republicans 14%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.14 (standard error 0.01), from 429 donors and 861 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 19% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (TX 2025–26 session)

4,975 roll calls. Attendance 96.1% (Texas Senate 97.9%). Party unity 51% (89%). 820 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2025-09-04 · voted yea · 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 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 not voting · 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 · 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 yea · 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 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/

## Legislation (TX 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 115 bills: 111 reached committee, 87 passed one chamber, 41 passed both, 35 became law. Cosponsored 64. 75.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Texas Senate 65.2%; rank 6 of 28).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 2: Creating the General Investigating Committee on the July 2025 Flooding Events. (passed one chamber, 2025-09-04) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SR2/
- SR 57: Recognizing Richard L. Jankovsky III on the occasion of his retirement. (passed one chamber, 2025-09-04) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SR57/
- SR 1: Honoring the lives lost during the 2025 Texas flooding. (passed one chamber, 2025-09-04) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SR1/
- SR 4: In memory of James Bruce Bugg Jr. of San Antonio. (passed one chamber, 2025-09-04) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SR4/
- SB 1: Relating to campground and youth camp safety. (became law, 2025-09-05) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB1/
- SB 18: Relating to an exemption from the requirement to obtain a permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for certain dams or reservoirs operated… (passed both chambers, 2025-09-17) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB18/
- SB 9: Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption… (in committee, 2025-08-15) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB9/
- SB 3: Relating to outdoor warning sirens in flash flood-prone areas. (became law, 2025-09-05) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB3/
- 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/
- SB 5: Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those… (became law, 2025-09-18) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB5/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $164.5K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 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 · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/peteflores_tx?lang=en/status/2114726274224587236
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/peteflores_tx?lang=en/status/2112926143326077388
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/peteflores_tx?lang=en/status/2112199862817014164
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/peteflores_tx?lang=en/status/2111160508766167104
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/peteflores_tx?lang=en/status/2111183164131418298
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/peteflores_tx?lang=en/status/2111193731198054654
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/peteflores_tx?lang=en/status/2111207313633652843
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/peteflores_tx?lang=en/status/2110383918532751717
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/peteflores_tx?lang=en/status/2110439254132191592
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/peteflores_tx?lang=en/status/2109763549497078089

## Links

- Official site: https://senate.texas.gov/member.php?d=24
- Campaign site: https://floresfortexas.com
- X: https://x.com/peteflores_tx?lang=en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010992308956
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peteflores_tx/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbEJnVLy3sVlKe_vvd7l5Mw
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-p-flores-55931a65/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/682e8ef8-8fc1-4490-a04d-63a7c6d92185