# Venton Jones

Venton Jones is a Democratic member of the Texas House for district 100.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Texas House, district 100
- Serving since: 2023-01-10
- Current term: TX 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6b2d7f89-d7e0-44d1-b861-3167915f6925

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6b2d7f89-d7e0-44d1-b861-3167915f6925 (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

Jones reported $388.9K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.51 (standard error 0.02), from 702 donors and 222 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 67% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (TX 2025–26 session)

3,229 roll calls. Attendance 90.3% (Texas House 93.1%). Party unity 93.0% (85%). 113 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2025-09-03 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · passage · SB 1 Relating to campground and youth camp safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB1/
- 2025-09-03 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 53 bills: 53 reached committee, 36 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 32. 67.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Texas House 48.5%; rank 19 of 145).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1431: Congratulating Kathy Stewart on her reelection to the Dallas City Council. (passed one chamber, 2025-06-01) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1431/
- HR 1427: Congratulating Adam Bazaldua on his reelection to the Dallas City Council. (passed one chamber, 2025-06-01) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1427/
- HR 1436: Congratulating Chad West on his reelection to the Dallas City Council. (passed one chamber, 2025-06-01) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1436/
- HR 1434: Congratulating Zarin D. Gracey on his reelection to the Dallas City Council. (passed one chamber, 2025-06-01) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1434/
- HR 1433: Congratulating Jaime Resendez on his reelection to the Dallas City Council. (passed one chamber, 2025-06-01) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1433/
- HR 1429: Congratulating Gay Donnell Willis on her reelection to the Dallas City Council. (passed one chamber, 2025-06-01) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1429/
- HR 1432: Congratulating Paula Blackmon on her reelection to the Dallas City Council. (passed one chamber, 2025-06-01) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1432/
- HR 1435: Congratulating Jesse Moreno on his reelection to the Dallas City Council. (passed one chamber, 2025-06-01) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1435/
- HR 1428: Congratulating Paul E. Ridley on his reelection to the Dallas City Council. (passed one chamber, 2025-06-01) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1428/
- HR 1430: Congratulating Cara Mendelsohn on her reelection to the Dallas City Council. (passed one chamber, 2025-06-01) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1430/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $388.9K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.texas.gov/members/member-page/?district=100
- Campaign site: https://www.ventonfor100.com
- X: https://x.com/ventonjones
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ventonj
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ventonjones/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ventonj/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6b2d7f89-d7e0-44d1-b861-3167915f6925