# James Frank James Frank is a Republican member of the Texas House for district 69. - Party: Republican - Seat: Texas House, district 69 - Serving since: 2013-01-08 - Current term: TX 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/6cbb02e6-5876-47a1-86aa-98566fe0073a Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6cbb02e6-5876-47a1-86aa-98566fe0073a (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 26% of Frank’s statements criticize a policy, 2.7 times the State House Republican average of 9.3%. ## What Frank says (TX 2025–26 session) 447 classified statements: 447 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 | Frank | State House Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 4.7% | 2.9% | 167 of 791 | | Policy criticism | 25.5% | 9.3% | 56 of 791 | | Policy discussion | 50.6% | 31.9% | 119 of 791 | | Bipartisanship | 2.0% | 1.8% | 255 of 791 | | Credit claiming | 3.4% | 12.7% | 614 of 791 | | Extreme labels | 0.7% | 1.4% | 346 of 791 | Most discussed policy areas: Health 58% (State House Republicans 10%); Commerce 19% (State House Republicans 3.9%); Economics and Public Finance 16% (State House Republicans 12%); Government Operations and Politics 11% (State House Republicans 18%); Taxation 7.1% (State House Republicans 8.1%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.39 (standard error 0.01), from 154 donors and 875 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 57% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (TX 2025–26 session) 3,700 roll calls. Attendance 96.2% (Texas House 93.1%). Party unity 71% (85%). 273 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 64 bills: 62 reached committee, 32 passed one chamber, 23 passed both, 21 became law. Cosponsored 101. 50.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Texas House 48.5%; rank 66 of 145). Recent sponsored bills: - HCR 11: Urging the federal government to take immediate action to curb the spread of the New World screwworm into Texas. (introduced, 2025-08-04) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HCR11/ - HB 276: Relating to parasitic insect control. (introduced, 2025-08-04) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HB276/ - HB 5184: Relating to the Managed Care Consumer Choice Program. (in committee, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB5184/ - HB 5546: Relating to the alignment of report due dates under the Health and Safety Code. (in committee, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB5546/ - HB 5274: Relating to the licensing and regulation of anesthesiologist assistants; requiring an occupational license; providing an administrative penalty; authorizing… (in committee, 2025-05-12) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB5274/ - HB 5183: Relating to contracts with managed care organizations, including the procurement of managed care contracts, under Medicaid and the child health plan program. (in committee, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB5183/ - HB 5526: Relating to a school security volunteer program for public schools in certain counties. (in committee, 2025-05-13) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB5526/ - SB 2891: Relating to the establishment of the Health Professions Workforce Coordinating Council and the abolition of the statewide health coordinating council and the… (passed one chamber, 2025-05-26) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/SB2891/ - HB 5185: Relating to contracts with managed care organizations, including the procurement of managed care contracts, under Medicaid and the child health plan program. (in committee, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB5185/ - HB 5285: Relating to family support services provided under a Health and Human Services Commission program. (in committee, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB5285/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $55.1K (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. - 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/repjamesfrank/status/2114010126851997875 - 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/repjamesfrank/status/2114011137956303025 - 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/repjamesfrank/status/2112888605291020462 - 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/repjamesfrank/status/2111130406120824846 - 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/repjamesfrank/status/2110556413689024884 - 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/repjamesfrank/status/2110565938810753322 - 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/repjamesfrank/status/2110692501262946497 - 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/repjamesfrank/status/2110500596365312354 - 2026-10-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/repjamesfrank/status/2108171062911332816 - 2026-10-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/repjamesfrank/status/2108294501928214542 ## Links - Official site: https://www.house.texas.gov/members/member-page/?district=69 - Campaign site: https://votejamesfrank.com/meet-james/ - X: https://x.com/repjamesfrank - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repjamesfrank/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/representativefrank/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6cbb02e6-5876-47a1-86aa-98566fe0073a