# Caroline Harris Davila

Caroline Harris Davila is a Republican member of the Texas House for district 52.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Texas House, district 52
- Serving since: 2023-01-10
- Current term: TX 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/72920206-cbe7-4429-b42b-c6fc746a1d56

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/72920206-cbe7-4429-b42b-c6fc746a1d56 (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

Davila reported $946.1K in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

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

505 classified statements: 505 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 | Davila | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 1.2% | 9.3% | 645 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 27.7% | 31.9% | 442 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.8% | 1.8% | 444 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 19.0% | 12.7% | 192 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.4% | 1.4% | 404 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 26% (State House Republicans 18%); Education 19% (State House Republicans 15%); Health 14% (State House Republicans 10%); Emergency Management 10% (State House Republicans 2.8%); Commerce 7.9% (State House Republicans 3.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.51 (standard error 0.02), from 557 donors and 292 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 75% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (TX 2025–26 session)

3,729 roll calls. Attendance 98.1% (Texas House 93.1%). Party unity 94.0% (85%). 406 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2025-09-03 · voted nay · 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 87 bills: 83 reached committee, 45 passed one chamber, 19 passed both, 18 became law. Cosponsored 170. 51.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Texas House 48.5%; rank 64 of 145).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 89: Congratulating Ronald Paul Werner of Taylor on his 90th birthday. (passed one chamber, 2025-09-02) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HR89/
- HR 80: In memory of Kent Monroe Wattinger of Marble Falls. (passed one chamber, 2025-09-02) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HR80/
- HR 81: In memory of Irene Kaye Michna of Taylor. (passed one chamber, 2025-09-02) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HR81/
- HR 72: Honoring Amber Cervantes for her work to raise awareness of Huntington's disease. (passed one chamber, 2025-08-27) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HR72/
- HR 56: Congratulating Antioch Georgetown on the ground-breaking ceremony for its new church building. (passed one chamber, 2025-08-27) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HR56/
- HB 154: Relating to state agency terminology used in describing the landlocked territory on the western bank of the Jordan River. (introduced, 2025-08-15) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB154/
- HR 63: Congratulating Ronald Paul Werner of Taylor on his 90th birthday. (introduced, 2025-08-04) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HR63/
- HR 24: In memory of Irene Kaye Michna of Taylor. (introduced, 2025-07-22) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HR24/
- HR 22: In memory of Kent Monroe Wattinger of Marble Falls. (introduced, 2025-07-21) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HR22/
- HR 1355: Commending Firefly Aerospace for its contributions to Texas. (passed one chamber, 2025-06-01) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1355/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $946.1K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 99% 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.

- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/carolinefortx/status/2114387163005727119
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/carolinefortx/status/2114395120779083776
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/carolinefortx/status/2113773424011014504
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/carolinefortx/status/2113351685326446811
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/carolinefortx/status/2112960873564148017
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/carolinefortx/status/2112672974172270628
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/carolinefortx/status/2112168748882780550
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/carolinefortx/status/2112284203845140902
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/carolinefortx/status/2111852223156166741
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/carolinefortx/status/2111962080152547791

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.texas.gov/members/member-page/?district=52
- Campaign site: https://carolinefortexas.com
- X: https://x.com/carolinefortx
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004380016733
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caroline_for_texas/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-harris-60a3b7153/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/72920206-cbe7-4429-b42b-c6fc746a1d56
