# Oscar Longoria

Oscar Longoria is a Democratic member of the Texas House for district 35.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Texas House, district 35
- Serving since: 2013-01-08
- Current term: TX 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/896e8f9c-7dca-4f7d-8554-c0324cfa7265

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/896e8f9c-7dca-4f7d-8554-c0324cfa7265 (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

Longoria sits at −0.28 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 93% of State House Democrats.

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

38 classified statements: 38 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Longoria | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 52.6% | 39.2% | 187 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 7.9% | 2.9% | 60 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 31.6% | 14.4% | 76 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Commerce 30% (State House Democrats 3.1%); Economics and Public Finance 30% (State House Democrats 11%); Labor and Employment 20% (State House Democrats 5.7%); Agriculture and Food 10% (State House Democrats 4.6%); Education 10% (State House Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.28 (standard error 0.02), from 105 donors and 763 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 93% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (TX 2025–26 session)

3,700 roll calls. Attendance 83% (Texas House 93.1%). Party unity 81% (85%). 115 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 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 · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 65 bills: 65 reached committee, 43 passed one chamber, 19 passed both, 19 became law. Cosponsored 24. 66.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Texas House 48.5%; rank 22 of 145).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1326: In memory of Sara Vela of Mission. (passed one chamber, 2025-06-01) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1326/
- HR 1283: Congratulating Joanna Adame of Mission on graduating as a member of the Texas Partners in Policymaking Class of 2025. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-25) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1283/
- HR 1077: Honoring Ximena Lopez of La Joya High School for her accomplishments. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-25) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1077/
- HR 1036: Commemorating the first annual El Rey del Río: Anzaldúas BBQ Cookoff in Mission. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-24) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1036/
- HR 868: Honoring the longstanding relationship between the Province of Québec and the State of Texas. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-16) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR868/
- HR 863: In memory of former state representative James R. Pitts of Waxahachie. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-13) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR863/
- HR 761: Commemorating the 10th anniversary of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-03) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR761/
- HR 619: Congratulating Diana Lerma on her induction into the Rio Grande Valley Sports Hall of Fame. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-01) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR619/
- HB 5250: Relating to a refund of motor vehicle sales taxes paid on certain bad debt. (in committee, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB5250/
- HB 5249: Relating to the confidentiality of certain information maintained by state licensing agencies. (in committee, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB5249/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $80.9K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 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.

- 2026-07-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/replongoria/status/2077159414226706483
- 2026-03-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/replongoria/status/2028600704080748819
- 2026-02-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/replongoria/status/2026690696732688829
- 2026-01-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/replongoria/status/2014515432254747073
- 2025-12-09 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/replongoria/status/1998206879965876579
- 2025-12-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/replongoria/status/1996633274647797853
- 2025-11-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/replongoria/status/1991882249453924806
- 2025-11-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/replongoria/status/1991592039100891623
- 2025-11-14 · Post on X · labels: bipartisanship · https://x.com/replongoria/status/1989415521453068632
- 2025-11-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/replongoria/status/1988795584606793785

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.texas.gov/members/member-page/?district=35
- Campaign site: https://oscarlongoria.com
- X: https://x.com/replongoria
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/replongoria
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/replongoria/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RepLongoria?app=desktop
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oscar-longoria-1338878/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/896e8f9c-7dca-4f7d-8554-c0324cfa7265