# Eddie Morales

Eddie Morales is a Democratic member of the Texas House for district 74.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Texas House, district 74
- Serving since: 2021-01-12
- Current term: TX 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c84056d0-47e0-4a0c-94e1-9f90c2d90a15

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c84056d0-47e0-4a0c-94e1-9f90c2d90a15 (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

Morales sits at −0.21 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 96% of State House Democrats.

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

23 classified statements: 23 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 | Morales | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 26.1% | 10.4% | 57 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 30.4% | 39.2% | 523 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 13.0% | 2.9% | 10 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 8.7% | 14.4% | 468 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 57% (State House Democrats 15%); Economics and Public Finance 29% (State House Democrats 11%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 14% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Health 14% (State House Democrats 15%); Immigration 14% (State House Democrats 4.3%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.21 (standard error 0.02), from 337 donors and 584 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 96% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (TX 2025–26 session)

3,664 roll calls. Attendance 97.3% (Texas House 93.1%). Party unity 75% (85%). 182 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 93 bills: 92 reached committee, 55 passed one chamber, 22 passed both, 21 became law. Cosponsored 84. 59.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Texas House 48.5%; rank 37 of 145).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 16: Relating to the operation and administration of and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government, including… (became law, 2025-09-17) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB16/
- HB 106: Relating to the Department of Public Safety performing DNA testing of certain individuals crossing the Texas-Mexico border and restrictions on the use of the… (introduced, 2025-07-17) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HB106/
- HB 5675: Relating to the composition of the board of directors and the powers of the Presidio County Underground Water Conservation District. (became law, 2025-05-21) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB5675/
- SB 3044: Relating to the composition of the board of directors and the powers of the Presidio County Underground Water Conservation District. (became law, 2025-05-29) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/SB3044/
- HB 74: Relating to the creation of the Puerto Verde Port Authority District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and… (became law, 2025-05-12) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB74/
- HR 650: Recognizing April 2, 2025, as Val Verde County-Del Rio Day at the State Capitol. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-02) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR650/
- HR 564: Honoring the United Warrior Band of the Seminole Nation/John Horse Band. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-01) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR564/
- HB 5617: Relating to the utilization of the Texas Energy Fund to support dispatchable electric generation using treated fluid oil and gas waste. (in committee, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB5617/
- HB 48: Relating to the creation of an organized oilfield theft prevention unit within the Department of Public Safety. (became law, 2025-05-29) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB48/
- HB 49: Relating to the treatment and beneficial use of fluid oil and gas waste and related material, including a limitation on liability for that treatment or use. (became law, 2025-06-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB49/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $280.9K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 57% 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.

- 2026-08-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/eddiemoralesjr/status/2088400018059280804
- 2026-04-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/eddiemoralesjr/status/2046997223628476662
- 2026-04-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/eddiemoralesjr/status/2046700716610273403
- 2026-04-03 · Post on X · labels: bipartisanship · https://x.com/eddiemoralesjr/status/2039932275429720134
- 2025-07-14 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/eddiemoralesjr/status/1944826014443438380
- 2025-06-03 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism · https://x.com/eddiemoralesjr/status/1929918241784164789
- 2025-06-01 · Post on X · labels: bipartisanship · https://x.com/eddiemoralesjr/status/1929022419810803790
- 2025-05-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/eddiemoralesjr/status/1926439786891379159
- 2025-05-17 · Post on X · labels: bipartisanship · https://x.com/eddiemoralesjr/status/1923753710708052193
- 2025-05-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/eddiemoralesjr/status/1923863956344414216

## Links

- Official site: https://house.texas.gov/members/member-page/?district=74
- Campaign site: https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=eddie+morlaes+tx&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
- X: https://x.com/eddiemoralesjr
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/herimorales

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c84056d0-47e0-4a0c-94e1-9f90c2d90a15