# Richard Raymond

Richard Raymond is a Democratic member of the Texas House for district 42.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Texas House, district 42
- Serving since: 2001-01-24
- Current term: TX 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d4a94a68-02a7-44c0-901f-9cd57350229a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d4a94a68-02a7-44c0-901f-9cd57350229a (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

Raymond voted against the majority of Texas House Democrats 313 times; party unity 56%, in the bottom 5% of the Texas House (average 85%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.11 (standard error 0.02), from 1,187 donors and 895 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 97% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (TX 2025–26 session)

3,700 roll calls. Attendance 99.2% (Texas House 93.1%). Party unity 56% (85%). 313 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 72 bills: 65 reached committee, 42 passed one chamber, 14 passed both, 13 became law. Cosponsored 88. 58.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Texas House 48.5%; rank 41 of 145).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 207: Relating to the issuance of a license to carry a handgun to certain federal judges. (introduced, 2025-08-18) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB207/
- HCR 9: Calling for construction of a monument in the Texas State Cemetery in remembrance of those who perished in the July 4, 2025, Hill Country flood. (introduced, 2025-08-18) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HCR9/
- HCR 10: Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification a federal balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. (introduced, 2025-08-18) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HCR10/
- HB 235: Relating to an exemption from sales and use taxes for taxable items purchased by a totally disabled veteran. (introduced, 2025-08-18) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB235/
- HB 235: Relating to an exemption from sales and use taxes for taxable items purchased by a totally disabled veteran. (introduced, 2025-07-30) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HB235/
- HCR 8: Calling for construction of a monument in the Texas State Cemetery in remembrance of those who perished in the July 4, 2025, Hill Country flood. (introduced, 2025-07-24) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HCR8/
- HB 161: Relating to the issuance of a license to carry a handgun to certain federal judges. (introduced, 2025-07-21) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HB161/
- HR 1353: Honoring Phillip Saenz Cruz Jr. for his work in the office of State Representative Richard Peña Raymond. (passed one chamber, 2025-06-01) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1353/
- HR 1079: Commemorating the 270th anniversary of the City of Laredo. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-24) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1079/
- HR 1080: Congratulating Dr. Sylvia Rios on her retirement as superintendent of Laredo ISD. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-24) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1080/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $593.8K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 98% 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=42
- Campaign site: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://richardraymond.com/&ved=2ahUKEwisleqbjJCGAxWXEFkFHXD9BQsQFnoECCgQAQ&usg=AOvVaw18oAyaaaLzaWwYgvPnXA-2
- X: https://x.com/repraymondtx
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/richard.p.raymond
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/RepPenaRaymond
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-raymond-376b7412/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d4a94a68-02a7-44c0-901f-9cd57350229a