# Ken King

Ken King is a Republican member of the Texas House for district 88.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Texas House, district 88
- Serving since: 2013-01-08
- Current term: TX 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d9f32e07-7835-4edf-b986-7a2cf16d608b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d9f32e07-7835-4edf-b986-7a2cf16d608b (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

King reported $1.8M in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

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

302 classified statements: 302 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 | King | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.7% | 2.9% | 433 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 1.7% | 9.3% | 614 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 47.0% | 31.9% | 172 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.7% | 1.8% | 470 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 21.5% | 12.7% | 149 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.3% | 1.4% | 413 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Emergency Management 34% (State House Republicans 2.8%); Education 16% (State House Republicans 15%); Agriculture and Food 9.9% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Energy 9.9% (State House Republicans 4.1%); Water Resources Development 9.9% (State House Republicans 1.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.19 (standard error 0.02), from 394 donors and 556 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 25% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (TX 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 96 bills: 94 reached committee, 64 passed one chamber, 38 passed both, 35 became law. Cosponsored 36. 66.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Texas House 48.5%; rank 20 of 145).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1: Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties. (became law, 2025-09-05) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB1/
- HB 2: Relating to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery, including required training for justices of the peace and responding to mass fatality events;… (in committee, 2025-08-21) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB2/
- HB 4: Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas. (became law, 2025-09-05) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB4/
- HB 3: Relating to the interoperability of emergency communication equipment and infrastructure in this state, including the creation and operation of the Texas… (passed one chamber, 2025-08-27) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB3/
- HB 15: Relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency. (passed both chambers, 2025-09-02) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB15/
- HB 1: Relating to disaster response and preparedness, including required training for justices of the peace and responding to mass fatality events; requiring a… (in committee, 2025-08-12) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HB1/
- HB 2: Relating to the creation and operation of the Texas Interoperability Council and a grant program administered by the council. (in committee, 2025-08-12) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HB2/
- HCR 171: Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in H.B. No. 46. (passed both chambers, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HCR171/
- HR 1523: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 46. (passed one chamber, 2025-06-01) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1523/
- HCR 170: Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in H.B. No. 46. (introduced, 2025-06-01) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HCR170/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1.8M (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 79% 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/kingfortexas/status/2114830971405013198
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/kingfortexas/status/2113791115899940920
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/kingfortexas/status/2113835475215450378
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/kingfortexas/status/2113069867431538726
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/kingfortexas/status/2113079297745535235
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/kingfortexas/status/2113096916128960612
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/kingfortexas/status/2112727183093338147
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/kingfortexas/status/2112727823706169442
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/kingfortexas/status/2112196947012383043
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/kingfortexas/status/2112260411114365288

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.texas.gov/members/member-page/?district=88
- Campaign site: https://www.kingfortexas.com
- X: https://x.com/kingfortexas
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kingfortexas/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d9f32e07-7835-4edf-b986-7a2cf16d608b