Rep. Phil Cortez (D)
State Representative for Texas House District 117
Phone:512-463-0269
District (210) 923-3638
Location:San Antonio, TX (Bexar)
Email:Email
Office Address:4N.3
Office Website:Office Website
Facebook:@philipcortez.campaign
X:@CortezPhilip

Committees and Groups

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Intergovernmental Affairs
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs (Chair)


Political Alignment

(based on all floor votes in chamber)
See Disagreement Matrix Below

Top 10 Contributors
for this Election Cycle

$18,500.00
Austin Fire Fighters PAC

$15,000.00
Mission Business PAC

$12,500.00
Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$10,000.00
Gilbert Garcia

$10,000.00
Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$9,000.00
United Services Automobile Association Employee PAC

$8,500.00
Marc A Rodriguez

$8,000.00
Texas Sands PAC

$7,500.00
Wholesale Beer Distributors Of Texas PAC

$7,000.00
NuStarpac (DISSOLVED)

46 Bills Authored
0 GOP Priority Bills ENDORSED
2 GOP Priority Bills OPPOSED

Sided with 72 Lobby Groups
91.25% of the Time

Lobby groups can advocate to protect
liberty or for more government.
Not every bill an organization supports is bad.
We present this to counter claims of
"standing against lobbyists and fighting for you."
Below 60% stands against lobbyists.
Above 75% sides with lobbyists.

Voted for Fiscal Note Bills
98.22% of the Time

The Legislative Budget Board issues Fiscal Notes
on bills where they can predict a budgetary impact.
How willing is a legislator to spend money?
Below 60% shows reluctance to spend money.
Above 75%, they find it easier.

12 Statements of Vote (Change)
12 Change Statements
10 Away Statements


3737 Votes


Voted with Republicans
25.17% on Contested Votes

On Just Democrat Bills,
Disagrees Most Often With:

1RBriscoe Cain67.39%
2RMike Olcott66.67%
3RDavid Lowe66.43%
4RBrian Harrison66.11%
5RSteve Toth65.03%
6RShelby Slawson62.24%
7RNate Schatzline60.21%
8RAndy Hopper60.06%
9RTony Tinderholt58.15%
10RCody Vasut57.32%
11RBrent Money56.72%
12RTerri Leo Wilson55.34%
13RAlan Schoolcraft53.12%
14RShelley Luther51.32%
15RMatt Morgan50.61%
16RBen Bumgarner49.51%
17RDavid Cook49.50%
18RKatrina Pierson49.29%
19RHillary Hickland49.11%
20RMitch Little48.10%
21RJoanne Shofner46.99%
22RJanis Holt46.78%
23RValoree Swanson46.77%
24RTom Oliverson46.34%
25RDaniel Alders46.09%
26REllen Troxclair45.02%
27RWesley Virdell42.94%
28RCaroline Harris Davila41.88%
29RKeresa Richardson41.74%
30RJared Patterson40.86%
31RDennis Paul40.31%
32RCarrie Isaac40.14%
33RLacey Hull39.74%
34RMatt Shaheen39.23%
35RHelen Kerwin37.33%
36RAJ Louderback36.74%
37RWill Metcalf36.67%
38RTrey Wharton35.40%
39RRichard Hayes34.51%
40RDavid Spiller34.44%
41RJ. M. Lozano34.08%
42RMano DeAyala32.99%
43RCole Hefner30.77%
44RMike Schofield29.04%
45RMarc LaHood28.71%
46RMark Dorazio28.08%
47RCarl Tepper27.79%
48RTrent Ashby26.35%
49RJohn McQueeney25.64%
50RCharles Cunningham24.64%
51RStan Gerdes24.45%
52RTerry Wilson24.24%
53RCandy Noble24.00%
54RJeffrey Barry18.60%
55RDon McLaughlin18.53%
56DTerry Canales17.92%
57RCecil Bell17.85%
58RGary Gates17.62%
59RJohn Smithee17.41%
60RAngelia Orr16.31%
61RJeff Leach15.46%
62RGreg Bonnen15.23%
63RGio Capriglione14.70%
64RJames Frank14.70%
65RSam Harless13.72%
66RTom Craddick13.10%
67RCody Harris12.75%
68RPaul Dyson12.30%
69RCaroline Fairly12.12%
70RJay Dean11.99%
71RBrooks Landgraf10.69%
72RDenise Villalobos9.08%
73RPat Curry8.47%
74RJanie Lopez7.19%
75RStan Kitzman7.17%
76RBrad Buckley6.67%
77RKeith Bell6.47%
78RGary VanDeaver6.27%
79RDrew Darby5.31%
80RDade Phelan4.68%
81RTodd Hunter4.53%
82RStan Lambert4.31%
83RAngie Button3.65%
84RMorgan Meyer3.22%
85RJohn Lujan2.35%
86DNicole Collier1.91%
87DSergio Munoz, Jr.1.90%
88DGina Hinojosa1.82%
89RCharlie Geren1.72%
90DVikki Goodwin1.72%
91RKen King1.71%
92DTerry Meza1.57%
93DJon Rosenthal1.57%
94DJohn Bryant1.43%
95DErin Zwiener1.42%
96DJessica Gonzalez1.40%
97DAna-Maria Rodriguez Ramos1.38%
98DGene Wu1.38%
99DMaria Luisa "Lulu" Flores1.22%
100DJolanda Jones1.22%
101DToni Rose1.14%
102DAlma Allen1.06%
103DCharlene Ward Johnson1.00%
104DRhetta Bowers0.95%
105DJames Talarico0.95%
106DChristina Morales0.94%
107DMihaela Plesa0.93%
108DRon Reynolds0.91%
109DPenny Morales Shaw0.86%
110DChristian Manuel0.85%
111DHarold Dutton0.81%
112DSenfronia Thompson0.80%
113DAicha Davis0.74%
114DErin Gamez0.72%
115DRafael Anchia0.71%
116DMary Gonzalez0.70%
117DSalman Bhojani0.69%
118DHubert Vo0.69%
119DArmando Walle0.68%
120DJoe Moody0.66%
121DBarbara Gervin-Hawkins0.64%
122DAna Hernandez0.63%
123DJohn Bucy0.60%
124DArmando "Mando" Martinez0.60%
125DRamon Romero, Jr.0.60%
126DChris Turner0.60%
127DTrey Martinez Fischer0.59%
128DVincent Perez0.59%
129DVenton Jones0.58%
130DDiego Bernal0.57%
131DOscar Longoria0.56%
132DRay Lopez0.56%
133DAnn Johnson0.54%
134DYvonne Davis0.53%
135DSheryl Cole0.50%
136DLinda Garcia0.49%
137RRyan Guillen0.40%
138DDonna Howard0.39%
139DLiz Campos0.33%
140DLauren Ashley Simmons0.33%
141DJosey Garcia0.31%
142DMary Ann Perez0.31%
143DCassandra Garcia Hernandez0.30%
144DRichard Pena Raymond0.29%
145DR. D. Guerra0.21%
146DSuleman Lalani0.21%
147DClaudia Ordaz0.20%
148RDustin Burrows0.00%
149DEddie Morales0.00%
Avg Disagreement with Dems: 1.11%

The legislators above are depicted on the bar below. The bar depicts, with colored lines, all of the members of the chamber in order of disagreement - from left to right, with Republicans in red and Democrats in blue.

 Disagreement Agreement




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