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.

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


3737 Votes


Voted with Republicans
25.17% on Contested Votes

Disagrees Most Often With:

1RBriscoe Cain49.97%
2RBrian Harrison49.61%
3RDavid Lowe48.80%
4RMike Olcott47.95%
5RSteve Toth46.80%
6RAndy Hopper43.12%
7RNate Schatzline42.59%
8RTony Tinderholt41.86%
9RShelby Slawson41.24%
10RBrent Money40.33%
11RCody Vasut38.93%
12RTerri Leo Wilson37.82%
13RAlan Schoolcraft37.16%
14RShelley Luther37.10%
15RMitch Little36.10%

The 15 legislators above are depicted on the left side of 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.

No one should side with Democrats or their agenda. The more striped the bar below is, the more they agree with Democrats.

 Disagreement: 0D - 15R  Agreement




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