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Rep. Gary VanDeaver



District:HD 1 (R)
Phone:(512) 463-0692
Email:gary.vandeaver@house.texas.gov
Facebook:@GaryVanDeaverHD1
Twitter:@GaryVanDeaver


QUICK SUMMARY for Rep. Gary VanDeaver
(Bowie, Cass, Lamar, Morris, Red River Counties)
Voted YES on Impeachment of our Attorney General
Received $118,530.97 from Top 5 Donors in 2022 Cycle
Sided with Over 80 Lobby Groups 78.81% of the Time
Joined Democrats on 34.20% of Contested, Partisan Votes
Usually Opposes Republicans more than Democrats (All Votes)

Committees and Groups

House Committee on Appropriations
House Committee on Appropriations - S/C on Article III (Chair)
House Committee on Pensions, Investments & Financial Services


Impeachment Vote: YES
Top 5 Contributors
for the 2022 Election Cycle

$54,500.00
Dade Phelan

$30,000.00
The Charles Butt Public Education Political Action Committee

$14,000.00
Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$10,030.97
Texas Farm Bureau AGFUND

$10,000.00
Bobby Howell Campaign

Sided with Over 80 Lobby Groups
78.81% of the Time

Voted with Democrats
34.2% on Contested Votes

Registered No on 63 out of 894
Local and Consent Bills (7.05%)

Disagrees Most Often With:

1RCain, Briscoe34.02%
2RToth, Steve33.94%
3RTinderholt, Tony33.60%
4DRamos, Ana-Maria31.84%
5RSchaefer, Matt28.61%
6RHarrison, Brian28.45%
7RVasut, Cody28.20%
8DMorales, Christina27.38%
9DGonzález, Jessica26.80%
10DHinojosa, Gina26.61%
11DCollier, Nicole26.17%
12DWu, Gene26.04%
13DGoodwin, Vikki25.94%
14DRose, Toni25.84%
15DReynolds, Ron25.80%
The 15 reps above are depicted on the left side of the bar below. The bar depicts, with colored lines, all of the House reps in order of disagreement - from left to right.

 Disagreement: 6R - 9D  Agreement

27 Bills Authored
0 GOP Priority Bills Authored

2159 Record Votes Cast

12 Statements of Vote (Change)
7 Change Statements
5 Away Statements

Rice University Analysis: Ideological Scoring
Rice University Professor Mark Jones' scoring of House members, on a liberal to conservative scale, based on votes cast during each regular session.

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See this lawmaker on the full scale of this year's Rice Rankings.





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