In 2020 the federal guidance said nursing homes should have a plan to make sure residents can vote. The July 2026 replacement deletes that language and warns staff about breaking voting laws — citing a Texas prosecution in which no improper vote was ever cast.
Abbott Impact matches your contacts against the Texas voter file, shows you each person's party, birth month and election-by-election turnout back to 2016, and tracks daily who hasn't voted yet. You get points. Your contacts were never asked.
The 60 Plus Association was started with Koch money in 1992. It bragged in 1997 that it was the first seniors group to back privatizing Social Security, and it has pushed to turn Medicare into vouchers. Twelve Republicans in tight races took its award anyway.
Trump won Texas with 56.1% of the vote to 42.5%, a margin of 13.7 points. (Full 2024 presidential results, state by state.)
26 of 39 — 67%. In the U.S. House, Texas has 24 Republicans and 13 Democrats, with 1 seat vacant; in the Senate, 2 Republicans and 0 Democrats. (Source: Current members of Congress from Texas, on Wikipedia.)
Texas ranks #40 of 50. That is the average of its rank on the 17 measures in the report card above — violent crime, gun deaths, life expectancy, food insecurity, maternal and infant mortality, household income, public education, voter turnout and more. #1 is the best state to live in, #50 the worst.
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21, listed above. We grade Republicans running in 2026 — U.S. Senators, U.S. Representatives and governors — on their record: how they voted, who funds them, and what it has cost Texas. Democrats and independents do not get report cards.
The general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — 81 days away. Check your registration and polling place at vote.org.