#1 is the best, #50 is the worst
Keith Self's new DesigNAIT Act would order the Treasury to brand the North American Islamic Trust a terrorist group and freeze its assets. The trust holds title to mosques, schools and Islamic centers in 42 states. In the terrorism case Self cites, it was never charged.
On November 11, the House voted 245-175 to force a standalone vote on the Major Richard Star Act, which would stop cutting the retirement pay of about 58,000 combat-wounded veterans. Every no vote came from a Republican. Here are the 153 on this site, and the 85 of them whose names are on the bill.
After the midterms, Rep. Rich McCormick told donors his 'Communist Control Act of 2026' would remove Zohran Mamdani, Ilhan Omar and AOC from office and permanently bar Democratic Socialists from running. Clay Fuller, Diana Harshbarger and Keith Self cosponsored it.
Trump won Texas with 56.1% of the vote to 42.5%, a margin of 13.7 points, with 56.8% of eligible voters turning out. (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.
You can compare Texas directly to other states on our Compare States page.
We grade Republican incumbents 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.