<U+0001F6A8> MAJOR VICTORY for Harris County voters tonight!!! The Texas House passed my SB 1750, carried by @BriscoeCain, on 2nd reading to eliminate the Elections Administrator position & return the management of elections in Harris County BACK to the elected county clerk and tax<U+2026> https://t.co/z1ZCr75Yaw https://t.co/TyvKm9NLnn
Paul Bettencourt
@TeamBettencourt · TX · S
Posts6,008
Engagement285.3K
Voting-record position0.040
CoverageJan 6, 2020 to Sep 5, 2025
Voting-record position is available for 3,335 of 5,927 legislators. Missing values are shown, not hidden.
Voice fingerprint
Percentage-point difference between this legislator’s topic share and the party median. Bars left are under-indexed; bars right are over-indexed.
Most distinctive Uncategorized 28.6 pp below the party median
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Voice fingerprint. 14 topics shown on a symmetric scale from −28.6 pp to +28.6 pp. Most distinctive topic: Uncategorized, 28.6 pp below the party median.
Under-indexed Party median Over-indexed
- Uncategorized Under-indexed −28.6 pp
- Law and Crime Over-indexed +12.2 pp
- Government Operations Over-indexed +11.5 pp
- Macroeconomics Over-indexed +10.1 pp
- Education Over-indexed +7.4 pp
- Housing Over-indexed +4.6 pp
- Energy Over-indexed +2.4 pp
- Defense Under-indexed −1.3 pp
- Culture Under-indexed −1.2 pp
- Civil Rights Under-indexed −0.9 pp
- Agriculture Under-indexed −0.9 pp
- Social Welfare Under-indexed −0.8 pp
- Environment Under-indexed −0.7 pp
- Immigration Over-indexed +0.7 pp
Bars share a symmetric scale of ±28.6 pp. Showing 14 of 22 topics under the selected ordering.
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| Topic | Legislator share | Party median | Difference | Direction | Posts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncategorized | 11.0% | 39.6% | −28.6 pp | Under-indexed | 662 |
| Law and Crime | 16.2% | 4.0% | +12.2 pp | Over-indexed | 971 |
| Government Operations | 24.1% | 12.6% | +11.5 pp | Over-indexed | 1,447 |
| Macroeconomics | 13.6% | 3.5% | +10.1 pp | Over-indexed | 816 |
| Education | 11.6% | 4.2% | +7.4 pp | Over-indexed | 697 |
| Housing | 6.0% | 1.4% | +4.6 pp | Over-indexed | 363 |
| Energy | 3.1% | 0.8% | +2.4 pp | Over-indexed | 188 |
| Defense | 0.4% | 1.7% | −1.3 pp | Under-indexed | 22 |
| Culture | 0.2% | 1.4% | −1.2 pp | Under-indexed | 14 |
| Civil Rights | 3.2% | 4.1% | −0.9 pp | Under-indexed | 194 |
| Agriculture | 0.0% | 0.9% | −0.9 pp | Under-indexed | 1 |
| Social Welfare | 1.5% | 2.3% | −0.8 pp | Under-indexed | 88 |
| Environment | 0.0% | 0.7% | −0.7 pp | Under-indexed | 1 |
| Immigration | 1.2% | 0.5% | +0.7 pp | Over-indexed | 71 |
| Public Lands | 0.4% | 0.9% | −0.4 pp | Under-indexed | 27 |
| Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce | 0.2% | 0.6% | −0.4 pp | Under-indexed | 10 |
| Technology | 0.1% | 0.3% | −0.2 pp | Under-indexed | 7 |
| Health | 4.0% | 4.2% | −0.2 pp | Under-indexed | 243 |
| Unclassified | 0.0% | 0.2% | −0.2 pp | Under-indexed | 0 |
| Labor | 1.3% | 1.2% | +0.2 pp | Over-indexed | 81 |
| Transportation | 1.0% | 1.1% | −0.1 pp | Under-indexed | 62 |
| International Affairs | 0.7% | 0.8% | −0.1 pp | Under-indexed | 43 |
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I am speaking out with @CreightonForTX against @LinaHidalgoTX's plan for a 2nd lockdown of the economy. @GovAbbott is right to resist these calls as this would have tremendous negative impact. Data from TMC showing that hospitalizations has been flattening since June 28. #txlege https://t.co/wDwQi7gRy0
The Texas Senate, under the leadership of @DanPatrick, just passed the largest property tax relief bill in Texas history, unanimously with bipartisan support 30-0. SB 26 and SJR 2 are once-in-a-lifetime record 18 billion dollar property tax plan to cut homeowners, business<U+2026> https://t.co/nOd8xO3Il9 https://t.co/LYteGAAWLA
@DanCrenshawTX .@DanCrenshawTX is right and @LinaHidalgoTX is wrong...this is not a "precipice of disaster". Here are the real numbers showing occupied ICU beds in Harris County have been flat...254 on April 8 and 244 on June 10. (net 10 fewer) #txlege https://t.co/CvdZ7GmUf8
Today, Judge @LinaHidalgoTX claimed @Glenn_Hegar<U+2019>s letter about defunding @ConstableHeap PCT 5 budget is a <U+201C>threat to democracy,<U+201D> and in the past, she<U+2019>s claimed a random SOS election audit was a <U+201C>dangerous assault on voters and democracy.<U+201D> The REAL assault on democracy is<U+2026> https://t.co/nNxKLfNSaT https://t.co/NqEKq2541A
<U+0001F6A8>The @TXsecofstate released their final 2020 general election audit report in Texas. Harris County has Irresponsible chain of custody break on 185K votes plus Unconscionable 17 MBB created w/124,630 vote records to have no documentation at all @HarrisVotes! MALFEASANCE! #txlege https://t.co/hrQFgbAKyB
Filed 7 election bills, 5 joint authors on most all @SenatorBirdwell @CreightonForTX @loiskolkhorst @SenatorBobHall @DrSchwertner to strengthen voter roll election integrity. #SB1111 stops reg at private P.O. Boxes #SB1113 SOS holds funds to clean roll & #SB1114 roll cross checks https://t.co/ovntmnjsWz
Harris County Judge Lina Hildago has deleted her post from her official County “X” account (@HarrisCoJudge) with a video of her asking voters to use @DNC paid for and copyrighted site. (See below...) No word on this, but maybe @LinaHidalgoTX might see that the Texas Election Code… https://t.co/jECk1x1x1u https://t.co/0aE04Bs6c6
<U+0001F6A8>Breaking news! Public Information Request revealed by @WayneDolcefino, show 115 Harris County polls turned away voters in the Nov. 8th 2022 election!! Late openings, lack of ballot paper, election machine failures, you name it... it happened and that's why Judge @LinaHidalgoTX<U+2026> https://t.co/z0uyzpqv8m https://t.co/taxsUsVwNA
PRESS RELEASE: Discrepancy in 3 voting counts from Harris County @CGHollins. Still no answer. Daily Record of EV shows 1,090,445 votes, while the number reported by Clerk to the @TXsecofstate is 1,081,265, & @HarrisVotes roster shows 1,092,521. Which is correct? #txlege https://t.co/lZMXK5XVHB