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Luke Warford πŸš‚

@lukewarfordtx

Founding Partner, Agave Democratic Infrastructure Fund. Director, Texas Public Opinion Research.

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It’s Budget Night in the Texas House, when lawmakers stay up late debating hundreds of amendments to the budget. Some are real. Most are just political theater. Messaging bills, campaign fodder, last-minute add-ons β€” this is the messy reality of how laws get made in Texas.

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Watch @bucyfortexas lay out the case for Medicaid expansion in Texas! βœ… Coverage for 1.2M Texans. βœ… $704M in savings. βœ… 230,000+ new jobs. βœ… Lower premiums for everyone. This is what real fiscal conservatism looks like. Texas must act.

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The latest Texas Public Opinion Research shows Allred and Paxton gaining while Cornyn’s favorability drops. Texans want their leaders to focus on issues like affordability and education. The Texas landscape is changing fast, and voters seem ready for change in 2026.

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Seven of my bills passed the Texas Senate this week! Each one tackles a real issue Texans brought to my office –– from workforce and economic development, promoting local tourism, supporting veterans and victims of crimes, to better water planning. Our government should work

Seven of my bills passed the Texas Senate this week!

Each one tackles a real issue Texans brought to my office –– from workforce and economic development, promoting local tourism, supporting veterans and victims of crimes, to better water planning.

Our government should work
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In a historic first - today, the Texas legislature will have a committee hearing ENABLING high speed rail (HB483). .Rep. John Bucy III, the bill author, lays out the plan in a press conference before the hearing. "Let's build a Texas where the economy isn't slowed by gridlock."

In a historic first - today, the Texas legislature will have a committee hearing ENABLING high speed rail (HB483).

.<a href="/BucyForTexas/">Rep. John Bucy III</a>, the bill author, lays out the plan in a press conference before the hearing.

"Let's build a Texas where the economy isn't slowed by gridlock."
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Texas lawmakers just spent 10+ hours debating displaying the 10 Commandments in schools. We polled voters β€” it ranked last on their priority list. Our polling at Texas Public Opinion Research tells the story: Texans want action on healthcare, data security, and expanding career paths.

Texas lawmakers just spent 10+ hours debating displaying the 10 Commandments in schools.

We polled voters β€” it ranked last on their priority list.

Our polling at <a href="/TXPOResearch/">Texas Public Opinion Research</a> tells the story: Texans want action on healthcare, data security, and expanding career paths.
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Every 10 years, Texas state agencies have to prove they’re worth keeping, or they get shut down. Sometimes it works. But sometimes β€” it’s a tool lawmakers use to settle political scores. Let’s break down how it works and why it matters.

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In Tarrant County, considered a Texas bellwether, the @TarrantGOP's endorsements went 0-11 in the county's three largest cities. Includes councils, juco and Keller ISD, which is mostly in FW. GOP was 0-5 in David Cook' Mansfield, where Allen West headlined a rally #txlege

In Tarrant County, considered a Texas bellwether, the @TarrantGOP's endorsements went 0-11 in the county's three largest cities. Includes councils, juco and Keller ISD, which is mostly in FW. GOP was 0-5 in <a href="/DavidCookTexas/">David Cook</a>' Mansfield, where <a href="/AllenWest/">Allen West</a> headlined a rally #txlege
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Rent in Austin is dropping β€” and it’s not by accident. Austin changed the rules to make housing easier to build: fewer parking mandates, smarter zoning, more walkable neighborhoods. Now the same Texas Legislature that tried to abolish the city is copying Austin's playbook.

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The D Party is crosswise with itself on a lot of issues, but there is a near uniform desire to reach voters that it has largely ignored for more than a decade. The National Popular Vote seems like a very obvious reform to embrace -- a concrete β€œshow not tell” step towards

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Last week was the deadline for second reading in the Texas House. Hundreds of bills were left unread, dead before ever reaching the floor. Who chose which bills made the cut? The Calendars Committee, the most powerful committee you might not have heard of.

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Today, the Texas House will debate Dan Patrick's statewide ban on hemp products. It would wipe out a multibillion dollar industry and thousands of small businesses overnight. Texas law created this gray area, but instead of regulating it, they’re trying to erase it.

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As we near the last week of session, hundreds of bills are depending on action in the Senate. That puts one lawmaker at the center of it all: Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick. As President of the Senate, the rest of the session is in his hands.

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The authors of Abundance argue that red states build more housing β€” and they do. But even their own examples show it’s blue cities like Austin and Houston leading the way, not Republican lawmakers. In Texas, it’s often local Democrats lowering housing costs.

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Oversight only works when those in power want to be held accountable. After the General Investigations Committee exposed corruption tied to Abbott appointees, lawmakers stripped its power. In Texas, if you hold Republicans accountable, you get shut down.

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This session’s biggest wins passed because Democrats focused on real issues β€” water, housing, and energy. If it were up to Republicans, we would’ve spent 140 days on furries, classroom posters, and pseudoscience. One party governed. The other chased headlines.

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The Texas legislative session is over, and Republicans delivered another wave of unpopular, extremist policies. From school vouchers to THC bans, we're seeing what happens when our leaders only listen to their billionaire donors. Texans deserve a government that works for them.

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Texas is heading into one of its most high-stakes election cycles in years. Trump’s back, Cornyn and Paxton are at war, and the GOP is in chaos. Democrats have a real shot to show they’re ready to govern if they can pull together a strong, unified slate.

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Donald Trump is pressuring Greg Abbott to call a special session to redraw Texas’s congressional map. The goal: add more seats to protect against a blue wave in 2026. But Republicans are split on whether it helps them or opens more doors for Democrats.

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Every Republican who promised their constituents they would never cut Medicaid - and broke that promise today - was lying the whole time. They deserve to lose power.