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31 Senators.
The Same Method.

Every press release from every Texas state senator’s pressroom on senate.texas.gov, scraped four times daily, since January 2025.

Same archive, same provenance discipline as the U.S. Senate corpus — but a fundamentally different publishing pattern. Coverage starts thin: only 20 of 31 TX senators publish online.

339press releases
20of 31 publishing
11silent
Jan 1, 2025to present

19R · 12D·archive begins January 2025·full feed·search·Live: Jul 27

Press releases per senator

Sorted by volume since Jan 2025. The 11senators with no records aren't a collection failure — their pressrooms are live and we re-check daily. Click any senator to see their archive (or empty pressroom).

Volume by month

The 89th Texas Legislature's regular session ran January 14 to June 2, 2025. That's when most senators publish — and when the silent caucus stays silent.

What they talk about

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Most-mentioned terms across 339Texas Senate press releases since January 2025. Different vocabulary than Washington — school finance, water rights, property tax, legislative procedure.

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Latest from the Texas Senate

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Top publishers

  1. 1César Blanco
    Blanco (D-D29)
    90
  2. 2Paul Bettencourt
    Bettencourt (R-D7)
    62
  3. 3Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa
    Hinojosa (D-D20)
    51
  4. 4Robert Nichols
    Nichols (R-D3)
    21
  5. 5Sarah Eckhardt
    Eckhardt (D-D14)
    20

5 senators account for 72% of all Texas Senate press releases since January 2025.

The silent caucus

These 11 senators have published nothing on senate.texas.gov since January 2025. Each link below opens their actual pressroom — we're not missing the page; the page is empty.

Full directory

31 members
SortBy districtBy volumeBy partyA–Z
Dist.SenatorPartyReleases
1Bryan HughesBryan HughesRepublican2
2Bob HallBob HallRepublican0
3Robert NicholsRobert NicholsRepublican21
4Brett LigonBrett LigonRepublican0
5Charles SchwertnerCharles SchwertnerRepublican0
6Carol AlvaradoCarol AlvaradoDemocrat0
7Paul BettencourtPaul BettencourtRepublican62
8Angela PaxtonAngela PaxtonRepublican1
9Taylor RehmetTaylor RehmetDemocrat0
10Phil KingPhil KingRepublican0
11Mayes MiddletonMayes MiddletonRepublican1
12Tan ParkerTan ParkerRepublican7
13Borris MilesBorris MilesDemocrat2
14Sarah EckhardtSarah EckhardtDemocrat20
15Molly CookMolly CookDemocrat12
16Nathan JohnsonNathan JohnsonDemocrat7
17Joan HuffmanJoan HuffmanRepublican7
18Lois KolkhorstLois KolkhorstRepublican14
19Roland GutierrezRoland GutierrezDemocrat0
20Juan "Chuy" HinojosaJuan "Chuy" HinojosaDemocrat51
21Judith ZaffiriniJudith ZaffiriniDemocrat13
22Brian BirdwellBrian BirdwellRepublican2
23Royce WestRoyce WestDemocrat5
24Pete FloresPete FloresRepublican4
25Donna CampbellDonna CampbellRepublican0
26José MenéndezJosé MenéndezDemocrat0
27Adam HinojosaAdam HinojosaRepublican11
28Charles PerryCharles PerryRepublican0
29César BlancoCésar BlancoDemocrat90
30Brent HagenbuchBrent HagenbuchRepublican0
31Kevin SparksKevin SparksRepublican7

Source: each member's pressroom on senate.texas.gov. Backfilled to January 1, 2025 and re-checked daily. District 4 is vacant pending the May 2026 special election. District 9 (Rehmet) was sworn in February 2026 and has not begun publishing. Photos are official portraits from senate.texas.gov. Body text is extracted from the linked PDF or HTML detail page on every record; videos link out. The DB count for every senator was verified against the live pressroom on Jul 27 (30/30 match). Full scraper methodology · Methodology · Back to U.S. Senate archive