Gámez secures 100 percent rating on Texas AFL-CIO’s ‘Pro-Worker’ scorecard

AUSTIN, Texas – State Rep. Erin Elizabeth Gámez of Brownsville achieved a 100 percent ranking on the Texas AFL-CIO’s legislative scorecard for the 89th legislative session.

She was the only state lawmaker from the Rio Grande Valley to score a perfect mark. Most of the other Valley representatives in the Texas House scored highly, but none achieved a perfect score. 

“Texas workers need our lawmakers to show up and fight for them,” said Texas AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Leonard Aguilar. “You’re either for Texas workers or you’re for billionaires’ bank accounts. By making this data publicly available, we’re giving Texans the information they need to evaluate their legislators, and when necessary, the power to hold their legislators accountable.”

Here are the marks for the Valley Reps:

State Rep. Erin Elizabeth Gámez of Brownsville: 100 percent

State Rep. Armando Martinez of Weslaco: 96 percent

State Rep. R.D. ‘Bobby’ Guerra of McAllen: 90 percent

State Rep. Oscar Longoria of La Joya: 79 percent

State Rep. Sergio Muñoz of Mission: 77 percent

State Rep. Terry Canales of Edinburg: 70 percent

State Rep. Ryan Guillen of Rio Grande City: 51 percent

State Rep. Janie Lopez of San Benito: 43 percent

Here are the scores for other border representatives:

State Rep. Richard Raymond Peña of Laredo: 71 percent

State Rep. Eddie Morales of Eagle Pass: 88 percent

State Rep. Don McLaughlin of Uvalde: 40 percent

State Rep. Mary E. Gonzalez of Clint: 100 percent

State Rep. Vince Perez of El Paso: 100 percent

State Rep. Joe Moody of El Paso: 100 percent

State Rep. Claudia Ordaz of El Paso: 92 percent

Click here to view the AFL-CIO scorecard for the Texas House and the votes the lawmakers were judged on.

Senate scorecard

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In the Texas Senate the scores for border lawmakers was as follows:

State Sen. Cesar Blanco of El Paso: 94 percent

State Sen. Roland Gutierrez of San Antonio: 100 percent

State Sen. Adam Hinojosa of Corpus Christi: 24 percent

State Sen. Juan Hinojosa of McAllen: 88 percent

State Sen. Judith Zaffirini of Laredo: 88 percent

Click here to view the AFL-CIO scorecard for the Texas Senate and the votes the lawmakers were judged on.

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