Texas’ Republicans, specifically the party’s conservative wing, had a strong electoral showing in 2024, capped off by a top-of-the-ticket trounce in November, reversing a decade of attriting margins. Following such a showing, and with the backdrop of radical reform in D.C., it would be strange for this legislative session not to deliver.
After all, we live in the “promises made, promises kept” era of the GOP.
With that in mind, Texas Scorecard has identified those common objectives—the legislative priorities—that should be slam dunks.
The Consensus Priorities Project is a framework for evaluating legislative success or failure in 2025 based on the priorities of the state GOP, several conservative organizations, and key Republican stakeholders.
Priorities from those sources have been consolidated to identify common objectives that can serve as benchmarks for legislative progress. Before getting into the guts of the project, please note that this analysis does not suggest what should or shouldn’t succeed or fail during the legislative session. Inclusion doesn’t necessarily mean that a priority has the overwhelming support of the political base (though most do), and the inverse applies to priorities that missed the consensus cut.
The Consensus Priorities Project is a framework for evaluating legislative success or failure based on the priorities of the state GOP, several conservative organizations, and key Republican stakeholders. It is an effort to distill common priorities among prominent conservative organizations and leaders in Texas. Those consensus priorities are:
- Ban Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying
- Property Tax Relief
- Border Security
- Stop Sexualizing Texas’ Kids
- Energy Infrastructure
- Secure Texas Elections
- Ban Sales to Hostile Foreign Governments
- Bail Reform
- Education Freedom/School Choice
- Anti-Squatting Measures
- Higher Education Reform
