Censured by his own party. Bankrolled by $1.4 million in casino cash. Voted against your teachers and against special-ed funding. This is the record he doesn't knock on doors about.
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On May 8, 2025 — four months into his first term — the Tarrant County Republican Party voted 87–46 to formally censure its own state representative. His own county chairman, Bo French, led the charge.
The censure resolution accused McQueeney of:
The censure asked the state party to block him from the 2026 primary ballot. When your own party tries to throw you off the ballot, that's not a disagreement — that's a verdict.
That's how much casino magnate Miriam Adelson's Texas Defense PAC spent to get John McQueeney elected, according to Texas Ethics Commission data. Las Vegas Sands' own PAC added $55,000 more. He won that 2024 runoff by about 300 votes.
When one Las Vegas billionaire outspends your entire district's voice, who do you think he answers to in Austin?
In a single session, McQueeney voted:
| Bill | What it did | His vote |
|---|---|---|
| SB 2 | Created the $1 billion private-school voucher (ESA) scheme | YES |
| Talarico Amdt. | Would have let Texas voters decide on vouchers by referendum — McQueeney voted to table (kill) it, Record Vote #244 | YES to kill |
| SB 1 Amdt. | Added $6.5 billion for teacher salary increases — flagged by the Texas Classroom Teachers Association | NO |
| SB 568 | Increased special-education funding — House Record Vote #3832, May 28, 2025 | NO |
While Fort Worth families worried about property taxes and insurance rates, here's what got his "yes":
| Bill | What it did | His vote |
|---|---|---|
| SB 10 | Ten Commandments posted in every public-school classroom | YES |
| SB 13 | School library book bans | YES |
| SB 12 | DEI ban / "Parents Bill of Rights" | YES |
| HB 7 | Abortion-pill ban with bounty-hunter lawsuits — he co-sponsored it | YES |
| SB 8 | Bathroom bill — he co-sponsored it | YES |
July 29, 2025: a Crowley constituent photographed McQueeney on his phone during public testimony at a redistricting hearing. The post drew 68 likes and 34 comments — overwhelmingly from his own district:
"Our Texas house representative, John Mcqueeney, couldn't be bothered to even get off his phone and listen to the fraction of the 100's of people speaking out at the redistricting hearing."
"Remember this behavior at election time. He doesn't deserve to be in office. He doesn't care."
"Vote him out!"
"MAYBE HE DESERVES TO NOT BE REELECTED"
Plus energy, auto-dealer, and beer-distributor PAC money. And for all that: Texans for Fiscal Responsibility rates his taxpayer record just 72 out of 100. Even the conservative scorekeepers grade him a C.
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