Representative Raney has served in the state House since December 23, 2011, having won with 58 percent of the vote in a special runoff election to fill the seat vacated by fellow Republican Fred Brown, whose tenure had extended from 1999 until his resignation in 2011.
[4] Representative Raney faced a Republican primary opponent in the 2016 election cycle from former College Station City Councilman Jess Fields.
[8] A member of the House committees on Administration, Appropriations, and Higher Education, Representative Raney supports tuition revenue bonds for public universities, the concealed-carry law in classrooms for the purpose of self-defense from attackers, and the prohibition of abortion after twenty weeks of gestation.
[9] Representative Raney backed the approved 2013 Texas State Budget and legislation to assist College Station in the establishment of a medical district.
He supports legislation to allow Brazos County to earmark specified hotel and motel sales taxes to underwrite part of the costs for renovations to Kyle Field at TAMU.