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State House Candidates

Note to the Voter: Remember that you are the HR person choosing who is best qualified to be a Texas State House Representative. Check out their educational background, their work history, and Community Service. If they are an Incumbents (IN) who Candidates up for re-election what I their voting record. Make sure it matches up with your core beliefs and what they are saying from the campaign trail they support. Which candidate is best qualified over all and lines up best with your beliefs? That is who you should vote for.

About the office: 

The Texas House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Texas State Legislature. Alongside the Texas State Senate, it forms the legislative branch of the Texas state government and works alongside the governor of Texas to create laws and establish a state budget. Legislative authority and responsibilities of the Texas House of Representatives include passing bills on public policy matters, setting levels for state spending, raising and lowering taxes, and voting to uphold or override gubernatorial vetoes. Members serve two year terms and are not subject to term limits. They assume office at the beginning of the legislative session in January. Look up Incumbents who are current members to see their bills they wrote or cowrote plus their voting record and more by going to: https://house.texas.gov/members/. It is very telling how they voted. See if it lines up with their campaign promises and your personal beliefs. As of the 2020 Census, Texas state representatives represented an average of 194,555 residents. 

Qualifications

To be eligible to seek office a candidate must be:

A U.S. citizen

21 years old before the general election

A two-year resident of Texas before the general election

A district resident for 1 year prior to the general election

Salaries

$7,200/year $221/day. Set by the ethics commission.

Pension

The highest a legislature can earn for retirement is $125,000, with an average of $17,526 annually. 

Sources: Ballotpedia https://ballotpedia.org/; Texas_House_of_Representatives, https://house.texas.gov/about-us/

Texas House of Representatives elected Members by District 

                       Currently in Office 

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District 1 up for re-election 2024

Jurisdiction: Bowie (100%), Cass (100%), Lama (100%), Morris (100%), and Red River (100%)

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District 2 on the ballot in 2024

Jurisdiction: : Hopkins (100%), Hunt (100%), and Van Zandt ((100%)

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District 3 up for re-election 2024

Jurisdiction: Montgomery (27%), and Waller (100%)

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District 4 up for re-election 2024

Jurisdiction:  Henderson(84%), and Kaufman (100%)

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District 5 up for re-election 2024

Jurisdiction: Camp (100%), Morris (100%), Rains(100%), Smith (24%), Titus (100%), Upshur (100%), and Wood (100%)

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District 6 up for re-election 2024

Jurisdiction: : Smith (76%)

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District 7 up for re-election 2024

Jurisdiction: Gregg (100%), and Upshur (100%)

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District 8 up for re-election 2024

Jurisdiction:   Anderson (100%), Freestone (100%), Hill (100%), and Navarro (100%)

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District 9 up for re-election 2024

Jurisdiction:  Cass (100%), Harrison (100%), Marion (100%), Panola (100%), and Sabine (100%)

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District 10 up for re-election 2024

Jurisdiction:  Ellis (100%), and Henderson (16%)

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District 11 up for re-election 2024

Jurisdiction:  Cherokee (100%), Nacogdoches (100%), and Rusk (100%)

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District 12 up for re-election 2024

Jurisdiction: : Brazos (16%), Falls (100%), Limestone (100%), McLennan (29%), and Robertson (100%)

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District 13 up for re-election 2024 

Jurisdiction: Austin (100%), Burleson (100%), Colorado (100%), Fayette (100%), Grimes (100%), Lavaca (100%), and Washington (100%),

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District 14 

Jurisdiction: : Brazos (84%)

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District 15 

JurisdictionMontgomery (37%)

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District 16 

Jurisdiction:  Montgomery (36%)

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District 17

Jurisdiction: : Bastrop(100%), Caldwell (100%), Gonzales (100%), Karnes (100%), and Lee (100%) 

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District 18 

Jurisdiction: : Liberty (100%), San Jacinto (100%), and Walker (100%)

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District 19

Jurisdiction:  Hardin (100%), Jasper (100%),Newton (100%), Polk (100%), Tyler (100%)

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District 20

Jurisdiction:  Burnet (100%), Milam (100%), and  Williamson (100%)

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District 21

Jurisdiction:  Jefferson (93%), Orange (100%)

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District 22 Christian "Manuel" Hays

Government Chief of Staff, Manuel started working in politics under State Representative Joe Deshotel in 2004 as a case worker. Manuel quickly moved up to a District Director and Assistant Committee Clerk. Finally, he has been Deshotels Chief of Staff for the last 10 years. 

Jurisdiction: Jefferson (61%)

 

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District 23

Jurisdiction: Chambers (100%)and Galveston (43%)

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District 24

Jurisdiction: Galveston (57%)

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District 25 

Jurisdiction:  Brazoria (39%), and Matagorda (100%)

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District 26 

Jurisdiction:  Fort Bend (23%)

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