About this office
Your State Representative is one of 150 people who write Texas law, and yours is elected to represent your area of Hays County. Every two years they decide how much money your kids' school gets, whether your property tax bill goes up or down, and whether Texas takes federal money for health care or turns it away. Big decisions, made by a small group — and one seat is yours to fill.
Candidates
Alexandria ButlerButler is a Houston-area minister and former small-business owner who was raised in Wichita, Kansas, and now serves as VP of Communications for Urban Conservatives of America.
About Alexandria
She homeschools her own children and campaigns on defending parental rights in education.
Lauren Ashley SimmonsSimmons is a Houston union organizer who spent nearly five years with the American Federation of Teachers before winning her first term in 2024.
About Lauren
In her first term she was named House Democratic Caucus Freshman of the Year and passed HB 107, creating Texas's first statewide sickle cell disease registry.