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
Armin MizaniHe's been Keller's mayor since 2020 while running his own small law firm on the side.
About Armin
Armin Mizani is a Purdue-educated attorney who served on the Keller City Council before becoming mayor. He ran for this same House seat once before, in 2018, and lost the GOP primary — this time he won it outright with 53% of the vote in a three-way race to succeed retiring Rep. Giovanni Capriglione.
Cate BrennanShe spent 25-plus years as a two-time CEO of national nonprofit healthcare associations before running for office.
About Cate
Cate Brennan is a retired healthcare-nonprofit executive who has lived in North Texas since 1970. She's campaigning on repealing the state's new private-school voucher program and funding public schools instead, and she wants to legalize gambling and marijuana in Texas partly to generate new tax revenue for property-tax relief.