About this office
Texas is divided into 38 areas called districts, each with about 800,000 people. Every two years your district elects one U.S. Representative — one of 435 in Washington, and the only one who answers to you. They vote on laws that touch your health care, your taxes and your rights.
Candidates
Jessica SteinmannBefore running for Congress, Jessica Steinmann ran a federal office that handed out nearly $9 billion to crime victims nationwide.
About Jessica
Steinmann is a Montgomery County attorney with a law degree from Baylor who worked in Senator Ted Cruz's office, then served in President Trump's Justice Department as Director of the Office for Victims of Crime. She later became general counsel for the America First Policy Institute before running for Texas' 8th Congressional District as a Trump-endorsed Republican; she's married to Montgomery County Clerk Brandon Steinmann and has two sons.
Laura JonesLaura Jones sells houses for a living as a real estate agent, and now she's running for Congress on that same working-class, small-business background.
About Laura
Jones is a lifelong Texan, an Army mom, and a small business owner who works with HomePlus Realty Group in the Houston area. She's running as a Democrat for Texas' 8th Congressional District on a platform of universal healthcare access, raising the minimum wage, and taxing large corporations to fund affordable housing.