After historic wins on Tuesday, 26 new Republican lawmakers are preparing to serve in the Texas House and two in the Senate.
House Races
Brent Money will represent House District 2. The area encompasses all of Hopkins, Hunt, and Van Zandt counties in northeast Texas.
Money was endorsed by Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton and beat State Rep. Jill Dutton in the Republican primary on March 5.
Mitch Little will represent House District 65, which covers a portion of Denton County in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
Little, an attorney who served on Paxton’s impeachment defense team, received his backing in the primary against State Rep. Khronda Thimesch, who voted to impeach the attorney general.
Marc LaHood will represent HD 121, containing parts of northern Bexar County in San Antonio.
He was victorious over State Rep. Steve Allison on March 5. Due to Allison’s opposition to school choice and vote to impeach Paxton, LaHood had the support of Abbott and the attorney general.
Joanne Shofner will represent HD 11, which encompasses all of Nacogdoches, Newton, Panola, Rusk, Sabine, and Shelby counties.
Shofner beat State Rep. Travis Clardy in the primary and had the backing of Abbott due to Clardy’s vote against school choice.
Janis Holt will represent HD 18, which encompasses San Jacinto, Liberty, and Hardin counties in East Texas.
Holt beat State Rep. Ernest Bailes in the primaries and had the backing of Abbott and Paxton, due to Bailes’ anti-school choice and pro-impeachment votes.
Matt Morgan will represent House District 26, which is wholly within Fort Bend County.
Morgan beat State Rep. Jacey Jetton during the primaries. He had the support of Paxton, due to Jetton’s vote to impeach the attorney general.
Hillary Hickland will represent HD 55, which contains parts of Bell County.
Hickland beat State Rep. Hugh Shine, who drew the ire of Abbott and Paxton for voting against school choice and for Paxton’s impeachment.
Mike Olcott will represent HD 60, which contains the entirety of Palo Pinto, Parker, and Stephens counties.
Olcott beat State Rep. Glenn Rogers in the primaries. He was endorsed by Abbott and Paxton due to Rogers’ votes against school choice and to impeach the attorney general.
Shelley Luther will represent House District 62, which consists of Grayson, Franklin, Fannin, and Delta counties.
Luther beat State Rep. Reggie Smith during the primaries. She had Abbott and Paxton’s support because of Smith’s anti-school choice and pro-impeachment votes.
Katrina Pierson, former national spokesperson for Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, will represent HD 33. The district includes Rockwall County and a portion of southern Collin County.
Pierson beat State. Rep. Justin Holland during the primary runoff on May 28. She had the backing of Abbott and Paxton due to Holland’s vote against school choice and decision to impeach the attorney general.
Alan Schoolcraft will represent HD 44, which covers the counties of Gonzales and Guadalupe.
Schoolcraft beat State Rep. John Kuempel during the runoff. Kuempel had opposed school choice and voted to impeach Paxton, leading to Schoolcraft receiving the support of both Abbott and Paxton.
Helen Kerwin will represent HD 58, which contains all of Johnson and Somervell counties.
Kerwin beat State Rep. DeWayne Burns during the primary runoff, and had the backing of Abbott and Paxton due to Burns’ votes against school choice and to impeach the attorney general.
Keresa Richardson will represent HD 61, which contains a portion of Collin County in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
Richardson beat State Rep. Frederick Frazier during the runoffs. She had the endorsement of Paxton because of Frazier’s impeachment stance.
Andy Hopper will represent HD 64, covering all of Wise County and the northwest portion of Denton County.
Hopper claimed victory over State Rep. Lynn Stucky during the runoffs. He had the backing of Paxton because Stucky voted to impeach the attorney general.
David Lowe will represent House District 91, which contains part of Tarrant County.
He beat State Rep. Stephanie Klick, in what many consider to be an upset, during the runoffs. Lowe had the backing of Paxton due to her impeachment vote.
Republican Denise Villalobos flipped House District 34, previously represented by Democrat State Rep. Abel Herrero, in her victory over Democrat Solomon Ortiz Jr. The district consists of a portion of Nueces County and is 74 percent Hispanic.
Republican Don McLaughlin also flipped House District 80, an 82-percent Hispanic district consisting of a portion of Webb County and the entire counties of Atascosa, Dimmit, Frio, Uvalde and Zavala. He beat Democrat Cecilia Castellano.
Daniel Alders, Caroline Fairly, Trey Wharton, Paul Dyson, Jeff Barry, AJ Louderback, Wes Virdell, Pat Curry, and John McQueeney were also elected to the Texas House after running for open seats voluntarily vacated by Republican incumbents.
Senate Races
Republican Adam Hinjosa is set to represent Senate District 27 after beating incumbent Democrat State Sen. Morgan LaMantia in an upset. The district is nearly 90 percent Hispanic.
SD 27 represents all of Bee, Cameron, Kenedy, Kleberg, San Patricio, and Willacy counties and portions of Hidalgo and Nueces counties. LaMantia previously won the seat against Hinojosa in 2022 by 659 votes.
Republican Brent Hagenbuch will represent SD 30, which includes all of Archer, Clay, Cooke, Grayson, Jack, Montague, and Young counties, and portions of Collin, Denton, Parker, and Wichita counties.
Hagenbuch beat Democrat Dale Frey for the seat, which is currently represented by retiring Republican Sen. Drew Springer. He beat Jace Yarborough during the primary runoffs, 57 percent to 43 percent.
The new lawmakers will be sworn in on January 14 at the start of the 89th Legislative Session.
