State of Texas
State Representative, District 61
Brittany Black
Democratic- On ballot as
- Brittany Black
- Current role
- Senior software engineer and small business owner (per her Community Impact questionnaire)
- Background
- Self-taught coder (per campaign)
- Nearly 20 years in software engineering (per campaign)
- Projects for the Department of Defense, NASA and the State Department (per campaign)
- Experience
- Democratic primary (March 3, 2026): won over Jackie Bescherer
- Top priorities
- Schools: "keep public education dollars where they belong, in public schools"
- Costs: "a state budget that respects taxpayers, real property tax reform, and health policy that actually lowers costs"
- Border: "real investment in secure ports of entry, technology, and coordinated law enforcement to stop drug and human trafficking"
- Guns: "Brittany believes in the right to keep and bear arms"
- Tidbits
- Abortion: No public statement found
- Border and immigration: Campaign site: supports "real investment in secure ports of entry, technology, and coordinated law enforcement to stop drug and human trafficking, not costly political stunts"
- Guns: Campaign site: "Brittany believes in the right to keep and bear arms. She also believes responsible ownership and public safety go hand in hand"
- Public schools and vouchers: Campaign site: "Brittany will fight to keep public education dollars where they belong, in public schools"
- Property taxes: Campaign site: "Brittany wants a state budget that respects taxpayers, real property tax reform, and health policy that actually lowers costs"
Claims and the record- Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
- Endorsements
- Texas AFL-CIO
- Texas AFT
- Harvey Oaxaca, McKinney ISD Board of Trustees (listed by campaign)
- Gene Wu, Texas State Representative, HD-137 (listed by campaign)
- Christina Morales, Texas State Representative, HD-145 (listed by campaign)
- Junior Ezeonu, candidate for Texas House District 101 (listed by campaign)
- Campaign website
- brittanyfortexas.com
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