Texas Ballot Compare

General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Nonpartisan voter guide · Texas

Katy Padilla Stout

Candidate · November 3, 2026 general election

Katy Padilla Stout

Katy Padilla Stout

Democratic
On ballot as
Katy Padilla Stout
Current role
Attorney at her family's law firm focused on child welfare and education law
Background
  • Education degree – University of Texas at Austin;
  • Law degree from South Texas College of Law (2013)
  • Licensed to practice law in Texas since 2014
  • Former elementary school teacher in Northside ISD (San Antonio)
Experience
  • Appointed member of the Bexar County Child Welfare Board since 2017
  • Serves on the board of Artvango Therapeutic Services, a nonprofit
Top priorities
  • "Making life more affordable for working families"
  • Health care: "I support expanding our Medicare system to cover all Americans"
  • Big Bend border wall: "We need a leader in Congress who can be trusted to stand up to the Trump Administration and fight for the Big Bend region"
  • Education: "our country should make a historic investment in universal Pre-K"
  • Immigration: "secures our border and allows for reasonable and humane immigration laws"
  • Voting: "Congress should take bold action to restore the Voting Rights Act"
Tidbits
  • Abortion: Pro Abortion
  • Immigration: See Priorities
  • Guns: "Support universal background checks, a ban on bump stocks, and red-flag laws that work."
  • Health care: "I support expanding our Medicare system to cover all Americans. Short of that, I think we should strengthen the Affordable Care Act so that it actually works as intended."
Claims and the record
  • Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
Endorsements
  • Numerous Democrat Officials and Liberal Groups – too many to list (see website)
Campaign website
katyforcongress.com