State of Texas
State Representative, District 113
Rhetta Andrews Bowers
Democratic Incumbent- On ballot as
- Rhetta Andrews Bowers
- Current role
- State Representative, Texas House District 113 (since January 8, 2019; first elected November 2018)
- Background
- Bachelor's in telecommunications, Texas Southern University
- Attended Spelman College
- Former broadcast journalist and news producer
- Later educational services coordinator, KERA
- Houston native; Rowlett resident for more than 20 years (per her House biography)
- Experience
- Passed the Texas CROWN Act (House Bill 567) on hairstyle discrimination, 88th Legislature
- Served eight years on the Rowlett Parks and Recreation Advisory Board
- Co-founder, Dallas Women's March
- Top priorities
- In a Dallas Morning News questionnaire: "Our priority must be able to fully fund our neighborhood schools, to raise teacher pay"
- Same questionnaire: "I support meaningful property tax-relief, but not at the expense of Texas public schools or essential city services."
- Tidbits
- Abortion: No public statement found
- Border and immigration: No public statement found
- Guns: No public statement found
- Public schools and vouchers: In a Dallas Morning News questionnaire, on education savings accounts: "I opposed the program because it diverts public dollars to private schools."
- Property taxes: In a Dallas Morning News questionnaire: "I support meaningful property tax-relief, but not at the expense of Texas public schools or essential city services."
Claims and the record- 2025 quorum-break fine: Fined $8,354.25 by the House Administration Committee (April 2026) for the August 2025 quorum break. No response found.
- Endorsements
- Texas AFL-CIO
- Texas AFT
- Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT) PAC
- Texas State Teachers Association
- TEXPAC (Texas Medical Association Political Action Committee)
- Campaign website
- Not found
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