State Representative, District 19 - Texas Ballot Compare

Ellen Troxclair

Republican Incumbent

On ballot as: Ellen Troxclair
Current role: State Representative, Texas House District 19 (since January 10, 2023)
Background: Founder, Troxclair Residential Group, a residential real estate business (per her website)
Background includes work as a senior fellow with the Texas Public Policy Foundation (per campaign)
Author, "Step Up! How to Advocate Like a Woman"
Experience: Member, Ways and Means, DOGE and the Select Committee on Governmental Oversight, 89th session (per campaign)
Austin City Council member, District 8 (2015–2019)
Top priorities: "Secure the border"
"Lower our taxes"
"Champion the Second Amendment"
"Protect unborn life"
"Preserve the Hill Country’s natural resources and values"
"Stop leftist indoctrination and critical race theory in our schools"
Tidbits: Abortion: Campaign site lists among the things she will always fight to do: "Protect unborn life"
Border and immigration: Campaign site lists in her record: "Allocated unprecedented funding to secure our border"
Guns: Campaign site lists among the things she will always fight to do: "Champion the Second Amendment"
Public schools and vouchers: Campaign site: pledges to "Stop leftist indoctrination and critical race theory in our schools" and calls her "a leading voice in ensuring every child has access to a great education"
Property taxes: Campaign site says she "Co-authored & passed the largest property tax cut in U.S. history" and will fight to "Lower our taxes"
Claims and the record
Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
Endorsements: Texas Values Action
Texas Home School Coalition
Texas Right to Life PAC
Texas Alliance for Life
Young Conservatives of Texas (primary)
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State Representative Terry Wilson (listed by campaign)
Fmr. Governor Rick Perry (listed by campaign)
Women’s Sports Advocate Riley Gaines (listed by campaign)
Fmr. State Representative Jason Isaac (listed by campaign)
Fmr. State Representative Paul Workman (listed by campaign)
Burnet Co Republican Chair Kara Chasteen (listed by campaign)
Fmr. SD24 SREC Randan Steinhauser (listed by campaign)
Fmr. SD24 SREC Summer Wise (listed by campaign)
Fmr. Texas Republican County Chair's Association Skipper Wallace (listed by campaign)
President Donald Trump (listed by campaign)
Governor Greg Abbott (listed by campaign)
Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian (listed by campaign)
Texas Land Commissioner Dr. Dawn Buckingham (listed by campaign)
Congressman Chip Roy (listed by campaign)
State Senator Pete Flores (listed by campaign)
State Senator Phil King (listed by campaign)
State Senator Mayes Middleton (listed by campaign)
State Senator Charles Perry (listed by campaign)
Mayor of Meadowlakes, Mark Bentley (listed by campaign)
Burnet County Commissioner, Joe Don Dockery (listed by campaign)
Precinct Chairman, Bill Earnest (Burnet County) (listed by campaign)
Fmr. Burnet County Judge, Dave Kithill (listed by campaign)
Fmr. District Judge, Gil Jones (Burnet County) (listed by campaign)
(Ret.) Police Chief, Mark Whitacre (Burnet County) (listed by campaign)
Burnet Emergency Service District & Fmr. Firefighter, Randy Hartman (listed by campaign)
Mayor of Johnson City, Stephanie Fisher (listed by campaign)
County Commissioner, Tommy Weir (Blanco County) (listed by campaign)
Precinct Chair, Debra DuPont (Blanco County) (listed by campaign)
William Chris Vineyards, Chris Brundrett (listed by campaign)
Fmr. Mayor of Blanco, Martha Herden (listed by campaign)
Fmr. President of the Blanco Chamber of Commerce, Cornelia England (listed by campaign)
Entrepreneur and Fredericksburg ISD Trustee, Brian Lehne (listed by campaign)
Entrepreneur and Fredericksburg ISD Trustee, Dave Campbell (listed by campaign)
Gillespie County Republican Women President, Mary Saiidi (listed by campaign)
Fmr. Republican Party County Chair, Mo Saiidi (Gillespie County) (listed by campaign)
Fmr. Fredericksburg Mayor, Tim Crenwelge (listed by campaign)
Crenwelge E Motor Sales, John Crenwelge (listed by campaign)
Gillespie County Republican Party Board Member, Mike Belsick (listed by campaign)
Precinct Chair, Charlotte Belsick (Gillespie County) (listed by campaign)
Grape Creek Vineyards, Brian Heath (listed by campaign)
Fmr. Fredericksburg High School Football, Coach David Mayfield (listed by campaign)
Chair of the Texas Veterans Commission & Fair Oaks Ranch City Councilwoman, Laura Koerner (listed by campaign)
Boerne School Board ISD Trustee, Rich Sena (listed by campaign)
Republican National Committeewoman for Texas, Toni Anne Dashiell (listed by campaign)
Fmr. Kendall County Party Chairman, Scott Kramer (listed by campaign)
Fmr. Commissioner, Richard Elkins (Kendall County) (listed by campaign)
Fmr. President of Gillespie County Republican Women and SREC 25, Cindy Brockwell (listed by campaign)
Boerne ISD Board Member, Jessica Davila (listed by campaign)
Fmr. Mayor of Fair Oaks Ranch, Garry Manitzas (listed by campaign)
Fmr. County Judge, Darrel Lux (Kendall County) (listed by campaign)
Mayor of Lakeway, Tom Kilgore (listed by campaign)
Mayor of Bee Cave, Kara King (listed by campaign)
Mayor of The Hills, Greg Wharton (listed by campaign)
Lakeway City Councilwoman, Kelly Brynteson (listed by campaign)
Lakeway City Councilwoman, Gretchen Vance (listed by campaign)
2020 Victory Chair, Stacy Hock (listed by campaign)
Entrepreneur, Joe Lonsdale (listed by campaign)
Fmr. LTISD Board Member, Bob Dorsett, Jr. (listed by campaign)
Fmr. LTISD Board Member, Jason Buddin (listed by campaign)
Campaign website: troxclairfortexas.com

Tom Luck

Democratic

On ballot as: Tom Luck
Current role: Retired Episcopal priest
Background: Worked in the Texas wine industry as a tour guide, wine club manager and tasting room ambassador (per campaign)
Sixth-generation Texan (per candidate)
Fredericksburg resident since 2014 (per campaign)
Experience: In retirement, has served churches part-time (per campaign)
Substitute teacher, Fredericksburg ISD, in retirement (per campaign)
Episcopal Church parish ministry in Texas, New England and New York, more than forty years (per campaign)
Founding convener, Hunger Free Mason Community Collaborative (per candidate)
Top priorities: "Get Dark Money Out of Politics and Have Term Limits"
"End School Vouchers"
"Fully fund public education"
"Raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour for everyone"
Data centers: "Ending tax breaks for data centers" and "protections for clean water, air, and electricity"
Calls for "requiring a seven day waiting period before purchasing a hand gun"
Tidbits: Abortion: "I am pro-life and pro-choice." He says ending a pregnancy "is the sacred choice of a pregnant woman" and "not the courts, and most especially not the Texas legislature"
Border and immigration: No public statement found
Guns: "I am a gun owner, a hunter, and a supporter of the second amendment. And, like most gun owners I believe in common sense gun laws."
Public schools and vouchers: Campaign site heading: "End School Vouchers". Also: "Fully fund public education."
Property taxes: No public statement found
Claims and the record
Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
Endorsements: None found in our research
Campaign website: luckfortexashouse.com