State of Texas
State Representative, District 49
Arshia Papari
Green- On ballot as
- Arshia Papari
- Current role
- Student of government and Middle Eastern studies, University of Texas at Austin (per campaign)
- Background
- Allen High School graduate
- Second-generation Iranian-American (per campaign)
- Community organizer and student activist (per campaign)
- Experience
- Green convention nominee (March 14, 2026)
- Top priorities
- Housing: "A rent freeze is needed across the board to help everyday Texans get by"
- Calls for "taking corporate money out of politics"
- Child care: "providing universal childcare, implementing universal and extended paid parental leave"
- Criminal justice: "we must end the bail system"
- Free speech: "We must uphold the first amendment, our sacred right to free speech"
- Tidbits
- Abortion: No public statement found
- Border and immigration: In a 2026 Ballotpedia survey: "I see directly our state's failings as we viciously rip apart communities with ICE and border operations"
- Guns: No public statement found
- Public schools and vouchers: Campaign platform refers to "the school voucher scam"
- Property taxes: No public statement found
Claims and the record- Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
- Endorsements
- McCallum Young Democratic Socialists of America (listed by campaign)
- Student Victory Fund (listed by campaign)
- Edwin Escamilla (D), Precinct Chair 250 (listed by campaign)
- Campaign website
- arshiafortexas.org
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