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General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

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State Representative, District 51

Race · November 3, 2026 general election

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Jessica MartinezRepublican
Maria Luisa “Lulu” FloresMaria Luisa “Lulu” FloresDemocratic Incumbent
On ballot as
Jessica Martinez
Maria Luisa “Lulu” Flores
Current role
Not found
State Representative, Texas House District 51 (since January 10, 2023)
Background
  • Lives in District 51 (per campaign)
  • Campaign site describes her as "not a career politician"
  • Bachelor's degree in government, University of Texas at Austin (1977)
  • J.D., University of Texas at Austin (1980)
  • Attorney; partner, Hendler Flores Law, PLLC
  • Grew up along the border; youngest of nine children (per campaign)
Experience
Not found
  • Vice chair, House Committee on Culture, Recreation & Tourism (per campaign)
  • Member, Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence (per campaign)
  • Former president and CEO, National Women’s Political Caucus (per campaign)
  • Former chair, Austin Arts Commission (per campaign)
  • Former director of legislative programs, State Bar of Texas (per campaign)
Top priorities
  • Taxes: "Support legislation to eliminate or cut property taxes and make home ownership possible again for young families"
  • Education: "Refocus education on academic excellence, expand workforce programs"
  • Water: "Ensure every family in HD 51 has access to safe, clean drinking water"
  • Public safety: "Restore funding for law enforcement"
  • Utilities: "work to reduce rising electric and water bills burdening working families"
  • Schools: "Increase state funding for public schools to reduce recapture, lower property taxes"
  • Health care: "Expand Medicaid to provide 1.5 million Texans access to care"
  • "Reverse medically unnecessary bans and TRAP laws to make abortion safe, legal, and accessible"
  • Workers: "Protect the right to organize, stop attacks on unions, and keep automatic payroll deductions"
  • Taxes: "Close corporate tax loopholes and franchise tax exemptions and raise the margins tax"
Tidbits
  • Abortion: No public statement found
  • Border and immigration: No public statement found
  • Guns: No public statement found
  • Public schools and vouchers: Campaign site: "Refocus education on academic excellence, expand workforce programs, and defend parents' right to guide their children's education."
  • Property taxes: Campaign site: "Support legislation to eliminate or cut property taxes and make home ownership possible again for young families."
Claims and the record
  • Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
  • Abortion: Campaign site: "Reverse medically unnecessary bans and TRAP laws to make abortion safe, legal, and accessible"
  • Border and immigration: Campaign site: "End spending on wasteful partisan priorities such as fake clinics and border walls"
  • Guns: No public statement found
  • Public schools and vouchers: In a 2026 ATPE candidate survey: "I am opposed to the voucher scam. I would like to see the program reversed and defunded"
  • Property taxes: Campaign site: "Move away from an unfair system based on property taxes and consumption taxes toward a more equitable system"
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. The Texas Supreme Court denied the attorney general's petition to remove her (May 2026). No response found.
Endorsements
None found in our research
  • Texas AFL-CIO
  • Texas AFT
  • Texas Medical Association PAC (TEXPAC)
  • Austin Central Labor Council
Campaign website
jessicaforhd51.com
voteluluflores.com

Jessica Martinez

Republican
On ballot as
Jessica Martinez
Current role
Not found
Background
  • Lives in District 51 (per campaign)
  • Campaign site describes her as "not a career politician"
Experience
Not found
Top priorities
  • Taxes: "Support legislation to eliminate or cut property taxes and make home ownership possible again for young families"
  • Education: "Refocus education on academic excellence, expand workforce programs"
  • Water: "Ensure every family in HD 51 has access to safe, clean drinking water"
  • Public safety: "Restore funding for law enforcement"
  • Utilities: "work to reduce rising electric and water bills burdening working families"
Tidbits
  • Abortion: No public statement found
  • Border and immigration: No public statement found
  • Guns: No public statement found
  • Public schools and vouchers: Campaign site: "Refocus education on academic excellence, expand workforce programs, and defend parents' right to guide their children's education."
  • Property taxes: Campaign site: "Support legislation to eliminate or cut property taxes and make home ownership possible again for young families."
Claims and the record
  • Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
Endorsements
None found in our research
Campaign website
jessicaforhd51.com
Maria Luisa “Lulu” Flores

Maria Luisa “Lulu” Flores

Democratic Incumbent
On ballot as
Maria Luisa “Lulu” Flores
Current role
State Representative, Texas House District 51 (since January 10, 2023)
Background
  • Bachelor's degree in government, University of Texas at Austin (1977)
  • J.D., University of Texas at Austin (1980)
  • Attorney; partner, Hendler Flores Law, PLLC
  • Grew up along the border; youngest of nine children (per campaign)
Experience
  • Vice chair, House Committee on Culture, Recreation & Tourism (per campaign)
  • Member, Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence (per campaign)
  • Former president and CEO, National Women’s Political Caucus (per campaign)
  • Former chair, Austin Arts Commission (per campaign)
  • Former director of legislative programs, State Bar of Texas (per campaign)
Top priorities
  • Schools: "Increase state funding for public schools to reduce recapture, lower property taxes"
  • Health care: "Expand Medicaid to provide 1.5 million Texans access to care"
  • "Reverse medically unnecessary bans and TRAP laws to make abortion safe, legal, and accessible"
  • Workers: "Protect the right to organize, stop attacks on unions, and keep automatic payroll deductions"
  • Taxes: "Close corporate tax loopholes and franchise tax exemptions and raise the margins tax"
Tidbits
  • Abortion: Campaign site: "Reverse medically unnecessary bans and TRAP laws to make abortion safe, legal, and accessible"
  • Border and immigration: Campaign site: "End spending on wasteful partisan priorities such as fake clinics and border walls"
  • Guns: No public statement found
  • Public schools and vouchers: In a 2026 ATPE candidate survey: "I am opposed to the voucher scam. I would like to see the program reversed and defunded"
  • Property taxes: Campaign site: "Move away from an unfair system based on property taxes and consumption taxes toward a more equitable system"
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. The Texas Supreme Court denied the attorney general's petition to remove her (May 2026). No response found.
Endorsements
  • Texas AFL-CIO
  • Texas AFT
  • Texas Medical Association PAC (TEXPAC)
  • Austin Central Labor Council
Campaign website
voteluluflores.com

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