State Senator, District 28 - Texas Ballot Compare

Charles Perry

Republican Incumbent

On ballot as: Charles Perry
Current role: State Senator, District 28 (since 2014); certified public accountant in Lubbock
Background: Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting and management information systems, Texas Tech University
Graduate, Sweetwater High School
Deacon, Southcrest Baptist Church, Lubbock
Experience: Chair, Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs
Vice-chair, Health and Human Services Committee
Southwestern States Water Commission and Western States Water Council (appointed by Gov. Abbott)
Texas House member (2010–2014)
Top priorities: Campaign issues page (copyright 2015, not updated since): "As a state we do not tax too little, we spend too much."
Campaign issues page (copyright 2015, not updated since): "We have a crisis in illegal immigration."
Campaign issues page (copyright 2015, not updated since): "We must ensure all children are able to obtain a quality education"
Tidbits: Abortion: No public statement found
Border and immigration: Campaign issues page (copyright 2015, not updated since): "We have a crisis in illegal immigration."
Guns: No public statement found
Public schools and vouchers: Campaign issues page (copyright 2015, not updated since): "We must ensure all children are able to obtain a quality education and graduate high school either college or vocation ready."
Property taxes: Campaign issues page (copyright 2015, not updated since): "We must reduce the tax burden on Texas families and spend our state dollars more conservatively."
Endorsements: Texas Values Action
Texas Home School Coalition
Texas Right to Life PAC
Texas Alliance for Life (primary)
Campaign website: electcharlesperry.com

Riley Rodriquez

Democratic

On ballot as: Riley Rodriquez
Current role: Performance coach and owner of a small service business in Abilene (per campaign)
Background: Finishing a degree at Texas Tech (per candidate)
Grew up in the district (per campaign)
Father was a ranch hand, mother a probation officer (per campaign)
Experience: Has worked as a cowboy, an oilfield hand and a business owner (per campaign)
Top priorities: "Home hardening exemptions and grants to bring down homeowners insurance premiums"
"Remove energy sales tax exemptions for data centers"
"Create a rural water capture program to protect Texas groundwater"
"tax credits and grants for doctors, PAs, nurse practitioners and specialists that set up a practice in rural communities"
Tidbits: Abortion: No public statement found
Border and immigration: No public statement found
Guns: No public statement found
Public schools and vouchers: In a Lubbock Avalanche-Journal questionnaire (Feb. 2026), said he will not "sell out my rural district for Big tech corporations, public funding to private schools"
Property taxes: In a Lubbock Avalanche-Journal questionnaire (Feb. 2026): "I would stop putting a bandaid on property taxes by using exemptions"
Endorsements: Panhandle Democrats
Campaign website: rileyforsenate.org