State of Texas
State Representative, District 84
Carl Tepper
Republican Incumbent- On ballot as
- Carl Tepper
- Current role
- State Representative, District 84
- Background
- Texas Tech University graduate (1995)
- U.S. Air Force veteran
- C-130 flight engineer, including in the Persian Gulf War
- Returned to Lubbock in 2009 to help manage downtown redevelopment initiatives
- Experience
- Member, House Committees on Appropriations, Calendars, Redistricting and Intergovernmental Affairs
- Chair, Permanent Subcommittee on State-Federal Relations
- Former chairman, Lubbock County Republican Party (per campaign)
- Former president, Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association (per campaign)
- Re-elected November 2024 (64.1% of the vote)
- Commercial real estate professional
- Top priorities
- Would lower the appraisal cap "for residential homestead property from 10% per year to 2.5% per year"
- Wants "to limit the ability of local governments to issue non-voter-approved public debt"
- "I continue to be focused on property taxes, property tax relief, the economic health of Lubbock and our region"
- Says he was "the first legislator in the country to file legislation to eliminate DEI policies in state institutions"
- Tidbits
- Abortion: Campaign issues page (undated; the same text was online in March 2024): "I am 100% pro-life and will support all efforts to protect the unborn"
- Border and immigration: In a Lubbock Avalanche-Journal questionnaire (Feb. 2026): "enforcement of our immigration laws is a major part of the solution"
- Guns: Campaign issues page (undated; the same text was online in March 2024): "I will fight to ensure our gun rights are never infringed."
- Public schools and vouchers: In a Lubbock Avalanche-Journal questionnaire (Feb. 2026): "our children are not graduating with basic knowledge of history and mathematics and it's causing a national crisis"
- Property taxes: In a Lubbock Avalanche-Journal questionnaire (Feb. 2026): "My legislation would lower the cap for residential homestead property from 10% per year to 2.5% per year"
- Endorsements
- Texas Home School Coalition
- Texas Alliance for Life (primary)
- Campaign website
- tepperfortexas.com
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