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General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

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Bryan Hughes

Candidate · November 3, 2026 general election

Bryan Hughes

Bryan Hughes

Republican Incumbent
On ballot as
Bryan Hughes
Current role
State Senator, Texas Senate District 1 (since 2017)
Background
  • BBA in economics, University of Texas at Tyler
  • JD, Baylor University School of Law
  • Graduate, Tyler Junior College
  • Attorney, private practice
  • Former law clerk to U.S. District Judge William Steger of Tyler
  • Hometown Mineola
Experience
  • Chair, Senate Committee on State Affairs
  • Vice-chair, Senate Committee on Local Government
  • Texas House member (2003–2017)
Top priorities
  • Campaign site highlights Senate Bill 29, which it says "modernized Texas corporate law"
  • Campaign site highlights the creation of the Texas Business Courts
  • Campaign site: he "authored and passed landmark legislation including the Heartbeat Bill, the ban on Critical Race Theory in public schools, the historic Election Integrity Bill of 2021"
Tidbits
  • Abortion: Campaign site: says he "authored and passed landmark legislation including the Heartbeat Bill"
  • Border and immigration: No public statement found
  • Guns: No public statement found
  • Public schools and vouchers: No public statement found
  • Property taxes: No public statement found
Endorsements
  • Texas Right to Life PAC
  • Texas Values Action
  • Texas Home School Coalition
  • Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT) PAC
  • TEXPAC (Texas Medical Association Political Action Committee)
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  • Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC
  • Texas Alliance for Life (primary)
  • Young Conservatives of Texas (primary)
  • NFIB Texas PAC (primary)
Campaign website
bryanhughes.com