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General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

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U.S. Representative, District 14

Race · November 3, 2026 general election

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Randy WeberRandy WeberRepublican Incumbent
Thurman Bill BartieThurman Bill BartieDemocratic
On ballot as
RANDY WEBER
THURMAN BILL BARTIE
Current role
U.S. Representative, Texas District 14 (since 2013; elected 2012)
Not found
Background
  • Alvin Community College
  • B.S. University of Houston
  • Founded the business Weber's Air & Heat
  • B.S. in political science,
  • Master's in ministry, Tennessee Temple University Baptist Seminary
  • Has worked as a funeral director and embalmer, educator, and pastor
Experience
  • Pearland City Council
  • Texas House of Representatives
  • Elected to U.S. House in 2012
  • Serves on the Energy and Commerce and Science, Space and Technology committees
  • Mayor of Port Arthur, 2019–2025
  • Former Jefferson County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 8;
  • The Texas Supreme Court suspended him without pay in 2002 pending a judicial-conduct charge; the Port Arthur News reports he was removed from the bench in 2004
Top priorities
  • Disaster relief and recovery
  • Energy and the environment
  • Homeland security and national defense
  • Fiscal policy
  • Veterans affairs
  • Economic opportunity: access to good jobs and fair wages
  • Healthcare: strengthening and restoring the Affordable Care Act
  • Education: investment in teachers and modernized classrooms
  • Infrastructure and resiliency against hurricanes, floods, and power outages
  • Affordability: rolling back tariffs and clearing barriers to building more affordable housing
Tidbits
  • Abortion: “Unapologetically pro-life"
  • Immigration: "Until the border is secured, immigration reform will not be effective"
  • Guns: "As a proud Texan and gun-owner myself, I know just how important that right is"
  • Health care: Supports repealing Obamacare and "replacing it with less costly and less burdensome alternatives"
Claims and the record
  • 2015 Tweet 2015: "Even Adolph Hitler thought it more important than Obama to get to Paris." He apologized the next day: "It was not my intention to trivialize the Holocaust nor to compare the President to Adolf Hitler."
  • Abortion: No public statement found
  • Immigration: "I would push for Immigration reform that is humane in our present environment"
  • Guns: No public statement found
  • Health care: "I support strengthening and restoring the Affordable Care Act"
Claims and the record
  • Removal as justice of the peace and permanently barred from the bench.
Endorsements
  • President Donald Trump
  • Gun Owners of America
  • Texas Farm Bureau AGFUND
  • Texas Alliance for Life (primary)
None found in our research
Campaign website
randyweber.org
votebartie.org
Randy Weber

Randy Weber

Republican Incumbent
On ballot as
RANDY WEBER
Current role
U.S. Representative, Texas District 14 (since 2013; elected 2012)
Background
  • Alvin Community College
  • B.S. University of Houston
  • Founded the business Weber's Air & Heat
Experience
  • Pearland City Council
  • Texas House of Representatives
  • Elected to U.S. House in 2012
  • Serves on the Energy and Commerce and Science, Space and Technology committees
Top priorities
  • Disaster relief and recovery
  • Energy and the environment
  • Homeland security and national defense
  • Fiscal policy
  • Veterans affairs
Tidbits
  • Abortion: “Unapologetically pro-life"
  • Immigration: "Until the border is secured, immigration reform will not be effective"
  • Guns: "As a proud Texan and gun-owner myself, I know just how important that right is"
  • Health care: Supports repealing Obamacare and "replacing it with less costly and less burdensome alternatives"
Claims and the record
  • 2015 Tweet 2015: "Even Adolph Hitler thought it more important than Obama to get to Paris." He apologized the next day: "It was not my intention to trivialize the Holocaust nor to compare the President to Adolf Hitler."
Endorsements
  • President Donald Trump
  • Gun Owners of America
  • Texas Farm Bureau AGFUND
  • Texas Alliance for Life (primary)
Campaign website
randyweber.org
Thurman Bill Bartie

Thurman Bill Bartie

Democratic
On ballot as
THURMAN BILL BARTIE
Current role
Not found
Background
  • B.S. in political science,
  • Master's in ministry, Tennessee Temple University Baptist Seminary
  • Has worked as a funeral director and embalmer, educator, and pastor
Experience
  • Mayor of Port Arthur, 2019–2025
  • Former Jefferson County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 8;
  • The Texas Supreme Court suspended him without pay in 2002 pending a judicial-conduct charge; the Port Arthur News reports he was removed from the bench in 2004
Top priorities
  • Economic opportunity: access to good jobs and fair wages
  • Healthcare: strengthening and restoring the Affordable Care Act
  • Education: investment in teachers and modernized classrooms
  • Infrastructure and resiliency against hurricanes, floods, and power outages
  • Affordability: rolling back tariffs and clearing barriers to building more affordable housing
Tidbits
  • Abortion: No public statement found
  • Immigration: "I would push for Immigration reform that is humane in our present environment"
  • Guns: No public statement found
  • Health care: "I support strengthening and restoring the Affordable Care Act"
Claims and the record
  • Removal as justice of the peace and permanently barred from the bench.
Endorsements
None found in our research
Campaign website
votebartie.org

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