JOHN BETANCOURT

Democratic

On ballot as: JOHN BETANCOURT
Current role: Family service manager, Memorial Park Funeral Home & Cemetery and Griggs-Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors, Amarillo
Background: Professional photographer; owner-operator, Illusions Studio and Media Group (per Amarillo College biography)
Site administrator, Texas Tech University (2002–2011) (per Ballotpedia)
Former senior manufacturing resource analyst, Bell Helicopter-Textron (per Ballotpedia)
Past president, Panhandle Area School Board Association for Region 16 (per Amarillo College biography)
Hispanic Man of the Year, Los Barrios de Amarillo (2021) (per Amarillo College biography)
Experience: Amarillo College Board of Regents (elected May 1, 2021, to a six-year term; term expires 2027) (per the college)
At-large trustee, Amarillo ISD Board of Trustees (2015–2019)
Democratic nominee, State Board of Education District 15 (2020); lost general election to Jay Johnson
Democratic primary (March 3, 2026): unopposed
Top priorities: Not found
Tidbits: Abortion: No public statement found
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: None found in our research
Campaign website: Not found

State Senator, District 31