State of Texas
State Representative, District 69
Leilani Barnett
Democratic- On ballot as
- LEILANI BARNETT
- Current role
- Teacher and writer (per Secretary of State filing)
- Background
- Bachelor's degree in journalism and English (per campaign)
- Master's degrees in educational leadership and literature (per campaign)
- Ph.D. in education in progress, last phase (per campaign)
- Political writer and teacher, more than 31 years of experience (per campaign)
- Worked with the National Children's Advocacy Center, training professionals in more than 22 cities (per campaign)
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- Lives in Wichita Falls
- Family's roots in the district go back to her great-great-grandparents (per campaign)
- Member, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Wichita Falls (per campaign)
- Experience
- Democratic primary (March 3, 2026): unopposed
- Top priorities
- "Without fully-funded public schools, we turn off the lights on the bright future of our children"
- Campaign site: "State-supported measures must begin with modernizing our water infrastructure."
- Campaign site: "We must stop giving billion-dollar tax breaks to corporations that don't reinvest in Texas families."
- Campaign site: "Strengthening rural hospitals through targeted state funding, expanding Medicaid, and investing in telehealth infrastructure are critical steps."
- Campaign site: affordable housing is "an issue that requires bold state action"
- Tidbits
- Abortion: No public statement found
- Border and immigration: No public statement found
- Guns: Campaign site backs "expanding background checks, closing loopholes that allow dangerous individuals to obtain firearms, and supporting red-flag laws"
- Public schools and vouchers: Campaign site: "School vouchers fail that basic test of fairness."
- Property taxes: Campaign site: "Lowering property taxes for primary homeowners-not corporations-and increasing support for renters would give families real breathing room."
- Endorsements
- Blue Horizon Texas PAC
- National Democratic Redistricting Committee
- Save Our Public Schools (listed by campaign)
- Wichita, Archer, and Clay Counties Young Democrats (listed by campaign)
- Mothers Against Greg Abbott (listed by campaign)
- Campaign website
- barnettfortexas.org
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