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General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

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State Representative, District 87

Race · November 3, 2026 general election

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Caroline FairlyCaroline FairlyRepublican Incumbent
Diana LoyaDemocratic
On ballot as
CAROLINE FAIRLY
DIANA LOYA
Current role
State Representative, Texas House District 87 (since January 14, 2025)
District emergent bilingual curriculum coordinator (per Secretary of State filing)
Background
  • Degree in business marketing, Abilene Christian University
  • Class president
  • Amarillo native, raised with four siblings
  • Worked on Ronny Jackson's campaign for Congress (per campaign)
  • Worked for Jackson in Washington (per campaign)
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  • Employee, The OccuNet Company (began as a medical negotiator)
  • Volunteer, Hope Choice Pregnancy Center (per campaign)
  • Student mentor, 1330 Campus Ministry (per campaign)
  • Educator of 20 years (per campaign)
  • School district employee (per campaign)
  • Immigrant from Mexico (per campaign)
  • Wife of a Marine veteran; mother (per campaign)
Experience
  • Member, House Appropriations, Local & Consent Calendars, and Natural Resources committees
  • Member, Select Committee on Civil Discourse and Freedom of Speech in Higher Education
  • Appointed to the 1836 Project Advisory Committee
  • Republican primary (March 3, 2026): unopposed
  • Democratic primary (March 3, 2026): unopposed
Top priorities
  • Campaign site (unchanged since 2024 campaign): "Standing Strong on Constitutional Values"
  • Campaign site (unchanged since 2024 campaign): "Caroline will fight for additional manpower, innovation, and technology to stop the flow of illegal drugs and weapons"
  • Campaign site (unchanged since 2024 campaign): "Protecting the Innocence of Children"
  • Campaign site (unchanged since 2024 campaign): "Fighting for the Right to Life"
  • "Fight for full, fair funding for rural public schools"
  • "Push for meaningful property tax relief."
  • "Fight for stable funding for rural hospitals and clinics"
  • "Expand access to rural veteran healthcare and mental health services"
  • "Support water conservation and rural infrastructure here in the Panhandle"
Tidbits
  • Abortion: Campaign site (wording unchanged since her 2024 campaign): will "fight to ensure that Texas continues to be the most pro-life state in the nation"
  • Border and immigration: Campaign site (wording unchanged since her 2024 campaign): "Caroline will fight for additional manpower, innovation, and technology to stop the flow of illegal drugs and weapons"
  • Guns: Campaign site (wording unchanged since her 2024 campaign): "Freedom is non-negotiable, specifically when it comes to our right to practice our religion, own guns, educate our children"
  • Public schools and vouchers: Campaign site (wording unchanged since her 2024 campaign): "Caroline will fight for Texas parents' rights to make the best education decisions for their own children."
  • Property taxes: No public statement found
  • Abortion: No public statement found
  • Border and immigration: No public statement found
  • Guns: No public statement found
  • Public schools and vouchers: "School voucher proposals only hurt our rural communities more."
  • Property taxes: "Make the state pay their fair share for public education as it once was. This is an easy fix to lower property taxes."
Endorsements
  • Texas Home School Coalition
  • Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT) PAC
  • Texas Alliance for Life
  • TEXPAC (Texas Medical Association Political Action Committee)
  • Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC
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  • NFIB Texas PAC (primary)
  • TruckPAC (Texas Trucking Association) (primary)
  • Texas AFL-CIO
  • Texas AFT
  • Blue Horizon Texas PAC
  • Planned Parenthood Texas Votes
  • Texas Panhandle Young Democrats (listed by campaign)
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  • Run For Something (listed by campaign)
  • NDRC (listed by campaign)
  • National Association of Social Workers Texas Chapter (listed by campaign)
  • Mothers Against Greg Abbott (listed by campaign)
Campaign website
fairlyfortexas.com
dianaloyahd87.com
Caroline Fairly

Caroline Fairly

Republican Incumbent
On ballot as
CAROLINE FAIRLY
Current role
State Representative, Texas House District 87 (since January 14, 2025)
Background
  • Degree in business marketing, Abilene Christian University
  • Class president
  • Amarillo native, raised with four siblings
  • Worked on Ronny Jackson's campaign for Congress (per campaign)
  • Worked for Jackson in Washington (per campaign)
Show all 8
  • Employee, The OccuNet Company (began as a medical negotiator)
  • Volunteer, Hope Choice Pregnancy Center (per campaign)
  • Student mentor, 1330 Campus Ministry (per campaign)
Experience
  • Member, House Appropriations, Local & Consent Calendars, and Natural Resources committees
  • Member, Select Committee on Civil Discourse and Freedom of Speech in Higher Education
  • Appointed to the 1836 Project Advisory Committee
  • Republican primary (March 3, 2026): unopposed
Top priorities
  • Campaign site (unchanged since 2024 campaign): "Standing Strong on Constitutional Values"
  • Campaign site (unchanged since 2024 campaign): "Caroline will fight for additional manpower, innovation, and technology to stop the flow of illegal drugs and weapons"
  • Campaign site (unchanged since 2024 campaign): "Protecting the Innocence of Children"
  • Campaign site (unchanged since 2024 campaign): "Fighting for the Right to Life"
Tidbits
  • Abortion: Campaign site (wording unchanged since her 2024 campaign): will "fight to ensure that Texas continues to be the most pro-life state in the nation"
  • Border and immigration: Campaign site (wording unchanged since her 2024 campaign): "Caroline will fight for additional manpower, innovation, and technology to stop the flow of illegal drugs and weapons"
  • Guns: Campaign site (wording unchanged since her 2024 campaign): "Freedom is non-negotiable, specifically when it comes to our right to practice our religion, own guns, educate our children"
  • Public schools and vouchers: Campaign site (wording unchanged since her 2024 campaign): "Caroline will fight for Texas parents' rights to make the best education decisions for their own children."
  • Property taxes: No public statement found
Endorsements
  • Texas Home School Coalition
  • Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT) PAC
  • Texas Alliance for Life
  • TEXPAC (Texas Medical Association Political Action Committee)
  • Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC
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  • NFIB Texas PAC (primary)
  • TruckPAC (Texas Trucking Association) (primary)
Campaign website
fairlyfortexas.com

Diana Loya

Democratic
On ballot as
DIANA LOYA
Current role
District emergent bilingual curriculum coordinator (per Secretary of State filing)
Background
  • Educator of 20 years (per campaign)
  • School district employee (per campaign)
  • Immigrant from Mexico (per campaign)
  • Wife of a Marine veteran; mother (per campaign)
Experience
  • Democratic primary (March 3, 2026): unopposed
Top priorities
  • "Fight for full, fair funding for rural public schools"
  • "Push for meaningful property tax relief."
  • "Fight for stable funding for rural hospitals and clinics"
  • "Expand access to rural veteran healthcare and mental health services"
  • "Support water conservation and rural infrastructure here in the Panhandle"
Tidbits
  • Abortion: No public statement found
  • Border and immigration: No public statement found
  • Guns: No public statement found
  • Public schools and vouchers: "School voucher proposals only hurt our rural communities more."
  • Property taxes: "Make the state pay their fair share for public education as it once was. This is an easy fix to lower property taxes."
Endorsements
  • Texas AFL-CIO
  • Texas AFT
  • Blue Horizon Texas PAC
  • Planned Parenthood Texas Votes
  • Texas Panhandle Young Democrats (listed by campaign)
Show all 9
  • Run For Something (listed by campaign)
  • NDRC (listed by campaign)
  • National Association of Social Workers Texas Chapter (listed by campaign)
  • Mothers Against Greg Abbott (listed by campaign)
Campaign website
dianaloyahd87.com

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