State of Texas
State Representative, District 4
Keith Bell
Republican Incumbent- On ballot as
- KEITH BELL
- Current role
- State Representative, Texas House District 4 (since January 8, 2019; first elected November 2018)
- Background
- Bachelor in Business Studies, Dallas Baptist University
- Founder (1983), CEO and president, Intex Electrical Contractors, Inc.
- Texas master electrician's license
- Electrical contractor and rancher (per the Texas Tribune's directory)
- Past chairman, Texas Electrical Safety and Licensing Advisory Board
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- Member, board of directors, Baylor Scott & White hospital, Sunnyvale
- Lives in Forney (per official biography)
- Experience
- Chair, House General Investigating Committee and Select Committee on General Aviation
- Member, Environmental Regulation committee; Trade, Workforce & Economic Development committee
- District: Kaufman County and part of Henderson County
- Forney ISD Trustee (20 years); board president fourteen times (per official biography)
- Republican primary (March 3, 2026): unopposed
- Top priorities
- Works "to address skyrocketing property taxes, protect private property rights, local control and to act as champion for our local public schools" (per House biography)
- Tidbits
- Abortion: Campaign site (text written after the 2023 session): "Keith will continue advancing the work of the pro-life movement"
- Border and immigration: Campaign site (text written after the 2023 session): "This legislative session, we committed over $6 billion to combat the cartels, begin addressing the fentanyl issue, and tackle the overarching crisis."
- Guns: Campaign site (text written after the 2023 session): "He will always vote to protect the Second Amendment"
- Public schools and vouchers: Campaign site (text written after the 2023 session): "Keith will continue working in the State House to improve education, increase school safety, and empower parents."
- Property taxes: Campaign site, on the 2023 tax cut: "$18 billion in property tax relief through the reduction of school district tax rates, the expansion of the homestead exemption, and crucial reforms to the appraisal process"
- Endorsements
- Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC
- Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT) PAC
- TEXPAC (Texas Medical Association Political Action Committee)
- Texas Alliance for Life
- NFIB Texas PAC (primary)
- TruckPAC (Texas Trucking Association) (primary)
- Campaign website
- bellfortexas.com
Open in the full comparison: Henderson County, Kaufman County