State of Texas
State Representative, District 137
Gene Wu
Democratic Incumbent- On ballot as
- GENE WU
- Current role
- State Representative, Texas House District 137 (since 2013; first elected 2012); Chair, Texas House Democratic Caucus (chosen by House Democrats, December 2024)
- Background
- Bachelor's degree, Texas A&M University
- Master's, LBJ School of Public Affairs at UT Austin
- Law degree, South Texas College of Law
- Attorney in private practice
- Former prosecutor, Harris County District Attorney's Office
- Grew up in the Southwest Houston neighborhood of Sharpstown
- Experience
- Committee service includes Appropriations, Redistricting and vice chair of Criminal Jurisprudence (per official biography)
- Appointed to the Texas Access to Justice Commission (per official biography)
- Appointed to the Texas State Child Fatality Review Team (per official biography)
- Led more than 50 Democratic colleagues out of the Capitol in 2025 to break quorum over a redistricting map (per campaign)
- Top priorities
- Economy: "An economy that works for working families — fair wages, fair housing, and lower costs."
- Health care: "Lower the cost of care and protect the health programs working families count on."
- Elections: "Voters should choose their leaders — not the other way around."
- Education: "Fully fund and restore our neighborhood schools — and stop voucher schemes from draining classrooms."
- Youth: "Safer kids and a justice system that gives every young Texan a real shot."
- Tidbits
- Abortion: No public statement found
- Border and immigration: Campaign site: "Gene opposes alien land laws and attacks on immigrant communities"
- Guns: No public statement found
- Public schools and vouchers: Campaign site: "Fully fund and restore our neighborhood schools — and stop voucher schemes from draining classrooms."
- Property taxes: No public statement found
Claims and the record- 2025 quorum-break fine: Fined $8,354.25 by the House Administration Committee (April 2026) for the August 2025 quorum break. The Texas Supreme Court denied the attorney general's petition to remove him and the governor's separate request to remove him (May 2026). He said he had not abandoned his office and would pay his fine out of pocket.
- Endorsements
- Texas AFL-CIO
- Texas AFT
- Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
- Texas State Teachers Association
- Campaign website
- genefortexas.com
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