State of Texas
State Representative, District 138
Tyler Smith
Democratic- On ballot as
- TYLER SMITH
- Current role
- Nonprofit leader and community organizer (per the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee)
- Background
- Political science degree, Texas Southern University (per campaign)
- Youth baseball coach (per campaign)
- Born in Houston (per campaign)
- Spent part of his childhood in Los Angeles (per campaign)
- Experience
- Has worked with Everytown for Gun Safety (per the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee)
- His campaign says he "secured $2 million to fight violence in our communities"
- Democratic primary (March 3, 2026): unopposed
- Top priorities
- Health care: "Take federal dollars (that come from our taxes) for Medicaid Expansion."
- Housing: "Fund more affordable housing construction."
- Public safety: "Pass comprehensive, bipartisan bail reform that will ensure our safety without violating our constitutional rights."
- Schools: "Fully fund Texas’ public schools."
- Power grid: "Get politics out of the PUC."
- Tidbits
- Abortion: No public statement found
- Border and immigration: No public statement found
- Guns: Campaign site: "He brought Democrats and Republicans together to pass laws that protect children from gun violence."
- Public schools and vouchers: Campaign site: "Fully fund Texas' public schools." Says the state is "now diverting funds to private, for-profit schools through the new voucher program"
- Property taxes: Campaign site: says he is running to "protect and fund our public schools while reducing property taxes"
Claims and the record- Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
- Endorsements
- Texas AFL-CIO COPE
- Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation AFL-CIO
- Texas State Teachers Association
- Texas AFT
- Houston LGBTQ+ Political Caucus
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- Planned Parenthood Texas Votes (listed by campaign)
- Everytown for Gun Safety (listed by campaign)
- Area 5 Democrats (listed by campaign)
- Houston Federation of Teachers (listed by campaign)
- Future Dems (listed by campaign)
- Texas Democratic Veterans (listed by campaign)
- Houston Black American Democrats (listed by campaign)
- Texas Coalition of Black Democrats – Harris County (listed by campaign)
- Leaders We Deserve (listed by campaign)
- Harris County Young Democrats (listed by campaign)
- Teamsters Local 988 (listed by campaign)
- State Senator Borris Miles (listed by campaign)
- State Representative Gene Wu (listed by campaign)
- State Representative Alma Allen (listed by campaign)
- State Representative Christina Morales (listed by campaign)
- State Representative Ron Reynolds (listed by campaign)
- Campaign website
- tylerfortx.com
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