State of Texas
State Representative, District 140
Armando Lucio Walle
Democratic Incumbent- On ballot as
- ARMANDO LUCIO WALLE
- Current role
- State Representative, Texas House District 140 (first elected 2008; in office since 2009)
- Background
- Bachelor's and law degrees, University of Houston
- MacArthur High School graduate
- Practicing attorney
- Former staff member, U.S. Reps. Gene Green and Sheila Jackson Lee
- Grew up in the Northside and Aldine communities
- Experience
- Member, House Appropriations Committee
- Chair, Appropriations subcommittee on Articles VI, VII and VIII
- Chairman, Legislative Study Group caucus
- General counsel, Mexican American Legislative Caucus
- Author, legislation establishing Texas' Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force (per official biography)
- Author, legislation establishing the Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas (per official biography)
- Top priorities
- Campaign site: "He supports fully funding our neighborhood schools as the best way to lower property taxes and provide high-quality, accessible education."
- Campaign site says he "has repeatedly filed legislation to increase the minimum wage"
- Air quality: backs "increasing air pollution monitoring and restricting where these facilities can operate" (concrete batch plants)
- Campaign site calls him "a leader on issues of flood control and disaster mitigation"
- Campaign site: "an advocate of local police departments limiting coordination with ICE"
- Tidbits
- Abortion: No public statement found
- Border and immigration: Campaign site: "Armando also strongly believes immigration policy is a federal issue, but ICE's involvement in our local communities has become dangerous for Texans."
- Guns: On a 2023 bill to raise the age to buy semiautomatic rifles from 18 to 21: "It doesn't take your guns away."
- Public schools and vouchers: Campaign site: "He has consistently supported efforts to get more dollars into our underfunded public school system." It also cites his role "in the fight against voucher scams"
- Property taxes: Campaign site: "He supports fully funding our neighborhood schools as the best way to lower property taxes"
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. No response found.
- Endorsements
- Texas AFL-CIO
- Texas AFT
- Houston LGBTQ+ Political Caucus
- Houston Police Officers' Union
- Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
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- Texas State Teachers Association
- Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT) PAC
- Planned Parenthood Texas Votes PAC (listed by campaign)
- Texas Restaurant Association Political Action Committee (listed by campaign)
- The KICK Enterprise Club (listed by campaign)
- Sierra Club (listed by campaign)
- Area 5 Democrats (listed by campaign)
- Texas Association of Business PAC (TXBIZ PAC) (listed by campaign)
- Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (listed by campaign)
- Campaign website
- wallefortexas.com
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