State of Texas
State Representative, District 149
Darlene Breaux
Democratic- On ballot as
- DARLENE BREAUX
- Current role
- Alief ISD trustee, Position 4; board president
- Background
- More than 25 years of experience as a teacher, mentor, school board president and policy leader
- Doctorate in organizational leadership (Abilene Christian),
- Master's in educational leadership (UH-Clear Lake),
- B.A. in psychology (Texas Southern),
- Director of the Texas Education Policy Institute and founder of Insight Ed. Consulting
- Experience
- Alief ISD board member since November 20, 2017
- Master Trustee, Texas Association of School Boards (per campaign)
- Democratic primary runoff (May 26, 2026): won, 60.7% to 39.3% over incumbent state Rep. Hubert Vo
- Top priorities
- Schools: "Fully fund mandates issued by the state and shift from attendance-based to enrollment-based funding"
- "Against the voucher bill, which funds families already in private school and puts no accountability rules on those schools"
- Teachers: "Raise base salaries for teachers"
- Health care: "Push for Medicaid expansion and reforms"
- Housing and taxes: "Expand the homestead exemption for seniors, people with disabilities, and fixed-income households"
- Infrastructure: "Advocate for enforceable weatherization standards with the Public Utility Commission and Railroad Commission"
- Tidbits
- Abortion: Pro Abortion
- Border and immigration: "we support a comprehensive legal pathway to citizenship while protecting our communities through due process"
- Guns: "regulate straw firearms sales"
- Public schools and vouchers: "Against the voucher bill, which funds families already in private school and puts no accountability rules on those schools"
- Property taxes: "Advocate for a property tax circuit breaker targeting relief to households with high tax bills relative to income"
Claims and the record- Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
- Endorsements
- Texas AFL-CIO
- Texas AFT
- Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation
- Houston LGBTQ+ Political Caucus
- Emgage Action
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- Houston Chronicle Editorial Board
- Tiffany D. Thomas, Houston City Council Member (District F) (listed by campaign)
- Ron Reynolds, Texas House of Representatives, District 27 (listed by campaign)
- Martha Castex Tatum, Houston's Mayor Pro Tem (listed by campaign)
- Christina Morales, Texas House of Representatives, District 145 (listed by campaign)
- Gene Wu, Texas House of Representatives District 137 (listed by campaign)
- Aicha Davis, Texas House of Representatives, District 109 (listed by campaign)
- Lesley Briones, Commissioner of Harris County Precinct 4 (listed by campaign)
- Campaign website
- darlenebreaux.com
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