State of Texas
State Representative, District 63
Ben Bumgarner
Republican Incumbent- On ballot as
- Ben Bumgarner
- Current role
- State Representative, Texas House District 63 (since January 10, 2023)
- Background
- McKinney High School graduate
- Bachelor's degree, Austin College (2007)
- Firearms manufacturer; owner, Evolve Weapons Systems
- Lives in Flower Mound
- Experience
- Re-elected November 2024
- Won 2022 Republican primary runoff for the seat
- Former Flower Mound Town Council member, including as mayor pro tem
- Top priorities
- "Lower Taxes", "Secure The Southern Border", "Protecting Our First Responders", "Expand Texas Energy" (campaign site, 2024-cycle text, not updated for 2026)
- Filed the Wade Cannon Act, "which would provide occupational cancer screenings for our firefighters", and planned to refile it (campaign site, 2024-cycle text, not updated for 2026)
- Tidbits
- Abortion: No public statement found
- Border and immigration: Campaign site (2024-cycle text, not updated for 2026): "It is our duty to support policies and initiatives that strengthen border security, ensuring that those who come to our country do so legally."
- Guns: No public statement found
- Public schools and vouchers: No public statement found
- Property taxes: Campaign site (2024-cycle text, not updated for 2026): "increasing the state's share of education funding could help ease the local property tax burden"
Claims and the record- Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
- Endorsements
- Texas Home School Coalition
- Texas Alliance for Life (primary)
- Campaign website
- votebumgarner.com
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