State of Texas
State Representative, District 98
Cate Brennan
Democratic- On ballot as
- Cate Brennan
- Current role
- Retired nonprofit executive
- Background
- B.S. in journalism, University of North Texas (1984)
- MBA, Texas Woman's University
- 30 years in nonprofit management, mostly with health care organizations (per candidate)
- Two stints as a CEO (per candidate)
- Former CEO, National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, for six years (per Fort Worth Report)
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- Lives in Grapevine
- In North Texas more than 50 years (per candidate)
- Tarrant County poll worker and election judge (per candidate)
- Longtime PTA volunteer (per candidate)
- Experience
- Democratic precinct chair, Tarrant County precinct 3706 (per Fort Worth Report questionnaire)
- No prior elected public office found
- Open seat; incumbent Rep. Giovanni Capriglione (R) not on the ballot
- Democratic primary (March 3, 2026): won, 78.2% over Aaron Hendley
- Top priorities
- "Fully funding our public schools and supporting our teachers"
- Affordability: "the best way to address affordability is to increase the minimum wage to $20 per hour"
- Health care: "Texas should also adopt Medicaid expansion"
- Campaign site: data centers "must provide their own power capacity and pay for their own grid infrastructure and connections"
- Campaign site: "I support expanding access to voting by mail and early voting"
- Tidbits
- Abortion: Campaign site: "these are extremely personal decisions that should be made between a woman, her faith, and her healthcare provider"
- Border and immigration: In a 2026 Fort Worth Report questionnaire: "border security is the primary responsibility of the federal government"
- Guns: No public statement found
- Public schools and vouchers: Campaign site: "I believe that public tax money should not fund private schools."
- Property taxes: In a 2026 Fort Worth Report questionnaire: "I favor reducing property taxes where and when we can, but particularly for teachers, first responders, veterans, seniors and others in hardship."
Claims and the record- Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
- Endorsements
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram editorial board (primary)
- The Dallas Morning News editorial board (primary)
- National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC) (listed by campaign)
- Mid-Cities Stonewall Democrats (listed by campaign)
- Tarrant County Young Democrats (listed by campaign)
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- Blue Horizon Texas (listed by campaign)
- Himalayan Democratic Club (listed by campaign)
- Muslim Democratic Caucus of Texas (listed by campaign)
- Commissioner Alisa Simmons, Tarrant County Commissioner, Precinct 2 (listed by campaign)
- Randy Campbell, School Board Trustee (listed by campaign)
- The Center for Freethought Equality PAC (listed by campaign)
- Campaign website
- brennanforhd98.com
Open in the full comparison: Tarrant County