State of Texas
State Representative, District 65
Detrick DeBurr
Democratic- On ballot as
- Detrick DeBurr
- Current role
- Software engineer
- Background
- Described himself as "a software engineer by training" (per 2024 Ballotpedia survey)
- Lives in The Colony (per 2024 Ballotpedia survey)
- Planning and zoning commissioner for almost 17 years as of 2024, in Cedar Hill and then The Colony (per Ballotpedia survey)
- Former board member, St. Philips School and Community Center (per campaign, text from his 2024 campaign)
- Experience
- Democratic nominee for House District 65 in the November 3, 2026 general election
- Democratic nominee, House District 65 (2024); lost the November 5, 2024 general election to Mitch Little
- Top priorities
- "My campaign priorities are funding public education, funding healthcare through the expansion of Medicaid in the state, and slowly and intentionally expanding the social net in Texas." (campaign site, text from his 2024 campaign)
- Tidbits
- Abortion: No public statement found
- Border and immigration: No public statement found
- Guns: In a Ballotpedia survey for his 2024 run for this seat: "We must raise the legal age to obtain assault weapons in Texas to at least 21."
- Public schools and vouchers: In a Ballotpedia survey for his 2024 run for this seat: "I am 100% against vouchers as they have been presented."
- Property taxes: No public statement found
Claims and the record- Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
- Endorsements
- Texas AFL-CIO COPE
- Blue Horizon Texas PAC
- Campaign website
- deburrfortexas.com
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