State of Texas
State Representative, District 26
Elizabeth "eliz" Markowitz
Democratic- On ballot as
- ELIZABETH "ELIZ" MARKOWITZ
- Current role
- Instructor, corporate trainer and author with The Princeton Review; teaches public health at the University of Houston (per campaign)
- Background
- Katy ISD graduate (per campaign)
- Bachelor's in computer science and studio art, Trinity University (per campaign)
- Doctorate in curriculum and instruction, University of Houston (per campaign)
- Master's in business, UT San Antonio (per campaign)
- Master's in healthcare informatics, UT Health Science Center at Houston (per campaign)
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- Master's in public administration, UH (per campaign)
- Former research analyst, HHS and AHRQ (per her Community Impact candidate entry)
- Fort Bend County native (per campaign)
- Experience
- Ran for Texas House District 28 (January 2020 special election runoff); lost
- Democratic nominee, State Board of Education District 7 (2018); lost the general election
- Democratic primary (March 3, 2026): won, 56.9%
- Top priorities
- "My top priorities are strong public schools, affordable healthcare and economic stability." (Community Impact Q&A)
- "lowering costs, expanding access to essential services, and ensuring government is transparent, accountable and responsive to the people"
- Health care: will "Fight for Medicaid Expansion" (per her campaign site)
- Schools: raise teacher pay (per her campaign site)
- Schools: would "Eliminate the STAAR test" (per her campaign site)
- Says the Legislature should focus on "strengthening public education, expanding healthcare access, improving disaster preparedness, modernizing infrastructure"
- Tidbits
- Abortion: No public statement found
- Border and immigration: Campaign site: "we must support a secure border that protects Texans, and Americans, from bad actors engaged in the evils of human trafficking and drug smuggling"
- Guns: Campaign site: calls for more school mental health services "in order to reduce the possibility of violence, particularly gun violence, in our schools"
- Public schools and vouchers: Campaign site: says lawmakers funded "charter schools through the use of vouchers, which do not have to educate all children and operate with little transparency"
- Property taxes: Campaign site: "no Texan should be taxed out of their home"
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, AFL-CIO
- Blue Horizon Texas PAC
- Campaign website
- eliz4tx.com
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