State of Texas
State Representative, District 69
James B. Frank
Republican Incumbent- On ballot as
- JAMES B. FRANK
- Current role
- State Representative, Texas House District 69 (first elected 2012; in office since 2013)
- Background
- Rider High School graduate
- Degree in finance, Texas A&M University
- Eleven-year career in banking
- Bought a metal fabrication business with local investors in 2000 (per official biography)
- Main business interests: three Wichita Falls manufacturers, Sharp Iron Manufacturing, Transland and Delta T (per official biography)
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- Former president, Texas Conservative Coalition (per official biography)
- Longtime resident of Wichita Falls
- Experience
- Chairman, House Human Services Committee (2019–2024) (per official biography)
- Committees: Public Education and Public Health (per Texas Tribune's directory)
- Chair, Public Health subcommittee on Disease Prevention and Women's and Children's Health (per official biography)
- Republican primary (March 3, 2026): unopposed
- Top priorities
- "To make healthcare and insurance affordable, we must bring transparency, competition, and engaged patients."
- "We should continue to use state surplus dollars to reduce the burden of property taxes, which will put us on the path to eventually eliminate school property taxes."
- "We must do better to ensure funding increases are passed on to teachers."
- On water: "Will this increase water availability?"
- Campaign site: plans to continue "to support programs that help strengthen families and reduce the number of unnecessary family separations"
- Tidbits
- Abortion: No public statement found
- Border and immigration: No public statement found
- Guns: No public statement found
- Public schools and vouchers: Campaign site: "We must take measures that will empower parents to be more engaged in their child's education and academic success."
- Property taxes: Campaign site: "We should continue to use state surplus dollars to reduce the burden of property taxes, which will put us on the path to eventually eliminate school property taxes."
- Endorsements
- Texas Home School Coalition
- Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT) PAC
- Texas Values Action
- Texas Alliance for Life
- TEXPAC (Texas Medical Association Political Action Committee)
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- Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC
- Texas Farm Bureau AGFUND
- NFIB Texas PAC (primary)
- TruckPAC (Texas Trucking Association) (primary)
- Campaign website
- votejamesfrank.com
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