State of Texas
State Representative, District 37
Janie Lopez
Republican Incumbent- On ballot as
- Janie Lopez
- Current role
- State Representative, Texas House District 37 (elected November 2022)
- Background
- San Benito High School graduate (1997)
- Master's degree in mental health
- Worked as a mental healthcare professional treating at-risk children, veterans and first responders with PTSD
- Former director, San Benito CISD; former GEAR UP counselor, Brownsville CISD
- Experience
- Member, House Appropriations, Calendars, and Agriculture and Livestock committees
- Former San Benito CISD trustee (Place 7); served as board vice president and chair of finance and administration
- Republican primary (March 3, 2026): won, 69%
- Top priorities
- Taxes: "Create jobs, expand economic opportunities, and lower property taxes"
- Public safety: "Reduce crime, invest in border security, support our local law enforcement and boost their pay"
- Schools: "Increase funding, support pay raises for educators, improve classroom materials"
- Health care: "Expand access, lower premiums, provide pay raises for healthcare providers and cap prescription drug costs for those in need."
- Infrastructure: "Invest in modernizing roads, bridges, and public transportation systems, upgrade utilities, and water projects"
- Tidbits
- Abortion: Campaign site lists among her accomplishments "banning taxpayer-funded abortion, cracking down on abortion pill traffickers"
- Border and immigration: Campaign site: "Reduce crime, invest in border security, support our local law enforcement and boost their pay"
- Guns: No public statement found
- Public schools and vouchers: Campaign site: "Increase funding, support pay raises for educators, improve classroom materials, and ensure access to higher education and trade schools for all students."
- Property taxes: Campaign site: "lower property taxes to provide much needed tax relief for our families and small businesses"
- Endorsements
- Texas Right to Life PAC
- Texas Home School Coalition
- Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT) PAC
- Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC
- President Donald Trump (primary)
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- Gov. Greg Abbott (primary)
- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (primary)
- Texas Alliance for Life (primary)
- NFIB Texas PAC (primary)
- TruckPAC (Texas Trucking Association) (primary)
- Texas Municipal Police Association (listed by campaign)
- Texas Oil & Gas Association Good Government Committee (listed by campaign)
- Texans for Responsible Government (listed by campaign)
- Texas Association of Business (listed by campaign)
- Texas Real Estate Political Action Committee (TREPAC) (listed by campaign)
- Adolfo Torriz, San Benito Wings (listed by campaign)
- Antonio Renteria, Small Business Owner, Poder Latino (listed by campaign)
- Jesus Aguilera, Small Business Owner, Fmr. San Benito Housing Authority Board, Veteran (listed by campaign)
- The Two Blind Mice Show & Rio Grande Valley Coalition of the Blind (listed by campaign)
- Ernest Garcia and Elizabeth Garcia, Pastor at Livingstone Church (listed by campaign)
- Luis M. Flores and Tamara Trevino, Pastor at Livingstone Church (listed by campaign)
- Ramon Garcia and Yvette Garcia, Pastor at Livingstone Church (listed by campaign)
- Frank Garza, Pastor at Borderland Church (listed by campaign)
- Annielou Garcia & Manny Garcia, Christians for Family Values, Community Advocates (listed by campaign)
- Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham (listed by campaign)
- State Senator Pete Flores, Senate District 24 (listed by campaign)
- State Representative Ryan Guillen, House District 31 (listed by campaign)
- State Representative J.M. Lozano, House District 43 (listed by campaign)
- State Representative John Lujan, House District 118 (listed by campaign)
- State Representative Mano De Ayala, House District 133 (listed by campaign)
- Campaign website
- janielopez.com
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