State of Texas
State Representative, District 67
Jordan Wheatley
Democratic- On ballot as
- Jordan Wheatley
- Current role
- Fourth-grade public school teacher (per campaign)
- Background
- Bachelor of Science in exercise physiology, West Virginia University (per Dallas Morning News questionnaire)
- Master's in applied cognition and neuroscience, University of Texas at Dallas (per same questionnaire)
- Former therapist with children with autism (per campaign)
- Son of a coal miner and a school bus driver (per campaign)
- Experience
- Filed for U.S. House District 3 (2026 cycle); withdrew before the primary (per Ballotpedia)
- Democratic primary (March 3, 2026): won over Emeka Eluka
- Top priorities
- Schools: "We need to invest in our classrooms, our teachers, and our retirees, not in corporate profits"
- Costs: "stop giving billion-dollar handouts to corporate giants and start investing in our own neighborhood small businesses and families"
- Says he will work on "lowering utility bills or stopping private equity from hiking the cost of healthcare"
- Tidbits
- Abortion: No public statement found
- Border and immigration: No public statement found
- Guns: No public statement found
- Public schools and vouchers: Campaign site: calls the state program "a voucher scam designed to suck the money out of our neighborhood public schools to fund private education for the wealthy few"
- Property taxes: In a Dallas Morning News questionnaire: "We can deliver targeted relief to homeowners by increasing the homestead exemption and capping aggressive appraisal spikes without destroying local school budgets."
Claims and the record- Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
- Endorsements
- Victory Fund (listed by campaign)
- State Representative Gene Wu (listed by campaign)
- Women Inspiring Leadership and Democracy (listed by campaign)
- Avow Texas (listed by campaign)
- Planned Parenthood Texas Votes (listed by campaign)
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- State Representative Christina Morales (listed by campaign)
- Run for Something (listed by campaign)
- Campaign website
- jordan4texas.com
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