State of Texas
State Representative, District 118
Kristian Carranza
Democratic- On ballot as
- Kristian Carranza
- Current role
- Political strategist and community organizer
- Background
- Attended McCollum High School
- Completing her bachelor's degree through a program for returning students (per her San Antonio Report questionnaire)
- Career in community organizing, begun almost 15 years ago (per candidate)
- Former health care navigator (per candidate)
- Native of San Antonio's Southside
- Experience
- Former regional director, Democratic National Committee (per San Antonio Report)
- Democratic nominee, Texas House District 118 (2024)
- Democratic primary (March 3, 2026): advanced
- Top priorities
- "protecting healthcare, making housing affordable for working families, lowering the cost of childcare, more support for public schools and teachers, and job training"
- Campaign site: "make corporations pay their fair share to lower our property taxes"
- "Kristian will say “NO” to tax breaks for AI Data Centers and any other form of corporate welfare"
- "I support expanding mental health and suicide prevention programs" for veterans
- "Kristian Carranza doesn't accept any money from corporate PACs."
- Tidbits
- Abortion: Campaign site: "We need to get politics out of our bedrooms and respect the right of every woman to make their own medical decisions, in consultation with their doctors."
- Border and immigration: Campaign site: "we need to speak up against an out-of-control ICE when it tramples on constitutional rights, separates families, and targets innocent people"
- Guns: No public statement found
- Public schools and vouchers: In a San Antonio Report questionnaire: "As a proud product of Southside San Antonio public schools, my position is firm: our tax dollars belong in neighborhood schools."
- Property taxes: In a San Antonio Report questionnaire: "The best way to balance the needs of our growing state is for the State of Texas to finally pick up its fair share of the tab when it comes to public education."
Claims and the record- Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
- Endorsements
- Texas AFL-CIO
- Texas AFT
- Planned Parenthood Texas Votes
- Campaign website
- kristianfortexas.com
Open in the full comparison: Bexar County