MANO DEAYALA

Republican Incumbent

On ballot as: MANO DEAYALA
Current role: State Representative, Texas House District 133 (since January 10, 2023; second term)
Background: BBA in finance, University of Texas (1988)
Law degree, Southern Methodist University (1992)
Attorney; senior partner, Buck Keenan LLP
Former youth football coach
Spring Branch-Memorial Sports Association board member (2012–2022)
Experience: Member, House Appropriations Committee
Vice Chair, Appropriations Subcommittee on Articles I, IV & V
Appointed July 2020 by the U.S. Trade Representative as an arbitrator for trade disputes under the USMCA
Appointed April 2017 by Gov. Greg Abbott to a six-year term on the Texas Board of Criminal Justice
Served on Spring Branch ISD's Finance and Long-Range Planning committees
Top priorities: His campaign site says he is "fighting to keep our neighborhoods safe, expand educational opportunity, and provide meaningful property tax relief for Texas families"
Property taxes: his campaign says "more must be done to significantly reduce the property tax burden on Texas families"
Tidbits: Abortion: No public statement found
Border and immigration: No public statement found
Guns: No public statement found
Public schools and vouchers: Campaign site: says he "voted to pass the largest investment increase in public education in Texas history" and that the Legislature "Invested $1 billion in Education Savings Accounts to expand parental choice"
Property taxes: Campaign site: "Mano knows more must be done to significantly reduce the property tax burden on Texas families and ensure homeowners can keep more of their hard-earned money."
Claims and the record
Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
Endorsements: Texas Right to Life PAC
Texas Home School Coalition
Houston Police Officers' Union
Houston Region Business Coalition
Campaign website: manoforstaterep.com

MANO DEAYALA

State Representative, District 133

Mano Deayala