State of Texas
State Representative, District 51
Maria Luisa “Lulu” Flores
Democratic Incumbent- On ballot as
- Maria Luisa “Lulu” Flores
- Current role
- State Representative, Texas House District 51 (since January 10, 2023)
- Background
- Bachelor's degree in government, University of Texas at Austin (1977)
- J.D., University of Texas at Austin (1980)
- Attorney; partner, Hendler Flores Law, PLLC
- Grew up along the border; youngest of nine children (per campaign)
- Experience
- Vice chair, House Committee on Culture, Recreation & Tourism (per campaign)
- Member, Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence (per campaign)
- Former president and CEO, National Women’s Political Caucus (per campaign)
- Former chair, Austin Arts Commission (per campaign)
- Former director of legislative programs, State Bar of Texas (per campaign)
- Top priorities
- Schools: "Increase state funding for public schools to reduce recapture, lower property taxes"
- Health care: "Expand Medicaid to provide 1.5 million Texans access to care"
- "Reverse medically unnecessary bans and TRAP laws to make abortion safe, legal, and accessible"
- Workers: "Protect the right to organize, stop attacks on unions, and keep automatic payroll deductions"
- Taxes: "Close corporate tax loopholes and franchise tax exemptions and raise the margins tax"
- Tidbits
- Abortion: Campaign site: "Reverse medically unnecessary bans and TRAP laws to make abortion safe, legal, and accessible"
- Border and immigration: Campaign site: "End spending on wasteful partisan priorities such as fake clinics and border walls"
- Guns: No public statement found
- Public schools and vouchers: In a 2026 ATPE candidate survey: "I am opposed to the voucher scam. I would like to see the program reversed and defunded"
- Property taxes: Campaign site: "Move away from an unfair system based on property taxes and consumption taxes toward a more equitable system"
Claims and the record- 2025 quorum-break fine: Fined $8,354.25 by the House Administration Committee (April 2026) for the August 2025 quorum break. The Texas Supreme Court denied the attorney general's petition to remove her (May 2026). No response found.
- Endorsements
- Texas AFL-CIO
- Texas AFT
- Texas Medical Association PAC (TEXPAC)
- Austin Central Labor Council
- Campaign website
- voteluluflores.com
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