United States
U.S. Representative, District 38
Melissa McDonough
Democratic- On ballot as
- MELISSA MCDONOUGH
- Current role
- Realtor and real estate brokerage owner
- Background
- Has almost 30 years of experience as a Realtor and 20 years as a brokerage owner and manager
- Women's Council of Realtors Houston chapter president (2003) and PTO president
- Experience
- Democratic nominee for U.S. House District 38 in 2024; lost the general election to Rep. Wesley Hunt
- Served as a Harris County election presiding judge and on the Early Voting Ballot Board
- More than 20 years of experience on Capitol Hill as a volunteer lobbyist
- Served on the Tomball ISD School Bond Committee
- Top priorities
- "We must restore the constitutional checks and balances between the three branches of government"
- "Affordability is a growing crisis in TX-CD 38"
- Wants to "reinstate and strengthen agencies including the EPA, NOAA, USDA" and fully enforce "the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts"
- "We should expand Medicaid and make Texas a state where getting sick won't ruin your life"
- Guns: Anti Second Amendment
- Tidbits
- Abortion: Pro abortion
- Immigration: "Instead of wasting taxpayer money on ineffective barriers, we should be streamlining the immigration process."
- Guns: "Banning guns is not a practical solution, but neither is doing nothing."
- Health care: "We should expand Medicaid and make Texas a state where getting sick won't ruin your life."
Claims and the record- Controversies:
- None found in the news coverage we reviewed
- Endorsements
- Texas AFL-CIO
- Texas AFT
- Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
- Run Sister Run PAC
- Secular Houston
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- Texas Stonewall Democrats
- Progressive Voters Network
- Harris County Tejano Democrats
- HBAD – Houston Black American Democrats
- Asian American Democratic Club
- Griffin Housing Alliance
- Campaign website
- melissaforcongress.com
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