State of Texas
State Representative, District 135
Odus E. Evbagharu
Democratic- On ballot as
- ODUS E. EVBAGHARU
- Current role
- Small business owner; founder of Onward Strategy Group (per his Ballotpedia candidate survey)
- Background
- Bachelor's degree, University of Houston
- Attended Cy-Fair ISD schools; Langham Creek High School graduate
- Son of immigrants (per campaign)
- Experience
- Former chair, Harris County Democratic Party (elected 2021, per campaign)
- Former chief of staff to state Rep. Jon Rosenthal, House District 135
- Democratic primary (March 3, 2026): unopposed
- Top priorities
- "fully funding Cy-Fair and Katy public schools, lowering everyday costs and property taxes, improving flood control and transportation infrastructure"
- Health care: "I’ll fight to expand Medicaid"
- "I will fight to restore and protect abortion"
- Schools: "raising teacher and staff pay, strengthening special education, protecting taxpayer dollars from vouchers"
- Wages: "I’ll fight to raise wages to a livable one, protect the rights of workers to organize"
- Tidbits
- Abortion: Campaign site: "I will fight to restore and protect abortion ensuring women have full autonomy over their bodies"
- Border and immigration: No public statement found
- Guns: No public statement found
- Public schools and vouchers: In an ATPE candidate survey: "I oppose expanding ESA vouchers and will fight to keep public funds invested in public education"
- Property taxes: In a Community Impact Q&A: "I’ll work to lower property taxes without shortchanging public schools"
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
- Texas State Teachers Association
- Houston Chronicle
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- State Rep. Jon Rosenthal (listed by campaign)
- Lizzie Fletcher, United States Congresswoman, TX-7 (listed by campaign)
- Greg Casar, United States Congressman, TX-35 (listed by campaign)
- Julie Johnson, United States Congresswoman, TX-32 (listed by campaign)
- Christian Menefee, United States Congressman, TX-18 (listed by campaign)
- Borris Miles, Texas State Senator (listed by campaign)
- Carol Alvarado, Texas State Senator (listed by campaign)
- Sarah Eckhardt, Texas State Senator (listed by campaign)
- Senfronia Thompson, Texas State Representative, Dean of the House (listed by campaign)
- Harold Dutton, Texas State Representative (listed by campaign)
- Alma Allen, Texas State Representative (listed by campaign)
- Hubert Vo, Texas State Representative (listed by campaign)
- Ana Hernandez, Texas State Representative (listed by campaign)
- Donna Howard, Texas State Representative, Texas Women’s Health Caucus, Chair (listed by campaign)
- Armando Walle, Texas State Representative, Legislative Study Group (LSG), Chair (listed by campaign)
- Ron Reynolds, Texas State Representative (listed by campaign)
- Joe Moody, Texas State Representative, Speaker Pro Tem (listed by campaign)
- Chris Turner, Texas State Representative (listed by campaign)
- Nicole Collier, Texas State Representative (listed by campaign)
- Toni Rose, Texas State Representative (listed by campaign)
- Ramon Romero, Jr., Texas State Representative, Mexican American Legislative Caucus (MALC), Chair (listed by campaign)
- Barbara Gervin-Hawkins, Texas State Representative, Texas Legislative Black Caucus (TLBC), Chair (listed by campaign)
- Gina Hinojosa, Texas State Representative (listed by campaign)
- James Talarico, Texas State Representative (listed by campaign)
- John Bucy, Texas State Representative (listed by campaign)
- Rhetta Bowers, Texas State Representative (listed by campaign)
- Jessica Gonzalez, Texas State Representative, LGBTQ Caucus, Chair (listed by campaign)
- Sheryl Cole, Texas State Representative (listed by campaign)
- Terry Meza, Texas State Representative (listed by campaign)
- Erin Zwiener, Texas State Representative (listed by campaign)
- Vikki Goodwin, Texas State Representative (listed by campaign)
- Ann Johnson, Texas State Representative (listed by campaign)
- Josey Garcia, Texas State Representative (listed by campaign)
- Venton Jones, Texas State Representative (listed by campaign)
- Christian Manuel, Texas State Representative (listed by campaign)
- Mihaela Plesa, Texas State Representative (listed by campaign)
- Cassandra Garcia Hernandez, Texas State Representative (listed by campaign)
- Linda Garcia, Texas State Representative (listed by campaign)
- Lauren Ashley Simmons, Texas State Representative, Labor and Workforce Caucus, Chair (listed by campaign)
- Vince Perez, Texas State Representative (listed by campaign)
- Charlene Ward Johnson, Texas State Representative (listed by campaign)
- Aicha Davis, Texas State Representative (listed by campaign)
- Lina Hidalgo, County Judge (listed by campaign)
- Sean Teare, Harris County District Attorney (listed by campaign)
- Jonathan Fombonne, Harris County Attorney (listed by campaign)
- Annette Ramirez, Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector & Voter Registrar (listed by campaign)
- Rodney Ellis, Harris County Commissioner (listed by campaign)
- Adrian Garcia, Harris County Commissioner (listed by campaign)
- Lesley Briones, Harris County Commissioner (listed by campaign)
- Dexter L. McCoy, Fort Bend County Commissioner (listed by campaign)
- Chris Hollins, Houston City Controller (listed by campaign)
- Martha Castex-Tatum, City of Houston Council Member, Mayor Pro Tem (listed by campaign)
- Tiffany D. Thomas, City of Houston Council Member (listed by campaign)
- Abbie Kamin, City of Houston Council Member (listed by campaign)
- Mario Castillo, City of Houston Council Member (listed by campaign)
- Ed Pollard, City of Houston Council Member (listed by campaign)
- Andrea Duhon, Harris County Dept. of Education Board Trustee, Campaign Chair (listed by campaign)
- Silky Joshi Malik, Harris County Dept. of Education Board Trustee (listed by campaign)
- Ieshia Wilson, Lone Star College Board Trustee (listed by campaign)
- Lesely Guilmart, CFISD Board Trustee (listed by campaign)
- Dr. Cleveland Lane Jr., CFISD Board Trustee (listed by campaign)
- Kendra Camarena, CFISD Board Trustee (listed by campaign)
- Mohammad Baqa, Precinct Chair, Precinct 1138 (listed by campaign)
- Amatullah Contractor, Precinct Chair, Precinct 1137 (listed by campaign)
- Warren Geary, Precinct Chair, Precinct 616 (listed by campaign)
- Babalola Goodrich, Precinct Chair, Precinct 598 (listed by campaign)
- Ronda Gray, Precinct Chair, Precinct 875 (listed by campaign)
- Trae Lewis, Precinct Chair, Precinct 882 (listed by campaign)
- Monica McCoy, Precinct Chair, Precinct 796 (listed by campaign)
- Amaury Mercado, Precinct Chair, Precinct 804 (listed by campaign)
- Asim Sultan, Precinct Chair, Precinct 521 (listed by campaign)
- Gustave Thomas, Precinct Chair, Precinct 553 (listed by campaign)
- Angela Williams, Precinct Chair, Precinct 881 (listed by campaign)
- Jeremy Eugene, Precinct Chair, Precinct 712 (listed by campaign)
- Genevieve Williams, Precinct Chair, Precinct 643 (listed by campaign)
- Dwight Ford, Congressional District Chair, District 8 (listed by campaign)
- Rod Jennings, Congressional District Chair, District 38 (listed by campaign)
- Angela Williams, SDEC Committeewoman, District 8 (listed by campaign)
- Chris Powell, SDEC Committeeman, District 8 (listed by campaign)
- Mohammad “Jazz” Aijaz, SDEC Committeeman, District 22 (listed by campaign)
- Glenn Etienne, SDEC Committeeman, District 38 (listed by campaign)
- Gina Dutton, Cy-Fair Area Democratic Club, President (listed by campaign)
- Jennifer Lorenz, Cypress-Tomball Democrats, President (listed by campaign)
- Nikki Cowart, Cy-Fair American Federation of Teachers (AFT), President (listed by campaign)
- Danielle Cockrelle, Cy-Fair American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Vice President (listed by campaign)
- Cy-Fair American Federation of Teachers (AFT) (listed by campaign)
- Run For Something (RFS) (listed by campaign)
- Plumbers Local 68 Union (listed by campaign)
- Pipefitters Local 211 Union (listed by campaign)
- Latino Labor Leadership Council (listed by campaign)
- Teamsters Local 988 Union (listed by campaign)
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 716 (IBEW) (listed by campaign)
- Transport Workers AFLCIO Local 260 Union (listed by campaign)
- Greater Houston Builders Association (listed by campaign)
- International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Lodge 811 (listed by campaign)
- LiUNA Local 350 (listed by campaign)
- Southwest Laborers District Council (listed by campaign)
- Communications Workers of America Local 6154 Union (CWA) (listed by campaign)
- Seafarers International Union (listed by campaign)
- Center for Freethought Equality PAC (listed by campaign)
- International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers Union (IAM Union) (listed by campaign)
- International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers Local 2340 Union (IAM) (listed by campaign)
- International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers Local 2916 Union (IAM) (listed by campaign)
- Houston Federation of Teachers (HFT) (listed by campaign)
- Houston Association of Realtors (listed by campaign)
- Unite Here! Local 23 Union (listed by campaign)
- Texas State Employees Union (TSEU), Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 6186 (listed by campaign)
- Texas Association of Builders (listed by campaign)
- Houston Black American Democrats (HBAD) (listed by campaign)
- Harris County Young Democrats (listed by campaign)
- Area 5 Democrats (listed by campaign)
- Secular Houston (listed by campaign)
- Texas Democratic Veterans Caucus (listed by campaign)
- Asian Texans for Justice (listed by campaign)
- Asian American Democrats of Texas (listed by campaign)
- Texas Medical Association Political Action Committee (TEXPAC) (listed by campaign)
- The Collective PAC (listed by campaign)
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) (listed by campaign)
- New Politics (listed by campaign)
- Harris County Deputies’ Organization, FOP Lodge 39 (listed by campaign)
- Planned Parenthood Texas Votes (listed by campaign)
- Campaign website
- odusfortexas.com
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