State of Texas
State Senator, District 24
Pete Flores
Republican Incumbent- On ballot as
- Pete Flores
- Current role
- State Senator, Texas Senate District 24 (since January 2023)
- Background
- B.S. in recreation and parks administration, Texas A&M University (1983)
- Retired Texas game warden (retired from state service 2012)
- Born in Minot, North Dakota
- Lives in Pleasanton
- Experience
- Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice (2025 regular session)
- State Senator, District 19 (2018–2021); first elected in a 2018 special election
- Former Colonel Game Warden, head of law enforcement, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
- Top priorities
- Campaign site (not updated since 2022): he "will oppose any legislation that infringes upon one’s Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms"
- Campaign site (not updated since 2022): "I will fight to freeze all property taxes for people 65 years of age or older."
- Campaign site (not updated since 2022): "believes parents have the right to know what goes on in public school classrooms"
- Campaign site (not updated since 2022), on the budget: "preserve a balanced budget, spend conservatively and maintain a rainy day fund"
- Tidbits
- Abortion: Campaign site (not updated since 2022): he "believes that life begins at conception"
- Border and immigration: Campaign site (not updated since 2022): "Flores has shown his dedication to securing our border by voting for $1 billion for manpower and needed equipment."
- Guns: Campaign site (not updated since 2022): he "will support measures to further guarantee the right to defend yourself, your family and your property"
- Public schools and vouchers: Campaign site (not updated since 2022): he "believes parents have the right to know what goes on in public school classrooms and to determine what their children are taught"
- Property taxes: Campaign site (not updated since 2022): "I will fight to freeze all property taxes for people 65 years of age or older."
- Endorsements
- Texas Home School Coalition
- Texas Values Action
- Texas Right to Life PAC
- Texas Alliance for Life (primary)
- Campaign website
- floresfortexas.com
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