State of Texas
State Representative, District 31
Ryan Guillen
Republican Incumbent- On ballot as
- RYAN GUILLEN
- Current role
- State Representative, Texas House District 31 (since 2003)
- Background
- B.S., Texas A&M University, College Station (per Ballotpedia)
- Degree in agriculture (per official biography)
- Businessman, investor and rancher (per Ballotpedia)
- Investor/rancher (per Secretary of State filing)
- Sixth-generation South Texas rancher (per campaign)
- Hometown: Rio Grande City (per The Texas Tribune's directory)
- Experience
- Chair, House Agriculture & Livestock Committee
- Member, State Affairs, Redistricting and Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting
- District: Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Karnes, Kenedy, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, Starr, Wilson and Zapata counties
- Party change: Democratic Party to Republican (announced November 15, 2021)
- Elected at age 24 (per official biography)
- Republican primary (March 3, 2026): unopposed
- Top priorities
- "Putting Texans First"
- "Cutting Taxes"
- "Creating Jobs"
- "Strengthening Our Schools"
- "Securing the Border"
- 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 is working on "strengthening our schools, expanding trade school and ensuring our kids can go to college"
- Property taxes: No public statement found
- Endorsements
- Texas Home School Coalition
- Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC
- Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT) PAC
- TEXPAC (Texas Medical Association Political Action Committee)
- Texas Alliance for Life
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- NFIB Texas PAC (primary)
- TruckPAC (Texas Trucking Association) (primary)
- Campaign website
- ryanguillen.com
Open in the full comparison: Brooks County, Duval County, Jim Hogg County, Kenedy County, Karnes County, La Salle County, Live Oak County, McMullen County, Starr County, Wilson County, Zapata County