State of Texas
State Representative, District 141
Senfronia Thompson
Democratic Incumbent- On ballot as
- SENFRONIA THOMPSON
- Current role
- State Representative, Texas House District 141 (since 1983; in the Texas House since 1973); Dean of the Texas House
- Background
- Bachelor's in biology, Texas Southern University (per official biography)
- Master's in education, Prairie View A&M (per official biography)
- Law degree, Thurgood Marshall School of Law (per official biography)
- Master of laws, University of Houston (per official biography)
- Houston attorney
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- Former public school teacher (per campaign)
- Born in Booth, Texas; raised in Houston
- Experience
- Texas House, District 89 (1973–1983)
- Longest-serving woman and African-American legislator in Texas history (per official biography)
- Vice-chair, Committee on Licensing & Administrative Procedures, 89th Legislature
- Member, State Affairs Committee, 89th Legislature
- Author, James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Act (per official biography)
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- Author, the state's current minimum wage law (per official biography)
- Author, Texas' alimony law (per official biography)
- Texas Women's Hall of Fame inductee (May 6, 2014)
- Top priorities
- In an April 2025 interview: "What keeps me up is the erosion of rights, the inability to properly fund public education"
- Tidbits
- Abortion: No public statement found
- Border and immigration: No public statement found
- Guns: No public statement found
- Public schools and vouchers: On the 2025 school voucher bill, which she opposed: "If we are serious about education, the ethnicity and location of a child should not be important" (Houston Defender)
- Property taxes: No public statement found
Claims and the record- 2025 quorum-break fine: Fined $6,961.88 by the House Administration Committee (April 2026) for the August 2025 quorum break; 2 of her 12 days were marked excused, which reduced the fine from $8,354.25. No response found.
- Endorsements
- Texas AFL-CIO
- Texas AFT
- Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
- Texas State Teachers Association
- Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT) PAC
- Campaign website
- senfroniathompson.com
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