Potter County
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Jose PerezRepublican
Timothy W GassawayDemocratic
On ballot as
JOSE PEREZ
TIMOTHY W GASSAWAY
Current role
Case management for Pantex and other nuclear facilities (per candidate questionnaire)
Real estate professional (per Secretary of State filing)
Background
- Has worked with both the Randall County and Potter County sheriff's offices (per January 2026 candidate questionnaire)
- Amarillo native whose career took him to Dallas for 32 years (per Amarillo Tribune candidate profile)
- Founder, Amarillo Area Black Chamber of Commerce (per same profile)
- A founder and interim president, The Greater North Heights Neighborhood Association (per same profile)
Experience
- Has not held elected office (per January 2026 candidate questionnaire)
- Filed for Texas House District 87 as a Democrat (December 2023) (per Amarillo Pioneer)
- Sought Democratic nominations for this seat (2022) and U.S. House (2020) (per Amarillo Pioneer)
Top priorities
- "Our neighborhoods deserve better infrastructure and care, employees should be paid fairly for their work, and every community member has a right to feel safe where they live."
Not found
Tidbits
- Property taxes and budget: No public statement found
- Growth and infrastructure: In a January 2026 candidate questionnaire: "Our neighborhoods deserve better infrastructure and care"
- Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
- Public safety: In a January 2026 candidate questionnaire: "every community member has a right to feel safe where they live"
- Property taxes and budget: Announcing his 2022 run for this seat (KVII, December 2021): "you have to have leaders willing to do the work to find solutions that are fiscally sound for taxpayers"
- Growth and infrastructure: No public statement found
- Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
- Public safety: No public statement found
Endorsements
None found in our research
None found in our research
Campaign website
Not found
Not found
Jose Perez
Republican- On ballot as
- JOSE PEREZ
- Current role
- Case management for Pantex and other nuclear facilities (per candidate questionnaire)
- Background
- Has worked with both the Randall County and Potter County sheriff's offices (per January 2026 candidate questionnaire)
- Experience
- Has not held elected office (per January 2026 candidate questionnaire)
- Top priorities
- "Our neighborhoods deserve better infrastructure and care, employees should be paid fairly for their work, and every community member has a right to feel safe where they live."
- Tidbits
- Property taxes and budget: No public statement found
- Growth and infrastructure: In a January 2026 candidate questionnaire: "Our neighborhoods deserve better infrastructure and care"
- Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
- Public safety: In a January 2026 candidate questionnaire: "every community member has a right to feel safe where they live"
- Endorsements
- None found in our research
- Campaign website
- Not found
Timothy W Gassaway
Democratic- On ballot as
- TIMOTHY W GASSAWAY
- Current role
- Real estate professional (per Secretary of State filing)
- Background
- Amarillo native whose career took him to Dallas for 32 years (per Amarillo Tribune candidate profile)
- Founder, Amarillo Area Black Chamber of Commerce (per same profile)
- A founder and interim president, The Greater North Heights Neighborhood Association (per same profile)
- Experience
- Filed for Texas House District 87 as a Democrat (December 2023) (per Amarillo Pioneer)
- Sought Democratic nominations for this seat (2022) and U.S. House (2020) (per Amarillo Pioneer)
- Top priorities
- Not found
- Tidbits
- Property taxes and budget: Announcing his 2022 run for this seat (KVII, December 2021): "you have to have leaders willing to do the work to find solutions that are fiscally sound for taxpayers"
- Growth and infrastructure: No public statement found
- Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
- Public safety: No public statement found
- Endorsements
- None found in our research
- Campaign website
- Not found
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