Starr County
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Joel VillarrealRepublican
Rose BenavidezDemocraticOn ballot as
JOEL VILLARREAL
ROSE BENAVIDEZ
Current role
Mental health clinician (per Secretary of State filing)
President, Starr County Industrial Foundation; South Texas College trustee, District 1 (Starr County) (since November 2009; current term through May 2030)
Background
Not found
- Starr County native (per a 2023 Texas House resolution honoring her)
- Daughter of the late Manuel Benavidez, a South Texas College trustee
- Selected to continue in his board seat after his death in March 2009
- Starr County Industrial Foundation: nonprofit founded and supported by local government and business leaders to develop the local economy
Experience
Not found
- Former chair and vice chair, South Texas College board
- Association of Community College Trustees board (elected 2017); later its chair (per a 2023 Texas House resolution)
Top priorities
Not found
- "what we are doing now is finding the kind of industry that creates jobs with meaningful wages" (KRGV, Feb. 25, 2026)
- "I want to see every family taken care of and that they are raised out of poverty, and to continue to have job opportunities and educational opportunities" (KRGV, Feb. 25, 2026)
Tidbits
- Property taxes and budget: No public statement found
- Growth and infrastructure: No public statement found
- Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
- Public safety: No public statement found
- Property taxes and budget: No public statement found
- Growth and infrastructure: Told KRGV before the March 2026 primary: "I spent all of my career attracting new businesses, and what we are doing now is finding the kind of industry that creates jobs with meaningful wages"
- Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
- Public safety: No public statement found
Endorsements
None found in our research
None found in our research
Joel Villarreal
Republican- On ballot as
- JOEL VILLARREAL
- Current role
- Mental health clinician (per Secretary of State filing)
- Background
- Not found
- Experience
- Not found
- Top priorities
- Not found
- Tidbits
- Property taxes and budget: No public statement found
- 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
Rose Benavidez
Democratic- On ballot as
- ROSE BENAVIDEZ
- Current role
- President, Starr County Industrial Foundation; South Texas College trustee, District 1 (Starr County) (since November 2009; current term through May 2030)
- Background
- Starr County native (per a 2023 Texas House resolution honoring her)
- Daughter of the late Manuel Benavidez, a South Texas College trustee
- Selected to continue in his board seat after his death in March 2009
- Starr County Industrial Foundation: nonprofit founded and supported by local government and business leaders to develop the local economy
- Experience
- Former chair and vice chair, South Texas College board
- Association of Community College Trustees board (elected 2017); later its chair (per a 2023 Texas House resolution)
- Top priorities
- "what we are doing now is finding the kind of industry that creates jobs with meaningful wages" (KRGV, Feb. 25, 2026)
- "I want to see every family taken care of and that they are raised out of poverty, and to continue to have job opportunities and educational opportunities" (KRGV, Feb. 25, 2026)
- Tidbits
- Property taxes and budget: No public statement found
- Growth and infrastructure: Told KRGV before the March 2026 primary: "I spent all of my career attracting new businesses, and what we are doing now is finding the kind of industry that creates jobs with meaningful wages"
- Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
- Public safety: No public statement found
- Endorsements
- None found in our research
- Campaign website
- rose.vote
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