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Dave BennettRepublican
Darlene BreauxDemocraticOn ballot as
DAVE BENNETT
DARLENE BREAUX
Current role
Small business owner and retired professional engineer (per campaign)
Alief ISD trustee, Position 4; board president
Background
- Electrical engineer with critical-infrastructure and cybersecurity experience (per campaign)
- His campaign calls him a "trusted community leader" in West Houston
- More than 25 years of experience as a teacher, mentor, school board president and policy leader
- Doctorate in organizational leadership (Abilene Christian),
- Master's in educational leadership (UH-Clear Lake),
- B.A. in psychology (Texas Southern),
- Director of the Texas Education Policy Institute and founder of Insight Ed. Consulting
Experience
- Republican primary (2026): unopposed
- Alief ISD board member since November 20, 2017
- Master Trustee, Texas Association of School Boards (per campaign)
- Democratic primary runoff (May 26, 2026): won, 60.7% to 39.3% over incumbent state Rep. Hubert Vo
Top priorities
- Public safety: "supports strong bail laws and tougher consequences to keep repeat violent offenders from cycling back into our neighborhoods"
- Grid: "supports stronger protection for the electric grid and the systems Texans depend on"
- Property taxes: "Texas families and businesses need lasting property-tax relief—not temporary fixes"
- Energy costs: supports policies that "strengthen grid reliability, expand dependable energy resources, and fairly allocate infrastructure costs"
- Schools: "supports properly funding public schools while demanding measurable improvements in student achievement"
- Schools: "Fully fund mandates issued by the state and shift from attendance-based to enrollment-based funding"
- "Against the voucher bill, which funds families already in private school and puts no accountability rules on those schools"
- Teachers: "Raise base salaries for teachers"
- Health care: "Push for Medicaid expansion and reforms"
- Housing and taxes: "Expand the homestead exemption for seniors, people with disabilities, and fixed-income households"
- Infrastructure: "Advocate for enforceable weatherization standards with the Public Utility Commission and Railroad Commission"
Tidbits
- Abortion: Pro Life
- Border and immigration: “Cities should enforce the law and cooperate with federal immigration authorities rather than provide sanctuary for those here illegally.” His campaign emphasizes public safety, law enforcement, and protecting Texas from foreign adversaries
- Guns: Pro Second Amendment
- Public schools and vouchers: "Dave supports properly funding public schools while demanding measurable improvements in student achievement"
- Property taxes: "Texas families and businesses need lasting property-tax relief" and supports "structural reforms that reduce the burden on homeowners and small businesses"
Claims and the record
- Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
- Abortion: Pro Abortion
- Border and immigration: "we support a comprehensive legal pathway to citizenship while protecting our communities through due process"
- Guns: "regulate straw firearms sales"
- Public schools and vouchers: "Against the voucher bill, which funds families already in private school and puts no accountability rules on those schools"
- Property taxes: "Advocate for a property tax circuit breaker targeting relief to households with high tax bills relative to income"
Claims and the record
- Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
Endorsements
- Texas Governor Greg Abbott (listed by campaign)
- Wayne Christian, Texas Railroad Commissioner (listed by campaign)
- Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale (listed by campaign)
- Terry Allbritton, Harris County Constable Precinct 5 (listed by campaign)
- South 7 Meetup Club (listed by campaign)
- Menudo Club of Texas (listed by campaign)
- Texas AFL-CIO
- Texas AFT
- Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation
- Houston LGBTQ+ Political Caucus
- Emgage Action
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- Houston Chronicle Editorial Board
- Tiffany D. Thomas, Houston City Council Member (District F) (listed by campaign)
- Ron Reynolds, Texas House of Representatives, District 27 (listed by campaign)
- Martha Castex Tatum, Houston's Mayor Pro Tem (listed by campaign)
- Christina Morales, Texas House of Representatives, District 145 (listed by campaign)
- Gene Wu, Texas House of Representatives District 137 (listed by campaign)
- Aicha Davis, Texas House of Representatives, District 109 (listed by campaign)
- Lesley Briones, Commissioner of Harris County Precinct 4 (listed by campaign)
Dave Bennett
Republican- On ballot as
- DAVE BENNETT
- Current role
- Small business owner and retired professional engineer (per campaign)
- Background
- Electrical engineer with critical-infrastructure and cybersecurity experience (per campaign)
- His campaign calls him a "trusted community leader" in West Houston
- Experience
- Republican primary (2026): unopposed
- Top priorities
- Public safety: "supports strong bail laws and tougher consequences to keep repeat violent offenders from cycling back into our neighborhoods"
- Grid: "supports stronger protection for the electric grid and the systems Texans depend on"
- Property taxes: "Texas families and businesses need lasting property-tax relief—not temporary fixes"
- Energy costs: supports policies that "strengthen grid reliability, expand dependable energy resources, and fairly allocate infrastructure costs"
- Schools: "supports properly funding public schools while demanding measurable improvements in student achievement"
- Tidbits
- Abortion: Pro Life
- Border and immigration: “Cities should enforce the law and cooperate with federal immigration authorities rather than provide sanctuary for those here illegally.” His campaign emphasizes public safety, law enforcement, and protecting Texas from foreign adversaries
- Guns: Pro Second Amendment
- Public schools and vouchers: "Dave supports properly funding public schools while demanding measurable improvements in student achievement"
- Property taxes: "Texas families and businesses need lasting property-tax relief" and supports "structural reforms that reduce the burden on homeowners and small businesses"
Claims and the record- Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
- Endorsements
- Texas Governor Greg Abbott (listed by campaign)
- Wayne Christian, Texas Railroad Commissioner (listed by campaign)
- Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale (listed by campaign)
- Terry Allbritton, Harris County Constable Precinct 5 (listed by campaign)
- South 7 Meetup Club (listed by campaign)
- Menudo Club of Texas (listed by campaign)
- Campaign website
- bennettforstaterep.com
Darlene Breaux
Democratic- On ballot as
- DARLENE BREAUX
- Current role
- Alief ISD trustee, Position 4; board president
- Background
- More than 25 years of experience as a teacher, mentor, school board president and policy leader
- Doctorate in organizational leadership (Abilene Christian),
- Master's in educational leadership (UH-Clear Lake),
- B.A. in psychology (Texas Southern),
- Director of the Texas Education Policy Institute and founder of Insight Ed. Consulting
- Experience
- Alief ISD board member since November 20, 2017
- Master Trustee, Texas Association of School Boards (per campaign)
- Democratic primary runoff (May 26, 2026): won, 60.7% to 39.3% over incumbent state Rep. Hubert Vo
- Top priorities
- Schools: "Fully fund mandates issued by the state and shift from attendance-based to enrollment-based funding"
- "Against the voucher bill, which funds families already in private school and puts no accountability rules on those schools"
- Teachers: "Raise base salaries for teachers"
- Health care: "Push for Medicaid expansion and reforms"
- Housing and taxes: "Expand the homestead exemption for seniors, people with disabilities, and fixed-income households"
- Infrastructure: "Advocate for enforceable weatherization standards with the Public Utility Commission and Railroad Commission"
- Tidbits
- Abortion: Pro Abortion
- Border and immigration: "we support a comprehensive legal pathway to citizenship while protecting our communities through due process"
- Guns: "regulate straw firearms sales"
- Public schools and vouchers: "Against the voucher bill, which funds families already in private school and puts no accountability rules on those schools"
- Property taxes: "Advocate for a property tax circuit breaker targeting relief to households with high tax bills relative to income"
Claims and the record- Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
- Endorsements
- Texas AFL-CIO
- Texas AFT
- Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation
- Houston LGBTQ+ Political Caucus
- Emgage Action
Show all 13
- Houston Chronicle Editorial Board
- Tiffany D. Thomas, Houston City Council Member (District F) (listed by campaign)
- Ron Reynolds, Texas House of Representatives, District 27 (listed by campaign)
- Martha Castex Tatum, Houston's Mayor Pro Tem (listed by campaign)
- Christina Morales, Texas House of Representatives, District 145 (listed by campaign)
- Gene Wu, Texas House of Representatives District 137 (listed by campaign)
- Aicha Davis, Texas House of Representatives, District 109 (listed by campaign)
- Lesley Briones, Commissioner of Harris County Precinct 4 (listed by campaign)
- Campaign website
- darlenebreaux.com
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