State Representative, District 73 - Texas Ballot Compare

Carrie Isaac

Republican Incumbent

On ballot as: Carrie Isaac
Current role: State Representative, Texas House District 73 (since January 10, 2023; elected November 2022, re-elected November 2024)
Background: Bachelor's degree, Stephen F. Austin State University (1997) (per Ballotpedia)
Master's degree in health education (per campaign)
Executive director, Digital Education & Work Initiative of Texas (DEWIT), a nonprofit her campaign says assists veterans
Served on the board of the Helping Hands food pantry for over a decade (per campaign)
Lives in Hays County
Fourth-generation Texan (per campaign)
Experience: Republican nominee, House District 45 (2020); lost the November 2020 general election to Erin Zwiener
Author, HB 5325, on proof of groundwater supply for new plats; did not pass (as she told Community Impact)
Top priorities: Property taxes: "cap homestead appraisals at 3%, require a two-thirds voter vote on tax increases"
Water: says she will refile a bill "to require new plats that rely on groundwater to prove an adequate supply before approval"
Schools: "Funding should follow the student, reward results and support strong neighborhood schools and parental choice"
Data centers: "I do not believe the Hill Country is the place for data centers"
Campaign site: "Secure the border and keep communities safe"
Tidbits: Abortion: Campaign site, under "Protect unborn life": "100% pro-life"
Border and immigration: Campaign site: "Increase funding for border security" and "Stop the magnets that encourage illegal immigration"
Guns: Campaign site: "Preserve the Second Amendment"
Public schools and vouchers: In a Community Impact Q&A: "Funding should follow the student, reward results and support strong neighborhood schools and parental choice."
Property taxes: In a Community Impact Q&A: "I will fight to cap homestead appraisals at 3%, require a two-thirds voter vote on tax increases"
Endorsements: Texas Right to Life PAC
Texas Values Action
Texas Home School Coalition
Young Conservatives of Texas (primary)
Campaign website: isaacfortexas.com

Merrie Fox

Democratic

On ballot as: Merrie Fox
Current role: Executive Director, Circle Arts Theatre, New Braunfels
Background: Bachelor's degree, Southwest Texas State University (1992)
Master's in education administration, Texas State
Ph.D. in educational leadership, Northcentral University
Former teacher, coach, assistant principal and principal; 31 years in Comal, New Braunfels and Randolph Field ISDs (per campaign)
Retired from public education in 2023
Lives in New Braunfels; born and raised in Texas
Experience: Was a Raise Your Hand Texas Principal Advocacy Fellow during the 86th legislative session (per campaign)
Democratic nominee, Texas Senate District 25 (2024); lost the general election to Donna Campbell
Top priorities: Water: "improve wastewater treatment standards, provide authority to county officials to manage reasonable growth"
Schools: "increase the Basic Allotment and index it to inflation"
"I will also oppose legislation that uses taxpayer money for private school vouchers"
"I am committed to providing real tax and rental relief for individuals and families struggling to make ends meet"
Growth: "promote legislation that enables local elected officials to manage growth"
Tidbits: Abortion: No public statement found
Border and immigration: No public statement found
Guns: No public statement found
Public schools and vouchers: In a Community Impact Q&A: "I will also oppose legislation that uses taxpayer money for private school vouchers."
Property taxes: In a Community Impact Q&A: "I am committed to providing real tax and rental relief for individuals and families struggling to make ends meet."
Endorsements: Texas AFL-CIO
Texas Progressive Caucus (listed by campaign)
NPE Action (listed by campaign)
Blue Horizon Alliance (listed by campaign)
Mothers Against Greg Abbott (listed by campaign)
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Annie's List (listed by campaign)
NASW Texas PACE (listed by campaign)
Campaign website: foxfortexas.com