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Texas Senate, District 28

4-year termGeneral-election roster cross-checked against Branch and The Ballot Brief (both cite the Secretary of State certified list); the Secretary of State candidate search site could not be loaded during research. Candidate positions summarize Branch Politics profiles (which summarize candidate websites, checked July-September 2026) unless a campaign site is cited directly. Incumbent records cite the 2025 SB 2 (education savings accounts) journal votes; other 89th Legislature votes were not yet researched.Partially researched. Last researched Oct 19, 2026Report a correction
RepublicanIncumbent
Democratic
Property Taxes
What is the candidate's position on property tax levels and relief?
Authored legislation to phase out the business franchise tax and cap government spending. 
Supports ending tax subsidies and abatements for large corporations and homeowner insurance premium relief. 
Education and School Choice
What is the candidate's position on public school funding, education savings accounts, and curriculum?
Supported HB 2, an $8.5 billion public school funding bill, and authored a career and dual-credit bill. 
Voting record
Voted yes on the Senate motion to concur in House amendments to SB 2, which created the education savings account program (often called school vouchers); adopted 19-12 (Senate Journal, April 24, 2025). 
Opposes public funding for private schools. 
Border Security
What role should the state play in border security and immigration enforcement?
No public position found.
Searched Oct 19, 2026.
Supports barring local police from enforcing federal immigration law. 
Power Grid and Energy
What is the candidate's position on the ERCOT grid, reliability, and energy production?
Authored a proposal for $1 billion a year in dedicated water supply funding. 
Supports ending data centers' energy sales-tax exemption and a moratorium on data-center development. 
Abortion
What is the candidate's position on Texas abortion law?
No public position found.
Searched Oct 19, 2026.
No public position found.
Searched Oct 19, 2026.
Firearms
What is the candidate's position on Texas firearms laws?
No public position found.
Searched Oct 19, 2026.
No public position found.
Searched Oct 19, 2026.
Public Safety and Bail
What is the candidate's position on bail, policing, and criminal justice?
Authored camp flood-safety legislation and a bill to prohibit what he calls sanctuary cities. 
No public position found.
Searched Oct 19, 2026.
Health Care
What is the candidate's position on Medicaid, insurance coverage, and health costs in Texas?
Sponsored legislation banning retail sale of intoxicating hemp-derived cannabinoids while keeping the Compassionate Use Program. 
Proposes subsidies and tax credits to support rural hospitals and clinicians. 
Elections and Voting
What is the candidate's position on election administration, voting rules, and redistricting?
Co-authored the state's voter ID law as a House member. 
No public position found.
Searched Oct 19, 2026.
District Priorities
What does the candidate say are the top issues for this district?
No public position found.
Searched Oct 19, 2026.
No public position found.
Searched Oct 19, 2026.
Transgender Policy
What is the candidate's position on Texas laws related to transgender people, including medical treatment for minors, school sports, facilities, and legal definitions of sex?
Not yet researched.
Not yet researched.
Religion and Public Schools
What is the candidate's position on religion in public schools, such as displaying the Ten Commandments, school prayer, and chaplains?
Not yet researched.
Not yet researched.
Religious Liberty and Faith Communities
What has the candidate said or done regarding religious freedom and specific faith communities in Texas, such as Christians, Jews, and Muslims?
Not yet researched.
Not yet researched.
Home Insurance and Housing Costs
What is the candidate's approach to home insurance rates and housing costs in Texas?
Not yet researched.
Not yet researched.
Issue 1 of 14

Property Taxes

What is the candidate's position on property tax levels and relief?
RepublicanIncumbent
Authored legislation to phase out the business franchise tax and cap government spending. 
Democratic
Supports ending tax subsidies and abatements for large corporations and homeowner insurance premium relief. 
Sources for this contest (5)
  1. 2026 general election ballot guide, The Ballot Brief. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026.
  2. 2026 general election ballot guide, The Ballot Brief. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026.
  3. 2026 general election ballot guide, The Ballot Brief. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026.
  4. Texas State Senate elections, 2026, Ballotpedia. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026.
  5. 2026 Texas Senate election, Wikipedia. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026.