Aggies Seek Public Office in 2022
Miranda Henderson '09 December 20, 2021 10:28 AM updated: February 28, 2022 1:42 PM
Filing for the 2022 Texas Democratic and Republican primary elections closed Dec. 13, 2021. The Texas A&M Advocacy Network has compiled a list of statewide and legislative elections in Texas where at least one former student of Texas A&M University is known to be vying for the position.
For informational purposes, the full list of Democrat and Republican filed candidates are also provided for these races. The candidates listed are those whose applications have been accepted by the Texas Secretary of State and is complete as of Dec. 17. It is subject to change if candidates are later found ineligible. The candidates are listed in alphabetical order, by last name, within their categories.
If you are aware of any candidates who should be added to this list, please contact TAMUAdvocacy@AggieNetwork.com.
The Texas A&M Advocacy Network does not endorse candidates. This list of candidates is provided for informational purposes only, and should not be construed as an endorsement for or against any candidate.
|
Chamber |
District/Office |
Incumbent |
Dem. Challengers |
Rep. Challengers |
Notes |
|
Statewide |
Attorney General |
Ken Paxton |
Mike Fields Rochelle Mercedes Garza Joe Jaworski Lee Merritt S. T-Bone Raynor |
George P. Bush Louie Gohmert '75 Eva Guzman |
|
|
Statewide |
Commissioner of Agriculture |
Sid Miller |
Susan Hays Ed Ireson |
Carey A. Counsil '95 James White |
|
|
Statewide |
Comptroller |
Glenn Hegar '93 (R) |
Janet T. Dudding Tim Mahoney Angel Vega Melendez |
Mark Goloby '81 |
|
|
Statewide |
Lt. Gov. |
Dan Patrick |
Michelle Beckley '92 Carla Brailey Mike Collier |
Trayce Bradford Todd M. Bullis Daniel Miller Aaron Sorrells Zach Vance |
|
|
Statewide |
Railroad Commissioner |
Wayne Christian |
Luke Warford |
Tom Slocum Jr. '05 Sarah Stogner Marvin Sarge Summers Dawayne Tipton |
|
|
TX House |
8 |
Cody Harris '06 (R) |
None |
None |
|
|
TX House |
9 |
Trent Ashby '95* (R) |
Jason Rogers |
None |
*Ashby is the effective incumbent, though running in a new district due to redistricting. Incumbent HD-09 Rep. Chris Paddie '96 is retiring. |
|
TX House |
10 |
Brian Harrison '04 (R) |
None |
None |
|
|
TX House |
12 |
Kyle Kacal '92 (R) |
None |
Ben Bius Joshua Hamm |
|
|
TX House |
13 |
(open) |
Cedric Davis Sr. Cuevas Peacock |
Angelia Orr '92 Dennis D. Wilson |
|
|
TX House |
14 |
John Raney '69 (R) |
None |
John Harvey Slocum '99 |
|
|
TX House |
17 |
(open) |
Madeline Eden |
Jen Benzer Stan Gerdes Tom Glass '79 Paul Pape Trey Rutledge '23 |
|
|
TX House |
18 |
Ernest Bailes '04 (R) |
None |
Janis Holt Stephen Missick Ronnie "Bubba" Tullos |
|
|
TX House |
20 |
Terry Wilson '88 (R) |
Raul Camacho |
None |
|
|
TX House |
24 |
Greg Bonnen '88 (R) |
Michael J. Creedon |
None |
|
|
TX House |
25 |
Cody Vasut '09 (R) |
None |
None |
|
|
TX House |
31 |
Ryan Guillen '00 (R) |
Martha Gutierrez |
Alena Berlanga Mike Monreal '91 |
|
|
TX House |
34 |
Abel Herrero '93 (D) |
None |
James Hernandez Carolyn Vaughn |
|
|
TX House |
45 |
Erin Zweiner |
Jessica Sirena Mejia Angela Tia Angie Villescaz |
Michelle Lopez '13 |
|
|
TX House |
49 |
Gina Hinojosa |
None |
Katherine Griffin '90 |
|
|
TX House |
52 |
(open)* |
Luis Echegaray |
Caroline Harris Nelson Jarrin '05 Patrick McGuinnes Jonathan Schober |
*This seat was previously represented by James Talarico, who is running in a new district due to redistricting. |
|
TX House |
53 |
Andrew Murr '99 (R) |
Joe P. Herrera |
Wesley "Wes" Virdell |
|
|
TX House |
54 |
Brad Buckley '93 (R) |
Jonathan Hildner |
None |
|
|
TX House |
56 |
Charles "Doc" Anderson '81 (R) |
Erin Shank |
None |
|
|
TX House |
57 |
(open) |
None |
Matthew Haines Richard Hayes '76 Matthew Poole |
|
|
TX House |
60 |
Glenn Rogers '78 (R) |
None |
Kit Marshall Mike Olcott Lucas Turner '16 |
|
|
TX House |
61 |
(open) |
Sheena King |
Paul Chabot Frederick Frazier James Herblin '80 |
|
|
TX House |
69 |
James Frank '89 (R) |
Walter Coppage |
None |
|
|
TX House |
80 |
Tracy King '83 (R) |
None |
None |
|
|
TX House |
81 |
Brooks Landgraf '03 (R) |
None |
Casey Gray |
|
|
TX House |
84 |
(open) |
None |
David Glasheen '12 Cheryl Little Carl Tepper Kade Wilcox |
|
|
TX House |
85 |
Phil Stephenson |
Larry E. Baggett |
Artemio "Art" Hernandez Oliver "Stan" Kitzman '88 Fred Roberts |
|
|
TX House |
93 |
(open) |
KC Chowdhury |
Laura Hill Cary Moon '92 Nate Schatzline |
|
|
TX House |
100 |
(open) |
Daniel Davis Clayton Sandra Crenshaw Marquis Hawkins Venton Jones '06 |
None |
|
|
TX House |
106 |
Jared Patterson '05 (R) |
None |
None |
|
|
TX House |
112 |
Angie Chen Button |
Elva Curl '03 |
None |
|
|
TX House |
135 |
Jon Rosenthal |
None |
Steven Hagerty Mike May '94 |
|
|
TX House |
137 |
Eugene "Gene" Wu '00 (D) |
None |
None |
|
|
TX House |
138 |
Lacy Hull |
Nora Stephanie Morales '11 |
Josh Flynn |
|
|
TX Senate |
7 |
Paul Bettencourt '80 (R) |
None |
None |
|
|
TX Senate |
11 |
(open) |
None |
Robin Armstrong '91 Bianca Garcia Mayes Middleton Bob Mitchell |
|
|
TX Senate |
16 |
Nathan Johnson |
None |
Brandon Copeland '19 |
|
|
TX Senate |
18 |
Lois Kolkhorst |
Joshua Tutt '15 |
None |
|
|
TX Senate |
24 |
(open) |
Kathy Jones-Hospod Jeremy Kohlwes |
Pete Flores '83 Raul Reyes Lamar Lewis |
|
|
US House |
TX-08 |
(open) |
Laura Jones |
Betsy Brooks Candice C. Burrows Christian Collins Jameson Ellis Jonathan Hullihan Morgan Luttrell Dan McKaughan Chuck Montgomery Michael Phillips '76 Jessica Wellington Taylor Whichard |
|
|
US House |
TX-13 |
Ronny Jackson '91 (R) |
Kathleen Brown |
None |
|
|
US House |
TX-17 |
Pete Sessions |
Mary Jo Woods |
Paulette Carson Jason Nelson Robert Rosenberger '90 |
|
|
US House |
TX-28 |
Henry Cuellar |
Tannya Judith Benavides Jessica Cisneros |
Ed Cabrera Steven Fowler '02 Cassy Garcia Eric Hohman Willie Vasquez Ng Rolando Rodriguez Sandra Whitten |
|
|
US House |
TX-34 |
(open) |
Laura Cisneros Vicente Gonzalez* Osbert Rodriguez Haro Filemon Meza Beatriz Reynoso William Thompson Diego Zavala |
Juana Cantu-Cabrera Mayra Flores Gregory Scott Kunkle Jr. '09 Frank McCaffrey |
*Vicente Gonzalez is currently the representative for TX-15, but is changing districts due to redistricting. |
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