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Texas Realtors announce candidate support for 2020 general election

AUSTIN – Sept. 9, 2020 –The Texas Realtors Political Action Committee, the political arm of Texas Realtors, announced the slate of candidates receiving its support in the November general election.

TREPAC Chairman Tony Lloyd commended the candidates for their commitment to protecting private-property rights.

“Texas Realtors proudly supports these candidates because they are committed to protecting the rights of Texas property owners and ensuring Texas remains a great place to buy, sell, and lease real estate,” Lloyd said. “We expect the 87th to address several issues relevant to real estate consumers, and we are looking forward to working with lawmakers on behalf of property owners in our state.”

Texas Realtors advocate for homeowners and private-property rights by supporting efforts including property tax reform in 2019, prohibiting sales taxes on real estate in 2015, passing consumer protections against unscrupulous property-tax lenders in 2013, and eliminating most private transfer fees on real estate transactions in 2011.

About the Texas REALTORS® Political Action Committee (TREPAC) For more than four decades, the Texas REALTORS® Political Action Committee (TREPAC) has provided a powerful voice to protect the needs of real estate professionals and property owners. TREPAC is a voluntary, nonprofit organization. TREPAC specifically uses voluntary investments to help elect local, state, and national public officials with a record of preserving private-property rights and keeping homeownership affordable in Texas. As a political action committee, TREPAC complies with all state and federal campaign contribution laws.

About Texas REALTORS® With more than 125,000 members, Texas REALTORS® is a professional membership organization that represents all aspects of real estate in Texas. In 2020, Texas REALTORS® is celebrating a century of shaping Texas by being the advocate for private property rights, maintaining the highest standards of professionalism, and providing its members with the tools to achieve success. Visit texasrealestate.com to learn more. KEY (i) denotes an incumbent candidate (o) denotes an open seat (*) denotes a candidate is challenging current office holder

TREPAC proudly supports these candidates in the 2020 General Election. For more information and to download your personalized voter guide, visit TexasRealtorsSupport.com

RAILROAD COMMISSIONER

CANDIDATE o Statewide Jim Wright (R)

TEXAS SUPREME COURT

DISTRICT CANDIDATE Place 1 (R) i Place 6 (R) i Place 7 Jeffrey S. Boyd (R) i Place 8 J. Brett Busby (R) i

3RD COURT OF APPEALS

CANDIDATE Regional Jeff L. Rose (R)i

Download your personalized voter guide at TexasRealtorsSupport.com

ELECTION DAY: Tuesday, November 3 NEW EARLY VOTING DATES: Oct. 13-30 | 1 TEXAS HOUSE

DISTRICT CANDIDATE DISTRICT CANDIDATE 1 Gary VanDeaver (R) i 1 Bryan Hughes (R) i 3 Cecil Bell, Jr. (R) i 4 (R) i 4 (R) i 6 (D) i 5 (R) i 11 Larry Taylor (R) i 6 (R) i 12 (R) i 7 (R) i 13 Borris L. Miles (D) i 8 (R) i 18 Lois W. Kolkhorst (R) i 9 (R) i 19 Peter P. Flores (R) i o 10 (R) 20 Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa (D) i 11 (R) i 21 (D)i 12 (R) i 22 (R) i i 24 (R) i 13 (R) i 26 José Menéndez (D) i 14 John Raney (R) i 27 Eddie Lucio, Jr. (D) i 15 (R) i 28 Charles Perry (R) i 16 (R) i o 29 (D) 17 John P. Cyrier (R) 18 (R) i 19 James White (R) i 20 Terry Wilson (R) i 21 (R) i 22 (D) i 23 (R) i 24 (R) i o 25 (R) o 26 Sarah DeMerchant (D) 27 Ron Reynolds (D) i 28 (R) i 29 Ed Thompson (R) i 30 (R) i 31 (D) i 32 Todd Hunter (R) i

ELECTION DAY: Tuesday, November 3 NEW EARLY VOTING DATES: Oct. 13-30 | 2 TEXAS HOUSE Cont...

DISTRICT CANDIDATE DISTRICT CANDIDATE 33 Justin Holland (R) i 69 (R) i 34 (D) i 70 (R) i 35 (D) i 71 (R) i 36 Sergio Muñoz, Jr. (D) i 72 (R) i 37 (D) i 73 (R) i 38 Eddie Lucio, III (D) i o 74 (D) 39 Armando "Mando" Martinez (D) i 75 Mary González (D) i 40 (D) i o 76 (D) 41 R. D. “Bobby” Guerra (D) i 77 Lina Ortega (D) i 42 Richard Peña Raymond (D) i 78 (D) i 43 J. M. Lozano (R) i 79 (D) i 44 (R) i 80 Tracy O. King (D) i 45 (D) i 81 (R) i 46 (D) i 82 (R) i 47 (D) i 83 (R) i i 48 (D) 84 (R) i 49 (D) i 85 Phil Stephenson (R) i 50 (D) i 86 John T. Smithee (R) i 51 Eddie Rodriguez (D) i i 52 (D) i 87 (R) i 53 (R) i 88 (R) 54 Brad Buckley (R) i 89 (R) i 55 (R) i 90 Ramon Romero, Jr. (D) i 56 Charles “Doc” Anderson (R) i 91 (R) i i 57 (R) 93 Matt Krause (R) i 58 DeWayne Burns (R) i 94 (R) i o 59 (R) 95 (D) i o 60 Glenn Rogers (R) o 96 David Cook (R) 61 Phil King (R) i i 62 Reggie Smith (R) i 97 (R) 63 (R) i 98 (R) i 64 (R) i 99 (R) i 65 Kronda Thimesch (R) * 101 Chris Turner (D) i i 66 (R) 102 Linda Koop (R) * i 67 (R) 103 (D) i 68 (R) i

ELECTION DAY: Tuesday, November 3 NEW EARLY VOTING DATES: Oct. 13-30 | 3 TEXAS HOUSE Cont...

104 Jessica González (D) i 134 Sarah Davis (R) i 105 (D) i 135 (D) i 106 (R) i 136 John Bucy (D) i 107 (D) i 137 (D) i 108 Morgan Meyer (R) i o 138 Akilah Bacy (D) 109 Carl Sherman (D) i 139 (D) i 110 (D) i 140 (D) i 111 (D) i 141 (D) i 112 (R) i 142 Harold Dutton, Jr. (D) i 113 Rhetta Andrews Bowers (D) i 143 (D) i 114 John Turner (D) i 144 (D) i 115 Julie Johnson (D) i 145 (D) i 117 (D) i 146 (D) i 118 (D) i 147 Garnet F. Coleman (D) i o 119 Liz Campos (D) o 148 (D) 120 Barbara Gervin-Hawkins (D) i 149 (D) i 121 (R) i 150 (R) i 122 (R) i 123 Diego M. Bernal (D) i 124 (D) i 125 (D) i 126 (R) i VOTER ALERT 127 (R) i Early Voting Dates Have Changed! 128 (R) i 129 (R) i New Dates: Oct. 13-30 130 (R) i 131 (D) i VOTE SMART - VOTE SAFE i 132 Gina Calanni (D) Download your personalized voter guide at 133 Jim Murphy (R) i TexasRealtorsSupport.com

ELECTION DAY: Tuesday, November 3 NEW EARLY VOTING DATES: Oct. 13-30

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