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TSTA-PAC 2018 Endorsements TSTA-PAC 2018 Endorsements General Election Governor Lupe Valdez Attorney General Justin Nelson Democratic Texas Senate Rita Lucido - Houston SD 17 Texas House of Representatives Tier 1 John H. Bucy III - Cedar Park HD 136 Joanna Cattanach - Dallas HD 108 Brandy K. Chambers - Garland HD 112 Jessica Gonzalez - Dallas HD 104 Vikki Goodwin - Austin HD 47 Trey Martinez Fischer - San Antonio HD 116 Terry Meza - Grand Prairie HD 105 Adam Milasincic - Houston HD 138 Leo Pacheco - San Antonio HD 118 Ana-Maria Ramos - Dallas HD 102 James Talarico - Round Rock HD 52 Erin Zwiener - Dripping Springs HD 45 Primary Winners / Runoffs / Friendly Incumbents Republican Texas Senate Kel Seliger - Amarillo SD 31** Texas House of Representatives Steve Allison – San Antonio HD 121* Ernest Bailes - Shepherd HD 18 Keith Bell - Forney HD 4 Travis Clardy - Nacogdoches HD 11 Scott Cosper - Killeen HD 54* Dan Flynn - Van HD 2 Charlie Geren - Fort Worth HD 99 Cody Harris - Palestine HD 8 Dan Huberty - Houston HD 127** Ken King - Canadian HD 88 Chris Paddie - Marshall HD 9** Four Price - Amarillo HD 87** John Raney - Bryan HD 14 Republican Texas House of Representatives J.D. Sheffield - Gatesville HD 59** Hugh Shine - Temple HD 55** Reggie Smith - Sherman HD 62 Lynn Stucky - Sanger HD 64 Democratic Lt. Governor Mike Collier - Houston Texas Senate Beverly Powell - Tarrant SD 10 Nathan Johnson - Dallas SD 16 John Whitmire - Houston SD 15 Texas House of Representatives Diego Bernal - San Antonio HD 123** Rhetta Bowers - Rowlett HD113 Garnet Coleman - Houston HD 147 Philip Cortez - San Antonio HD 117 Harold Dutton - Houston HD 142** Mary Gonzalez - Clint HD 75 Bobby Guerra - McAllen HD 41 Ryan Guillen - Rio Grande City HD 31** Eric Johnson - Dallas HD 100** Jarvis Johnson - Houston HD 139 Julie Johnson - Dallas HD 115 Ina Minjarez - San Antonio HD 124 Ron Reynolds - Missouri City HD 27** Shawn Thierry - Houston HD 146** John Turner - Dallas HD 114 State Board of Education Ruben Cortez, Jr. - Brownsville SBOE 2 Marisa B. Perez - San Antonio SBOE 3 General Election Early Endorsement Texas Senate Democratic Kirk Watson - Austin SD 14 Royce West - Dallas SD 23 Texas House of Representatives Democratic Alma Allen - Houston HD 131 Rafael Anchia - Dallas HD 103 Nicole Collier - Fort Worth HD 95 Jessica Farrar - Houston HD 148 Abel Herrero - Robstown HD 34 Gina Hinojosa - Austin HD 49 Donna Howard - Austin HD 48 Victoria Neave - Dallas HD 107 Mary Ann Perez - Houston HD 144 Joseph C. "Joe" Pickett - El Paso HD 79 Richard Peña Raymond - Laredo HD 42 Republican Trent Ashby - Lufkin HD 57 John Cyrier - Lockhart HD 17 Justin Holland - Rockwall HD 33 Kyle Kacal - College Station HD 12 John Kuempel - Seguin HD 44 Stan Lambert - Abilene HD 71 Phil Stephenson - Wharton HD 85 Ed Thompson - Pearland HD 29 John Wray - Waxahachie HD 10 Friendly Incumbents No Opposition Democratic Carol Alvarado - Houston HD 145 Cesar Blanco - El Paso HD 76 Terry Canales - Edinburg HD 40 Yvonne Davis - Dallas HD 111 Joe Deshotel - Beaumont HD 22 Mary Gonzalez - Clint HD 75 Roland Gutierrez - San Antonio HD 119 Ana Hernandez - Houston HD 143 Celia Israel - Austin HD 50 Tracy O. King - Uvalde HD 80 Oscar Longoria - Mission HD 35 Eddie Lucio, III - Brownsville HD 38 Armando Martinez - Weslaco HD 39 Joseph "Joe" Moody - El Paso HD 78 Sergio Muñoz, Jr. - Palmview HD 36 Poncho Nevárez - Eagle Pass HD 74 Evelina "Lina" Ortega - El Paso HD 77 Eddie Rodriguez - Austin HD 51 Justin Rodriguez - San Antonio HD 125 Ramon Romero, Jr. - Fort Worth HD 90 Toni Rose - Dallas HD 110 Senfronia Thompson - Houston HD 141 Chris Turner - Arlington HD 101 Hubert Vo - Houston HD 149 Armando Walle - Houston HD 140 Gene Wu - Houston HD 137 Republican Todd Hunter - Corpus Christi HD 32 Gary VanDeaver - New Boston HD 1 NEA Congressional Endorsements U.S. Senate Beto O'Rourke - El Paso U.S. House of Representatives Veronica Escobar - El Paso CD 16 Sylvia Garcia - Houston CD 29 Marc Veasey - Fort Worth CD 33 *runoff **no general .
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