FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Mark Lehman Association of REALTORS® 512.370.2141 [email protected]

Texas Association of Realtors announces candidate support for 2016 general election AUSTIN – Oct. 19, 2016 – Today, the Texas Association of Realtors and TREPAC announced the slate of candidates receiving its support in the November general election.

Texas Association of Realtors Chairman Leslie Rouda Smith commended the candidates for their commitment to protecting private-property rights.

“The Texas Association of Realtors supports these candidates because they are committed to protecting the rights of Texas property owners at the state and federal level,” Smith said.

“We expect the to make property-tax relief a priority during the 85th legislative session, and we’re looking forward to working with lawmakers to find a sustainable solution for property owners in Texas.”

Statewide Offices

Supreme Court of Texas, Place 3 Debra Lehrmann Supreme Court of Texas, Place 5 Paul Green Supreme Court of Texas, Place 9 Eva Guzman

U.S. House of Representatives

District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 John Ratcliffe District 5 District 6 District 7

District 8 District 9 District 10 Michael McCaul District 11 District 12 District 13 District 14 Randy Weber District 15 Vicente Gonzalez District 17 District 18 District 19 District 20 Joaquin Castro District 21 District 22 District 23 District 24 District 25 Roger Williams District 26 Michael Burgess District 27 District 28 District 29 District 30 District 31 John Carter District 32 District 33 District 34 Filemon Vela District 35 District 36

Texas Senate

District 1 Bryan Hughes District 4 Brandon Creighton District 6 District 11 Larry Taylor District 12 Jane Nelson

District 13 Borris Miles District 18 Lois Kolkhorst District 19 Carlos Uresti District 20 Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa District 21 Judith Zaffirini District 22 Brian Birdwell District 24 Dawn Buckingham District 26 Jose Menéndez District 27 Eddie Lucio Jr. District 28 Charles Perry District 29 José Rodríguez

Texas House of Representatives

District 1 Gary VanDeaver District 2 District 3 Cecil Bell District 4 District 5 District 7 District 8 Byron Cook District 9 District 10 John Wray District 11 District 12 District 13 Leighton Schubert District 14 John Raney District 15 Mark Keough District 16 District 17 District 18 District 19 James White District 20 Terry Wilson District 21 District 22 District 23 Wayne Faircloth District 24 District 25 District 26 Rick Miller District 27 Ron Reynolds District 28 District 29 Ed Thompson District 30

District 31 District 32 Todd Hunter District 33 Justin Holland District 34 District 35 District 36 Sergio Muñoz, Jr. District 37 René Oliveira District 38 Eddie Lucio III District 39 Armando “Mando” Martinez District 40 District 41 Robert “Bobby” Guerra District 42 Richard Peña Raymond District 43 J.M. Lozano District 44 District 45 Jason Isaac District 47 Paul Workman District 48 District 49 District 50 District 51 Eddie Rodriguez District 52 Larry Gonzales District 53 Andrew Murr District 54 Scott Cosper District 55 District 56 Charles “Doc” Anderson District 57 District 58 DeWayne Burns District 59 J.D. Sheffield District 61 Phil King District 62 Larry Phillips District 63 District 64 District 65 Ron Simmons District 66 District 67 District 68 Drew Springer District 69 District 70 District 71 District 72 District 74 Alfonso “Poncho” Nevárez District 75 Mary González District 76 César Blanco

District 77 District 78 District 79 Joe Pickett District 80 Tracy O. King District 81 District 82 District 83 District 84 District 85 Phil Stephenson District 86 John Smithee District 87 Walter “Four” Price District 88 District 89 Jodie Laubenberg District 90 Ramon Romero, Jr. District 91 District 92 Jonathan Stickland District 93 Matt Krause District 94 District 95 District 96 Bill Zedler District 97 District 98 District 99 District 100 Eric Johnson District 101 Chris Turner District 102 Linda Koop District 103 District 104 Roberto Alonzo District 105 Rodney Anderson District 106 District 107 Kenneth Sheets District 108 Morgan Meyer District 109 Helen Giddings District 110 District 111 District 112 District 113 Cindy Burkett District 114 Jason Villalba District 116 Diana Arévalo District 117 Rick Galindo District 118 John Lujan District 119 Roland Gutierrez District 120 Barbara Gervin-Hawkins

District 121 Joe Straus District 122 District 123 District 124 Ina Minjárez District 125 Justin Rodriguez District 126 Kevin Roberts District 127 District 128 District 129 District 130 District 131 District 132 Mike Schofield District 133 Jim Murphy District 134 Sarah Davis District 135 Gary Elkins District 136 Tony Dale District 137 District 138 Dwayne Bohac District 139 District 140 District 141 District 142 Harold Dutton, Jr. District 143 District 144 Gilbert Peña District 145 Carol Alvarado District 146 District 147 District 148 Jessica Farrar District 149 District 150

About the Texas Association of REALTORS® Political Action Committee (TREPAC) For more than four decades, the Texas Association of 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. The voluntary investments received go toward supporting issues that directly affect Texas property owners. TREPAC specifically uses these 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 the Texas Association of REALTORS® With more than 100,000 members, the Texas Association of REALTORS® is one of the largest not-for-profit professional membership associations in Texas. The association represents Texas REALTORS® involved in all aspects of real estate and advocates on behalf of the real estate industry and private-property owners. For more information, visit TexasRealEstate.com. ###