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Texas AFL-CIO COPE 2026 General Election Pro-Worker Endorsements

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Below are the Texas AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education (COPE) 2026 general election endorsements. 

Early voting for the general election will be Oct. 19-30, with Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.

No action means that a vote was taken and the voting body decided not to endorse a specific candidate, allowing union affiliates to endorse at-will in that race. If a race is not listed, there was no recommendation from the delegates.

Statewide Endorsements

U.S. Senate

James Talarico (D)
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Governor

Gina Hinojosa (D)
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Lieutenant GovernorVikki Goodwin (D)
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Attorney General 

Nathan Johnson (D)
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Comptroller of Public Accounts

Sarah Eckhardt (D) 
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Commissioner of General Land Office

Benjamin Flores (D)

Agriculture Commissioner

Clayton Tucker (D)

Railroad Commissioner

Jon Rosenthal (D)

Texas Supreme Court, Place 1

Maggie Ellis (D) *✊
Member of AFSCME 1624 and TSEU (CWA 6186)

Texas Supreme Court, Place 2

Chari Kelly (D)
Member of AFSCME 1624

Texas Supreme Court, Place 7

Kristen Hawkins (D)

Texas Supreme Court, Place 8

Gisela Triana (D) *✊
Member of AFSCME 1624

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 9

Holly Taylor (D) *✊
Member of AFSCME Texas Retiree Chapter 12

15th Court of Appeals, Place 3

Marc Meyer (D)
Former member of IAFF 341

State Board of Education, Place 2
(Corpus Christi, RGV)

Thomas Garcia (D)
Member of Texas AAUP-AFT

State Board of Education, District 5 
(Central Texas)

Allison Bush (D)
Former member of Texas AFT

State Board of Education, Place 6
(Houston, Conroe)

Michelle Palmer (D) *✊
Member of Aldine AFT

State Board of Education, Place 7
(Pearland, Galveston, Beaumont)

Tiffany Perkinz (D)

State Board of Education, Place 8
(Houston, Huntsville)

Dana Van De Walker (D)

State Board of Education, Place 9
(Dallas, Lufkin)

Ericka Ledferd (D)

State Board of Education, District 13
(Dallas, Fort Worth)

Tiffany Clark (D), incumbent

State Board of Education, Place 14
(Frisco, Gatesville)

Amy Taylor (D)
Member of Texas AFT AMP

*✊ Union-first candidate and current union member
Union affiliations shown for Texas AFL-CIO affiliated union members. 

Congressional Races

District maps available here.

U.S. House, District 1 
(Tyler, Texarkana, Nacogdoches)

Yolanda Prince (D)

U.S. House, District 2
(The Woodlands, Spring, Humble)

Shaun Finnie (D)

U.S. House, District 3
(McKinney, Sulfur Springs)

Evan Hunt (D)

U.S. House, District 5
(Terrell, Palestine)

Chelsey Alexandra Hockett (D)

U.S. House, District 7
(Houston, Sugar Land)

Lizzie Pannill Fletcher (D), incumbent

U.S. House, District 9
(Houston, Crosby, Liberty)		Leticia Gutierrez (D)

U.S. House, District 10
(Austin, Bryan)

Caitlyn Rourk (D)

U.S. House, District 11
(San Angelo, Midland, Pflugerville)

Claire Reynolds (D)

U.S. House, District 13 
(Amarillo, Wichita Falls)

Mark Nair (D) 

U.S. House, District 15
(Edinburg, Alice, Beeville)

Bobby Pulido (D)

U.S. House, District 16 
(El Paso)

Veronica Escobar (D), incumbent

U.S. House, District 17 
(Waco, Round Rock, Hillsboro)

Casey Shepard (D)

U.S. House, District 18
(Houston, Missouri City)

Christian Menefee (D), incumbent

U.S. House, District 19
(Lubbock, Abilene)

Kyle Rable (D) *✊
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

U.S. House, District 20
(San Antonio)

Joaquin Castro (D), incumbent

U.S. House, District 21
(San Marcos, New Braunfels, Kerrville)

Dr. Kristin Hook (D)

U.S. House, District 22
(Angleton, Lake Jackson, Sugar Land)

Marquette Greene-Scott (D)

U.S. House, District 23
(San Antonio, Uvalde, Fort Stockton)

Katy Padilla Stout (D)
Former member of Northside AFT

U.S. House, District 24
(Grapevine, North Richland Hills)

Kevin Burge (D)

U.S. House, District 25
(Fort Worth, Cleburne, Graham)

Dione Sims (D)

U.S. House, District 27
(Kyle, Brenham, Bay City, Victoria)

Tanya Lloyd (D) *✊
Member of Texas AFT

U.S. House, District 28 
(Laredo, Mission, Jourdanton)

No Action

U.S. House, District 29 
(Houston, Aldine)

Sylvia Garcia (D), incumbent

U.S. House, District 30
(Arlington, Dallas, De Soto)

Frederick D. Haynes III (D)

U.S. House, District 31
(Georgetown, Killeen, Hamilton)

Justin Early (D)

U.S. House, District 32
(Rockwall, Gilmer)

Dan Barrios (D)

U.S. House, District 33
(Dallas, Grand Prairie)

Colin Allred (D) *✊
Member of NFLPA 

U.S. House, District 34
(Brownsville, Corpus Christi)

Vicente Gonzalez Jr. (D), incumbent

U.S. House, District 35 
(San Antonio, Seguin, Karnes City)

Johnny Garcia (D)

U.S. House, District 37
(Austin)

Greg Casar (D)
Member of AFSCME 1624

U.S. House, District 38
(Houston, Cypress, Tomball)

Melissa McDonough (D)

*✊ Union-first candidate and current union member
Union affiliations shown for Texas AFL-CIO affiliated union members. 

Texas Senate Races

Texas Senate, District 2
(Garland, Corsicana)

Keenan Colbert (D)

Texas Senate, District 4
(Port Arthur, Conroe)

Brett Ligon (R)

Texas Senate, District 5
(Bastrop, Huntsville)

Paul Thomasson (D)

Texas Senate, District 9
(Fort Worth)

Taylor Rehmet (D), incumbent *✊
President of the IAM Texas State Council

Texas Senate, District 11
(League City, Galveston)

Shannon Dicely (D)

Texas Senate, District 19
(San Antonio)

Roland Gutierrez (D), incumbent
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Texas Senate, District 21
(Laredo)

Judith Zaffirini (D), incumbent

Texas Senate, District 24
(Killeen, Fredericksburg)

Joe Paz Herrera (D)

Texas Senate, District 26
(San Antonio)

José Menéndez (D), incumbent
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

*✊ Union-first candidate and current union member
Union affiliations shown for Texas AFL-CIO affiliated union members. 

Texas House Races

Texas House, District 1
(New Boston)

Sean Huffman (D)

Texas House, District 17
(Smithville)

Mary Elizabeth Klenz (D)

Texas House, District 20
(Georgetown)

Matthias-Jonah Early (D)

Texas House, District 21
(Beaumont)

Ray Callas (R) 

Texas House, District 22
(Beaumont)

Christian Manuel (D), incumbent

Texas House, District 26
(Richmond)

Eliz Markowitz (D)

Texas House, District 27
(Missouri City)

Ron Reynolds (D), incumbent
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Texas House, District 28
(Richmond)

Sandy Ibáñez (D) *✊
Member of Fort Bend AFT

Texas House, District 31
(Rio Grande City)

Jennifer Dominguez (D)

Texas House, District 35
(Mission)

No Action

Texas House, District 36
(Mission)

No Action

Texas House, District 37
(San Benito)

Oziel Ochoa (D)

Texas House, District 38
(Brownsville)

Erin Gamez (D), incumbent 
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Texas House, District 39
(Weslaco)

Armando Martinez (D), incumbent

Texas House, District 40
(Edinburg)

No Action

Texas House, District 41
(Mission)

Julio Salinas (D) *✊
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Texas House, District 45
(Driftwood)

Erin Zwiener (D), incumbent
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Texas House, District 46
(Austin)

Sheryl Cole (D), incumbent

Texas House, District 47
(Austin)

Pooja Sethi (D) *✊
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Texas House, District 48
(Austin)

Donna Howard (D), incumbent
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Texas House, District 49
(Austin)

Montserrat Garibay (D) *✊
Former Texas AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer;
Member of Education Austin

Texas House, District 50
(Austin)

Samantha Lopez-Resendez (D)

Texas House, District 51
(Austin)

Lulu Flores (D), incumbent
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Texas House, District 52
(Round Rock)

Christopher Jimenez (D)

Texas House, District 54
(Salado)

Dawn Richardson (D)

Texas House, District 55
(Belton)

Amelia Rabroker (D)

Texas House, District 56
(Waco)

Ashley Bean Thornton (D)

Texas House, District 61
(McKinney)

Brittany Black (D)

Texas House, District 65
(Lewisville)

Detrick Deburr (D)
Former member of UAW

Texas House, District 70
(Dallas)

Mihaela Plesa (D), incumbent *✊
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Texas House, District 72
(San Angelo)

No Action 

Texas House, District 73
(Dripping Springs)

Merrie Fox (D)

Texas House, District 74
(Eagle Pass)

Eddie Morales Jr. (D), incumbent

Texas House, District 75
(Clint)

Mary Gonzalez (D), incumbent

Texas House, District 76
(Sugar Land)

Suleman Lalani (D), incumbent

Texas House, District 77
(El Paso)

Vincent Perez (D), incumbent

Texas House, District 78
(El Paso)

Joe Moody (D), incumbent
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Texas House, District 79
(El Paso)

Claudia Ordaz (D), incumbent

Texas House, District 86
(Amarillo)

Cullin Knutson (D)

Texas House, District 87
(Amarillo)

Diana Loya (D)

Texas House, District 89
(Lucas)

Angie Carraway (D) *✊
Member of Texas AFT AMP

Texas House, District 90
(Fort Worth)

Ramon Romero Jr. (D), incumbent

Texas House, District 92
(Euless)

Salman Bhojani (D), incumbent

Texas House, District 94
(Arlington)

Katie O'Brien Duzan (D)

Texas House, District 95
(Fort Worth)

Nicole Collier (D), incumbent
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Texas House, District 100
(Dallas)

Venton Jones (D), incumbent
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Texas House, District 102
(Richardson)

Ana-Maria Rodriguez Ramos (D), incumbent
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Texas House, District 103
(Dallas)

Rafael Anchia (D), incumbent
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Texas House, District 104
(Dallas)

Jessica Gonzalez (D), incumbent
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Texas House, District 105
(Irving)

Terry Meza (D), incumbent
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Texas House, District 106
(Frisco)

Joseph Mayes (D)

Texas House District 107
(Mesquite)

Linda Garcia (D), incumbent

Texas House, District 108
(University Park)

Allison Mitchell (D)

Texas House, District 109
(Dallas)

Aicha Davis (D), incumbent

Texas House, District 110
(Dallas)

Toni Rose (D), incumbent
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Texas House, District 111
(Dallas)

Yvonne Davis (D), incumbent

Texas House, District 112
(Garland)

Zach Herbert (D)

Texas House, District 113
(Rowlett)

Rhetta Andrews Bowers (D), incumbent
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Texas House, District 114
(Dallas)

John Bryant (D), incumbent
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Texas House, District 115
(Farmers Branch)

Cassandra Hernandez (D), incumbent
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Texas House, District 116
(San Antonio)

Trey Martinez Fischer (D), incumbent
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Texas House, District 117
(San Antonio)

Philip Cortez (D), incumbent
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Texas House, District 118
(San Antonio)

Kristian Carranza (D)

Texas House, District 121
(San Antonio)

Zack Dunn (D)

Texas House, District 122
(San Antonio)

No Action

Texas House, District 123
(San Antonio)

Diego Bernal (D), incumbent
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Texas House, District 124
(San Antonio)

Josey Garcia (D), incumbent

Texas House, District 125
(San Antonio)

Adrian Reyna (D) *✊
Member of San Antonio Alliance (AFT) 67

Texas House, District 130
(Cypress)

Brett Robinson (D)

Texas House, District 131
(Houston)

Staci Childs (D)

Texas House, District 133
(Houston)

Josh Wallenstein (D)

Texas House, District 134
(Houston)

Ann Johnson (D), incumbent

Texas House, District 135
(Houston)

Odus Evbagharu (D)

Texas House, District 136
(Austin)

John Bucy III (D), incumbent
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Texas House, District 137
(Houston)

Gene Wu (D), incumbent
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Texas House, District 138
(Houston)

Tyler Smith (D)

Texas House, District 139
(Houston)

Charlene Ward Johnson (D), incumbent

Texas House, District 140
(Houston)

Armando Walle (D), incumbent
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Texas House, District 141
(Houston)

Senfronia Thompson (D), incumbent
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Texas House, District 142
(Houston)

No Action

Texas House, District 143
(Houston)

Ana Hernandez (D), incumbent
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Texas House, District 144
(Houston)

Mary Ann Perez (D), incumbent

Texas House, District 145
(Houston)

Christina Morales (D), incumbent

Texas House, District 146
(Houston)

Lauren Ashley Simmons (D), incumbent *✊
Member of TSEU (CWA 6186) & CWA 1180

Texas House, District 147
(Houston)

No Action

Texas House, District 148
(Houston)

Penny Morales Shaw (D), incumbent

Texas House, District 149
(Houston)

Darlene Breaux (D)

*✊ Union-first candidate and current union member
Union affiliations shown for Texas AFL-CIO affiliated union members. 

The Committee on Political Education (COPE) is the Texas labor movement’s political arm. Local race endorsements have also been made by the local Area Labor Federations and Central Labor Councils. 

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The Texas AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations) is the state labor federation consisting of more than 250,000 affiliated union members and advocates for working people in Texas. Learn more at texasaflcio.org