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Janet Tycelia Dudding earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Southern Mississippi and a master's degree in business management from Millsaps College.

Janet has served as the Chief Financial Officer for various towns and corporations.

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Janet lost the 2022 race for the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.

2026 Texas General Election

Asked about property taxes and housing affordability, Dudding responded: “Expand TX-HEROs pool. Fix the holes in the assessment processes. Re-examine public school taxes while ensuring public taxes go to ‘public.’ Release county indigent care property tax set-aside by expanding Medicaid (after all, we are not getting an IRS discount on our federal taxes).”

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Dudding’s campaign announcement lists this item as part of her affordability agenda: “Expanding broadband through public and cooperative partnerships so that municipalities can provide broadband utilities at an affordable price. We’ve got tax-payer funded broadband capacity right here in the Brazos Valley that we cannot access due to a state law currently on the books. Let’s fix it.”

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Calls for expanding TX-HEROs, reforming property-tax assessment processes, and re-examining public-school taxes.

Calls for reforming property-tax assessment processes and re-examining public-school taxes.

Advocates for public and cooperative broadband partnerships that let municipalities offer affordable broadband service.

- Calls for reforming property-tax assessment processes and re-examining public-school taxes.
- Advocates for public and cooperative broadband partnerships that let municipalities offer affordable broadband service.

Economy

Dudding’s campaign announcement lists this item as part of her affordability agenda: “Decriminalizing and regulating adult-use THC to generate revenue for public education, health care, housing, and meaningful property tax relief.”

Supports decriminalizing and regulating adult-use tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) to generate revenue for public services and property-tax relief.

- Supports decriminalizing and regulating adult-use tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) to generate revenue for public services and property-tax relief.

Public Safety

Dudding writes: “Women’s health care shouldn’t depend on where you live or whether you can afford the cost of delay. When basic care like time-sensitive procedures and reliable coverage are taken away, people don’t just suffer—they risk their health and even their lives.”

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Supports expanding Medicaid to free up county property-tax set-asides for indigent care.

Said women’s health care should not depend on location or patients’ ability to afford delays in time-sensitive care.

- Supports expanding Medicaid to free up county property-tax set-asides for indigent care.
- Said women’s health care should not depend on location or patients’ ability to afford delays in time-sensitive care.

Healthcare

Asked about her priorities for Texas education, Dudding responded: “Our taxes are just that—ours. Public taxes go to ‘public.’ Texas has more resources than most states, let’s build state of the art. While we’re at it, let’s decriminalize and regulate adult-use THC to fund ISD employee’s social security AND TRS. Higher education academic freedom without political interference.”

Dudding’s campaign announcement says she is committed to stopping Governor Abbott’s voucher proposal. It then quotes her: “Public money belongs in public schools,” she said. “Our governor pocketed a $6 million out of state donation to his campaign to ram vouchers through and give billions of our tax dollars to out of state companies. Stripping money from our public schools – not in our best interests. I’ll stand up for this community’s families, teachers, and students.”

Dudding writes that fine arts education is essential in public schools and concludes: “When we fund fine arts, we strengthen classrooms, support students who may otherwise go unheard, and build communities that take pride in achievement. I will work to protect and expand fine arts education so every student has the opportunity to create, perform, and excel.”

Dudding’s campaign announcement lists this item as part of her affordability agenda: “Protecting teacher retirement, while adding public school employees to social security in addition to TRS – just like the TRS members at A&M.”

Supports academic freedom in higher education without political interference.

Opposes diverting public funds to private-school vouchers and says public money belongs in public schools.

Plans to protect and expand fine arts education in public schools.

Supports protecting teacher retirement and adding public-school employees to Social Security in addition to Teacher Retirement System benefits.

- Supports academic freedom in higher education without political interference.
- Opposes diverting public funds to private-school vouchers and says public money belongs in public schools.
- Plans to protect and expand fine arts education in public schools.
- Supports protecting teacher retirement and adding public-school employees to Social Security in addition to Teacher Retirement System benefits.

Education

Dudding writes: “Texas has 2 water crises. We're running out of potable (drinking) water and we've got way too much ‘produced’ water. We need to require industry, like data centers, to recycle produced water for their cooling needs. From the testimony given this summer to the Natural Resources Committee, this is within their reach.”

Dudding’s campaign announcement lists this item as part of her affordability agenda: “Guarding our water. For the past 100 years, oil & gas’s the engine that runs our economy here in Texas, but you can’t drink oil – as we are finding out all over Texas. From produced water to data centers, we need guardrails in place before state politicians squander what we need to live – in exchange for their campaign war-chest.”

Calls for water-protection guardrails, including requiring data centers to recycle produced water for cooling.

- Calls for water-protection guardrails, including requiring data centers to recycle produced water for cooling.

Energy & the Environment

Plans to expand constituent input through town halls throughout the legislative term.

Asked how she would involve residents in decision-making, Dudding responded: “We’ve started the process: the information-gathering phase. Each time I talk with people I ask what they need from their state. I’ve assembled a ‘kitchen cabinet’ from different backgrounds and expertise to help. The work needs to be started ahead of the session and expanded through town halls throughout the term.”

As of July 22, 2026, Janet Tycelia Dudding’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Janet Tycelia Dudding

- Advocates for public and cooperative broadband partnerships that let municipalities offer affordable broadband service.

- Said women’s health care should not depend on location or patients’ ability to afford delays in time-sensitive care.

- Opposes diverting public funds to private-school vouchers and says public money belongs in public schools.
- Plans to protect and expand fine arts education in public schools.
- Supports protecting teacher retirement and adding public-school employees to Social Security in addition to Teacher Retirement System benefits.

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Janet is a certified public accountant and finance professional. She works at Texas A&M University as professional academic business staff. She previously worked at the Mississippi Office of the State Auditor in the Investigative Audit Division investigating procurement fraud and in the County Audit division auditing local governments, school districts, state agencies, universities and community colleges. She has also served as chief financial officer for Hancock County, the City of Pass Christian and the City of Ocean Springs, and worked as an internal auditor for municipalities and in private accounting practice.

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Said, "From produced water to data centers, we need guardrails in place before state politicians squander what we need to live – in exchange for their campaign war-chest."

Supports decriminalizing and regulating THC (tetrahydrocannabinol, the chemical responsible for most of marijuana's effects) to generate revenue for public services and tax relief.

Supports protecting teacher retirement plans.

Supports higher education academic freedom without political interference.

Supports protecting water resources from being exploited for political gain.

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