I bring lived experience and real policy experience. I grew up in a working class immigrant family and have navigated broken systems firsthand. I have also worked inside those systems as a legislative staffer, legal assistant, supervisor, and bricklayer in my family’s business. I know where government fails because I have lived it, and I know how to fix it because I have done the work.

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Jacqueline "Jacky" Hernandez grew up in a working-class immigrant family.

Jacky has worked as a legislative staffer, legal assistant, supervisor, and bricklayer in her family's business.

2026 Texas General Election

Q: Should Texas end tax subsidies and abatements for large corporations?

Yes. If large corporations receive tax breaks while harming communities or failing to deliver real benefits, those incentives should end. Companies should be held accountable when their actions harm our community, and especially if they aren’t keeping their end of the bargain.

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Supports ending tax incentives for large corporations when the incentives harm communities or fail to provide promised benefits.

- Supports ending tax incentives for large corporations when the incentives harm communities or fail to provide promised benefits.

Economy

As of July 22, 2026, Jacqueline "Jacky" Hernandez’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Public Safety

Healthcare

Q: Do you oppose school vouchers and efforts to privatize public education?

Yes. Education should focus on students, not profit. Public schools are meant to serve children and give every student a fair chance at success. When schools are run more like businesses, there is a risk that money becomes more important than the quality of education. Businesses can succeed or fail, but our children should never have to carry that risk. Taking funding away from neighborhood public schools can hurt teachers, resources, and opportunities for students. As adults, it is our responsibility to make sure every child has access to a strong and stable education.

Q: Should Texas guarantee free school meals to all K–12 students, regardless of income?

Yes. No child should struggle to learn because they are hungry. Basic school meals should be available to every student so children can focus on their education.

Opposes school vouchers and privatizing public education, citing risks to funding, teachers, resources, and student opportunities at neighborhood public schools.

Supports providing free basic school meals to all K–12 students, regardless of income.

- Opposes school vouchers and privatizing public education, citing risks to funding, teachers, resources, and student opportunities at neighborhood public schools.
- Supports providing free basic school meals to all K–12 students, regardless of income.

Education

Q: Should Texas end tax breaks and regulatory loopholes for oil and gas companies, including exemptions from emissions reporting and waste disposal standards?

Yes. Communities near refineries and industrial plants deserve transparency, accountability, and protection. Too often, we learn about dangerous incidents after the fact, sometimes only after our loved ones and we have already been exposed to harmful gases or chemicals that can affect our health. Companies should follow strong safety and environmental standards and be honest with us when problems happen. Large corporations should not receive endless excuses or special treatment while we are left dealing with the health and environmental consequences. We deserve to feel safe in our own homes and confident that our communities are being protected.

Supports ending tax breaks and regulatory loopholes for oil and gas companies, including exemptions from emissions reporting and waste-disposal standards.

- Supports ending tax breaks and regulatory loopholes for oil and gas companies, including exemptions from emissions reporting and waste-disposal standards.

Energy & the Environment

Q: Do you support automatic voter registration and same-day registration in Texas?

Yes. Voting should be simple and accessible for eligible citizens. Texas should also improve communication between agencies to keep voter records updated when people pass away.

Supports automatic and same-day voter registration and improving communication among agencies to update voter records after people die.

- Supports automatic and same-day voter registration and improving communication among agencies to update voter records after people die.

Voting & Elections

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Jacqueline "Jacky" Hernandez

Jacqueline "Jacky" Hernandez is from Beaumont, Texas. She attended Lamar University.

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Jacqueline is a bricklayer and small business owner. She works at her own masonry contracting business in Beaumont, where she has been for over fifteen years. She previously worked for the Texas Legislative Internship Program with State Representative Chris Turner, and held positions as a legal assistant, a supervisor, and a legislative staffer.

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