Julio Salinas | TTV

Julio Salinas works as a legislative director.

2026 Texas General Election

Wage Dignity and Labor Rights: Repeal Texas's "Right to Work for Less" laws, which are designed to weaken unions and drive down wages. Fight for strong labor protections and prevailing wage standards on all state contracts.

The Fight for the RGV: Julio Salinas's Vision for HD-41

Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA): Secure a permanent and meaningful Cost of Living Adjustment for all retired teachers and state employees whose pensions have been decimated by inflation.

Paid Family Leave: Fight for a statewide Paid Family Leave program so no family must choose between a paycheck and caring for a newborn or sick loved one.

Housing Stability: Advocate for policies that stabilize the housing market and provide relief against surging rents and property taxes that are displacing working families.

Cut Red Tape: Fight to cut unnecessary state red tape for small businesses.

Access to Capital: Expand micro-grants for start-ups and emprendedores, and improve access to capital for women- and Latino-owned businesses.

Bilingual Assistance: Provide bilingual business assistance services to ensure local entrepreneurs have the support they need to grow and succeed.

Modern Ports of Entry: Champion modern ports of entry and faster customs processes that support businesses and truckers.

Logistics Investment: Support investments in bridges, freight corridors, and logistics hubs to enhance trade efficiency.

Protect Trade Relationships: Work to protect and stabilize USMCA trade relationships that are vital to South Texas economic prosperity.

Promote foreign spending in the valley via tourism: The Rio Grande Valley’s economy depends heavily on tourism and outside spending. Julio will work to promote the Valley as a destination for visitors, events, and cultural tourism, bringing new dollars into the 956 and supporting local businesses, workers, and communities.

Advocates for repealing Texas right-to-work laws.

Advocates for stronger labor protections and prevailing-wage standards for state contracts.

Plans to secure a permanent cost-of-living adjustment for retired teachers and state employees.

Advocates for a statewide paid family leave program.

Advocates for policies to stabilize housing and provide relief from rising rents and property taxes.

Advocates for reducing unnecessary state regulations for small businesses.

Supports expanding small grants and access to financing for start-ups and women- and Latino-owned businesses.

Supports bilingual business-assistance services for local entrepreneurs.

Advocates for modern ports of entry and faster customs processes.

Supports investments in bridges, freight corridors, and logistics hubs to improve trade efficiency.

Plans to protect and stabilize trade relationships under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

Plans to promote Rio Grande Valley tourism, events, and cultural tourism to support local businesses and workers.

- Advocates for repealing Texas right-to-work laws.
- Advocates for stronger labor protections and prevailing-wage standards for state contracts.
- Plans to secure a permanent cost-of-living adjustment for retired teachers and state employees.
- Advocates for a statewide paid family leave program.
- Advocates for policies to stabilize housing and provide relief from rising rents and property taxes.
- Advocates for reducing unnecessary state regulations for small businesses.
- Supports expanding small grants and access to financing for start-ups and women- and Latino-owned businesses.
- Supports bilingual business-assistance services for local entrepreneurs.
- Advocates for modern ports of entry and faster customs processes.
- Supports investments in bridges, freight corridors, and logistics hubs to improve trade efficiency.
- Plans to protect and stabilize trade relationships under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
- Plans to promote Rio Grande Valley tourism, events, and cultural tourism to support local businesses and workers.

Economy

Resource Allocation: Demand the state provide real resources for border communities that actually live with the effects of federal inaction, rather than spending billions on ineffective political theater.

Cross-Agency Cooperation: Push for cross-agency cooperation and collaboration with federal and local partners.

Calls for state resources for border communities instead of spending on what he calls "ineffective political theater."

Calls for cross-agency cooperation with federal and local partners.

- Calls for state resources for border communities instead of spending on what he calls "ineffective political theater."
- Calls for cross-agency cooperation with federal and local partners.

Public Safety

Strengthen Community Clinics: Advocate for increased state funding for community health centers and safety-net hospitals that serve working families, seniors, and bilingual communities in HD-41.

Expand Medicaid: Fight in the Texas House to expand Medicaid, bringing billions of federal dollars back to Texas and covering hundreds of thousands of uninsured Valley residents — including access to mental health care.

Lower Prescription Drug Costs: Support state action to cap insulin prices, increase transparency, and prevent price gouging on essential medications.

Mental Health Access: Push for greater investment in counseling, crisis services, and school-based mental health programs so families can get help before a crisis.

Advocates for increased state funding for community health centers and safety-net hospitals.

Advocates for expanding Medicaid, including access to mental health care.

Supports capping insulin prices, increasing price transparency, and preventing price gouging on essential medications.

Advocates for greater investment in counseling, crisis services, and school-based mental health programs.

- Advocates for increased state funding for community health centers and safety-net hospitals.
- Advocates for expanding Medicaid, including access to mental health care.
- Supports capping insulin prices, increasing price transparency, and preventing price gouging on essential medications.
- Advocates for greater investment in counseling, crisis services, and school-based mental health programs.

Healthcare

Full Funding, Not Vouchers: Oppose all attempts to funnel public education dollars into private school voucher schemes. Instead, direct state resources to fully fund public education and increase the Basic Allotment.

Support Staff Pay & Benefits: Extend benefits like free full-day Pre-K (passed for teachers) to all school support personnel (aides, custodians, cafeteria workers) to improve recruitment and retention for the entire school team.

Julio Salinas, a 26-year-old former legislative staffer, has pitched himself to Democratic voters as a young progressive ready to take on the Pink Dome’s establishment and fight for affordability, better infrastructure and healthcare access for district residents.

He also wants to give teachers $15,000 raises and cap prescription drug costs.

House Democratic runoff heats up in the Rio Grande Valley, where the party hopes to reverse GOP gains

Support for Bilingual Students and Teachers: Champion programs that fully support dual-language instruction and invest in better resources and training for overworked bilingual educators.

Opposes private-school vouchers and supports fully funding public education and increasing the Basic Allotment.

Supports extending free full-day prekindergarten benefits to school support personnel.

Advocates for dual-language instruction and additional resources and training for bilingual educators.

- Opposes private-school vouchers and supports fully funding public education and increasing the Basic Allotment.
- Supports extending free full-day prekindergarten benefits to school support personnel.
- Wants to give teachers $15,000 raises.
- Advocates for dual-language instruction and additional resources and training for bilingual educators.

Education

Julio will fight in the Texas House for sustained funding for drainage, pumps, levees, and flood control infrastructure, with a focus on communities that have been ignored for decades. He will push to ensure flood mitigation dollars reach colonias and working-class neighborhoods, support home repair and flood-proofing assistance, and advance smarter planning standards so new development doesn’t make flooding worse for existing residents.

Plans to pursue sustained funding for flood-control infrastructure, flood mitigation in colonias and working-class neighborhoods, and related home-repair and planning measures.

- Plans to pursue sustained funding for flood-control infrastructure, flood mitigation in colonias and working-class neighborhoods, and related home-repair and planning measures.

Energy & the Environment

As of July 22, 2026, Julio Salinas’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Julio Salinas

- Plans to secure a permanent cost-of-living adjustment for retired teachers and state employees.
- Advocates for a statewide paid family leave program.
- Advocates for policies to stabilize housing and provide relief from rising rents and property taxes.
- Advocates for reducing unnecessary state regulations for small businesses.
- Supports expanding small grants and access to financing for start-ups and women- and Latino-owned businesses.
- Supports bilingual business-assistance services for local entrepreneurs.
- Advocates for modern ports of entry and faster customs processes.
- Supports investments in bridges, freight corridors, and logistics hubs to improve trade efficiency.
- Plans to protect and stabilize trade relationships under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
- Plans to promote Rio Grande Valley tourism, events, and cultural tourism to support local businesses and workers.

- Calls for cross-agency cooperation with federal and local partners.

- Advocates for expanding Medicaid, including access to mental health care.
- Supports capping insulin prices, increasing price transparency, and preventing price gouging on essential medications.
- Advocates for greater investment in counseling, crisis services, and school-based mental health programs.

- Advocates for dual-language instruction and additional resources and training for bilingual educators.

Julio Salinas is from the Rio Grande Valley. He attended school speaking only Spanish. 

Julio Salinas Announces Candidacy for Texas House District 41

Julio is a Texas Capitol staffer and a longtime community organizer. He is also the co-chair of the Texas Democratic Party's Hispanic Caucus.

Julio Salinas for Texas State House District 41 - Our Revolution

Julio previously worked as a staffer for Texas State Representatives.

Supports securing a permanent and meaningful Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for all retired teachers and state employees whose pensions have been "decimated by inflation."

Supports a statewide Paid Family Leave program.

Supports policies to stabilize the housing market and reduce rents and property taxes.

Supports expanding micro-grants for start-ups and improving access to capital for women- and Latino-owned businesses.

Supports providing bilingual business assistance services to local entrepreneurs.

Supports reducing bureaucratic hurdles for small businesses.

Supports investing in infrastructure such as bridges, freight corridors, and logistics hubs to enhance trade efficiency.

Supports protecting and stabilizing United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) trade relationships.

Believes state leaders have mismanaged immigration, saying "For too long, state leaders have allowed and promoted rogue, chaotic federal-level immigration theater instead of real border solutions."

Supports state action to cap insulin prices, increase transparency, and prevent price gouging on essential medications.

Supports increased investment in mental health services, including counseling, crisis intervention, and school-based programs.

Supports increased state funding for community health centers and safety-net hospitals that serve working families, seniors, and bilingual communities in HD-41.

Supports expanding Medicaid to cover more uninsured residents and include mental health care.

Supports programs that fully support dual-language instruction and invest in better resources and training for overworked bilingual educators.

Opposes "all attempts to funnel public education dollars into private school voucher schemes."

Supports extending benefits like free full-day Pre-K (passed for teachers) to all school support personnel (aides, custodians, cafeteria workers) to improve recruitment and retention for the entire school team.

Believes the education system fails to support all children, emphasizing the need for full investment in public schools over private interests to ensure equitable access to quality education.

Believes the Rio Grande Valley is facing a flooding crisis that damages homes and savings and endangers lives, and criticizes the state for underinvesting in basic flood protection.

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