Leigh worked to pay her way through school, becoming the first person in her family to earn a bachelor’s degree. She went on to obtain her master’s degree, also while working full-time.

Meet Leigh | Leigh For Texas

Leigh is a Christian, wife, mother, and dog lover. She and her husband, Andy, have lived in Tarrant County over thirty years and have two grown sons. The Wambsganss family worships at The Met Church in Fort Worth.

Leigh Wambsganss earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree. She and her husband, Andy, have two sons, and the family worships at The Met Church in Fort Worth.

Obtaining her educational goals shaped everything that came next: a career in television news, working on congressional campaigns, serving veterans as a congressional liaison, a corporate communications executive, and building her own real estate business while raising her family.

Leigh Wambsganss has worked in television news, on congressional campaigns, as a congressional liaison serving veterans, and as a corporate communications executive. She has also owned a real estate business.

Texas State Senate District 9 - Ballotpedia

Leigh lost the 2025 race for Texas State Senate District 9.

2026 Texas General Election

LOWER THE COST OF LIVING

Cut property taxes, lower insurance premiums, and fight for better-paying jobs and affordable housing for working families.

Issues | Leigh For Texas

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Fight for low taxes, less regulations, and the predictable legal environment that makes Texas the envy of the nation and leading job creator in America.

Calls for cutting property taxes and insurance premiums while pursuing higher-paying jobs and affordable housing.

Calls for low taxes, fewer regulations, and a predictable legal environment to promote job creation.

- Calls for cutting property taxes and insurance premiums while pursuing higher-paying jobs and affordable housing.
- Calls for low taxes, fewer regulations, and a predictable legal environment to promote job creation.

Economy

KEEPING TEXAS FAMILIES SAFE

Keep violent, repeat criminals behind bars, and give law enforcement the equipment and training they need to stop drugs and human trafficking.

SECOND AMENDMENT
Protect Texan’s right to keep and bear arms.

Calls for keeping violent repeat offenders incarcerated and providing law enforcement equipment and training to address drugs and human trafficking.

Supports Texans’ right to keep and bear arms.

- Calls for keeping violent repeat offenders incarcerated and providing law enforcement equipment and training to address drugs and human trafficking.
- Supports Texans’ right to keep and bear arms.

Public Safety

SANCTITY OF LIFE

Be a voice for the voiceless protecting innocent life and remove barriers so the private sector can provide resources to women facing crisis pregnancies.

Advocates for protecting “innocent life” and removing barriers to private-sector resources for women facing crisis pregnancies.

- Advocates for protecting “innocent life” and removing barriers to private-sector resources for women facing crisis pregnancies.

Healthcare

STRONG SCHOOLS & GOOD JOBS

Support funding needed to improve education, increase career training and apprenticeship programs so students are prepared for the work force.

Educated in K-12 public schools, Leigh knows firsthand why strong schools and good jobs matter. She’s committed to supporting the funding needed to improve public education. As a mom, she wants every Texas student to have real paths forward, whether in college, career training, apprenticeships, or the military.

PROTECT WOMEN'S SPORTS & PRIVATE SPACES

Keep men out of women’s sports, bathrooms and locker rooms because the privacy, safety and dignity of women and girls is not negotiable.

Supports public-education funding and expanded career training and apprenticeships so students have paths to college, careers, apprenticeships, or the military.

Calls for keeping “men” out of women’s sports, bathrooms, and locker rooms.

- Supports public-education funding and expanded career training and apprenticeships so students have paths to college, careers, apprenticeships, or the military.
- Calls for keeping “men” out of women’s sports, bathrooms, and locker rooms.

Education

DATA CENTER REFORM

End tax incentives for data centers, make them pay for their own water and electrical costs, and allow local communities to decide how close they can be built to residential communities.

Calls for ending data-center tax incentives, requiring centers to pay their water and electricity costs, and allowing local siting decisions near homes.

- Calls for ending data-center tax incentives, requiring centers to pay their water and electricity costs, and allowing local siting decisions near homes.

Energy & the Environment

As of August 25, 2026, Leigh Wambsganss’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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