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2026 Texas General Election

2026 Texas Primary Election

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2026 Texas Primary Runoff

Lauren Ashley Simmons

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Lauren Ashley Simmons is currently a member of the Texas House of Representatives representing District 146. She was elected in 2024 and is serving her first term.

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Supports raising Texas' minimum wage to $15 an hour and adjusting it for inflation.

Supports passing paid sick leave and paid family and medical leave for Texas workers.

Supports restoring local control over regulating workplace conditions and labor issues.

Supports protecting workers from AI and automation job loss by mandating free retraining and training for new tech-generated jobs.

Supports protecting workers' rights to unionize.

Supports protecting public sector pension funds and ensuring retirement security for all workers.

Supports leveraging funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act to create jobs.

Economy

Supports gun control and wants to enact "common-sense gun safety reforms."

Supports enhancing police accountability by ending qualified immunity, appointing independent investigators for serious police-involved shootings, reforming body camera footage release rules, and improving data collection to identify patterns of unlawful bias.

Supports decriminalizing marijuana possession.

Supports increasing stable government funding for domestic violence service providers.

Supports making "transformational investments in access to mental health services."

Supports providing incentives to transition to renewable energy.

Supports restoring local control over environmental projects and overhauling the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to be more responsive to residents.

Supports restoring Houston/Harris County's access to flood mitigation funds.

Public Safety

Supports "universal access to quality, affordable health care and mental health care."

Supports replacing cuts to children's special education funding and providing adequate support for all people with disabilities.

Supports abortion access and believes all medically unnecessary restrictions on abortion should be removed.

Supports repealing Texas’ ban on gender-affirming care for minors.

Healthcare

Supports increasing wages for teachers and educational support personnel to attract and retain quality staff.

Supports ending "Texas’ over-reliance on high-stakes standardized testing."

Opposes using public funds for private schools.

Supports reinstating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices at Texas colleges and universities.

Supports repealing laws that restrict education on Black history and race.

Education

As of January 22, 2026, Lauren Ashley Simmons’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Energy & the Environment

Supports same-day voter registration and universal mail-ballot voting.

Supports creating a nonpartisan redistricting commission to eliminate gerrymandering in Texas.

Voting & Elections

- Your state representative represents the interests of your local district in the Texas House of Representatives. The State House of Representatives, along with the State Senate, makes up your state lawmaking body: the Texas State Legislature
- Your state representative can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws. 
- There are 150 members of the Texas House of Representatives, each representing a single district. Representatives must be at least 21 years old and reside in the state for at least two years before their election. 
- State representatives are elected to two-year terms during even-numbered years. There are no term limits. 
- State representatives make $7,200 annually in addition to a $221 payment per day during legislative sessions and mileage reimbursements.

Your representative and state lawmaker in the Texas House of Representatives.