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2026 Texas General Election

2026 Texas Primary Election

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2026 Texas Primary Runoff

Maria Luisa "Lulu" Flores

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Maria Luisa "Lulu" Flores has a bachelor 27s degree in government from the University of Texas at Austin and a law degree from the University of Texas School of Law. She lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband, Scott Hendler.

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Maria Luisa "Lulu" Flores - Hendler Flores Law

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Lulu is an attorney and a senior legal advisor and equity partner at Hendler Flores Law. She previously served as legislative director at the Mexican American Bar Association of Texas, assistant director for intergovernmental affairs and alternative fuels policy at the Railroad Commission of Texas, and director of governmental relations at the State Bar of Texas. 

Lulu is currently a member of the Texas House of Representatives. She was first elected in 2022 and is currently serving her second term.

Supports legalizing, regulating, and taxing cannabis.

Supports closing corporate tax loopholes and franchise tax exemptions and raising the margins tax.

Supports moving away from "an unfair system based on property taxes and consumption taxes toward a more equitable system."

Supports raising the minimum wage and ending subminimum wage for youth and disabled Texans.

Supports passing statewide work safety measures, including water breaks, heat safety standards, mandatory rest periods, and clear enforcement mechanisms to protect workers in high-risk environments.

Supports providing state workers with pay raises, funding cost of living adjustments for retirees, and returning pensions to defined benefit plans.

Supports restoring women and minority-owned businesses to the Historically Underrepresented Business program.

Supports promoting equitable opportunities in hiring, education, and state contracting.

Supports expanding apprenticeships, job training programs, and other opportunities for sustainable employment.

Economy

Supports mandating police officers to intervene when witnessing another officer using excessive force and to provide assistance to those being detained or arrested.

Supports legalizing, regulating, and taxing cannabis to address mass incarceration and fund important community needs.

Supports releasing and expunging records of those with simple drug possession charges.

Supports reducing penalties for non-violent offenses.

Opposes "mandatory cash bail, similar punitive measures touted as reforms."

Supports focusing on diversion programs, treatment, education, job skills, and counseling for incarcerated individuals.

Supports "social-emotional learning, restorative justice methods, and trauma-informed training and bias training for teachers and administrators."

Supports ending "zero tolerance policies" and reducing criminal referrals from school systems.

Supports stopping expulsions and suspensions for Pre-K or other young students that inappropriately remove them from the classroom.

Supports ceasing charging 17-year-olds as adults.

Opposes environmental hazards in or near minority or low-income neighborhoods.

Supports protecting the rights of transgender children and advocating for equality within the LGBTQIA+ community.

Opposes banning books and "the teaching of accurate history or critical thinking."

Public Safety

Supports addressing maternal mortality by extending Medicaid coverage for a year postpartum and enhancing cultural competency to ensure health concerns of women of color are taken seriously.

Supports increasing insurance coverage for mental health and providing more mental health services in schools.

Supports abortion access, increasing funding for underserved populations, and restoring Title X funds for Planned Parenthood.

Supports increasing access to contraceptives and in vitro fertilization (IVF), improving family planning services, and providing medically accurate sex education.

Supports promoting healthy living and nutrition education.

Healthcare

Supports increasing state funding for public schools to improve student outcomes and provide relief for teachers and administrators.

Wants to reduce reliance on standardized tests and "punitive A-F ratings" in schools.

Wants to "eliminate loopholes to best practices around class size and similar"

Opposes curriculum censorship and book bans.

Supports social-emotional learning, restorative justice, and trauma-informed, bias training for educators.

Plans to end "zero tolerance" policies and reduce criminal referrals from school systems.

Supports increasing funding for childcare staff, supplies, and sanitation, and plans to urge Congress for additional relief.

Supports closing the funding gap for Child Protective Services and Foster Care.

Wants to "reverse the disastrous privatization efforts in the child welfare system."

Education

As of January 22, 2026, Maria Luisa "Lulu" Flores’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Energy & the Environment

Wants to expand voting access, end voter purges, and ban partisan intimidation by poll watchers.

Supports online, automatic, and same-day voter registration.

Supports mail-in voting for all qualified voters without needing an excuse or age restriction.

Supports making Texas college, government, and tribal IDs eligible for use as a voter ID.

Supports collaborating with local officials to enhance voting infrastructure by purchasing more voting machines, hiring additional poll workers, expanding polling locations, and extending voting hours to the maximum allowed by law.

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.

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