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2026 Texas General Election

2026 Texas Primary Election

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2026 Texas Primary Runoff

Taylor Rehmet

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Taylor is a union president. He works at the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, where he has been elected president of both his local and state chapters. He previously served in the U.S. Air Force and worked as a machinist. Before that, he helped out as a plumber’s assistant and worked at a horse ranch.

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Supports reclassifying gig workers to guarantee benefits and advocates for apprenticeship pipelines to create career paths for the next generation.

Supports capping appraisal spikes, expanding exemptions for veterans and seniors, and closing corporate loopholes that drain local school funding.

Supports statewide rent stabilization, tenant protections, and investment in affordable public and nonprofit housing for working families.

Economy

For Candidate Taylor Rehmet on Issue public-safety:  
Promises to hold traffickers, dealers, and bad actors accountable to the fullest extent of the law.

Public Safety

Supports expanding access to mental health care, fully funding recovery programs, and making Narcan widely available.

Healthcare

Supports fully funding public schools and ending voucher schemes that drain them.

Supports teacher raises, mental health staff in every school, and strict oversight to prevent school boards from banning books or invading student privacy.

Education

Opposes the selloff of public lands to developers, aims to safeguard water access, and supports investment in rural conservation jobs.

Believes environmental justice must include local communities, prioritizing clean air and water for all, regardless of zip code.

Energy & the Environment

Supports ending racial and partisan gerrymandering through an independent redistricting commission, increasing transparency in the redistricting process, and strengthening protections for minority voting blocs.

Voting & Elections

- Your state senator represents the interests of your district in the Texas State Senate. The State Senate, along with the State House of Representatives, makes up your state lawmaking body: the Texas Legislature.
- Your state senator can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws after going through the legislative process.
- There are 31 Texas state senators, each representing a single district with a constituency of around 1 million.
- State senators are elected to 4-year terms and one 2-year term per decade, and there are no term limits.
- They are paid a salary of $7,200/year and a per diem of $221/day.

Your representative and state lawmaker in the Texas State Senate.