Who Bryan is
He's the East Texas lawyer who wrote the six-week abortion ban that let private citizens sue anyone who helped someone get one, a legal trick that helped it dodge the courts for over a year.
About Bryan
Bryan Hughes is an attorney from Mineola who has represented Senate District 1 since 2017 and previously served in the Texas House. He authored two of the most consequential Texas laws of the last decade: the 2021 six-week abortion ban and the 2021 election law that tightened rules on mail voting and banned drive-thru and 24-hour voting. He's running for another term after building a reputation as one of the Senate's most prolific bill-writers.
Where they stand
- Corruption & DemocracyDisagree
- Taxes & Cost of LivingUnknown
- Public EducationDisagree
- Health CareUnknown
- Freedom, Family & FaithDisagree
- Immigration & Border SecurityUnknown
- Public Safety & JusticeAgree
- Energy & EnvironmentUnknown
Also running for TX State Senate • District 1
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Laticia AmbrozShe's a grandmother of eight (with a great-grandchild on the way) who decided in her 60s, after a lifetime in Texas, to run for state office for the first time.
About Laticia
Laticia Ambroz is a Democrat from Quitman running for Texas Senate District 1, a 19-county stretch of Northeast Texas. She says her mother taught her to always leave things better than she found them, and she's campaigning on affordable healthcare, keeping rural hospitals open, and a living wage. She's a first-time candidate taking on longtime incumbent Bryan Hughes in a heavily Republican district.