Before running for Congress, Chelsey Hockett worked restaurant jobs and for an airline while raising two kids in Terrell, Texas.
Hockett is a union family mom from East Texas who earned her degree from Texas Woman's University in 2015 and has been active with the Kaufman County Democratic Party. She won the May 2026 Democratic runoff for Texas's 5th Congressional District, running as a working-class progressive on healthcare, housing, and union rights.
Hockett’s take on Texas values
She calls for restoring the Voting Rights Act, passing the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to ban partisan gerrymandering, and overturning Citizens United. [chelseyhockettforcongress.com]