Before going to law school, Claire Reynolds started out as a journalist with a degree from Northwestern, and now works as an attorney disciplining lawyers who break the rules for the State Bar of Texas.
Reynolds holds a journalism degree from Northwestern University and a law degree from the University of San Diego, and currently works in the State Bar of Texas's Attorney Discipline Department. She lives in Austin (the district also stretches west through San Angelo, Midland, and Odessa) and won the Democratic primary over Pedro Ruiz in March 2026. She's running because, in her words, Texans want leaders who lead 'with courage, empathy and humanity' instead of going along with whatever the president does.
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Reynolds’s take on Texas values
Reynolds says her long-term goal is a single-payer system like Medicare for All, starting with expanding Medicare coverage and lowering prescription drug costs. [Ballotpedia / campaign platform]