Keresa Richardson unseated fellow Republican incumbent Frederick Frazier in the 2024 primary runoff and has represented HD 61 since January 2025.
In April 2025 she was one of a small group of House Republicans who voted no on the statewide private-school voucher bill, breaking from her own party's leadership.
Richardson’s take on Texas values
As the sitting representative, Richardson voted no on the 2025 bill that created Texas's first statewide private-school voucher program funded with public tax dollars. [Ballotpedia; campaign website]