He runs his family's oil and gas company in Midland and represents a state senate district that stretches across the Texas Panhandle and Permian Basin.
Sparks grew up in Midland, graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a business degree, and is president of Discovery Operating, a family-owned oil and gas company. He won his first Senate race unopposed in 2022 after longtime Republican Kel Seliger retired, and was endorsed by Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Dan Patrick. He is now running for re-election, campaigning on border security, gun rights, election integrity, and lower taxes.
Sparks’s take on Texas values
Sparks supports requiring photo ID to vote, opposes what he calls federal takeover of state election authority, and backs letting counties remove voters from rolls — the opposite of the concerns raised about voter ID and roll purges. [kevinsparksfortexas.com/issues]