Terry Canales has represented District 40 in the Rio Grande Valley since 2013 and now chairs the House Committee on Transportation Funding.
He co-authored the 2021 law letting Texans carry handguns without a license or training.
Canales’s take on Texas values
In the 2025 session, Canales voted against the statewide private-school voucher program and for a budget rule blocking state money from going to vouchers, keeping funding in public schools. [Ballotpedia; campaign website]