Yolanda Prince works in juvenile crime prevention for Prairie View A&M University and won her Democratic primary runoff with 71% of the vote.
A Tyler native, Prince earned a public administration degree from Stephen F. Austin State University and a master's from UT-Arlington, and now works as a project manager for Prairie View A&M University's Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center. She has held leadership roles with the League of Women Voters, the NAACP, and the Smith County Democratic Party, and won the May 2026 Democratic runoff with about 71% of the vote to challenge incumbent Nathaniel Moran, campaigning on affordability, wages, and voting access for East Texans.
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Prince’s take on Texas values
Prince marched in Washington, D.C. for reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act and has called Texas's voter ID law 'one of the most discriminatory... in the country,' framing it as voter suppression. [yolandaprince.com; KETK]