About this office
Your State Representative is one of 150 people who write Texas law, and yours is elected to represent your area of Hays County. Every two years they decide how much money your kids' school gets, whether your property tax bill goes up or down, and whether Texas takes federal money for health care or turns it away. Big decisions, made by a small group — and one seat is yours to fill.
Candidates
Vincent PerezHe broke quorum and left Texas for weeks in 2025 to block a redistricting map he called racially discriminatory.
About Vincent
Vince Perez is the incumbent state representative for El Paso's District 77, home to UTEP and downtown El Paso. He serves as Deputy Whip of the House Democratic Caucus and sits on the Ways & Means Committee, and he co-authored a bill creating a licensing pathway for foreign-trained doctors to practice in underserved border communities. In 2025 he was one of the Democrats who left the state to deny the House a quorum over new congressional maps, later telling reporters the maps "systematically silences the majority through... racial engineered maps."
Humberto PerezHe's a U.S. Army veteran who works as a plumber in El Paso.
About Humberto
Humberto Perez is a U.S. Army veteran and plumber challenging incumbent Vince Perez for Texas House District 77. He describes himself as a Latino former Democrat who moved to El Paso from New York, and he's running on a platform of lower property taxes, government-efficiency cuts, and opposing what he calls curriculum "indoctrination" in schools. He has been endorsed by the Hispanic Republicans of Texas.