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
Heather WallaceWallace is a longtime classroom teacher with a Master's degree in Humanities who is close to finishing a second Master's in History.
About Heather
She's running on bringing rural Texas Panhandle concerns like water security and property taxes to Austin.
Ken KingKing is a Texas Panhandle native who runs energy service businesses and previously served as Canadian ISD School Board President.
About Ken
In 2023 he was one of 21 Republicans who broke with GOP leadership to strip private-school vouchers from a major education bill, saying "there's no chance in hell any voucher helps one student in House District 88."