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State Representative, 80th District
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Don McLaughlinOfficial portrait — Texas House of Representatives

Don McLaughlin

Candidate for State Representative, 80th District

RepublicanIncumbent

Background

Occupation
State representative; business owner
Campaign website
donfortexas.com

State representative for District 80 since 2025, the first Republican to hold the seat since it was drawn into South Texas; mayor of Uvalde for nearly a decade and a small business owner with more than 100 employees.

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Photo: Official portrait — Texas House of Representatives

Documented positions

Taxes & budget

  • Supports limits on property appraisal growth.

    Issues — Don for Texas

    Campaign website · donfortexas.com

    “Don is still fighting to rein in runaway appraisals”
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Public safety

Education

  • Supports ending the STAAR test and teaching life skills.

    Issues — Don for Texas

    Campaign website · donfortexas.com

    “The Texas Legislature came close to eliminating the STAAR test … less teaching to a test, more focus on life skills”
    Report

Housing

  • Supported banning foreign adversaries from buying Texas land.

    Track Record — Don for Texas

    Campaign website · donfortexas.com

    “bans foreign adversaries like China, Iran, and North Korea from buying Texas land”
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Roads & infrastructure

  • Supports bringing basic water infrastructure to rural communities.

    Issues — Don for Texas

    Campaign website · donfortexas.com

    “Don is fighting to bring basic water infrastructure to these communities”
    Report

Health & human services

  • Secured $12.5 million for a Uvalde behavioral health campus.

    Track Record — Don for Texas

    Campaign website · donfortexas.com

    “secure $12.5 million in state funding to launch the Uvalde Behavioral Health Campus”
    Report

Other issues in this race

Other candidates in this race addressed these topics. We found no documented position from Don McLaughlin on them.

  • Government & transparencyNo documented position found.

All sources (15)

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