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State Representative, 100th District

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Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A state representative votes on Texas laws and the state budget in the Texas House of Representatives.

Dallas County: part of Dallas.

Jordan Scott Hoffnagle

Republican

IT infrastructure

The gist

  • Proposes locking property taxes to a home's purchase price.
  • Supports equal custody as the default for fit parents.
  • Supports body camera retention and banning Flock cameras.
  • Supports high school credit for work in skilled trades.
  • Proposes capping traffic fines at 5% of weekly pay.
  • Supports data centers supplying their own power and water.
More about Jordan
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  1. Proposes locking property taxes to a home's purchase price.

    Issues | Jordan Hoffnagle for Texas House District 100

    Campaign website · hoffnaglefortexas.org

    “Property tax locked to the purchase price for as long as you own the home”
  2. Supports equal custody as the default for fit parents.

    Issues | Jordan Hoffnagle for Texas House District 100

    Campaign website · hoffnaglefortexas.org

    “Equal custody as the starting point, not a prize one parent has to win”
  3. Supports body camera retention and banning Flock cameras.

    Jordan Hoffnagle for Texas House District 100

    Campaign website · hoffnaglefortexas.org

    “One year of mandatory body camera retention … a ban on Flock cameras and warrantless mass tracking”
  4. Supports high school credit for work in skilled trades.

    Jordan Hoffnagle for Texas House District 100

    Campaign website · hoffnaglefortexas.org

    “Give juniors and seniors credit for real work”
  5. Proposes capping traffic fines at 5% of weekly pay.

    Issues | Jordan Hoffnagle for Texas House District 100

    Campaign website · hoffnaglefortexas.org

    “Cap traffic fines at 5% of a week's take-home pay”
  6. Supports data centers supplying their own power and water.

    Jordan Hoffnagle for Texas House District 100

    Campaign website · hoffnaglefortexas.org

    “in designated corridors, generating their own power and sourcing their own water”
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Venton JonesOfficial portrait — Texas House of Representatives

Venton Jones

DemocraticIncumbent

State representative; nonprofit CEO

The gist

  • Supports expanding Medicaid.
  • Supports restoring abortion access.
  • Supports fully funding pre-K and raising teacher pay.
  • Supports protecting seniors from displacement and rising taxes.
  • Opposed anti-DEI measures at public colleges.
  • Authored a bill on inmates' good conduct time and parole.In office

In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.

More about Venton
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  1. Supports expanding Medicaid.

    Platform | Venton Jones for Texas House District 100

    Campaign website · ventonfor100.com

    “I'm committed to ensuring that we expand Medicaid across the state”
    Bills authored by Rep. Venton Jones, 89th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)

    Government record · Texas Legislature Online · capitol.texas.gov

    “the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid to certain individuals under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”
  2. Supports restoring abortion access.

    Platform | Venton Jones for Texas House District 100

    Campaign website · ventonfor100.com

    “restore abortion access and funding for reproductive healthcare”
  3. Supports fully funding pre-K and raising teacher pay.

    Platform | Venton Jones for Texas House District 100

    Campaign website · ventonfor100.com

    “fully funding Pre-K programs and increasing teacher pay”
  4. Supports protecting seniors from displacement and rising taxes.

    Platform | Venton Jones for Texas House District 100

    Campaign website · ventonfor100.com

    “We must protect them from displacement through gentrification, increased property taxes, and rising prescription drug costs.”
  5. Opposed anti-DEI measures at public colleges.

    Platform | Venton Jones for Texas House District 100

    Campaign website · ventonfor100.com

    “to oppose anti-DEI efforts that sought to whitewash our college campuses”
  6. Authored a bill on inmates' good conduct time and parole.

    Bills authored by Rep. Venton Jones, 89th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)

    Government record · Texas Legislature Online · capitol.texas.gov

    “the award of good conduct time to certain inmates; changing parole eligibility”

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