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State Representative, District 102

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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.

In Dallas County: parts of Dallas, Garland and Richardson.

Bonnie Abadie

Republican

Business owner

The gist

  • Supports requiring voters to register with a party.
  • Proposes ending countywide voting and cutting early-voting sites.
  • Proposes a moratorium on local government bond issuance.
  • Supports removing Chromebooks from elementary classrooms.
  • Supports paying Texas legislators a modest salary.
  • Supports state and city reviews of wasteful spending.
More about Bonnie
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  1. Supports requiring voters to register with a party.

    Priorities — Bonnie Abadie for Texas House

    Campaign website · colorfulconservative.com

    “We must change voter registrations so that voters are required to claim a party.”
  2. Proposes ending countywide voting and cutting early-voting sites.

    Priorities — Bonnie Abadie for Texas House

    Campaign website · colorfulconservative.com

    “We also need to do away with county wide voting.”
  3. Proposes a moratorium on local government bond issuance.

    Priorities — Bonnie Abadie for Texas House

    Campaign website · colorfulconservative.com

    “We need to put a moratorium on bond issuance and instead allow municipalities and school districts to save monies for capital projects”
  4. Supports removing Chromebooks from elementary classrooms.

    Priorities — Bonnie Abadie for Texas House

    Campaign website · colorfulconservative.com

    “There is no need for Chromebooks in the elementary and possibly jr high levels.”
  5. Supports paying Texas legislators a modest salary.

    Priorities — Bonnie Abadie for Texas House

    Campaign website · colorfulconservative.com

    “Paying them a modest salary would open up the candidate pool”
  6. Supports state and city reviews of wasteful spending.

    Priorities — Bonnie Abadie for Texas House

    Campaign website · colorfulconservative.com

    “I feel every state should do this along with municipalities to determine the wasteful government spending.”
Photo of Ana-Maria Rodriguez Ramos
Ana-Maria Rodriguez RamosOfficial portrait — Texas House of Representatives

Ana-Maria Rodriguez Ramos

DemocraticIncumbent

Attorney; State Representative

The gist

  • Supports the state paying half of public school costs.
  • Supports expanding Medicaid in Texas.
  • Supports moving Texas toward 100% renewable energy.
  • Authored a bill adjusting school funding for inflation.In office
  • Authored a bill requiring domestic abusers to surrender firearms.In office
  • Authored a bill to repeal Texas abortion prohibitions.In office

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

More about Ana-Maria
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  1. Supports the state paying half of public school costs.

    Issues — Ana-Maria Ramos for Texas

    Campaign website · ramos4texas.com

    “we must continue to fight for lawmakers to return to funding 50% of our public education budget as we did just a decade ago”
  2. Supports expanding Medicaid in Texas.

    Issues — Ana-Maria Ramos for Texas

    Campaign website · ramos4texas.com

    “Healthcare is not a privilege, but a right. That's why we must expand Medicaid in Texas.”
  3. Supports moving Texas toward 100% renewable energy.

    Issues — Ana-Maria Ramos for Texas

    Campaign website · ramos4texas.com

    “We must support the goals of the Green Texas Act to ensure we quickly work together to move towards 100% renewable energy”
  4. Authored a bill adjusting school funding for inflation.

    Bills Authored / Joint Authored — Rep. Ana-María Rodríguez Ramos, 89th Legislature Regular Session

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

    “the basic allotment and the guaranteed yield under the Foundation School Program, including an adjustment in those amounts to reflect inflation”
  5. Authored a bill requiring domestic abusers to surrender firearms.

    Bills Authored / Joint Authored — Rep. Ana-María Rodríguez Ramos, 89th Legislature Regular Session

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

    “requiring a person convicted of an offense involving family violence or a person who is the subject of a protective order to surrender firearms”
  6. Authored a bill to repeal Texas abortion prohibitions.

    Bills Authored / Joint Authored — Rep. Ana-María Rodríguez Ramos, 89th Legislature Regular Session

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

    “the regulation of abortion and related matters and to the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion”

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