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State Representative, District 130

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Election
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 Harris County: parts of Tomball and Houston, and unincorporated areas.

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Brett Robinson

Democratic

The gist

  • Supports restoring abortion rights, IVF and contraception access.
  • Proposes licenses for gun ownership.
  • Supports collective bargaining rights for workers.
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  1. Supports restoring abortion rights, IVF and contraception access.

    Brett Robinson for Texas

    Campaign website · brett4texas.com

    “My top priority is to restore reproductive freedom, which includes the right to IVF and contraception.”

  2. Proposes licenses for gun ownership.

    Brett Robinson for Texas

    Campaign website · brett4texas.com

    “we ought to require licenses for gun ownership that prove competency in the use, safety, and storage of firearms”

  3. Supports collective bargaining rights for workers.

    Brett Robinson for Texas

    Campaign website · brett4texas.com

    “allow workers to collectively bargain for good wages and benefits”
Photo of Tom Oliverson
Tom OliversonOfficial portrait — Texas House of Representatives

Tom Oliverson

RepublicanIncumbent

Anesthesiologist; State Representative

The gist

  • Authored a law on regional health programs for small employers.In office
  • Authored a law on Texas Medical Board licensing.In office
  • Authored a bill ending post-disaster tax rate exceptions.In office
  • Authored a bill barring officials from distributing voter forms.In office
  • Authored a bill for windstorm mitigation grants to homeowners.In office

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

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  1. Authored a law on regional health programs for small employers.

    Bills Authored / Joint Authored — Rep. Tom Oliverson, 89th Legislature Regular Session

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

    “operation by certain nonprofit organizations of certain regional health care programs for employees of small employers”

  2. Authored a law on Texas Medical Board licensing.

    Bills Authored / Joint Authored — Rep. Tom Oliverson, 89th Legislature Regular Session

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

    “the issuance by the Texas Medical Board of certain licenses to practice medicine”

  3. Authored a bill ending post-disaster tax rate exceptions.

    Bills Authored / Joint Authored — Rep. Tom Oliverson, 89th Legislature Regular Session

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

    “the repeal of provisions authorizing certain taxing units in the year following the year in which a disaster occurs”

  4. Authored a bill barring officials from distributing voter forms.

    Bills Authored / Joint Authored — Rep. Tom Oliverson, 89th Legislature Regular Session

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

    “prohibiting an officer or employee of this state or of a political subdivision of this state from distributing certain voter registration application forms”

  5. Authored a bill for windstorm mitigation grants to homeowners.

    Bills Authored / Joint Authored — Rep. Tom Oliverson, 89th Legislature Regular Session

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

    “a grant program for hurricane and windstorm loss mitigation for single-family residential property”

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