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State Representative, 60th 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.

All of Palo Pinto, Parker and Stephens counties.

Krissy Guess

Democratic

Operations executive

The gist

  • Supports protecting access to IVF.
  • Supports expanding maternal care and supporting rural hospitals.
  • Pledges more investment in teachers and classrooms.
  • Supports lowering property taxes and everyday costs.
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  1. Supports protecting access to IVF.

    Krissy Guess for Texas House District 60

    Campaign website · krissyguessfortx.com

    “protect access to fertility treatments like IVF for families struggling to have children”
  2. Supports expanding maternal care and supporting rural hospitals.

    Krissy Guess for Texas House District 60

    Campaign website · krissyguessfortx.com

    “We must expand access to care, support rural hospitals, and listen to doctors and nurses”
  3. Pledges more investment in teachers and classrooms.

    Krissy Guess for Texas House District 60

    Campaign website · krissyguessfortx.com

    “I will invest in teachers, classrooms, and proven educational outcomes”
  4. Supports lowering property taxes and everyday costs.

    Krissy Guess for Texas House District 60

    Campaign website · krissyguessfortx.com

    “I will support responsible solutions that lower property taxes and everyday costs”
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Mike OlcottOfficial portrait — Texas House of Representatives

Mike Olcott

RepublicanIncumbent

State representative; retired research scientist

The gist

  • Supports eliminating property taxes, starting with homeowners' school taxes.
  • Supports tougher voter fraud penalties and photo ID to vote.
  • Authored a bill requiring employers to use E-Verify.
  • Authored a bill ending in-state tuition for unauthorized immigrants.
  • Supports banning vaccine mandates.
  • Opposes gender-transition treatments for minors.
More about Mike
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  1. Supports eliminating property taxes, starting with homeowners' school taxes.

    Issues - Mike Olcott for Texas House

    Campaign website · mikeolcott.com

    “Ultimately, we need to eliminate property taxes all together. … Eliminate school property taxes for homeowners”
  2. Supports tougher voter fraud penalties and photo ID to vote.

    Issues - Mike Olcott for Texas House

    Campaign website · mikeolcott.com

    “I support tougher penalties for voter fraud and support requiring a photo ID to vote.”
  3. Authored a bill requiring employers to use E-Verify.

    Issues - Mike Olcott for Texas House

    Campaign website · mikeolcott.com

    “require the use of E-Verify to determine the immigration status of prospective employees (HB 3210)”
    Bills authored by Rep. Mike Olcott, 89th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)

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

    “requiring state contractors, political subdivisions of this state, and private employers to participate in the federal electronic verification”
  4. Authored a bill ending in-state tuition for unauthorized immigrants.

    Issues - Mike Olcott for Texas House

    Campaign website · mikeolcott.com

    “ban taxpayer dollars from being used to subsidize in-state tuition for illegal aliens at our state universities (HB 1324)”
  5. Supports banning vaccine mandates.

    Issues - Mike Olcott for Texas House

    Campaign website · mikeolcott.com

    “pass a bill that unequivocally bans vaccine mandates so no Texan is ever fired for not being vaccinated”
  6. Opposes gender-transition treatments for minors.

    Issues - Mike Olcott for Texas House

    Campaign website · mikeolcott.com

    “I will fight to abolish the practices of gender reassignment surgery, administration of puberty blockers”

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State Representative, 60th District · Texas 2026 General Election · The Gist