State Representative, 63rd District · Texas 2026 General Election

Denise Wooten

Democratic

Psychologist

The gist

Supports protecting and funding public education.
Supports expanding access to medical and mental health care.
Supports reducing the property tax burden on the middle class.
Opposes partisan gerrymandering.
Supports abortion rights.

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Supports protecting and funding public education.
Wooten for Texas | Candidate for Texas House District 63
Campaign website · wooten-for-texas.com
“protecting and funding public education, expanding medical and mental healthcare access”
Supports expanding access to medical and mental health care.
Wooten for Texas | Candidate for Texas House District 63
Campaign website · wooten-for-texas.com
“expanding medical and mental healthcare access”
Supports reducing the property tax burden on the middle class.
Wooten for Texas | Candidate for Texas House District 63
Campaign website · wooten-for-texas.com
“reducing the property tax burden on the middle class”
Opposes partisan gerrymandering.
Wooten for Texas | Candidate for Texas House District 63
Campaign website · wooten-for-texas.com
“advancing fair voting rights without egregious gerrymandering”
Supports abortion rights.
Wooten for Texas | Candidate for Texas House District 63
Campaign website · wooten-for-texas.com
“We also must preserve a woman's right to make reproductive”

Ben Bumgarner

RepublicanIncumbent

State representative; small business co-owner

The gist

Authored a 2025 law requiring firefighter health screenings.
Supports more state school funding to ease property taxes.
Co-sponsored state funding for border wall construction.
Supports expanding Texas energy production.
Authored a bill banning student phone use during class.In office
Authored a 2025 law on revoking hotel permits over trafficking.In office

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

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Authored a 2025 law requiring firefighter health screenings.
VoteBumgarner
Campaign website · votebumgarner.com
“the Wade Cannon Act which would provide occupational cancer screenings for our firefighters”
Bills authored by Rep. Ben Bumgarner, 89th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)
Government record · Texas Legislature Online · capitol.texas.gov
“Relating to periodic health screenings for firefighters.”
Supports more state school funding to ease property taxes.
VoteBumgarner
Campaign website · votebumgarner.com
“increasing the state's share of education funding could help ease the local property tax burden”
Co-sponsored state funding for border wall construction.
VoteBumgarner
Campaign website · votebumgarner.com
“added billions to Texas' efforts to continue border wall construction and Operation Lone Star”
Supports expanding Texas energy production.
VoteBumgarner
Campaign website · votebumgarner.com
“by fostering growth in the energy sector, we create jobs, stimulate economic development, and enhance our energy independence”
Authored a bill banning student phone use during class.
Bills authored by Rep. Ben Bumgarner, 89th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)
Government record · Texas Legislature Online · capitol.texas.gov
“a policy prohibiting the use of personal electronic devices by public school students during instructional time”
Authored a 2025 law on revoking hotel permits over trafficking.
Bills authored by Rep. Ben Bumgarner, 89th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)
Government record · Texas Legislature Online · capitol.texas.gov
“the suspension or revocation of a hotel's certificate of occupancy by a municipality for suspected human trafficking”