State

State Representative, 83rd District

Vote for: 1
Term: 2 years
Candidates: 2
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.

All of Borden, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Garza, Kent, Lynn, Mitchell, Scurry and Terry counties. Lubbock County: Buffalo Springs, Idalou, New Deal, Ransom Canyon, Slaton and Wolfforth; part of Abernathy and Lubbock.

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Malik Williams

Democratic

Attorney

The gist

Supports a $15 minimum wage.
Supports 12-week paid family leave and universal child care.
Supports ending for-profit immigration detention centers.
Supports capping prescription drug costs and expanding Medicaid.
Opposes school vouchers.
Supports higher corporate taxes and taxing billionaires' capital gains.
Supports abortion rights.

More about Malik

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Supports a $15 minimum wage.
Malik For HD 83
Campaign website · malikfor83.com
“A $15 minimum wage is necessary.”
Supports 12-week paid family leave and universal child care.
Malik For HD 83
Campaign website · malikfor83.com
“12-week Paid Family Leave is necessary for success.”
Supports ending for-profit immigration detention centers.
Malik For HD 83
Campaign website · malikfor83.com
“End For-Profit Detention Centers”
Supports capping prescription drug costs and expanding Medicaid.
Malik For HD 83
Campaign website · malikfor83.com
“We need to cap and lower prescription drug cost, revitalize rural hospitals, and invest in mental health access.”
Opposes school vouchers.
Malik For HD 83
Campaign website · malikfor83.com
“Public dollars belong to public schools.”
Supports higher corporate taxes and taxing billionaires' capital gains.
Malik For HD 83
Campaign website · malikfor83.com
“increasing corporate taxes, fully taxing the capital gains of billionaires, and ending corporate welfare”
Supports abortion rights.
Malik For HD 83
Campaign website · malikfor83.com
“The government should not come in-between a woman and her doctor, PERIOD.”

Dustin Burrows

RepublicanIncumbent

Speaker of the Texas House; attorney

The gist

Led passage of $51 billion in property tax relief.
Supported barring large minimum lot sizes to allow smaller homes.
Led the law requiring voter approval for large tax increases.
Led the 2023 law preempting local business regulations.
Led the law requiring armed security on every school campus.
Supported banning pharmacy gag clauses on cheaper drugs.

More about Dustin

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Led passage of $51 billion in property tax relief.
Keeping Texas Affordable – Republican Dustin Burrows
Campaign website · burrows4tx.com
“Provided $51 billion in property tax relief to help homeowners and businesses keep more of their money (SB 1)”
Supported barring large minimum lot sizes to allow smaller homes.
Keeping Texas Affordable – Republican Dustin Burrows
Campaign website · burrows4tx.com
“Prevented cities from requiring overly large lot sizes or other rules that make it harder to build smaller, more affordable homes”
Led the law requiring voter approval for large tax increases.
About – Republican Dustin Burrows
Campaign website · burrows4tx.com
“requiring voter approval for property tax increases above a certain threshold”
Led the 2023 law preempting local business regulations.
About – Republican Dustin Burrows
Campaign website · burrows4tx.com
“eliminating patchwork local regulations and restoring uniform regulatory authority to the state”
Led the law requiring armed security on every school campus.
About – Republican Dustin Burrows
Campaign website · burrows4tx.com
“mandating armed security personnel on every Texas school campus”
Supported banning pharmacy gag clauses on cheaper drugs.
Keeping Texas Affordable – Republican Dustin Burrows
Campaign website · burrows4tx.com
“that prevented pharmacists from telling patients about lower-cost prescription options (SB 493)”

Challengers are listed first and incumbents last; otherwise candidates appear in ballot order. The Gist does not rank, rate or endorse candidates. Only positions backed by a cited source are shown; 7 issues covered in this race.