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State Representative, 87th District

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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.

All of Carson, Hansford, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Potter and Sherman counties.

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Diana Loya

Democratic

School district curriculum coordinator

The gist

  • Opposes school vouchers.
  • Supports full funding and competitive teacher pay for rural schools.
  • Supports more state school funding to cut property taxes.
  • Supports stable funding for rural hospitals and clinics.
  • Supports incentives to recruit rural health professionals.
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  1. Opposes school vouchers.

    Diana Loya for Texas House District 87

    Campaign website · dianaloyahd87.com

    “Oppose voucher programs that harm small districts”

  2. Supports full funding and competitive teacher pay for rural schools.

    Diana Loya for Texas House District 87

    Campaign website · dianaloyahd87.com

    “Fight for full, fair funding for rural public schools … Support competitive teacher pay and retention programs here in the Panhandle”

  3. Supports more state school funding to cut property taxes.

    Diana Loya for Texas House District 87

    Campaign website · dianaloyahd87.com

    “Make the state pay their fair share for public education as it once was.”

  4. Supports stable funding for rural hospitals and clinics.

    Diana Loya for Texas House District 87

    Campaign website · dianaloyahd87.com

    “Fight for stable funding for rural hospitals and clinics”

  5. Supports incentives to recruit rural health professionals.

    Diana Loya for Texas House District 87

    Campaign website · dianaloyahd87.com

    “Support incentives to attract and keep rural healthcare professionals”
Photo of Caroline Fairly
Caroline FairlyOfficial portrait — Texas House of Representatives

Caroline Fairly

RepublicanIncumbent

State representative; medical negotiator

The gist

  • Supports more border manpower and technology.
  • Opposes gender ideology lessons and explicit library materials.
  • Opposes abortion.
  • Supports parents' rights to make education decisions.
  • Authored the 2025 law restricting student phone use in schools.In office
  • Authored a bill regulating mobile app stores.In office

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

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  1. Supports more border manpower and technology.

    Caroline Fairly for Texas

    Campaign website · fairlyfortexas.com

    “Caroline will fight for additional manpower, innovation, and technology to stop the flow of illegal drugs and weapons”

  2. Opposes gender ideology lessons and explicit library materials.

    Caroline Fairly for Texas

    Campaign website · fairlyfortexas.com

    “radical gender ideology, or inappropriate materials in Texas classrooms and libraries”

  3. Opposes abortion.

    Caroline Fairly for Texas

    Campaign website · fairlyfortexas.com

    “life, born or unborn, must be protected”

  4. Supports parents' rights to make education decisions.

    Caroline Fairly for Texas

    Campaign website · fairlyfortexas.com

    “parents' rights to make the best education decisions for their own children”

  5. Authored the 2025 law restricting student phone use in schools.

    Bills authored by Rep. Caroline Fairly, 89th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)

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

    “school district and open-enrollment charter school policies regarding student use of personal communication devices”

  6. Authored a bill regulating mobile app stores.

    Bills authored by Rep. Caroline Fairly, 89th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)

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

    “the regulation of platforms for the sale and distribution of software applications for mobile devices”

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