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State Senator, District 24

Vote for: 1
Term: 4 years
Candidates: 2
Election: Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A state senator is one of 31 members of the Texas Senate, which writes and votes on state laws and the state budget and confirms many of the Governor's appointments.

Covers all of Bandera, Bell, Burnet, Coryell, Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble, Lampasas, Llano, Medina and Sutton counties, and part of Atascosa and Williamson counties.

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Joe Paz Herrera

Democratic

Customer sales lead · Natalia

The gist

Opposes the voucher program; supports higher teacher pay.
Supports restoring abortion access while personally pro-life.
Pledges to increase access to rural health care.
Pledges more funding for local law enforcement.
Supports oil and gas alongside more renewable energy.
Supports raising the minimum wage and lowering property taxes.
Proposes lifetime protective orders for sex crime victims.

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Opposes the voucher program; supports higher teacher pay.
Joe P. Herrera for Texas Senate District 24
Campaign website · The Joe P. Herrera Campaign · herrerafortexas.com
“he does not support diverting funds from our public schools into the Greg Abbott-backed Voucher Program … We need increased funding for our public schools and higher salaries for our teachers and staff.”
Supports restoring abortion access while personally pro-life.
Joe P. Herrera for Texas Senate District 24
Campaign website · The Joe P. Herrera Campaign · herrerafortexas.com
“Although Joe P Herrera is Pro-life, he continues to defend and will work to restore the reproductive freedoms of women in Texas.”
Pledges to increase access to rural health care.
Joe P. Herrera for Texas Senate District 24
Campaign website · The Joe P. Herrera Campaign · herrerafortexas.com
“I am committed to increasing access to rural healthcare in Texas Senate District 24.”
Pledges more funding for local law enforcement.
Joe P. Herrera for Texas Senate District 24
Campaign website · The Joe P. Herrera Campaign · herrerafortexas.com
“pledges to work towards increasing funding for local law enforcement agencies”
Supports oil and gas alongside more renewable energy.
Joe P. Herrera for Texas Senate District 24
Campaign website · The Joe P. Herrera Campaign · herrerafortexas.com
“continue supporting our oil and gas industry while also increasing investments in solar, wind, and other renewable energy resources”
Supports raising the minimum wage and lowering property taxes.
Joe P. Herrera for Texas Senate District 24
Campaign website · The Joe P. Herrera Campaign · herrerafortexas.com
“Increasing the minimum wage, lowering property taxes, to make living in Texas more affordable for all”
Proposes lifetime protective orders for sex crime victims.
Joe P. Herrera for Texas Senate District 24
Campaign website · The Joe P. Herrera Campaign · herrerafortexas.com
“Proposing lifetime protective orders for sex crime victims.”

Pete Flores

RepublicanIncumbent

Retired Texas game warden · Pleasanton

The gist

Sponsored law increasing penalties for organized retail theft.In office
Sponsored law creating the Central Texas Water Alliance.In office
Sponsored laws regulating manufactured and migrant labor housing.In office
Sponsored law on reporting evidence collection kit information.In office
Sponsored law on police use of less-lethal weapons.In office

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

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Sponsored law increasing penalties for organized retail theft.
Bills Authored / Joint Authored: Sen. Pete Flores, 89th Legislature Regular Session
Government record · Texas Legislature Online · capitol.texas.gov
“Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the criminal offense of organized retail theft; increasing criminal penalties.”
Sponsored law creating the Central Texas Water Alliance.
Bills Authored / Joint Authored: Sen. Pete Flores, 89th Legislature Regular Session
Government record · Texas Legislature Online · capitol.texas.gov
“Relating to creating the Central Texas Water Alliance; providing authority to issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain”
Sponsored laws regulating manufactured and migrant labor housing.
Bills Authored / Joint Authored: Sen. Pete Flores, 89th Legislature Regular Session
Government record · Texas Legislature Online · capitol.texas.gov
“Relating to the regulation of new HUD-code manufactured housing. … Relating to the regulation of migrant labor housing facilities; changing the amount of a civil penalty.”
Sponsored law on reporting evidence collection kit information.
Bills Authored / Joint Authored: Sen. Pete Flores, 89th Legislature Regular Session
Government record · Texas Legislature Online · capitol.texas.gov
“Relating to reporting information regarding certain evidence collection kits.”
Sponsored law on police use of less-lethal weapons.
Bills Authored / Joint Authored: Sen. Pete Flores, 89th Legislature Regular Session
Government record · Texas Legislature Online · capitol.texas.gov
“Relating to a legal justification for the use of force with a less-lethal force weapon by a correctional facility guard or a peace officer.”

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