Riley Rodriquez
Democratic
Performance coach and small business owner · Abilene
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State Senator, District 28
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- 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 Baylor, Childress, Coleman, Collingsworth, Concho, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Donley, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Garza, Gray, Hale, Hardeman, Haskell, Hockley, Jones, Kent, King, Knox, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, Mills, Motley, Nolan, Runnels, San Saba, Stonewall, Taylor, Terry, Throckmorton, Tom Green, Wheeler and Wilbarger counties, and part of Wichita County.
Charles Perry
RepublicanIncumbent
Certified public accountant · Lubbock
The gist
- Sponsored 2025 law on financing water infrastructure.In office
- Sponsored bill regulating hemp products; the Governor vetoed it.In office
- Sponsored law banning sales of cell-cultured meat.In office
- Sponsored amendment prohibiting a capital gains tax.In office
- Sponsored law banning marketing and sale of certain e-cigarettes.In office
- Sponsored 2025 law on campground and youth camp safety.In office
In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.
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Sponsored 2025 law on financing water infrastructure.
Bills Authored / Joint Authored: Sen. Charles Perry, 89th Legislature Regular SessionGovernment record · Texas Legislature Online · capitol.texas.gov
“Relating to the oversight and financing of certain water infrastructure matters under the jurisdiction of the Texas Water Development Board.”
Sponsored bill regulating hemp products; the Governor vetoed it.
Bills Authored / Joint Authored: Sen. Charles Perry, 89th Legislature Regular SessionGovernment record · Texas Legislature Online · capitol.texas.gov
“Relating to the regulation of products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products”
Sponsored law banning sales of cell-cultured meat.
Bills Authored / Joint Authored: Sen. Charles Perry, 89th Legislature Regular SessionGovernment record · Texas Legislature Online · capitol.texas.gov
“Relating to a prohibition on the offering for sale and the sale of cell-cultured protein for human consumption”
Sponsored amendment prohibiting a capital gains tax.
Bills Authored / Joint Authored: Sen. Charles Perry, 89th Legislature Regular SessionGovernment record · Texas Legislature Online · capitol.texas.gov
“Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of a tax on the realized or unrealized capital gains”
Sponsored law banning marketing and sale of certain e-cigarettes.
Bills Authored / Joint Authored: Sen. Charles Perry, 89th Legislature Regular SessionGovernment record · Texas Legislature Online · capitol.texas.gov
“Relating to a prohibition on marketing, advertising, offering for sale, or selling certain e-cigarette products”
Sponsored 2025 law on campground and youth camp safety.
Bills Authored / Joint Authored: Sen. Charles Perry, 89th Legislature 2nd Called SessionGovernment record · Texas Legislature Online · capitol.texas.gov
“Relating to campground and youth camp safety.”
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