State Senator, District 3 · Texas 2026 General Election

Trent Ashby

Republican

The gist

Sponsored law creating a rural infrastructure disaster recovery program.In office
Sponsored law on the Farm and Ranch Lands Conservation Program.In office
Sponsored law requiring sex offender registration for child grooming.In office
Sponsored law creating an insurance pool for prescribed burn managers.In office
Sponsored law studying retirement benefits for wildland firefighters.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 creating a rural infrastructure disaster recovery program.
Bills Authored / Joint Authored: Rep. Trent Ashby, 89th Legislature Regular Session
Government record · Texas Legislature Online · capitol.texas.gov
“Relating to the establishment of the Rural Infrastructure Disaster Recovery Program.”
Sponsored law on the Farm and Ranch Lands Conservation Program.
Bills Authored / Joint Authored: Rep. Trent Ashby, 89th Legislature Regular Session
Government record · Texas Legislature Online · capitol.texas.gov
“Relating to the Texas Farm and Ranch Lands Conservation Program.”
Sponsored law requiring sex offender registration for child grooming.
Bills Authored / Joint Authored: Rep. Trent Ashby, 89th Legislature Regular Session
Government record · Texas Legislature Online · capitol.texas.gov
“Relating to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to the offense of child grooming.”
Sponsored law creating an insurance pool for prescribed burn managers.
Bills Authored / Joint Authored: Rep. Trent Ashby, 89th Legislature Regular Session
Government record · Texas Legislature Online · capitol.texas.gov
“Relating to establishment of the temporary certified and insured prescribed burn manager self-insurance pool”
Sponsored law studying retirement benefits for wildland firefighters.
Bills Authored / Joint Authored: Rep. Trent Ashby, 89th Legislature Regular Session
Government record · Texas Legislature Online · capitol.texas.gov
“Relating to a study by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas on the feasibility of offering alternative service retirement benefits”

Bobby Tillman

Democratic

Cattle rancher; retired commercial flooring businessman

The gist

Opposes school vouchers; supports raising the student allotment.
Proposes eliminating school property taxes on homesteads.
Supports expanding Medicaid and keeping rural hospitals open.
Proposes buffer zones and no tax incentives for data centers.
Proposes two new water districts and updating groundwater rules.
Supports a higher minimum wage and limits on corporate home-buying.
Supports abortion access as a private medical decision.
Supports repairing rural roads and expanding broadband statewide.

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Opposes school vouchers; supports raising the student allotment.
Bobby Tillman for Texas Senate District 3
Campaign website · Bobby Tillman campaign · tillman4texas.com
“I'll fight to stop school vouchers, which drain money from the public schools most of our families depend on … to raise the student allotment so every district gets its fair share”
Proposes eliminating school property taxes on homesteads.
Bobby Tillman for Texas Senate District 3
Campaign website · Bobby Tillman campaign · tillman4texas.com
“I want to eliminate property taxes on residential homes and fully fund our schools with state money instead.”
Supports expanding Medicaid and keeping rural hospitals open.
Bobby Tillman for Texas Senate District 3
Campaign website · Bobby Tillman campaign · tillman4texas.com
“I support expanding Medicaid and Medicare, keeping our rural hospitals open, and growing telehealth”
Proposes buffer zones and no tax incentives for data centers.
Bobby Tillman for Texas Senate District 3
Campaign website · Bobby Tillman campaign · tillman4texas.com
“five-mile buffer zones from any home or livestock operation, no tax abatements or incentives, no NDAs hiding the deals from the public”
Proposes two new water districts and updating groundwater rules.
Bobby Tillman for Texas Senate District 3
Campaign website · Bobby Tillman campaign · tillman4texas.com
“I'll work to create two Water Districts covering the areas where counties can't afford their own, East and West … modernize the Rule of Capture to reflect that”
Supports a higher minimum wage and limits on corporate home-buying.
Bobby Tillman for Texas Senate District 3
Campaign website · Bobby Tillman campaign · tillman4texas.com
“A minimum wage people can actually live on. … Limits on corporations buying up houses, so homes stay in the hands of families instead of investment portfolios.”
Supports abortion access as a private medical decision.
Bobby Tillman for Texas Senate District 3
Campaign website · Bobby Tillman campaign · tillman4texas.com
“Reproductive healthcare is a private matter between a woman and her doctor.”
Supports repairing rural roads and expanding broadband statewide.
Bobby Tillman for Texas Senate District 3
Campaign website · Bobby Tillman campaign · tillman4texas.com
“the crumbling roads and bridges across Senate District 3 need to be repaired or replaced … Broadband needs to reach every corner of East Texas.”