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Texas State Representative, District 41

Texas State Representative: Two-year term. The Texas House of Representatives has 150 members from separate districts across the state. With the Texas Senate, the Texas House: enacts and amends laws; passes the state budget and raises or lowers taxes; passes proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution; and redraws congressional and legislative district maps every ten years. The Texas House has the exclusive power to impeach officials. Current annual salary: $7,200, plus $221 for every day the Legislature is in session, including any special sessions.

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    Gary Groves
    (Rep)

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    Sarah Sagredo -Hammond
    (Rep)

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    Sergio Sanchez
    (Rep)

Biographical Information

Qualifications: What training, experience, and characteristics qualify you for this position?

Elections: What changes should be made to Texas election laws to protect voting rights and ensure safe and secure elections?

Healthcare: What role should the state government play in promoting a healthy Texas population, and what steps would you take to ensure that healthcare is affordable and accessible for all Texans?

Economy: If elected, what specific legislative actions would you propose to bring good-paying jobs and economic opportunities to communities that have been left behind?

Energy: How would you ensure Texas has reliable, affordable energy while protecting the environment?

Water: What strategies would you support to secure Texas’s long-term water supply and manage growing demand over the next several decades?

Education: What policies would you support to ensure all Texas students have access to quality public education, regardless of school choice policies?

Campaign Website http://garyfortexas.com
I’ve been a precinct chair in the HCGOP and I’ve worked on many committees at the HCGOP. I was one of the leaders of the Trump Trains flipping our area red. I have a lot of leadership experience.
Paper ballots only.
Better coordination between doctors and insurance companies simplifying the process. Price guidelines. More medical training via more schooling for people in the medical field.
Less government regulation. Empowerment zones. Education and training to match the needs to industry and jobs for those areas.
Texas has an abundance of clean burning natural gas . We also will and should be a leader in new safe nuclear energy. As a state we need to focus on those two sources of energy as well as clean coal for our energy needs.
A statewide plan for our water needs should be in place so that our water needs can be managed intelligently.
Home schooling makes sense. More vocational schools to promote skills for students . More schooling offering more choices. I would like to see more medical schools.
Campaign Website http://www.votesarahhd41.com
Mom of three daughters; President of Atlas Services with 40+ years in the RGV. Nine-year advocate at the Texas Capitol; 12 years on leadership boards incl. Leadership Women. Ready to serve HD-41.
Keep Texas photo ID (DL/state ID), paper-ballot records, and strict chain-of-custody. Expand post-election/risk-limiting audits, strengthen poll-worker training and transparency, and boost security without blocking eligible voters while accounting for issues like name changes so paperwork doesn’t disenfranchise. Integrity and access can coexist.
State should protect public-health basics and a strong safety net—not force one system. Protect kids’ Medicaid/CHIP, strengthen rural clinics and the 1115 waiver/uncompensated care pool, expand telehealth and behavioral health, and require real price transparency. Cut needless mandates and red tape so competition lowers costs.
Support real property-tax relief and responsible spending. Streamline permits and cut regulations that stall projects and jobs. Bring skilled trades back to high schools via CTE and apprenticeships to close workforce gaps. Invest in reliable power, roads, ports, and border infrastructure so small business and manufacturing grow statewide.
Texas must stay an energy leader with an all-of-the-above mix—natural gas, nuclear, and renewables—plus firming capacity for grid reliability. Modernize transmission, streamline permitting, harden infrastructure, and cut emissions with tech without raising costs. Data centers should use on-site generation and demand management.
Plan now for long-term water security. Invest in reservoirs, aquifer storage/recovery, and pipelines where needed; expand desalination and reuse; fix leaks in aging systems; protect groundwater with science-based rules; and incentivize conservation/efficient irrigation. Data centers should rely on recycled/reclaimed water.
Whatever school a family chooses, Texas must ensure strong fundamentals. Support fair public-school funding, transparent outcomes, and accountability for any program using public dollars. Prioritize early literacy, teacher pay/retention, special ed, school safety, and parent access to curriculum information.
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