2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Texas House District 146

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Alexandria Nicole Butler

Republican

Work: Vice president of communications, Urban Conservatives of America; former small business owner

Alexandria Nicole Butler is vice president of communications for Urban Conservatives of America, a nonprofit, and previously owned a small business.

Sources for Butler

Alexandria Nicole Butler - candidate profile, tx-statehouse-146 (Branch Politics (branch.vote), Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Lauren Ashley Simmons

DemocraticIncumbent

In office now: State Representative, District 146
Work: State Representative, Texas House District 146 (Houston, first term); union organizer

Lauren Ashley Simmons is the sitting State Representative for District 146 in the Texas Legislature, a district that includes all or part of Harris County.

Lauren Ashley Simmons has worked her whole career in the labor movement, with the Texas State Employees Union and nearly five years with the American Federation of Teachers, and is a CWA 1180 shop steward. She is the inaugural chair of the Labor & Workforce Caucus.

Simmons's committees

Appropriations
Appropriations - S/C on Article III
Health Care Affordability, Select
Public Health

Sources for Simmons

Lauren Ashley Simmons: official member information (Texas Legislature (Texas Senate; Texas House of Representatives; Texas Legislature Online), Public record)
Texas Legislature: committee information (Texas Legislature (Texas Senate; Texas House of Representatives; Texas Legislature Online), Public record)
Texas Legislature: current member roster (Texas Legislature (Texas Senate; Texas House of Representatives; Texas Legislature Online), Public record)
Rep. Lauren Ashley Simmons biography (Texas House of Representatives, Public record)

Sources

Candidate list and race details

Ballot Certification Report, 2026 November General Election (state and district offices), and Certified List of Write-In Candidates (Texas Secretary of State, Public record)

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