2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Texas House District 18

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Valorie Barton

Democratic

Work: Former oil and gas worker, government contractor and educator; former Dayton City Council member

Valorie Barton has worked in the oil and gas industry, as a government contractor during Operation Iraqi Freedom and as an educator. She has served on the Dayton City Council.

Sources for Barton

Valorie Barton - candidate profile, tx-statehouse-18 (Branch Politics (branch.vote), Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Janis Holt

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now: State Representative, District 18
Work: State Representative, Texas House District 18; co-owner, Hi-Tech Air Purification Systems; cattle rancher (Silsbee)

Janis Holt is the sitting State Representative for District 18 in the Texas Legislature, a district that includes all or part of Hardin, Liberty, Montgomery and San Jacinto counties.

Janis Holt co-owns Hi-Tech Air Purification Systems and raises Angus cattle in Hardin County. She has worked as a dental assistant and fourth-grade teacher, and has served on the Silsbee ISD board of trustees since 2014, including as board president.

Holt's committees

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Sources for Holt

Janis Holt: 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. Janis Holt 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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Candidate lists: As of Wednesday, October 14, 2026.

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