2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Texas House District 28

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Gary Gates

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now: State Representative, District 28
Work: State Representative, Texas House District 28 (since 2020); owner, family real estate business (apartment renovation, Houston area)

Gary Gates is the sitting State Representative for District 28 in the Texas Legislature, a district that includes all or part of Fort Bend County.

Gary Gates runs a family real estate business that has bought and renovated thousands of apartment homes around Houston. He has represented Texas House District 28 since 2020 and serves on the Appropriations Committee.

Gates's committees

Energy Resources
General Aviation, Select
Land & Resource Management (Chair)

Sources for Gates

Gary Gates: 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. Gary Gates biography (Texas House of Representatives, Public record)

Sandy Ibanez

Democratic

Work: Commercial real estate professional; former Fort Bend ISD teacher

Sandy Ibanez works in commercial real estate and previously taught in Fort Bend ISD and was an executive at a Texas financial technology company. She holds business degrees from the University of Houston and Western Governors University. This is her first run for office.

Sources for Ibanez

Sandy Ibanez - candidate profile, tx-statehouse-28 (Branch Politics (branch.vote), Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

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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