Texas House District 34: 2026 candidates

Stephanie Guerrero Saenz

Democratic

Work: Public school teacher (Corpus Christi)

Stephanie Guerrero Saenz is a Corpus Christi public school teacher making her first run for office.

Sources for Saenz

Stephanie Guerrero Saenz - candidate profile, tx-statehouse-34 (Branch Politics (branch.vote), Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Denise Villalobos

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now: State Representative, District 34
Work: State Representative, Texas House District 34 (first term); chemical engineer and oil and gas project manager

Denise Villalobos is the sitting State Representative for District 34 in the Texas Legislature, a district that includes all or part of Nueces County.

Denise Villalobos is a chemical engineer (Texas A&M University-Kingsville) with an MBA from Texas Tech who has worked as an oil and gas project manager on refinery reliability programs. She served on the Tuloso-Midway school board before joining the Texas House in 2025, where she serves on Appropriations and Natural Resources.

Villalobos's committees

Appropriations
Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V
Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII
Health Care Affordability, Select
Local & Consent Calendars
Natural Resources

Sources for Villalobos

Denise Villalobos: 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. Denise Villalobos biography (Texas House of Representatives, Public record)

Texas House District 34

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Villalobos's committees

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