2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Texas House District 37

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

Find your exact ballot All Texas legislative districts

Candidates

Janie Lopez

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now: State Representative, District 37
Work: State Representative, Texas House District 37 (since 2023); mental health counselor and former school district counseling director

Janie Lopez is the sitting State Representative for District 37 in the Texas Legislature, a district that includes all or part of Cameron and Willacy counties.

Janie Lopez is a mental health professional who has treated at-risk children, veterans and first responders, and worked as a counseling director for San Benito CISD and a GEAR UP counselor in Brownsville ISD. She served as a San Benito CISD trustee and board vice president before being elected to Texas House District 37 in 2022.

Lopez's committees

Agriculture & Livestock
Appropriations
Appropriations - S/C on Article III
Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V
Calendars

Sources for Lopez

Janie Lopez: 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. Janie Lopez biography (Texas House of Representatives, Public record)

Oziel "Ozzie" Ochoa, Jr

Democratic

Work: Director of special education (school district); former teacher, coach and principal

Oziel "Ozzie" Ochoa, Jr. works as a director of special education and was previously a teacher, coach and principal. He holds a master's degree in educational leadership from Lamar University and completed UTRGV's superintendent certification program.

Sources for Ochoa

Oziel "Ozzie" Ochoa, Jr - candidate profile, tx-statehouse-37 (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)

What's included: U.S. Senate and House, statewide offices and every state legislative district on the ballot.
Everything else: Local races (county, city, school board, judges) and anything else on your ballot are on your official sample ballot: teamrv-mvp.sos.texas.gov.
Candidate lists: As of Wednesday, October 14, 2026.

This is not an official ballot. Confirm your registration, polling place and ballot with your election office through vote.gov.