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2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Texas House District 38

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Laura E. Cisneros

Republican

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Physician (oncology care, 20+ years)

Laura E. Cisneros is a Brownsville physician with more than two decades of experience caring for cancer patients. She ran for U.S. House District 34 in 2022.

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Erin Elizabeth Gamez

DemocraticIncumbent

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State Representative, District 38
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State Representative, Texas House District 38 (since 2022); associate attorney, Law Offices of Ernesto Gamez, Jr., P.C. (Brownsville)

Erin Elizabeth Gamez is the sitting State Representative for District 38 in the Texas Legislature, a district that includes all or part of Cameron County.

Erin Elizabeth Gamez has practiced law in Brownsville since 2014 and has served as a defense attorney for the Cameron County Mental Health Diversion Court. She won a 2022 special election to Texas House District 38 and was one of 12 House impeachment managers in the 2023 Senate trial of Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Gamez's committees

  • General Investigating (Vice Chair)
  • Natural Resources
  • The July 2025 Flooding Events, General Investigating
  • Transportation

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