2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Texas House District 49

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Montserrat Garibay

Democratic

Work: Education policy official (U.S. Department of Education, Office of English Language Acquisition); former secretary-treasurer, Texas AFL-CIO

Montserrat Garibay has served at the U.S. Department of Education as acting assistant deputy secretary and director of the Office of English Language Acquisition and senior advisor for labor relations. She was previously secretary-treasurer of the Texas AFL-CIO and holds education degrees from UT Austin.

Sources for Garibay

Montserrat Garibay - candidate profile, tx-statehouse-49 (Branch Politics (branch.vote), Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Arshia Papari

Green

Work: Legislative aide, Texas Legislature; university student and community organizer

Arshia Papari studies government and Middle Eastern studies at UT Austin, works as a legislative aide in the Texas Legislature and is a community organizer.

Sources for Papari

Arshia Papari - candidate profile, tx-statehouse-49 (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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