2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Texas House District 54

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Brad Buckley

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now: State Representative, District 54
Work: State Representative, Texas House District 54 (fourth term); veterinarian with own practice in Killeen (since 1993)

Brad Buckley is the sitting State Representative for District 54 in the Texas Legislature, a district that includes all or part of Bell County.

Brad Buckley has run a veterinary practice in Killeen since 1993 and earned his DVM from Texas A&M. He served on the Killeen ISD school board and chaired the Greater Killeen Chamber of Commerce, and in the Texas House he chairs the Public Education Committee.

Buckley's committees

Civil Discourse & Freedom of Speech in Higher Ed, Select
Natural Resources
Public Education (Chair)

Sources for Buckley

Brad Buckley: 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. Brad Buckley biography (Texas House of Representatives, Public record)

Dawn Richardson

Democratic

Work: Retired science and math teacher

Dawn Richardson is a retired educator who taught seventh- through 12th-grade science and math in public and private schools. She ran for House District 54 in 2024.

Sources for Richardson

Dawn Richardson - candidate profile, tx-statehouse-54 (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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