2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Texas House District 61

3 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Brittany Black

Democratic

Work: Freelance web developer

Brittany Black is a freelance web developer who previously worked as a senior front-end engineer at Riverside Research and as a web developer at Encyclopaedia Britannica. She holds a master's degree in human-computer interaction from DePaul University.

Sources for Black

Brittany Black - candidate profile, tx-statehouse-61 (Branch Politics (branch.vote), Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Anissa Chilmeran

Green

Work: Realtor, Competitive Edge Realty; former paralegal

Anissa Chilmeran is a Realtor at Competitive Edge Realty and previously worked as a paralegal. She graduated from Austin College.

Sources for Chilmeran

Anissa Chilmeran - candidate profile, tx-statehouse-61 (Branch Politics (branch.vote), Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Keresa Richardson

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now: State Representative, District 61
Work: State Representative, Texas House District 61 (since 2025); CEO, The Lawton Group (plumbing, HVAC, electrical and pest control services)

Keresa Richardson is the sitting State Representative for District 61 in the Texas Legislature, a district that includes all or part of Collin County.

Keresa Richardson is CEO of The Lawton Group, a company she and her husband built offering plumbing, HVAC, electrical, refrigeration and pest control services in Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin and San Antonio. She was elected to Texas House District 61 in 2024.

Richardson's committees

Human Services
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
S/C on International Relations

Sources for Richardson

Keresa Richardson: 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. Keresa Richardson biography (Texas House of Representatives, Public record)
Texas Legislators: Past & Present - Keresa Richardson (Legislative Reference Library of Texas, Public record)

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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