2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Texas House District 71

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

Find your exact ballot All Texas legislative districts

Candidates

Jay Hardaway

Republican

Work: Family business (Albany) and Hendrick Health; former congressional district director

Jay Hardaway works for a family business in Albany and holds a position at Hendrick Health. He was district director for U.S. Rep. Jodey Arrington and a senior policy advisor to State Rep. Stan Lambert, and served on the Abilene City Council from 2014 to 2017.

Sources for Hardaway

Jay Hardaway - candidate profile, tx-statehouse-71 (Branch Politics (branch.vote), Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Diana Luna

Democratic

Work: Nonprofit sector worker (Abilene)

Diana Luna is an Abilene native who works in the nonprofit sector. This is her first run for office.

Sources for Luna

Diana Luna - candidate profile, tx-statehouse-71 (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.