2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Texas House District 72

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Drew Darby

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now: State Representative, District 72
Work: State Representative, Texas House District 72 (San Angelo); owner, Surety Title; counsel, Jackson Walker LLP

Drew Darby is the sitting State Representative for District 72 in the Texas Legislature.

Drew Darby owns Surety Title, with offices across West Texas, and is counsel to the energy and real estate practice at the law firm Jackson Walker. In the Texas House he chairs the Energy Resources Committee and has served on the Legislative Budget Board.

Darby's committees

Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select
Energy Resources (Chair)
House Administration
State Affairs
The July 2025 Flooding Events, General Investigating

Sources for Darby

Drew Darby: 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. Drew Darby biography (Texas House of Representatives, Public record)

Shiloh Salazar

Democratic

Work: Self-employed small-business owner; former substitute teacher (Big Spring ISD)

Shiloh Salazar is a self-employed small-business owner who previously worked as a substitute teacher in Big Spring ISD. She ran for Howard County Commissioner, Precinct 3, in 2020.

Sources for Salazar

Shiloh Salazar - candidate profile, tx-statehouse-72 (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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