2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Texas House District 80

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Cecilia Castellano

Democratic

Work: President, AZTECA Designs & Construction

Cecilia Castellano is president of AZTECA Designs & Construction and is from Atascosa County. She ran for House District 80 in 2024 and lost in the general election.

Sources for Castellano

Cecilia Castellano - candidate profile, tx-statehouse-80 (Branch Politics (branch.vote), Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Don McLaughlin

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now: State Representative, District 80
Work: State Representative, Texas House District 80 (since 2025); small-business owner; former mayor of Uvalde

Don McLaughlin is the sitting State Representative for District 80 in the Texas Legislature, a district that includes all or part of Atascosa, Dimmit, Frio, Uvalde, Webb and Zavala counties.

Don McLaughlin served as mayor of Uvalde for nearly a decade and resigned to run for House District 80, which he won in November 2024. He is a small-business owner.

McLaughlin's committees

Agriculture & Livestock
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Sources for McLaughlin

Don McLaughlin: 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)
Don McLaughlin - candidate profile, tx-statehouse-80 (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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Candidate lists: As of Wednesday, October 14, 2026.

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