Brandon Creighton*

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First elected to the Texas Senate in 2014. Current term expires January 2027.

*Creighton is not seeking re-election in 2026.

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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick appointed Creighton in March 2022 to chair the Senate Education Committee. Creighton previously chaired the Senate Higher Education Committee. 
 
Creighton won a special election to fill the unexpired term of former Sen. Tommy Williams, who resigned in October 2013. Creighton previously served as a State Representative for House District 16, where he was first elected to the Texas House in 2006. 

Endorsed in the 2022 general election and Republican primary election by the he Texas Home School Coalition, which supports using public funds for private and home-schools, giving private and home-schooled students greater access to public education services, and limiting state oversight of private and home schools. Creighton also received the group's endorsement in the 2020 and 2016 elections. 
 
Endorsed in the 2022 general election by the editorial board of the Houston Chronicle. 
 
Endorsed in the 2016 Republican primary and general election by Texans for Fiscal Responsibility (Empower Texans), a group that has supported budget cuts and limiting state spending on public education; eliminating educators' and other public employees' rights to use payroll deduction for payment of their voluntary dues to professional organizations; private school vouchers; and privatizing the management of existing public schoo