Greg Bonnen

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First elected to the Texas House in 2012. Current term expires January 2027. Running for re-election; ran unopposed in the Republican primary for Texas House District 12 and will be on the November 2026 general election ballot.

Brother of former Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen.

Chair of the House Appropriations Committee.

Endorsed in the 2024 Republican primary election by Gov. Greg Abbott. Abbott is endorsing incumbents who supported his voucher bill, HB 1, in the fourth special session of the 88th Legislature.

Endorsed in the 2022 general election and Republican primary election by the 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. 

In the 2018 election, Bonnen was recommended favorably by Texans for Public Education, a grassroots educators' group that researched and rated candidates in the 2018 election based on their stances toward public schools.

Endorsed in the 2018 general election by Texas Parent PAC, a pro-public education organization that advocates for adequate and equitable funding of public schools, local control, teacher quality, and the prevention of private school vouchers. He also received the same group's endorsement in the 2014 general election.