Jared Patterson

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First elected to the Texas House in 2018. Current term expires January 2027. Running for re-election; ran unopposed in the Republican primary and will be on the November 2026 general election ballot.

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 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. He also received the group's endorsement in the 2018 election.

Endorsed in the 2020 general election by the editorial board of the Dallas Morning News. Patterson also received their endorsement in the 2020 Republican primary election.

Endorsed in the 2018 primary election by Texans for Fiscal Responsibility (Empower Texans), a group that has supported budget cuts and limiting state spending on public education, reducing educators' rights and benefits, and funding private school vouchers.