Kelly Hancock*

Additional Information from ATPE

First elected to the Texas Senate in 2012. Current term expires January 2027.

*Hancock is not seeking re-election in 2026.

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Previously served in the Texas House from 2007 to 2012. 

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. He also received the group's endorsement in the 2018 election. 
 
Endorsed by the editorial board of the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram in the 2022 general 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.