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Caroline Harris
Caroline Harris (Republican Party) is a member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 52. She assumed office on January 10, 2023. Her current term ends on January 12, 2027.
Harris (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 52. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Caroline Harris earned a graduate degree from the University of Texas Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs.[1] Her career experience includes working as a policy advisor for the Texas State Senate and as a legislative aide at the Texas House of Representatives.[2]
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Committee assignments
Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.
2023-2024
Harris was assigned to the following committees:
Elections
2024
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 52
Incumbent Caroline Harris defeated Jennie Birkholz in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 52 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Caroline Harris (R) | 56.2 | 62,830 |
 | Jennie Birkholz (D)  | 43.8 | 48,884 | |
| Total votes: 111,714 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 52
Jennie Birkholz defeated Angel Carroll in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 52 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jennie Birkholz | 50.8 | 3,654 |
 | Angel Carroll | 49.2 | 3,539 | |
| Total votes: 7,193 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 52
Incumbent Caroline Harris advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 52 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Caroline Harris | 100.0 | 13,693 |
| Total votes: 13,693 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Harris in this election.
Pledges
Harris signed the following pledges.
2022
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 52
Caroline Harris defeated Luis Echegaray in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 52 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Caroline Harris (R) | 55.9 | 43,498 |
 | Luis Echegaray (D) | 44.1 | 34,256 | |
| Total votes: 77,754 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 52
Caroline Harris defeated Patrick McGuinness in the Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 52 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Caroline Harris | 50.6 | 4,917 |
 | Patrick McGuinness | 49.4 | 4,809 | |
| Total votes: 9,726 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 52
Luis Echegaray advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 52 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Luis Echegaray | 100.0 | 6,838 |
| Total votes: 6,838 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 52
Patrick McGuinness and Caroline Harris advanced to a runoff. They defeated Nelson Jarrin and Jonathan Schober in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 52 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Patrick McGuinness | 35.1 | 5,721 |
| ✔ | | Caroline Harris | 31.4 | 5,110 |
 | Nelson Jarrin | 25.8 | 4,198 | |
 | Jonathan Schober | 7.7 | 1,261 | |
| Total votes: 16,290 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Tjitse Miller (R)
Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Caroline Harris did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Caroline Harris completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Harris' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Secure the Border and Stop Illegal Immigration
- Stop Critical Race Theory and ensure parents have a say in what their kids are taught.
- Back the Blue: Stop the radical defund the police movement
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Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2024
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In 2024, the Texas State Legislature was not in session. |
2023
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In 2023, the Texas State Legislature was in session from January 10 to May 29.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Texas House of Representatives District 52 |
Officeholder Texas House of Representatives District 52 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 25, 2022
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Caroline Harris," accessed March 8, 2023
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by James Talarico (D) |
Texas House of Representatives District 52 2023-Present |
Succeeded by - |
