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Daniel Alders
Daniel Alders (Republican Party) is a member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 6. He assumed office on January 14, 2025. His current term ends on January 12, 2027.
Alders (Republican Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 6. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Alders completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Daniel Alders was born in Dallas, Texas. Alders earned a bachelor's degree from New Saint Andrews College in 2009. His career experience includes working in property management. [1]
Elections
2024
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 6
Daniel Alders defeated Cody Grace in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 6 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Daniel Alders (R)  | 71.8 | 56,497 |
 | Cody Grace (D) | 28.2 | 22,158 | |
| Total votes: 78,655 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 6
Cody Grace advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 6 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cody Grace | 100.0 | 3,507 |
| Total votes: 3,507 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 6
Daniel Alders advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 6 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Daniel Alders | 100.0 | 16,342 |
| Total votes: 16,342 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Alders received the following endorsements. To view a full list of Alders's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Daniel Alders completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Alders' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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In 2015, the family moved to Tyler where Daniel served as the East Texas Regional Director for Senator Ted Cruz. In this role, he was the Senator’s primary liaison to business owners, organizations, community leaders, and constituents across the thirty-five county region.
In 2017, with young children and a desire to refocus on issues closer to home, Daniel joined the Drake Real Estate team to run their commercial property management company. Daniel has continued to serve his community, including as Chairman of the Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce’s Governmental Affairs Committee and as a deacon at Fifth Street Presbyterian Church. In 2022, Daniel was selected to be a member of the Texas Agricultural Lifetime Leadership Program.
Daniel has been married to his wife, Joanna, for 14 years, and together they are the proud parents of two daughters - Trinity (11) and Madeleine (10).- East Texas is the best place to live, to raise a family, and to own a business. As a 7th generation East Texan, my goal is to make sure our community remains that way for the generations to come. I'm committed to serving in a fashion that is accountable to the voters, competent on the issues, and transparent in my role as an elected official. Voters deserve that, and I'm committed to leading with that kind of character.
- I understand the proper limited role that government plays in governing the lives of free people. That role is broadly defined as follows:
1) To keep us free. 2) To keep us safe.
3) To provide an infrastructure for the free market to succeed and prosperity to be pursued and achieved. - Texas is growing, and growing quickly. We must get serious about providing bold, conservative, limited-government solutions that will keep our state one of the most successful economies in the world and remain a haven of opportunity for generations to come. Freedom is worth fighting for, and the values that made us and our nation exceptional are timeless truths that are worth defending. I look forward to standing on the front lines to do so.
- Real border security
- Permanent property tax reform
- Empowerment for Texas parents and accountability for public education
- Meaningful investment in our state's energy production, and ending wasteful subsidization of green energy "solutions"
The objectives and issues you pursue as an elected official are obviously important, but what is often tossed to the wayside is *how* you go about pursuing those objectives. Sometimes that's more important.
Governor Greg Abbott
Former Congressman Louie Gohmert
Former Senator Kevin Eltife
State Senator Bryan Hughes
State Representative Matt Schaefer
State Representative Cole Hefner
Smith County DA Jacob Putman
Smith County Sheriff Larry Smith
Jeff Austin, President of Austin Bank
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Texas House of Representatives District 6 |
Officeholder Texas House of Representatives District 6 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 2, 2024
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Matt Schaefer (R) |
Texas House of Representatives District 6 2025-Present |
Succeeded by - |
