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Paul Thomasson
Paul Thomasson (Democratic Party) is running for election to the Texas State Senate to represent District 5. Thomasson declared candidacy for the Democratic primary scheduled on March 3, 2026.[source]
Thomasson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2026
See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2026
General election
The primary will occur on March 3, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Democratic primary
Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 5
Kevin Nelson (D) and Paul Thomasson (D) are running in the Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 5 on March 3, 2026.
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Republican primary
Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 5
Incumbent Charles Schwertner (R), Apollo Hernandez (R), and Larry Nance (R) are running in the Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 5 on March 3, 2026.
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Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Paul Thomasson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Thomasson's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Jobs and the economy must be made better! The rich keep getting richer and the poor keep getting poorer. The Democratic Party MUST stand with the vast majority of working Texans to represent their interests against the power, privilege and special laws of the oligarchs. If things continue as is the rich will be richer next year while millions of Texans will be even poorer next year. The Minimum Wage of $7.25 an hour hasn't been increased by even a penny since 2009! The living wage in Texas is currently approximately $40,000 per year and living Minimum Wage grosses $15,000 per year. This long-overdue raise has been neglected for so long that even doubling minimum wage will still be unlivable for millions of Texans.
- Education in Texas is under attack. First, millions and millions of dollars have been taken out of our public schools and given over to vouchers and administrators. This has caused innumerable terrible problems for our public schools. From daily education to teacher salaries to classroom size to sports to everything else this has been a disastrous decision by the Republican Party of Texas. Secondly, our colleges and schools are under ideological attack. Critical thinking, the scientific method, basic history and more are being re-shaped by claiming Diversity, Equality, and Inclusiveness are horrible values. Moreover Boards of Regents and educators are being ruled by very biased right-wing viewpoints. Next will be the High Schools.
- Healthcare in Texas (and everywhere else) is in grave trouble. Every time a rural hospital is closed it winds up costing lives. Every time our health-care premiums rise our quality of life is adversely impacted. Healthcare for the wealthy keeps getting better while healthcare for everyone else keeps getting harder to get and more and more expensive.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2026 Elections
External links
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Candidate Texas State Senate District 5 |
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