Philip Cortez

Philip Cortez

Democratic Party

Candidate, Texas House of Representatives District 117

Texas House of Representatives District 117

Tenure

2017 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

9

Prior offices:

Texas House of Representatives District 117

Years in office: 2013 - 2015

Compensation

Base salary

$7,200/year

Per diem

$221/day

Elections and appointments

Last election

March 3, 2026

Next election

November 3, 2026

Education

Bachelor's

University of Texas, San Antonio, 2002

Ph.D

University of Texas at Austin, 2017

Graduate

University of Texas, San Antonio, 2007

Contact

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Philip Cortez (Democratic Party) is a member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 117. He assumed office in 2017. His current term ends on January 12, 2027.

Cortez (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 117. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 3, 2026. He advanced from the Democratic primary on March 3, 2026.

Biography

Cortez earned his B.S. in political science and his M.S. in public administration from the University of Texas, San Antonio in 2002 and 2007, respectively. He earned a Ph.D. in educational administration and leadership from the University of Texas at Austin in 2017.

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Cortez was assigned to the following committees:

• Insurance Committee
• Urban Affairs Committee

2021-2022

Cortez was assigned to the following committees:

• House Higher Education Committee
• Urban Affairs Committee, Chair

2019-2020

Cortez was assigned to the following committees:

• Appropriations Committee
• Elections Committee, Vice Chair
• Resolutions Calendars Committee

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Texas committee assignments, 2017
• Public Health
• Special Purpose Districts

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Cortez served on the following committees:

Texas committee assignments, 2013
• Homeland Security & Public Safety
• Public Health

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.

Elections

2026

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2026

General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

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General election for Texas House of Representatives District 117

Incumbent Philip Cortez (D) and Ben Mostyn (R) are running in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 117 on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Philip Cortez (D)
		Ben Mostyn (R)

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Democratic primary

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Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 117

Incumbent Philip Cortez (D) defeated Robert Mihara (D) in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 117 on March 3, 2026.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Philip Cortez	72.8	11,423
		Robert Mihara	27.2	4,274

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 15,697
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Republican primary

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Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 117

Ben Mostyn (R) advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 117 on March 3, 2026.

		Candidate
✔		Ben Mostyn

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2024

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 117

Incumbent Philip Cortez defeated Ben Mostyn in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 117 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Philip Cortez (D)	58.0	40,066
		Ben Mostyn (R)	42.0	29,021

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 69,087
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 117

Incumbent Philip Cortez advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 117 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Philip Cortez	100.0	5,579

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,579
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 117

Ben Mostyn advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 117 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ben Mostyn	100.0	4,943

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,943
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Endorsements

Cortez received the following endorsements.

• Texas AFL-CIO

2022

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 117

Incumbent Philip Cortez defeated Aaron Schwope in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 117 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Philip Cortez (D)	62.6	27,821
		Aaron Schwope (R)	37.4	16,620

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 44,441
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 117

Incumbent Philip Cortez advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 117 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Philip Cortez	100.0	6,659

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 117

Aaron Schwope advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 117 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Aaron Schwope	100.0	4,384

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,384
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2020

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 117

Incumbent Philip Cortez defeated Carlos Antonio Raymond and Tony Quinones in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 117 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Philip Cortez (D)	54.9	50,092
		Carlos Antonio Raymond (R)	41.3	37,711
	Submit photo	Tony Quinones (L)	3.9	3,518

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 91,321
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 117

Incumbent Philip Cortez advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 117 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Philip Cortez	100.0	14,937

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 117

Carlos Antonio Raymond advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 117 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Carlos Antonio Raymond	100.0	7,722

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,722
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 117

Tony Quinones advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 117 on March 21, 2020.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Tony Quinones (L)

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2018

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 117

Incumbent Philip Cortez defeated Michael Berlanga in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 117 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Philip Cortez (D)	57.4	32,976
		Michael Berlanga (R)	42.6	24,480

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 57,456
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 117

Incumbent Philip Cortez defeated Terisha DeDeaux in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 117 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Philip Cortez	63.4	3,943
	Submit photo	Terisha DeDeaux	36.6	2,275

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,218
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 117

Michael Berlanga defeated Carlos Antonio Raymond in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 117 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Berlanga	72.1	3,354
		Carlos Antonio Raymond	27.9	1,297

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,651
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2016

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 1, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was December 14, 2015.

Philip Cortez defeated incumbent Rick Galindo in the Texas House of Representatives District 117 general election.

Texas House of Representatives, District 117 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Philip Cortez	51.34%	29,319
	Republican	Rick Galindo Incumbent	48.66%	27,783
Total Votes				57,102
Source: Texas Secretary of State

Philip Cortez ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 117 Democratic Primary.

Texas House of Representatives, District 117 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Philip Cortez  (unopposed)

Incumbent Rick Galindo ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 117 Republican Primary.

Texas House of Representatives, District 117 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Rick Galindo Incumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for all 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on March 4, 2014. Those candidates who did not receive 50 percent or more of the vote in their party primary on March 4 faced an additional May 27 primary runoff. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was December 9, 2013. Incumbent Philip Cortez was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Rick Galindo defeated John Garza in the Republican primary. Cortez was defeated by Galindo in the general election.

Texas House of Representatives, District 117 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Rick Galindo	52.7%	12,835
	Democratic	Philip Cortez Incumbent	47.3%	11,521
Total Votes				24,356

2012

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2012

Cortez won election in the 2012 election for Texas House of Representatives, District 117. Cortez advanced to the July 31 primary runoff where he defeated Tina Torres. Cortez defeated incumbent John Garza (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.

Texas House of Representatives, District 117, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Philip Cortez	53.8%	22,397
	Republican	John Garza Incumbent	46.2%	19,214
Total Votes				41,611

Texas House of Representatives District 117 Democratic Primary, 2012

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Philip Cortez (advanced to runoff)	35.1%	1,343
Tina Torres (advanced to runoff)	34%	1,302
Ken Mireles	30.9%	1,185
Total Votes		3,830

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Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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2022

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2020

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2016

Cortez's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“	Creating High Paying Jobs: During his time in the legislature, Philip worked to attract better paying jobs, improve employment rates, and give small business owners the ability to be competitive. He also sponsored legislation to prevent small businesses from losing billions in federal funding and worked to support Port San Antonio. Improving Our Schools: We need to ensure that our children are never short-changed, that we provide needed resources for our teachers, and make sure that we have classrooms where students can succeed. Philip's strong committment to education has been evident: he fought to restore over $4 billion in public school funding, lower the reliance on high stakes testing, and ensured that state funding would be available for students who look to earn college credits while still in high school. Support Our Veterans: Every day, our nations finest put their lives on the line to ensure that our families are able to enjoy our freedoms. We must support them when they are in the field, when they come home, and in retirement. While previously serving as our State Representative, Philip has worked to make it easier for returning veterans to find jobs, fought for increased funding for the Texas Veterans Commission, and helped pass constitutional amendments lowering property taxes for disabled veterans. Protect our Senior Citizens: By pushing for legislation to decrease the burdens on seniors receiving Medicaid and supporting legislation to prevent abuse and neglect of people receiving home health care, Philip is making certain that those who have made our community great are able to live their golden years in comfort.	”
—Philip Cortez

2014

Cortez's website highlighted the following campaign themes:

Create High Paying Jobs

• Excerpt: "Attract better paying jobs, higher employment rates, and give small business owners the ability to be competitive."

Improve Our Schools

• Excerpt: "Ensure that our children are never short-changed, provide needed resources for our teachers, and make sure that we have classrooms where students can succeed."

Support Our Veterans

• Excerpt: "Every day, our nations finest put their lives on the line to ensure that our families are able to enjoy our freedoms. We must support them when they are in the field, when they come home, and in retirement."

Protect our Senior Citizens

• Excerpt: "Make certain that those who have made our community great are able to live their golden years in comfort."

2012

Cortez's website highlighted the following campaign themes:

CREATE HIGH PAYING JOBS

• Excerpt: "Attract better paying jobs, higher employment rates, and give small business owners the ability to be competitive."

IMPROVE OUR SCHOOLS

• Excerpt: "Ensure that our children are never short-changed, provide needed resources for our teachers, and make sure that we have classrooms where students can succeed."

SUPPORT OUR VETERANS

• Excerpt: "Every day, our nations finest put their lives on the line to ensure that our families are able to enjoy our freedoms. We must support them when they are in the field, when they come home, and in retirement."

PROTECT OUR SENIOR CITIZENS

• Excerpt: "Make certain that those who have made our community great are able to live their golden years in comfort."

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Philip Cortez campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024	Texas House of Representatives District 117	Won general	$342,255	$250,231
2022	Texas House of Representatives District 117	Won general	$288,622	$294,481
2020	Texas House of Representatives District 117	Won general	$230,832	N/A**
2018	Texas House of Representatives District 117	Won general	$310,021	N/A**
2014	Texas State House, District 117	Lost	$355,540	N/A**
2012	Texas State House, District 117	Won	$410,605	N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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In 2024, the Texas State Legislature was either not in session or no scorecards were found. Please contact us if you would like to suggest a scorecard.

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• Texans for Fiscal Responsibility — Legislators are scored based by the organization on their votes on bills relating to "core budget and free enterprise issues."
• Texans Uniting for Reform & Freedom — Legislators are scored based on their votes on bills relating to taxes and property rights.
• Texas Right to Life — Legislators are scored on bills related to reproductive health issues.
• Texas Values Action — Legislators are scored on their votes on social issues.
• The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
• The Institute for Legislative Analysis — Legislators are scored on their adherence to the limited government principles of the U.S. Constitution.

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• Club for Growth Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
• National Federation of Independent Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on small business issues.
• Sierra Club Texas — Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues.
• Texans for Fiscal Responsibility — Legislators are scored based by the organization on their votes on bills relating to "core budget and free enterprise issues."
• Texans Uniting for Reform & Freedom — Legislators are scored based on their votes on bills relating to taxes and property rights.
• Texas Right to Life — Legislators are scored on bills related to reproductive health issues.
• Texas Values Action — Legislators are scored on their votes on social issues.
• The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

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• Club for Growth Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
• Environment Texas — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental and public health issues.
• Texans for Fiscal Responsibility — Legislators are scored based by the organization on their votes on bills relating to "core budget and free enterprise issues."
• Texans Uniting for Reform & Freedom — Legislators are scored based on their votes on bills relating to taxes and property rights.
• Texas Eagle Forum — Legislators are scored based on votes relating to conservative issues.
• Texas Right to Life — Legislators are scored on bills related to reproductive health issues.
• Texas Values Action — Legislators are scored on their votes on social issues.
• The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

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• Conservative Roundtable — Legislators are scored on their votes for or against the organization's position and principles.
• Environment Texas — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental and public health issues.
• National Federation of Independent Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on small business issues.
• Sierra Club Texas — Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues.
• Texans for Fiscal Responsibility — Legislators are scored based by the organization on their votes on bills relating to "core budget and free enterprise issues."
• Texans for Vaccine Choice — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills supported or opposed by the organization.
• Texans Uniting for Reform & Freedom — Legislators are scored based on their votes on bills relating to taxes and property rights.
• Texas Alliance For Life — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to social issues.
• Texas Association of Business — Legislators are scored based on their votes on bills related to businesses, taxpayers, and families.
• Texas Right to Life — Legislators are scored on bills related to reproductive health issues.
• Texas Values Action — Legislators are scored on their votes on social issues.
• The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
• Young Conservatives of Texas — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

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• Concerned Women for America of Texas — Legislators are scored based on votes on bills relating to abortion, common core, and sex trafficking.
• Conservative Roundtable — Legislators are scored on their votes for or against the organization's position and principles.
• Equality Texas — Legislators are scored on bills related to LGBT issues.
• NARAL Pro-Choice Texas — Legislators are scored based on votes for House Bill 2.
• National Federation of Independent Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on small business issues.
• Texans for Fiscal Responsibility — Legislators are scored based by the organization on their votes on bills relating to "core budget and free enterprise issues."
• Texans Uniting for Reform & Freedom — Legislators are scored based on their votes on bills relating to taxes and property rights.
• Texas Association of Business — Legislators are scored based on their votes on bills related to businesses, taxpayers, and families.
• Texas Eagle Forum — Legislators are scored based on votes relating to conservative issues.
• Texas League of Conservation Voters — Legislators are scored based on votes relating to environment and conservation issues.
• Texas Right to Life — Legislators are scored on bills related to reproductive health issues.
• Texas Tribune — Legislators are scored on their liberal or conservative voting records by Mark P. Jones, chairman of Rice University’s political science department.
• The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
• Young Conservatives of Texas — Legislators are scored based on their votes on conservative issues.

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Cortez married Debbie Cruz-Cortez in January 2021.

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Terry Canales (D)

District 41

Robert Guerra (D)

District 42

Richard Raymond (D)

District 43

J.M. Lozano (R)

District 44

Alan Schoolcraft (R)

District 45

Erin Zwiener (D)

District 46

Sheryl Cole (D)

District 47

Vikki Goodwin (D)

District 48

Donna Howard (D)

District 49

Gina Hinojosa (D)

District 50

James Talarico (D)

District 51

Maria Luisa Flores (D)

District 52

Caroline Harris (R)

District 53

Wesley Virdell (R)

District 54

Brad Buckley (R)

District 55

Hillary Hickland (R)

District 56

Pat Curry (R)

District 57

Richard Hayes (R)

District 58

Helen Kerwin (R)

District 59

Shelby Slawson (R)

District 60

Mike Olcott (R)

District 61

Keresa Richardson (R)

District 62

Shelley Luther (R)

District 63

Ben Bumgarner (R)

District 64

Andy Hopper (R)

District 65

Mitch Little (R)

District 66

Matt Shaheen (R)

District 67

Jeff Leach (R)

District 68

David Spiller (R)

District 69

James Frank (R)

District 70

Mihaela Plesa (D)

District 71

Stan Lambert (R)

District 72

Drew Darby (R)

District 73

Carrie Isaac (R)

District 74

Eddie Morales (D)

District 75

Mary Gonzalez (D)

District 76

Suleman Lalani (D)

District 77

Vincent Perez (D)

District 78

Joseph Moody (D)

District 79

Claudia Ordaz (D)

District 80

Don McLaughlin (R)

District 81

Brooks Landgraf (R)

District 82

Tom Craddick (R)

District 83

Dustin Burrows (R)

District 84

Carl Tepper (R)

District 85

Stan Kitzman (R)

District 86

John Smithee (R)

District 87

Caroline Fairly (R)

District 88

Ken King (R)

District 89

Candy Noble (R)

District 90

Ramon Romero (D)

District 91

David Lowe (R)

District 92

Salman Bhojani (D)

District 93

Nate Schatzline (R)

District 94

Tony Tinderholt (R)

District 95

Nicole Collier (D)

District 96

David Cook (R)

District 97

John McQueeney (R)

District 98

Giovanni Capriglione (R)

District 99

Charlie Geren (R)

District 100

Venton Jones (D)

District 101

Chris Turner (D)

District 102

Ana-Maria Ramos (D)

District 103

Rafael Anchia (D)

District 104

Jessica Gonzalez (D)

District 105

Terry Meza (D)

District 106

Jared Patterson (R)

District 107

Linda Garcia (D)

District 108

Morgan Meyer (R)

District 109

Aicha Davis (D)

District 110

Toni Rose (D)

District 111

Yvonne Davis (D)

District 112

Angie Button (R)

District 113

Rhetta Bowers (D)

District 114

John Bryant (D)

District 115

Cassandra Garcia Hernandez (D)

District 116

Trey Fischer (D)

District 117

Philip Cortez (D)

District 118

John Lujan (R)

District 119

Elizabeth Campos (D)

District 120

Barbara Gervin-Hawkins (D)

District 121

Marc LaHood (R)

District 122

Mark Dorazio (R)

District 123

Diego Bernal (D)

District 124

Josey Garcia (D)

District 125

Ray Lopez (D)

District 126

Sam Harless (R)

District 127

Charles Cunningham (R)

District 128

Briscoe Cain (R)

District 129

Dennis Paul (R)

District 130

Tom Oliverson (R)

District 131

Alma Allen (D)

District 132

Mike Schofield (R)

District 133

Mano Deayala (R)

District 134

Ann Johnson (D)

District 135

Jon Rosenthal (D)

District 136

John Bucy (D)

District 137

Gene Wu (D)

District 138

Lacey Hull (R)

District 139

Charlene Ward Johnson (D)

District 140

Armando Walle (D)

District 141

Senfronia Thompson (D)

District 142

Harold Dutton (D)

District 143

Ana Hernandez (D)

District 144

Mary Perez (D)

District 145

Christina Morales (D)

District 146

Lauren Simmons (D)

District 147

Jolanda Jones (D)

District 148

Penny Shaw (D)

District 149

Hubert Vo (D)

District 150

Valoree Swanson (R)

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