Texas House of Representatives District 23

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Texas House of Representatives District 23
Incumbent
Assumed office: January 10, 2023

Texas House of Representatives District 23 is represented by Terri Leo-Wilson (R).

As of the 2020 Census, Texas state representatives represented an average of 194,555 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 168,456 residents.

About the office

Members of the Texas House of Representatives serve two-year terms and are not subject to term limits. Texas legislators assume office at the beginning of the legislative session, which starts at noon on the second Tuesday in January in the year after the election.[1][2]

Qualifications

See also: State legislature candidate requirements by state

To be eligible to serve in the Texas House of Representatives, a candidate must be:[3]

  • A U.S. citizen
  • A qualified elector
  • 21 years old before the general election
  • A two-year resident of Texas before the general election
  • A district resident for one year prior to the general election


Salaries

See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
State legislative salaries, 2024[4]
SalaryPer diem
$7,200/year$221/day

Vacancies

See also: How vacancies are filled in state legislatures

If there is a vacancy in the Texas State Legislature, the governor must call a special election to fill the vacant seat.[5] A governor's proclamation to hold a special election must be delivered to county judges in the legislative district no later than 36 days before the scheduled election.[6]

The secretary of state can declare a candidate duly elected in a special election if there is no opposition.[7]

DocumentIcon.jpg See sources: Texas Elec. Code § 203.001 et. seq.


District map

Redistricting

See also: Redistricting in Texas

In Texas, both congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by the Texas State Legislature. These lines are subject to veto by the governor.[8]

If the state legislature is unable to approve a state legislative redistricting plan, a backup commission must draw the lines (the backup commission is not involved in congressional redistricting). This backup commission, established in 1948, comprises the following members:[8]

  1. Lieutenant governor
  2. Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
  3. Attorney general
  4. State comptroller
  5. Commissioner of the General Land Office

The Texas Constitution requires that state legislative districts be contiguous and "that they preserve whole counties when population mandates permit."[8]

2020-2023

See also: Redistricting in Texas after the 2020 census

Texas renewed its state legislative district boundaries in June 2023 for use in 2024 and until the 2030 census. These districts were the same as those enacted by the state in October 2021. Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed HB 1000 — establishing state House district boundaries — on June 12, 2023, and he allowed SB 375 — establishing state Senate district boundaries — to become law without his signature on June 18, 2023.[9][10]

The Texas Tribune's James Barragan wrote in January 2023 that Senate Legislative Redistricting Committee Chairwoman Joan Huffman (R) said the state was re-doing the redistricting process "to ensure that Legislature had met its constitutional requirement to apportion districts in the first regular session after the publishing of the results of the federal census, which is done every 10 years. Because of the pandemic, census numbers were not released until after the end of the last regularly scheduled legislative session on May 31, 2021. Redistricted maps were passed in a subsequent special session that year."[11] Texas had originally enacted new state legislative districts on October 25, 2021.

Below are the maps in effect before and after the 2020 redistricting cycle. The map on the right was in effect for Texas' 2024 state legislative elections.

Texas House of Representatives District 23
until January 9, 2023

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Texas House of Representatives District 23
starting January 10, 2023

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Elections

2024

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 23

Incumbent Terri Leo-Wilson defeated Dev Merugumala in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 23 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Terri Leo-Wilson
Terri Leo-Wilson (R)
 
66.9
 
53,841
Image of Dev Merugumala
Dev Merugumala (D) Candidate Connection
 
33.1
 
26,680

Total votes: 80,521
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 23

Dev Merugumala advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 23 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dev Merugumala
Dev Merugumala Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
4,385

Total votes: 4,385
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 23

Incumbent Terri Leo-Wilson advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 23 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Terri Leo-Wilson
Terri Leo-Wilson
 
100.0
 
16,093

Total votes: 16,093
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2022

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 23

Terri Leo-Wilson defeated Keith Henry in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 23 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Terri Leo-Wilson
Terri Leo-Wilson (R) Candidate Connection
 
63.8
 
35,559
Image of Keith Henry
Keith Henry (D) Candidate Connection
 
36.2
 
20,192

Total votes: 55,751
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 23

Terri Leo-Wilson defeated Patrick Gurski in the Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 23 on May 24, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Terri Leo-Wilson
Terri Leo-Wilson Candidate Connection
 
57.7
 
5,224
Patrick Gurski
 
42.3
 
3,835

Total votes: 9,059
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 23

Keith Henry advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 23 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Keith Henry
Keith Henry Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
5,350

Total votes: 5,350
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 23

Patrick Gurski and Terri Leo-Wilson advanced to a runoff. They defeated Abel Longoria and Gina Smith in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 23 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Patrick Gurski
 
31.4
 
5,236
Image of Terri Leo-Wilson
Terri Leo-Wilson Candidate Connection
 
28.1
 
4,690
Abel Longoria
 
22.0
 
3,670
Image of Gina Smith
Gina Smith
 
18.5
 
3,084

Total votes: 16,680
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2020

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 23

Incumbent Mayes Middleton defeated Jeff Antonelli in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 23 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mayes Middleton
Mayes Middleton (R)
 
60.2
 
47,068
Jeff Antonelli (D)
 
39.8
 
31,154

Total votes: 78,222
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 23

Jeff Antonelli advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 23 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Jeff Antonelli
 
100.0
 
8,854

Total votes: 8,854
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 23

Incumbent Mayes Middleton advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 23 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mayes Middleton
Mayes Middleton
 
100.0
 
14,903

Total votes: 14,903
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2018

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 23

Mayes Middleton defeated Amanda Jamrok and Lawrence Johnson in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 23 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mayes Middleton
Mayes Middleton (R)
 
56.5
 
32,951
Image of Amanda Jamrok
Amanda Jamrok (D)
 
41.4
 
24,181
Lawrence Johnson (L)
 
2.1
 
1,234

Total votes: 58,366
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 23

Amanda Jamrok advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 23 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Amanda Jamrok
Amanda Jamrok
 
100.0
 
5,362

Total votes: 5,362
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 23

Mayes Middleton defeated incumbent Wayne Faircloth in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 23 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mayes Middleton
Mayes Middleton
 
57.1
 
7,982
Image of Wayne Faircloth
Wayne Faircloth
 
42.9
 
5,999

Total votes: 13,981
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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.[12]

Incumbent Wayne Faircloth defeated Lloyd Criss in the Texas House of Representatives District 23 general election.[13]

Texas House of Representatives, District 23 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Wayne Faircloth Incumbent 58.87% 36,501
     Democratic Lloyd Criss 41.13% 25,501
Total Votes 62,002
Source: Texas Secretary of State


Lloyd Criss ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 23 Democratic Primary.[14][15]

Texas House of Representatives, District 23 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Lloyd Criss  (unopposed)


Incumbent Wayne Faircloth ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 23 Republican Primary.[14][15]

Texas House of Representatives, District 23 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Wayne Faircloth 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. Susan Criss was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Wayne Faircloth defeated Robert Senter in the Republican primary. Criss was defeated by Faircloth in the general election. Andrew "Moose" Johnson (L) left the race before the primaries.[16][17][18]

Texas House of Representatives, District 23 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngWayne Faircloth 54.6% 17,784
     Democratic Susan Criss 45.4% 14,763
Total Votes 32,547

2012

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2012

Elections for the office of Texas House of Representatives consisted of a primary election on May 29, 2012, and a general election on November 6, 2012. Craig Eiland (D) defeated Wayne Faircloth (R) in the general election. Eiland was unopposed in the Democratic primary election. Faircloth defeated W.M. Wallace and Rachel Delago in the Republican primary election. Faircloth defearted Wallace in the July 31 primary runoff.[19]

Texas House of Representatives, District 23, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngCraig Eiland Incumbent 53.9% 30,423
     Republican Wayne Faircloth 46.1% 25,987
Total Votes 56,410
Texas House of Representatives District 23 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngWayne Faircloth (advanced to runoff) 38.6% 3,978
Green check mark transparent.pngW.M. Wallace (advanced to runoff) 31.6% 3,258
Rachel Delago 29.8% 3,065
Total Votes 10,301

Campaign contributions

From 2000 to 2024, candidates for Texas House of Representatives District 23 raised a total of $9,510,720. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $339,669 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money

Campaign contributions, Texas House of Representatives District 23
Year Amount Candidates Average
2024 $59,292 3 $19,764
2022 $1,867,903 5 $373,581
2020 $1,510,984 2 $755,492
2018 $658,840 3 $219,613
2014 $2,102,234 3 $700,745
2012 $1,813,844 4 $453,461
2010 $465,981 2 $232,991
2008 $80,375 1 $80,375
2006 $218,709 1 $218,709
2004 $105,190 1 $105,190
2002 $133,688 1 $133,688
2000 $493,679 2 $246,840
Total $9,510,720 28 $339,669


See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. Texas Government Code, "Title 3., Subtitle A., Sec. 301.001," accessed February 17, 2021
  2. Texas Constitution, "Article 3. Legislative Department, Section 4," accessed November 4, 2021
  3. Texas Secretary of State, "Qualifications for All Public Offices," accessed May 23, 2025
  4. National Conference of State Legislatures, "2024 Legislator Compensation," August 21, 2024
  5. Texas Legislature, "Election Code," accessed February 16, 2021 (Statute 3.003 (3))
  6. Texas Legislature, "Election Code," accessed February 16, 2021 (Statute 3.003 (3)(b)-(c))
  7. Texas Legislature, "Election Code," accessed February 16, 2021 (Statute 2.055)
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 All About Redistricting, "Texas," accessed May 7, 2015
  9. Texas Legislature Online, "Bill: HB 1000," accessed June 21, 2023
  10. Texas Legislature Online, "Bill: SB 375," accessed June 21, 2023
  11. The Texas Tribune, "Texas Senate votes to take up redistricting again," January 11, 2023
  12. Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed December 14, 2015
  13. Texas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election," accessed December 2, 2016
  14. 14.0 14.1 Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed August 22, 2016
  15. 15.0 15.1 Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History results," accessed August 22, 2016
  16. Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current ELECTION HISTORY," accessed December 2, 2014
  17. The Libertarian Party of Texas, "2014 Texas Representative Candidate List," accessed July 30, 2014
  18. Green Party of Texas, "Greens Release Candidate List," accessed July 30, 2014
  19. Office of the Secretary of State, "State of Texas 2012 General Election," November 6, 2012


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