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Valoree Swanson
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Texas House of Representatives District 150
Tenure

2017 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

8

Compensation

Base salary

$7,200/year

Per diem

$221/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

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Valoree Swanson (Republican Party) is a member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 150. She assumed office in 2017. Her current term ends on January 12, 2027.

Swanson (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 150. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.


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

Swanson was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Swanson was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Swanson was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

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

Texas committee assignments, 2017
Elections
Human Services

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

2024

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 150

Incumbent Valoree Swanson defeated Marisela Jimenez in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 150 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Valoree Swanson
Valoree Swanson (R)
 
59.9
 
48,000
Image of Marisela Jimenez
Marisela Jimenez (D) Candidate Connection
 
40.1
 
32,181

Total votes: 80,181
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 150

Marisela Jimenez advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 150 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Marisela Jimenez
Marisela Jimenez Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
4,509

Total votes: 4,509
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 150

Incumbent Valoree Swanson advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 150 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Valoree Swanson
Valoree Swanson
 
100.0
 
11,438

Total votes: 11,438
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Swanson in this election.

2022

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 150

Incumbent Valoree Swanson defeated Ginny Brown Daniel in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 150 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Valoree Swanson
Valoree Swanson (R)
 
60.7
 
34,842
Image of Ginny Brown Daniel
Ginny Brown Daniel (D) Candidate Connection
 
39.3
 
22,558

Total votes: 57,400
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 150

Ginny Brown Daniel advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 150 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ginny Brown Daniel
Ginny Brown Daniel Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
4,476

Total votes: 4,476
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 150

Incumbent Valoree Swanson defeated Debbie Riddle, Valerie McGilvrey, and Bryan Le in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 150 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Valoree Swanson
Valoree Swanson
 
68.5
 
8,866
Image of Debbie Riddle
Debbie Riddle
 
25.3
 
3,278
Image of Valerie McGilvrey
Valerie McGilvrey Candidate Connection
 
3.3
 
423
Image of Bryan Le
Bryan Le
 
2.9
 
378

Total votes: 12,945
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Campaign finance

2020

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 150

Incumbent Valoree Swanson defeated Michael Walsh and Jesse Herrera in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 150 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Valoree Swanson
Valoree Swanson (R)
 
58.1
 
56,512
Image of Michael Walsh
Michael Walsh (D) Candidate Connection
 
38.6
 
37,466
Jesse Herrera (L)
 
3.3
 
3,206

Total votes: 97,184
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 150

Michael Walsh advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 150 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michael Walsh
Michael Walsh Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
10,674

Total votes: 10,674
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 150

Incumbent Valoree Swanson advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 150 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Valoree Swanson
Valoree Swanson
 
100.0
 
13,129

Total votes: 13,129
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 150

Jesse Herrera defeated Kory Watkins in the Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 150 on March 14, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Jesse Herrera (L)
 
85.5
 
59
Image of Kory Watkins
Kory Watkins (L)
 
14.5
 
10

Total votes: 69
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Campaign finance

2018

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 150

Incumbent Valoree Swanson defeated Michael Shawn Kelly in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 150 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Valoree Swanson
Valoree Swanson (R)
 
57.8
 
40,907
Image of Michael Shawn Kelly
Michael Shawn Kelly (D) Candidate Connection
 
42.2
 
29,888

Total votes: 70,795
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 150

Michael Shawn Kelly advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 150 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michael Shawn Kelly
Michael Shawn Kelly Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
5,012

Total votes: 5,012
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 150

Incumbent Valoree Swanson defeated James Wilson in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 150 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Valoree Swanson
Valoree Swanson
 
80.1
 
9,530
Image of James Wilson
James Wilson
 
19.9
 
2,366

Total votes: 11,896
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Overview of 2018 Republican primaries
See also: Factions in Texas state legislative Republican primaries, 2018 and Texas state legislative Republican primaries, 2018

The 2018 Texas state legislative Republican primaries featured conflict between two factions. One group was opposed to House Speaker Joe Straus (R) and his preferred policies on issues like education financing and property taxes. The anti-Straus wing included members of the Texas Freedom Caucus and organizations such as Empower Texans and Texas Right to Life. The other group was supportive of Straus and his policy priorities. The pro-Straus wing included incumbent legislators allied with Straus and organizations such as the Associated Republicans of Texas and the Texas Association of Business. To learn more about these factions and the conflict between them, visit our page on factional conflict among Texas Republicans.

The primaries occurred on March 6, 2018, with runoffs on May 22, 2018. There were 48 contested state legislative Republican primaries, outnumbering contested primaries in 2016 (43) and 2014 (44). To see our full coverage of the state legislative Republican primaries, including who key influencers were backing and what the primaries meant for the 2019 House speaker's race, visit our primary coverage page.

The charts below outline the March 6 primary races for the state Senate and the state House. They show how the factions performed on election night.

Texas Senate Republicans
Party Before March 6 primaries After March 6 primaries
     Pro-Straus 2 1
     Anti-Straus 1 3
     Unknown 3 3
     Open seats 1 -
     Runoffs - -
     Too close to call - -
Total 7 7



Texas House Republicans
Party Before March 6 primaries After March 6 primaries
     Pro-Straus 20 20
     Anti-Straus 4 9
     Unknown 2 5
     Open seats 15 -
     Runoffs - 7
     Too close to call - -
Total 41 41
Primary we watched
See also: Texas state legislative Republican primaries, 2018/Races to watch

This primary was one of 48 we tracked for the March 6 elections.

Did the incumbent file to run for re-election?

Yes.

What made this a race to watch?

James Wilson challenged state Rep. and Freedom Caucus member Valoree Swanson in her primary. As of January 31, 2018, only Swanson had signed the form committing to vote for the Republican caucus' choice for speaker on the House floor.

Endorsements for Swanson

Endorsements for Wilson

  • Texas Parent PAC
  • Texas Association of Business
  • Houston Chronicle[2]
Campaign finance
See also: Texas state legislative Republican primaries, 2018/Campaign finance


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.[3]

Valoree Swanson defeated Michael Shawn Kelly in the Texas House of Representatives District 150 general election.[4]

Texas House of Representatives, District 150 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Valoree Swanson 63.19% 47,892
     Democratic Michael Shawn Kelly 36.81% 27,893
Total Votes 75,785
Source: Texas Secretary of State


Michael Shawn Kelly ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 150 Democratic Primary.[5][6]

Texas House of Representatives, District 150 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Michael Shawn Kelly  (unopposed)


Valoree Swanson defeated incumbent Debbie Riddle, Theresa Hearn-Haynes and Al Zolli in the Texas House of Representatives District 150 Republican Primary.[5][6]

Texas House of Representatives, District 150 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Valoree Swanson 52.48% 12,166
     Republican Debbie Riddle Incumbent 39.63% 9,186
     Republican Theresa Hearn-Haynes 5.20% 1,205
     Republican Al Zolli 2.69% 623
Total Votes 23,180

Primary

Main article: Notable Texas primaries, 2016

Riddle received endorsements from the following state professional groups:[7]

  • Texas Association of Business
  • Texas Association of Firefighters
  • Texas Restaurant Association
  • Houston Realty Business Coalition (HBRC)

Swanson, who challenged Riddle, received endorsements from the following state conservative groups:[8][9]

  • Texas Eagle Forum
  • C Club of Houston
  • Conservative Republicans of Texas
  • Texas Right to Life
  • Texas Patriots PAC
  • Grassroots America We the People (GAWTP)
  • Texas Home School Coalition Association
  • Empower Texans
  • Young Conservatives of Texas

Hearn-Haynes and Zolli's websites did not list any endorsements.[10][11]


Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Valoree Swanson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Valoree Swanson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Valoree Swanson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2016

Swanson's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

Pro-Life: I will always vote to protect life from conception to natural death, and to utterly and completely defund abortionists.

Border Security & Immigration: Secure the border, enforce existing law, and end sanctuary cities.

Sharia Law: I will work to stop any part of Shariah law ever being used in Texas or this Nation with no excuses or apologies needed! My opponent voted to kill a bill (“ALAC”-American Law for American Courts) which would have protected Texans from Shariah law.

Second Amendment: I will strongly promote and protect Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. I am a lifetime NRA member and have the NRA's excellent AQ rating! Handgun license holder, regular sports shooter.

Property Values and Rights: Property ownership is a foundation of American free enterprise and is key to our economic success. I will work to ensure property rights are defended, and protecting property values from being eroded through government actions. This includes working hard against government "Section 8" low income housing projects being forced into our neighborhoods! I live in the district, too![12]

—Valoree Swanson[13]

Campaign finance summary


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Valoree Swanson campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Texas House of Representatives District 150Won general$150,296 $145,141
2022Texas House of Representatives District 150Won general$482,973 $490,843
2020Texas House of Representatives District 150Won general$146,685 N/A**
2018Texas House of Representatives District 150Won general$223,965 N/A**
Grand total$1,003,919 $635,984
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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