Barbara is from Detroit, Michigan. She attended Eastern Michigan University. She has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Eastern Michigan University. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in business, a master’s degree in education, and is finalizing her doctorate in leadership. She attends Mount Zion First Baptist Church.

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Barbara Gervin Hawkins is from Detroit, Michigan. She has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Eastern Michigan University. She also has a bachelor’s degree in business, a master’s degree in education, and is finalizing her doctorate in leadership. She has two adult sons and attends Mount Zion First Baptist Church.

Barbara currently works as a superintendent and executive director. She previously worked as an accountant . She also co-founded the George Gervin Youth Center with her brother. 

Barbara's campaign for state representative is her first run for public office.

Supports paid family leave and affordable childcare.

Supports executing an economic plan to create new opportunities and provide community members with the skills and tools needed to succeed and achieve the American Dream.

Plans to create new economic opportunities and provide community members with skills and tools to succeed. 

Supports creating opportunities and stimulating innovation through entrepreneurship, while emphasizing the importance of education and training pipelines for workforce development.

Plans to encourage entrepreneurship and support existing initiatives.

Supports education and training pipelines for workforce development.

- Supports paid family leave and affordable childcare.
- Plans to create new economic opportunities and provide community members with skills and tools to succeed. 
- Plans to encourage entrepreneurship and support existing initiatives.
- Supports education and training pipelines for workforce development.

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Supports ensuring well-trained and qualified police and firefighters have the best equipment and modern technology to keep families safe and help the community flourish.

Supports investing in training, tools, and modern technology for police and firefighters. 

Supports working with law enforcement to address violence against women.

- Supports investing in training, tools, and modern technology for police and firefighters. 
- Supports working with law enforcement to address violence against women.

Public Safety

Supports enabling counties to apply for Medicaid expansion funds to improve healthcare access for Texans and alleviate burdens on local communities.

Supports enabling counties to apply for Medicaid expansion funds.

Believes in ensuring veterans have benefits and support.

- Supports enabling counties to apply for Medicaid expansion funds.
- Believes in ensuring veterans have benefits and support.

Healthcare

Supports school vouchers to provide more educational options for families, particularly in low-income areas, believing every child deserves access to a quality education regardless of their zip code.

Supports school vouchers, using public funds for private tuition, to provide more educational options for families, particularly in low-income areas. 

Supports eliminating "excessive" standardized testing.

- Supports school vouchers, using public funds for private tuition, to provide more educational options for families, particularly in low-income areas. 
- Opposes school budget cuts.
- Supports eliminating "excessive" standardized testing.

Education

As of January 22, 2026, Barbara Gervin Hawkins’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Barbara Gervin Hawkins is from Detroit, Michigan. She has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Eastern Michigan University. She also has a bachelor’s degree in business, a master’s degree in education, and is finalizing her doctorate in leadership. She has wt==two adult sons and attends Mount Zion First Baptist Church.

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Supports ensuring well-trained police and firefighters have the best equipment and modern technology to keep families safe and help the community flourish.

Supports expanding Medicaid and ensuring all Texans receive quality healthcare.

Bently is a fiber optic technician. He previously worked as a legislative aide for Texas State Representative Josey Garcia, a photojournalist for MyCanyonLake.com, and a photographer for the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung. 

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Bently is a fiber optic technician. He previously worked as a legislative aide for Texas State Representative Josey Garcia.

Bently previously ran for U.S. representative in 2022 but did not win.

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Supports wages that reflect the real cost of living and economic policies that prioritize workers and small businesses over large corporations.

Supports wages that "reflect the real cost of living" and economic policies that prioritize "workers and small businesses, not just large corporations."

Supports modern transit solutions and infrastructure investments that prioritize people, safety, and long-term community needs.

Wants "modern transit solutions and infrastructure investments that prioritize people, safety, and long-term community needs."

- Supports wages that "reflect the real cost of living" and economic policies that prioritize "workers and small businesses, not just large corporations."
- Wants "modern transit solutions and infrastructure investments that prioritize people, safety, and long-term community needs."

As of January 22, 2026, Bently Paiz’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Supports accessible and timely mental health care as essential, advocating for strengthened community services, investment in providers, and reduced barriers to care.

Believes "mental health care should be accessible, timely, and treated as essential health care."

- Believes "mental health care should be accessible, timely, and treated as essential health care."

Supports investing in teachers, mental health support in schools, and a curriculum that values creativity, critical thinking, and community engagement.

Supports "investing in teachers, mental health support in schools, and a curriculum that values creativity, critical thinking, and community engagement."

- Supports "investing in teachers, mental health support in schools, and a curriculum that values creativity, critical thinking, and community engagement."

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Jordan Brown is from Victoria, Texas. He has a bachelor's degree in psychology and nonprofit leadership from the University of North Texas. He has lived in San Antonio since 2022.

Jordan Brown is originally from Victoria. He has a bachelor's degree in psychology and nonprofit leadership from the University of North Texas.

Jordan is a public school special education teacher. He previously worked as a nonprofit professional. 

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Jordan currently works as a public school special education teacher. He previously worked as a nonprofit professional. 

Jordan Brown's campaign for Texas State Representative, District 120, is his first time running for public office.

Jordan's campaign for Texas State Representative, District 120, is his first run for public office.

Supports raising the minimum wage, stopping wage theft, expanding job training and apprenticeship pathways, and ensuring corporate incentives create high-quality jobs for local residents.

Supports investing tax dollars in communities, creating good jobs, and building for the future.

Supports a forward-thinking approach to strengthen the economy through long-term infrastructure and smart investments.

Supports using long-term infrastructure and smart investments to strengthen the economy.

Supports stronger renter protections, transparency in utilities, curbing predatory corporate landlords, expanding pathways to homeownership, and delivering property tax relief for homeowners and working families.

- Supports raising the minimum wage, stopping wage theft, expanding job training and apprenticeship pathways, and ensuring corporate incentives create high-quality jobs for local residents.
- Supports investing tax dollars in communities, creating good jobs, and building for the future.
- Supports using long-term infrastructure and smart investments to strengthen the economy.
- Supports stronger renter protections, transparency in utilities, curbing predatory corporate landlords, expanding pathways to homeownership, and delivering property tax relief for homeowners and working families.

Supports expanding state-level protections for immigrant families, increasing access to legal resources, ensuring safe access to education and healthcare regardless of immigration status, preventing family separations, and advocating for federal reforms for pathways to residency and citizenship.

- Supports expanding state-level protections for immigrant families, increasing access to legal resources, ensuring safe access to education and healthcare regardless of immigration status, preventing family separations, and advocating for federal reforms for pathways to residency and citizenship.

Supports expanding Medicaid, extending postpartum coverage, strengthening neighborhood clinics, addressing mental health needs, and ending predatory medical debt practices.

- Supports expanding Medicaid, extending postpartum coverage, strengthening neighborhood clinics, addressing mental health needs, and ending predatory medical debt practices.

Supports raising the Basic Allotment, fully funding Special Education services, stabilizing teacher pay, expanding early childhood learning, and ensuring schools have necessary counselors and mental health supports.

Supports raising the basic allotment of funds to schools, fully funding special education services, stabilizing teacher pay, expanding early childhood learning, and ensuring schools have necessary counselors and mental health supports.

Advocates for investment in neighborhoods to support families, youth programs, and community safety, emphasizing the importance of infrastructure for thriving communities.

Advocates for investment in neighborhoods to support families, youth programs, and community safety.

- Supports raising the basic allotment of funds to schools, fully funding special education services, stabilizing teacher pay, expanding early childhood learning, and ensuring schools have necessary counselors and mental health supports.
- Advocates for investment in neighborhoods to support families, youth programs, and community safety.

As of January 22, 2026, Jordan Brown’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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- Your state representative represents the interests of your local district in the Texas House of Representatives. The State House of Representatives, along with the State Senate, makes up your state lawmaking body: the Texas State Legislature
- Your state representative can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws. 
- There are 150 members of the Texas House of Representatives, each representing a single district. Representatives must be at least 21 years old and reside in the state for at least two years before their election. 
- State representatives are elected to two-year terms during even-numbered years. There are no term limits. 
- State representatives make $7,200 annually in addition to a $221 payment per day during legislative sessions and mileage reimbursements.

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