Danyahel (Danny) Norris is from Chicago, Illinois. He has a bachelor's degree from the University of Houston, a law degree from Texas Southern University, and a graduate degree from the University of North Texas. He is a father and husband.

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Danyahel is an attorney and legal educator. He is the principal partner at Norris & Norris, Attorneys and Counselors at Law. He also serves as the associate director of the law library and instructor of legal research and civil rights at Thurgood Marshall School of Law.

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Danny is an attorney and legal educator. He works as a senior assistant city attorney for Houston. He is also the principal partner at Norris & Norris, Attorneys and Counselors at Law and previously worked as an associate director at Thurgood Marshall School of Law. 

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Danny previously served as a Harris County Department of Education Board member. 

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Supports living wages and expanded apprenticeship programs for skilled trades.

Supports ending tax subsidies and abatements for large corporations in Texas, instead reinvesting those funds into education, infrastructure, healthcare, and small-business support.

- Supports living wages and expanded apprenticeship programs for skilled trades.
- Supports ending tax subsidies and abatements for large corporations in Texas, instead reinvesting those funds into education, infrastructure, healthcare, and small-business support.

Economy

Supports closing or downsizing state prisons and redirecting funds toward community-based alternatives such as mental health care, affordable housing, and youth intervention programs.

- Supports criminal justice reform.
- Supports closing or downsizing state prisons and redirecting funds toward community-based alternatives such as mental health care, affordable housing, and youth intervention programs.

Public Safety

Supports affordable healthcare access and preventative care for all Texans.

- Supports affordable healthcare access and preventative care for all Texans.

Healthcare

Supports full public school funding and local control over education decisions.

Opposes school voucher programs that allow parents to use public funds to enroll their children in schools beyond their local options, including private schools.

- Supports full public school funding and local control over education decisions.
- Opposes school voucher programs that allow parents to use public funds to enroll their children in schools beyond their local options, including private schools.

Education

Plans to address environmental health concerns such as "cancer clusters and food deserts in our communities."

Plans to address environmental health concerns such as "cancer clusters and food deserts."

- Plans to address environmental health concerns such as "cancer clusters and food deserts."

Energy & the Environment

Supports expanding ballot access and making voting more accessible.

Believes publicly financed elections are a necessary reform to reduce the influence of corporations and political action committees (PACs) in politics.

- Supports expanding ballot access and making voting more accessible.
- Believes publicly financed elections are a necessary reform to reduce the influence of corporations and political action committees (PACs) in politics.

Voting & Elections

As of January 22, 2026, Danyahel (Danny) Norris’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Harold V. Dutton, Jr. is from Houston, Texas. He earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Texas Southern University and a law degree from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University. Harold lives in Houston, Texas.

Harold is an attorney. He works at the Law Offices of Harold V. Dutton, Jr. and Associates, where he practices law. He previously worked in management in corporate planning and economic analysis at Conoco Inc.; served as President of Four Star Broadcasting, where he helped launch independent UHF station TV-67 in Houston; and taught law as an adjunct professor at Texas Southern University’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law.

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Harold is the owner and works as an attorney for the Law Offices of Harold V. Dutton, Jr. and Associates. He previously worked as management in corporate planning and economic analysis at Conoco Inc.; the executive director of Julia C. Hester House; the president of Four Star Broadcasting; a librarian for the University of St. Thomas; and an adjunct professor at the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University.

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Harold currently serves in the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 142. He was first elected in 1984 and is in his 21st term.

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Supports women- and minority-owned businesses.

Helped provide an annual sales tax holiday.

Helped protect home buyers from fraud in deed contracts.

- Supports women- and minority-owned businesses.
- Helped provide an annual sales tax holiday.
- Helped protect home buyers from fraud in deed contracts.

As of January 22, 2026, Harold V. Dutton, Jr. did not have a website or any information online.

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As a member of the Texas House of Representatives, filed House Bill 164, which would allow schools to determine masking policies for COVID-19.

As a member of the Texas House of Representatives, voted to pass a bill that banned gender-affirming care for transgender minors.

As a member of the Texas House of Representatives, allowed a bill to advance that would require transgender athletes to compete on teams based on the listed sex on their birth certificates.

Helped stop redlining by insurance companies.

- As a member of the Texas House of Representatives, filed House Bill 164, which would allow schools to determine masking policies for COVID-19.
- As a member of the Texas House of Representatives, voted to pass a bill that banned gender-affirming care for transgender minors.
- As a member of the Texas House of Representatives, allowed a bill to advance that would require transgender athletes to compete on teams based on the listed sex on their birth certificates.
- Helped stop redlining by insurance companies.

Supports increasing funding for public education, reducing class sizes, and raising teacher salaries.

Supports school voucher programs that allow parents to use public funds to enroll their children in schools beyond their local options, including private schools.

As a member of the Texas House of Representatives, helped pass House Bill 1842, which would require closure of failing schools and a state takeover of the district's school board.

- Supports increasing funding for public education, reducing class sizes, and raising teacher salaries.
- Supports school voucher programs that allow parents to use public funds to enroll their children in schools beyond their local options, including private schools.
- As a member of the Texas House of Representatives, helped pass House Bill 1842, which would require closure of failing schools and a state takeover of the district's school board.

Advocated for prisoners to be counted in their home addresses for the purposes of redistricting.

As a member of the Texas House of Representatives, helped restore the right to vote for ex-felons.

- Advocated for prisoners to be counted in their home addresses for the purposes of redistricting.
- As a member of the Texas House of Representatives, helped restore the right to vote for ex-felons.

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Received a fully probated suspension for a year from the State Bar of Texas for failing to return a client's file after representing them in a civil matter, resulting in the client handling their appeal without it.

- Received a fully probated suspension for a year from the State Bar of Texas for failing to return a client's file after representing them in a civil matter, resulting in the client handling their appeal without it.

Harold V. Dutton, Jr.

As of January 22, 2026, Harold V. Dutton, Jr.’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Serves as general counsel for the House Democratic Caucus and the Texas Legislative Black Caucus.

James is from Houston, Texas. He attended Ross Shaw Sterling High School and the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University. He has a bachelor’s degree in public affairs with a minor in business administration from Texas Southern University’s Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs. He also earned a diesel mechanic certification from Houston Community College and completed the civic leadership training program at the Rice University Center for Civic Leadership. He lives with his children in Houston. He attends Lyon Unity Missionary Baptist Church.

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James Joseph is from Houston, Texas. He attended Ross Shaw Sterling High School. He has a bachelor’s degree in public affairs  from Texas Southern University’s. He also earned a diesel mechanic certification from Houston Community College. He lives with his children in Houston. He attends Lyon Unity Missionary Baptist Church.

James is the CEO at Neighborhood Enrichment Xchange. He previously worked as a business consultant.

James Joseph's campaign for Texas State Representative, District 142 is his first entry into politics.

James campaign for Texas State Representative, District 142 is his first entry into politics.

Supports investing in small businesses and local entrepreneurs.

- Supports a livable minimum wage.
- Supports investing in small businesses and local entrepreneurs.

Plans to advocate for improved community policing practices that foster relationships between police and the communities they serve.

Supports "common-sense" gun laws and background checks.

- Plans to advocate for improved community policing practices that foster relationships between police and the communities they serve.
- Supports "common-sense" gun laws and background checks.

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

Supports restoring power to local elected school boards and opposes cuts to education funding.

Believes public education is a right and supports better pay for teachers and ensuring schools in all neighborhoods have equal resources and equipment.

- Supports restoring power to local elected school boards and opposes cuts to education funding.
- Believes public education is a right and supports better pay for teachers and ensuring schools in all neighborhoods have equal resources and equipment.

Supports investing in renewable energy and holding polluters accountable.

- Supports investing in renewable energy and holding polluters accountable.

Supports equal opportunities for all, regardless of race, gender, or sexual orientation.

Believes in prioritizing the needs of "everyday Texans" over "Trump’s billionaire backers."

Opposes gerrymandering and supports protecting voting rights to ensure the voices of underserved communities are heard.

- Supports equal opportunities for all, regardless of race, gender, or sexual orientation.
- Believes in prioritizing the needs of "everyday Texans" over "Trump’s billionaire backers."
- Opposes gerrymandering and supports protecting voting rights to ensure the voices of underserved communities are heard.

James Joseph

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