Tanya Lloyd is originally from Lockhart, Texas. She earned a bachelor's degree in education from Texas State University in 2006. Tanya also has a teaching degree. She lives in Lockhart with her husband and daughter.

Tanya is a public school teacher. She works in Texas public schools, where she has taught kindergarten for 20 years.

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Tanya currently works as a kindergarten teacher for the Lockhart Independent School District. She previously worked in car dealerships as a receptionist and office manager.

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Tanya is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 27th Congressional District. She previously ran for the same office in 2024 but lost in the general election.

Supports living wages for all jobs and advocates for universal daycare to benefit families.

Supports breaking up big agribusiness monopolies and redirecting farm subsidies to support small, diverse, and sustainable farms.

Supports launching an American Rural Revival infrastructure program to build broadband, resilient water and energy systems, and climate-ready transportation, creating jobs and empowering rural communities.

Supports launching an American Rural Revival infrastructure program to build broadband, resilient water and energy systems, and climate-ready transportation.

Supports investing in workforce development, technical education, and apprenticeships to prepare rural residents for new jobs in infrastructure, energy, and agriculture.

Supports investing in workforce development, technical education, and apprenticeships.

Supports promoting co-ops, collective bargaining, and direct-to-consumer models to enhance market power for small farmers.

- Supports living wages for all jobs and advocates for universal daycare to benefit families.
- Supports breaking up big agribusiness monopolies and redirecting farm subsidies to support small, diverse, and sustainable farms.
- Supports launching an American Rural Revival infrastructure program to build broadband, resilient water and energy systems, and climate-ready transportation.
- Supports investing in workforce development, technical education, and apprenticeships.
- Supports promoting co-ops, collective bargaining, and direct-to-consumer models to enhance market power for small farmers.

Economy

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

Public Safety

Supports healthcare as a universal right and guarantees access to abortion and full reproductive rights.

For Candidate Tanya Lloyd on Issue healthcare:  
Supports enacting a fully government-funded single-payer healthcare system that covers everyone, including long-term and reproductive care.

Supports enacting a fully government-funded single-payer healthcare system that covers everyone, including long-term and reproductive care.

Supports guaranteeing maternal health access, prenatal and postpartum care, and addressing the maternal mortality crisis in rural Texas.

For Candidate Tanya Lloyd on Issue healthcare: Supports investing in rebuilding and reopening rural hospitals and clinics, with incentives to recruit and retain healthcare professionals in underserved areas.

Supports investing in rebuilding and reopening rural hospitals and clinics, with incentives to recruit and retain healthcare professionals.

- Supports healthcare as a universal right and guarantees access to abortion and full reproductive rights.
- Supports enacting a fully government-funded single-payer healthcare system that covers everyone, including long-term and reproductive care.
- Supports guaranteeing maternal health access, prenatal and postpartum care, and addressing the maternal mortality crisis in rural Texas.
- Supports investing in rebuilding and reopening rural hospitals and clinics, with incentives to recruit and retain healthcare professionals.

Healthcare

For Candidate Tanya Lloyd on Issue education: Supports equitable funding for rural schools, raising teacher pay, and providing incentives for educators to work in rural communities.

Supports equitable funding for rural schools, raising teacher pay, and providing incentives for educators.

Supports investing in modern school facilities, technology, and career and technical education to prepare students for future jobs.

Supports investing in modern school facilities, technology, and career and technical education.

Supports restoring and expanding free school meals year-round, including during summer months, to ensure no child goes hungry.

Supports restoring and expanding free school meals year-round, including during summer months.

Supports innovative rural school networks and flexible programming to address local needs and promote college and career readiness.

- Supports equitable funding for rural schools, raising teacher pay, and providing incentives for educators.
- Supports investing in modern school facilities, technology, and career and technical education.
- Supports restoring and expanding free school meals year-round, including during summer months.
- Supports innovative rural school networks and flexible programming to address local needs and promote college and career readiness.

Education

Supports protecting water and mineral rights for family farmers and rural residents, ensuring fair regulation and environmental stewardship.

Supports protecting water and mineral rights for family farmers and rural residents.

- Supports protecting water and mineral rights for family farmers and rural residents.

Energy & the Environment

Supports strengthening democracy in response to current threats.

- Supports strengthening democracy in response to current threats.

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Tanya Lloyd

Tanya Lloyd is originally from Lockhart, where she grew up on a 45-acre farm. She earned a bachelor's degree in education from Texas State University in 2006. Tanya returned to school as a nontraditional student at the age of 33 to earn her teaching degree. She lives in Lockhart with her husband and daughter and has spent 40 of her 55 years in the community.

Tanya currently works as a kindergarten teacher for the Lockhart Independent School District. She has nearly two decades of experience teaching in public schools. She previously worked in car dealerships as a receptionist and office manager.

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- US Representatives can author, sponsor, debate, and vote on bills that become national law.
- Representatives may serve on congressional committees. Committees focus on certain policy areas, such as transportation, education, or labor. They may also run for higher positions within their party, such as the Speaker of the House or Majority/Minority Leader.
- Representatives are elected to two-year terms. To hold this office, a candidate must be a legal resident of Texas for at least seven years before their election. US Representatives are paid a salary of $174,000/year.