Dan is from Brownsville, Texas. He attended the University of North Texas. He has a master’s degree in strategic management from the University of North Texas. He lives with his wife and children in Richardson, Texas. He attends his church.

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Dan is from Brownsville, Texas. He attended the University of North Texas. He has a master’s degree in strategic management from the University of North Texas. He lives with his wife and children in Richardson, Texas.

Dan is a city councilman. He works at the Richardson City Council, where he helps oversee budgets, set policy, and make consequential decisions affecting residents and local businesses. He previously worked in executive sales for private companies and taught business courses at the high school and college level.

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Dan previously worked as director of development and customer experience at BoardBuild, as a business teacher for Richardson Independent School District, as an adjunct professor of business at Trinity Valley Community College, as a teacher for Dallas Independent School District, as an area sales manager for Essentia Water, in mass market business development for Cacique, and as an account manager for Advantage Sales & Marketing/PepsiCo DRT.

Dan Barrios is currently a member of the Richardson City Council representing Place 3. He was elected in 2023 and is serving his first term.

Supports strengthening consumer protections for working Americans to address the affordability crisis.

Supports investments in education and workforce development, policies that help small businesses grow, and a government guided by fairness and accountability.

- Supports strengthening consumer protections for working Americans to address the affordability crisis.
- Supports investments in education and workforce development, policies that help small businesses grow, and a government guided by fairness and accountability.

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

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Supports access to affordable and quality healthcare for all Americans, addressing issues like rising insurance premiums and prescription costs.

Supports access to affordable and quality healthcare for all Americans.

Plans to address issues like rising insurance premiums and prescription costs.

- Supports access to affordable and quality healthcare for all Americans.
- Plans to address issues like rising insurance premiums and prescription costs.

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For Candidate Dan Barrios on Issue Voting & Elections: Opposes gerrymandering, citing its impact on diluting voters' voices in Congressional District 32 due to redistricting by Trump and Texas Republicans.

Opposes gerrymandering and supports redistricting reform. 

- Opposes gerrymandering and supports redistricting reform. 

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Dan Barrios

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