Chris Spencer
What this job does: Your district's vote in the Texas House of Representatives. Members write and vote on state laws and the state budget, and every bill to raise taxes has to start in the House. A term is two years.
- Occupation
- President and chief operating officer, Crump Foods
- Lives in
- Hughes Springs
Background
- President and chief operating officer of Crump Foods; attended the University of Texas at Tyler. source: digital-release.ketk.com
- Chairman of the Sulphur River Basin Authority; secretary of the Linden Economic Development Corporation; former president of the Hughes Springs Chamber of Commerce (as of December 2023). source: digital-release.ketk.com
- Challenged Rep. Gary VanDeaver in the 2024 Republican primary runoff for House District 1 and lost. source: thetexan.news
- Won the March 3, 2026 Republican primary for the open seat, 51% to Josh Bray's 49%, after VanDeaver retired. source: thetexan.news
In their own words
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- Empowering parents and education reform source: digital-release.ketk.com
- Securing the southern border source: digital-release.ketk.com
- Barring noncitizens from voting source: digital-release.ketk.com
- Opposing sales of Texas farm and ranch land to entities tied to China or other hostile nations source: digital-release.ketk.com
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