Candidate · State House, District 8
Cody Harris
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.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- State Representative, House District 8 (since 2019)
- Occupation
- Banker and real estate broker
- Lives in
- Palestine
Background
- B.S. in political science from Texas A&M University (2006). source: justfacts.votesmart.org
- President, CEO and broker of Liberty Land and Ranch since 2015; real estate broker and agent from 2006 to 2015. source: justfacts.votesmart.org
- Vice president of business development at Third Coast Bank / Security State Bank since 2021. source: justfacts.votesmart.org
- Has represented House District 8 since 2019; chairs the House Natural Resources Committee. source: justfacts.votesmart.org
- Defeated Daniel Hunt in the March 3, 2026 Republican primary. source: ballotpedia.org
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