Candidate · State Senate, District 11
Dennis Paul
What this job does: Your district's vote in the Texas Senate. Senators write and vote on state laws and the state budget, approve the governor's appointments, and propose amendments to the state constitution. The Legislature meets in a regular session every two years. A term is four years.
- Current office
- State Representative, House District 129 (since 2015)
- Occupation
- Structural engineer; small business owner
Background
- Has represented Texas House District 129, in southeast Harris County, since 2015; first elected in 2014. source: ballotpedia.org
- Structural engineer; founded Paul Engineering Inc. in January 2002. source: house.texas.gov
- Houston native. source: house.texas.gov
- Vice chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security & Public Safety, member of the House Committee on Insurance, and founder and chair of the legislative Aerospace Caucus, per the House member page. source: house.texas.gov
- Won the March 3, 2026 Republican primary for Senate District 11 unopposed after Sen. Mayes Middleton ran for Texas Attorney General. source: galvnews.com
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