Candidate · State House, District 7
Jay Dean
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 7 (since 2017)
- Occupation
- Oilfield services business owner (president and CEO, Shale Flow Specialties)
- Lives in
- Longview
Background
- Bachelor's degree in business administration and management from Louisiana State University. source: justfacts.votesmart.org
- Former mayor of Longview, Texas. source: justfacts.votesmart.org
- President and CEO of Shale Flow Specialties since 2012 and general manager of Thomas Oilfield Services since 2017. source: justfacts.votesmart.org
- Has represented House District 7 since 2017. source: ballotpedia.org
- Defeated Melissa Beckett in the March 3, 2026 Republican primary. source: ballotpedia.org
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