Candidate · State House, District 78
Joe Moody
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 78 (2009-2011 and since 2013); Speaker Pro Tempore (since 2025)
- Occupation
- Lawyer
- Lives in
- El Paso
Background
- Won the District 78 seat in 2008, lost re-election in 2010 to Dee Margo, then defeated Margo in 2012 and took office again in 2013. source: ballotpedia.org
- Served as Speaker Pro Tempore of the Texas House in 2019-2021 and was reappointed in 2025 by Speaker Dustin Burrows. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Earned a B.A. from New Mexico State University and a J.D. from Texas Tech University School of Law. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Lawyer and former assistant district attorney in El Paso County; born and raised in El Paso. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Chaired the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee in 2017 and 2023, and was vice chair of the House committee investigating the Uvalde school shooting. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Won the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary unopposed; the Republican primary was canceled. source: ballotpedia.org
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