Candidate · State Senate, District 9
Leigh Wambsganss
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.
- Occupation
- Communications executive; former chief communications officer of Patriot Mobile
- Lives in
- Southlake
Background
- B.A. in broadcast journalism from the University of Central Oklahoma; M.A. in organizational management from Dallas Baptist University. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Former television news anchor, reporter and producer; congressional staffer for U.S. Rep. Scott McInnis (1996 to 1997). source: en.wikipedia.org
- Vice president of government and public affairs, later chief communications officer, at Patriot Mobile; executive director of Patriot Mobile Action PAC. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Co-founder and co-chair of Southlake Families PAC. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Lost the January 31, 2026 special election runoff for Senate District 9 to Taylor Rehmet, 42.7% to 57.3%. source: en.wikipedia.org
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