Suleman Lalani
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 76 (since 2023)
- Occupation
- Primary care physician
Background
- Has served in the Texas House of Representatives for District 76 since January 2023. source: ballotpedia.org
- Physician in private practice in the Greater Houston area for about two decades, including about 15 years in Sugar Land. source: ballotpedia.org
- Graduated from Sindh Medical College in Pakistan; born in Pakistan. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Elected in 2022 with Salman Bhojani as one of the first Muslim and South Asian members of the Texas House. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Completed fellowship training at Baylor College of Medicine, per a 2020 Ballotpedia candidate survey. source: ballotpedia.org
- Faced Marie Baptiste in the March 2026 Democratic primary. source: ballotpedia.org
In their own words
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- Improve health care access, including expanding Medicaid source: communityimpact.com
- Limit insurance companies' influence over patient care source: communityimpact.com
- Repeal the state's private school voucher program source: communityimpact.com
- Defend democracy source: communityimpact.com
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