Central Texas Labor Council 2026 General Election Endorsements
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No action means that a vote was taken and the voting body decided not to endorse a specific candidate, allowing union affiliates to endorse at-will in that race. If a race is not listed, there was no recommendation from the delegates.
Statewide Endorsements
*✊ Union-first candidate and current union member
Union affiliations shown for Texas AFL-CIO affiliated union members.
U.S. Senate | James Talarico (D) |
Governor | Gina Hinojosa (D) |
| Lieutenant Governor | Vikki Goodwin (D) Member of TSEU (CWA 6186) |
Attorney General | Nathan Johnson (D) |
Comptroller of Public Accounts | Sarah Eckhardt (D) |
Commissioner of General Land Office | Benjamin Flores (D) |
Agriculture Commissioner | Clayton Tucker (D) |
Railroad Commissioner | Jon Rosenthal (D) |
Texas Supreme Court, Chief Justice | Maggie Ellis (D) *✊ |
Texas Supreme Court, Place 2 | Chari Kelly (D) |
Texas Supreme Court, Place 7 | Kristen Hawkins (D) |
Texas Supreme Court, Place 8 | Gisela Triana (D) *✊ |
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 9 | Holly Taylor (D) *✊ |
| 15th Court of Appeals, Chief Justice | Jerry Zimmerer (D) |
| 15th Court of Appeals, Place 2 | Thomas Baker (D) |
15th Court of Appeals, Place 3 | Marc Meyer (D) |
State Board of Education Endorsements
State Board of Education, District 5 | Allison Bush (D) |
Congressional Endorsements
District maps available here.
U.S. House, District 17 | Casey Shepard (D) |
U.S. House, District 31 | Justin Early (D) |
Texas Senate Endorsements
Texas Senate, District 24 | Joe Paz Herrera (D) |
Texas House Endorsements
| Texas House, District 54 (Salado) | Dawn Richardson (D) |
Texas House, District 55 | Amelia Rabroker (D) |
Texas House, District 56 | Ashley Bean Thornton (D) |
Local Race Endorsements
Local race endorsements are made by the Central Texas Labor Council.
McLennan County Constable, Pct. 2 | Reggie Jackson (D) |
McLennan County Commissioner, Pct. 2 | Jeremy Davis (D) |
| Bell County Commissioner, Pct. 4 | Ernest Wilkerson (D) |
*✊ Union-first candidate and current union member
Union affiliations shown for Texas AFL-CIO affiliated union members.
The Committee on Political Education (COPE) is the Texas labor movement’s political arm. Local race endorsements have also been made by the local Area Labor Federations and Central Labor Councils.
The list of Texas AFL-CIO COPE 2026 General Election endorsements can be found here.