San Antonio AFL-CIO 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) Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)
Governor	Gina Hinojosa (D) Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)
Lieutenant Governor	Vikki Goodwin (D) Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)
Attorney General	Nathan Johnson (D) Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)
Comptroller of Public Accounts	Sarah Eckhardt (D) Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)
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) ✊** Member of AFSCME 1624 and TSEU (CWA 6186)
Texas Supreme Court, Place 2	Chari Kelly (D) Member of AFSCME 1624
Texas Supreme Court, Place 7	Kristen Hawkins (D)
Texas Supreme Court, Place 8	Gisela Triana (D) ✊ Member of AFSCME 1624*
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 9	*Holly Taylor (D) ✊** Member of AFSCME Texas Retiree Chapter 12
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) Former member of IAFF 341

State Board of Education Endorsements

State Board of Education, District 5
(Central Texas)

Allison Bush (D)
Former member of Texas AFT

Congressional Endorsements

District maps available here.

U.S. House, District 20 (San Antonio)	Joaquin Castro (D), incumbent
U.S. House, District 21 (San Marcos, New Braunfels, Kerrville)	Kristin Hook (D)
U.S. House, District 23 (San Antonio, Uvalde, Fort Stockton)	Katy Padilla Stout (D) Former member of Northside AFT
U.S. House, District 35 (San Antonio, Seguin, Karnes City)	Johnny Garcia (D)

Texas Senate Endorsements

Texas Senate, District 19 (San Antonio)	Roland Gutierrez (D), incumbent Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)
Texas Senate, District 21 (Laredo)	Judith Zaffirini (D), incumbent
Texas Senate, District 26 (San Antonio)	José Menéndez (D), incumbent Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)

Texas House Endorsements

Texas House, District 116 (San Antonio)	Trey Martinez Fischer (D), incumbent Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)
Texas House, District 117 (San Antonio)	Philip Cortez (D), incumbent Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)
Texas House, District 118 (San Antonio)	Kristian Carranza (D)
Texas House, District 121 (San Antonio)	Zack Dunn (D)
Texas House, District 122 (San Antonio)	No Action
Texas House, District 123 (San Antonio)	Diego Bernal (D), incumbent Member of TSEU (CWA 6186)
Texas House, District 124 (San Antonio)	Josey Garcia (D), incumbent
Texas House, District 125 (San Antonio)	*Adrian Reyna (D) ✊** Member of San Antonio Alliance (AFT) 67

Local Race Endorsements

Local race endorsements are made by the San Antonio AFL-CIO.

District Judge, 187th District Court	Stephanie Franco
Bexar County Judge	Ron Nirenberg
San Antonio ISD Props A, B, C, D	FOR / SUPPORT
Northside ISD Props A, B, C, D	FOR / SUPPORT
South San Antonio ISD Prop A	FOR / SUPPORT

*✊ 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.

Find your Bexar County polling location and learn more at bexar.org/elections