Texas House District 7 · Former primary candidate
Melissa Beckett
Texas House District 7
Melissa Beckett ran in the 2026 Republican primary for Texas House District 7. This file separates her published platform, official witness-list entries and reported election result. It does not present her as the sitting representative.
Ballot status for this election
Former 2026 Republican primary candidate. MultiState reports a primary loss to Jay Dean; the district canvass has not yet been attached to this profile.Last source review: September 12, 2026- Profile sources
- 6 Official, reporting and campaign
- Performance grade
- Not rated No incumbency record to score
- Party status
- Republican For the election in this record
- Election
- March 3 2026 Republican primary
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What voters should know first
A primary campaign, a public platform and a witness record.
MultiState reports that Beckett lost the March 3, 2026 Republican primary to Jay Dean. RepWatchr has not attached the district canvass and does not label the reported result as a certified count.
The official Senate witness list establishes appearances on specific bills. Campaign proposals establish what Beckett advocated. Neither is a legislative vote cast by an officeholder.
Outside the campaign
What the public record supports
Supported record
Reported 2026 primary result
MultiState's election history identifies Beckett as losing the March 3, 2026 Republican HD 7 primary to Jay Dean. This is a secondary election reference, not a certified canvass displayed by RepWatchr.
Supported record
Listed FOR SB 133 on March 8, 2023
The Senate Education Committee witness list names Melissa Beckett of Longview, representing herself and Texas Education 911, under FOR SB 133. This is a witness position, not a legislator's roll-call vote.
Supported record
Listed ON four other education bills
The same list records Beckett ON SB 294, SB 357, SB 629 and SB 798. RepWatchr preserves that category without converting it into support or opposition.
Candidate-published account
What Melissa Beckett has published about the job
Biography claims
Campaign claim
Business and finance background
Her campaign biography describes experience in business, finance, commodity trading and data analysis. Employment and credential documentation is not attached here.
Campaign claim
Texas Education 911 leadership
Beckett's biography describes her as the founder and leader of Texas Education 911. The Senate witness list separately records that affiliation at the March 8, 2023 hearing; it does not establish every biographical claim.
Published priorities
Campaign position
Property taxes and state spending
Beckett's issues page advocates eliminating property taxes and reducing state government and spending. A replacement-revenue model and program-by-program costings are not attached to this file.
Campaign position
Education decisions
Her platform calls for greater decision-making by parents and teachers and criticizes centralized TEA control. These are campaign positions, not independently measured education outcomes.
Campaign position
Water, land and corporate incentives
Her issues page opposes East Texas reservoir and water-export plans that displace landowners, corporate subsidies and taxpayer-funded lobbying. Specific bill language and implementation costs remain open records questions.
No invented certainty
Evidence voters still need
- The official district canvass for the March 3, 2026 Republican HD 7 primary.
- Texas Ethics Commission filer identifiers and the corresponding campaign-finance reports, amendments and reporting periods.
- A costed proposal for property-tax elimination, replacement revenue and effects on local services.
- Specific legislative text and fiscal analysis supporting the campaign's education, water and spending proposals.
- A source-confirmed portrait suitable for publication at full display resolution.
Party status
Her campaign identified her as a Republican candidate for Texas House District 7. MultiState places her in the March 3, 2026 Republican primary.Add a public recordCandidate contact
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3Texas House District 7 election file
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