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Rhetta Andrews Bowers

Rhetta Andrews Bowers

Democratic · Texas · 2026 · Incumbent

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Texas House District 113Texas · 2026Dallas County sample ballot

Top priorities

  • Authored House Bill 3435 establishing Texas Girls in STEM Day
  • Juvenile justice reform and addressing the school-to-prison pipeline

Per the campaign site.

Biography

Rhetta Andrews Bowers is the Democratic candidate for Texas House District 113 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Texas Secretary of State's certified 2026 General Election candidate list. Rhetta Andrews Bowers is a sitting member for the district, per the Texas House of Representatives' official roster. The first African American elected to represent District 113, in November 2018, she is an alumna of Spelman College and Texas Southern University with a degree in broadcast journalism, per candidate campaign site. Worked in public television at PBS headquarters and WETA-TV in Washington, DC before returning to Texas, per candidate campaign site.

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