Texas Senate, District 21District race (Texas) · 2 candidates
In their own words
Julie Dahlberg
WebsiteBallotpedia- CITIZEN-LED GOVERNANCE, SERVANT LEADERSHIP & TERM LIMITS
Public officials need to understand that they work for you! A government truly of, by and for WE THE PEOPLE. We must rid our public offices of those compromised by uni-party control and intimidation, motivated primarily by money, power and their reelection. …
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INSISTING ON CREDIBLE FISCAL STEWARDSHIP & TRANSPARENCY - AUDIT EVERY PENNY
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Every lawmaker & state agency leadership team should operate with the mindset that they are spending OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY. Elected officials serving their constituents should aggressively examine every opportunity for the state to eliminate wasteful & unnecessary spending of taxpayer funds.
Judith Zaffirini
WebsiteBallotpedia- Key message 1
Having passed 216 bills related to education, including 137 focusing on higher education, my top priorities will continue to include education in general, with a focus on early & higher education & ensuring it is accessible, accountable, affordable & excellent for all ages, in all areas & at all levels, without …
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Having passed 258 bills related to health & human services, my top priorities will continue to include these issues in general, with a focus on the very young, the very old, the very poor, persons with physical, intellectual & emotional disabilities & veterans. …
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The highest priorities of SD 21 families evolve/change over time, but always are at the top of my agenda. Currently they include affordability & reducing/managing the cost of living in general and, more specifically, of housing, education, healthcare (including in rural areas), gasoline, groceries, insurance & …
Voting record
- HB 46 (2025) Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis under and the administration of the Texas Compassionate-Use Program; requiring registration: Yea · 6/1/2025 · Adopt conference committee report, 31–0 (unanimous; the journal lists no names) · Senate Journal
- SB 15 (2023) Relating to requiring public institution of higher education students who compete in intercollegiate athletic competitions to compete based on biological sex: Nay · 5/26/2023 · Concur in House amendment, 19–12 · Senate Journal
- SB 14 (2023) Relating to prohibitions on the provision to certain children of procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria and on the use of public money or public assistance to provide those procedures and treatments: Nay · 5/17/2023 · Concur in House amendments, 19–12 · Senate Journal
- HB 25 (2021) Relating to requiring public school students to compete in interscholastic athletic competitions based on biological sex: Nay · 10/15/2021 · Passage (third reading), 19–12 · Senate Journal
- HB 1535 (2021) Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis by patients with certain medical conditions and the establishment of compassionate-use institutional review boards to evaluate and approve proposed research programs to study the medical use of low-THC cannabis in the treatment of certain patients: Yea · 5/25/2021 · Passage (third reading), 31–0 (unanimous; the journal lists no names) · Senate Journal
- SB 8 (2021) Relating to abortion, including abortions after detection of an unborn child's heartbeat; authorizing a private civil right of action: Nay · 5/13/2021 · Concur in House amendments, 18–12 · Senate Journal
Official record votes, Texas House and Senate Journals (the bill name links to its history page, the record link to the journal page). Final floor vote on each bill in the chamber the member sat in at the time (passage, concurring in the other chamber's amendments, or adopting the conference report). Bills voted on before the member took office are not listed. Which bills and why · Checked 10/18/2026.