Three names will appear on the Nov. 3 ballot for Texas House District 14, which covers all but the eastern portion of Brazos County, including most of Bryan and College Station and the Texas A&M campus: first-term Republican Paul Dyson, Democrat Janet Dudding and Libertarian Jeff Miller.
Dyson won the seat in 2024 with almost 61% of the vote over Democrat Fred Medina, KBTX reported at the time, succeeding Rep. John Raney, who did not run again after 13 years. Dyson had no opponent in the March 2026 Republican primary, according to the Texas teachers group ATPE's candidate guide.
Dudding won the Democratic primary, and Miller, who ran for the seat in 2022 and 2024, is the Libertarian nominee.
The summaries below come from Branch, a nonpartisan voter guide that compiles positions from candidates' own websites, and from ATPE's Teach the Vote guide, which posts lawmakers' education votes and candidates' answers to its survey.
Paul Dyson, Republican
Dyson grew up in Bryan-College Station and holds a political science degree and an MBA from Texas A&M and a law degree from South Texas College of Law Houston. He is general counsel for Dyson Energy Group, a family oil and gas company, and Infinity Water Solutions.
His campaign site, as summarized by Branch, calls for permanent property tax relief and more money for public schools statewide, opposes firearm regulations and opposes abortion access.
In the 2025 session he voted for Senate Bill 2, which created the state's education savings account program, and for the House version of House Bill 2, which carried school funding and teacher raises, according to ATPE's record of his votes. ATPE, which opposed the savings accounts, also notes he voted to table an amendment that would have sent the program to voters.
Janet Dudding, Democrat
Dudding, a former chief financial officer for several towns and companies, holds degrees from the University of Southern Mississippi and Millsaps College. She was the Democratic nominee for state comptroller in 2022.
She opposes the education savings accounts and told ATPE she would repeal them, saying public money belongs in public schools. She also wants to repeal recent laws on school library books and higher education governance, and to give school employees Social Security coverage on top of their state pensions.
Her other positions, per Branch, include changes to property tax appraisals, legalizing and taxing adult THC use to help pay for services and tax relief, expanding Medicaid, and requiring data centers to recycle water used for cooling.
