Jacey Jetton
Jacey Jetton (Republican Party) is a member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 26. He assumed office on January 12, 2021. His current term ends on January 14, 2025.
Jetton (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 26. He lost in the Republican primary on March 5, 2024.
Fanny Jetton (R) was appointed as the temporary acting representative for District 26 while Jacey Jetton was on active military duty. Jetton returned from duty in October 2023.[1]
Biography
Jacey Jetton served in the Texas Army National Guard. Jetton's career experience includes working as a legislative director, as a taxpayer liaison with the Texas Comptroller, and owning a business.[2]
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Jetton was assigned to the following committees:
- Appropriations Committee
- Local & Consent Calendars Committee
- Public Health Committee
- Redistricting Committee
2021-2022
Jetton was assigned to the following committees:
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 26
Matt Morgan defeated Daniel Lee in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 26 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Matt Morgan (R)  | 59.2 | 48,420 |
 | Daniel Lee (D) | 40.8 | 33,318 | |
| Total votes: 81,738 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 26
Daniel Lee advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 26 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Daniel Lee | 100.0 | 4,646 |
| Total votes: 4,646 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 26
Matt Morgan defeated incumbent Jacey Jetton and Jessica Rose Huang in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 26 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Matt Morgan | 53.8 | 8,786 |
 | Jacey Jetton | 38.7 | 6,316 | |
 | Jessica Rose Huang | 7.6 | 1,235 | |
| Total votes: 16,337 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2022
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 26
Incumbent Jacey Jetton defeated Daniel Lee in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 26 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jacey Jetton (R) | 60.7 | 37,376 |
| Daniel Lee (D) | 39.3 | 24,230 | |
| Total votes: 61,606 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 26
Daniel Lee defeated Lawrence Allen Jr. in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 26 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Daniel Lee | 63.2 | 3,322 |
 | Lawrence Allen Jr. | 36.8 | 1,938 | |
| Total votes: 5,260 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 26
Incumbent Jacey Jetton advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 26 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jacey Jetton | 100.0 | 10,401 |
| Total votes: 10,401 | |||
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Campaign finance
2020
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 26
Jacey Jetton defeated L. Sarah DeMerchant in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 26 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jacey Jetton (R) | 51.8 | 43,438 |
 | L. Sarah DeMerchant (D) | 48.2 | 40,436 | |
| Total votes: 83,874 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 26
L. Sarah DeMerchant defeated Suleman Lalani in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 26 on July 14, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | L. Sarah DeMerchant | 52.3 | 4,579 |
 | Suleman Lalani | 47.7 | 4,168 | |
| Total votes: 8,747 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 26
Jacey Jetton defeated Matt Morgan in the Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 26 on July 14, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jacey Jetton | 52.4 | 7,544 |
| Matt Morgan | 47.6 | 6,853 | |
| Total votes: 14,397 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 26
Suleman Lalani and L. Sarah DeMerchant advanced to a runoff. They defeated Rish Oberoi and Lawrence Allen Jr. in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 26 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Suleman Lalani | 31.7 | 4,425 |
| ✔ | | L. Sarah DeMerchant | 29.6 | 4,131 |
 | Rish Oberoi | 20.3 | 2,838 | |
| Lawrence Allen Jr. | 18.4 | 2,570 | |
| Total votes: 13,964 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 26
Matt Morgan and Jacey Jetton advanced to a runoff. They defeated Leonard Chan in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 26 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Matt Morgan | 49.7 | 7,989 |
| ✔ | | Jacey Jetton | 40.7 | 6,540 |
 | Leonard Chan | 9.6 | 1,551 | |
| Total votes: 16,080 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Rick Miller (R)
Campaign finance
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
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2020
Jacey Jetton completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Jetton's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Jacey Jetton is a seventh generation Texan, small business owner, former Army National Guardsman, and married with two young boys attending Fort Bend ISD schools. Over the past decade, Jacey Jetton has worked with conservatives like Pro-Life champion Glenn Hegar, our Texas Comptroller, and worked on bills as a legislative director in the 83rd Texas Legislature. In the Republican Party, he worked with the Republican Party of Texas to help grow the party around the state and as County Chair for the Fort Bend County Republican Party to help conservatives get elected.
Jacey Jetton is endorsed by Governor Abbott, Comptroller Glenn Hegar, Congressman Pete Olson, and Former County Judge Bob Hebert as the best person to represent House District 26. He is committed to fight to secure our border, lower property taxes, and support conservative policies that will jump start our economy and get small businesses working again.
- As a small business owner, Jacey Jetton knows that small businesses are the heart of our economy. Jetton will support conservative policies that will jump start our economy and get small businesses working again.
- Jacey Jetton is fighting to increase border security funding. Jetton will add more border patrol agents and better technology on the boarder to keep drug cartels, gangs, and human traffickers out of our community.
- Jacey Jetton has earned the highest rating a candidate can receive by the NRA because of his commitment to defending our second amendment rights.
Texans not only deserve property tax relief, they are demanding it and Jacey Jetton is working towards real solutions to solve this problem. Jacey Jetton is a pro-life conservative that will champion pro-life bills to protect innocent lives. As Texas opens back up, there will be many challenges and changes proposed in the next legislative session that Jacey Jetton is prepared to take on. Texas must be left true to its roots, set in freedom and liberty, so that the individual is unrestricted from creating, innovating, and building prosperous futures for themselves and their community.
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2023
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In 2023, the Texas State Legislature was in session from January 10 to May 29.
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2022
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2021
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In 2021, the Texas State Legislature was in session from January 12 to May 31.
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Noteworthy events
Jetton's wife replaces him in legislature while deployed (2023)
On June 28, 2023, Jetton's wife, Fanny Jetton, was sworn in to replace him as the District 26 representative in the Texas House. Fanny was named as the temporary acting representative after Jacey was called to active military duty. Jacey's absence was expected to last four months, he wrote in an op-ed, as he again attended basic combat training and artillery school in Fort Still, Oklahoma.[3][4]
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Texas House of Representatives District 26 |
Officeholder Texas House of Representatives District 26 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Fort Bend Harold News, "Jetton to file ‘school choice’ bill," October 3, 2023
- ↑ Texas House of Representatives, "Representative Jetton, Jacey," accessed March 29, 2021
- ↑ The Texas Tribune, "State Rep. Jacey Jetton, called to military service, chooses his wife as temporary replacement," June 28, 2023
- ↑ Fort Bend Herald, "Jacey Jetton," June 6, 2023
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| Preceded by Rick Miller (R) |
Texas House of Representatives District 26 2021-Present |
Succeeded by - |
