Texas State House District 144
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Mary Ann Perez Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Perez (D) 100.0
- Last election
- Perez (Democratic) was unopposed, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: FloresRight column: Perez
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativePerezNo published score for Flores
How these are counted
The spectrum is a published research score, not our rating. How this works.
More about this race
Candidates on the ballot
- Mary Ann PerezIncumbentDemocratic
- David FloresRepublican
Source: sos.state.tx.us (PDF), dated Aug 28
All State House districts
- Democratic
- Republican
- Independent
- Nonpartisan
- More than one party
- No member listed
Map settings
Vote in Texas
- Register
- Registration, polling place, sample ballot lookup, election office
- Mail ballot status
- ID rules
Trouble voting? Election Protection hotline: 866-OUR-VOTE. A nonpartisan coalition of civil-rights and voting-rights groups, not a government service. 866ourvote.org
History (22 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 26,617
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Texas House of Representatives District 144, 1982 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPerezWon Democratic 26,617100.0% - Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Texas House of Representatives District 144, 1982 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMary Ann PerezWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,044
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Texas House of Representatives District 144, 1982 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMary Ann PerezWon(incumbent) Democratic 17,51656.4% RepublicanTony Salas Republican 13,52843.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,455
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Texas House of Representatives District 144, 1982 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMary Ann PerezWon(incumbent) Democratic 14,34961.2% RepublicanRuben Villarreal Republican 9,10638.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,032
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Texas House of Representatives District 144, 1982 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMary Ann PerezWon Democratic 16,28760.3% RepublicanGilbert Pena(incumbent) Republican 10,74539.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,878
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Texas House of Representatives District 144, 1982 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGilbert PenaWon Republican 6,01550.6% DemocraticMary Ann Perez(incumbent) Democratic 5,86349.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,904
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Texas House of Representatives District 144, 1982 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMary Ann PerezWon Democratic 12,44652.1% RepublicanDavid Pineda Republican 10,88545.5% LibertarianRobb Rourke Libertarian 5732.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,944
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Texas House of Representatives District 144, 1982 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKen LeglerWon(incumbent) Republican 15,42559.5% DemocraticRick Molina Democratic 9,93138.3% LibertarianClifford Messina Libertarian 3391.3% GreenJoel West Green 2491.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 39,058
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Texas House of Representatives District 144, 1982 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKen LeglerWon Republican 19,98051.1% DemocraticJoel C. Redmond Democratic 19,07848.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,762
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Texas House of Representatives District 144, 1982 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert E. TaltonWon(incumbent) Republican 11,12556.3% DemocraticJanette Padilla Sexton Democratic 8,01740.6% LibertarianMatthew Kolar Libertarian 6203.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,873
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Texas House of Representatives District 144, 1982 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert E. TaltonWon(incumbent) Republican 25,873100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,618
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Texas House of Representatives District 144, 1982 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert E. TaltonWon(incumbent) Republican 15,41787.5% LibertarianTom Maxton Libertarian 2,20112.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,015
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Texas House of Representatives District 144, 1982 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert E. TaltonWon(incumbent) Republican 19,28162.2% DemocraticDonald Sepolio Democratic 11,73437.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,943
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Texas House of Representatives District 144, 1982 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert E. TaltonWon(incumbent) Republican 12,26588.0% LibertarianClifford Lee Messina Libertarian 1,67812.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,026
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Texas House of Representatives District 144, 1982 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert E. TaltonWon(incumbent) Republican 18,37261.2% DemocraticBrooks T. Harrison Democratic 10,86036.2% LibertarianClifford Lee Messina Libertarian 7942.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,539
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Texas House of Representatives District 144, 1982 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert E. TaltonWon(incumbent) Republican 10,63860.6% DemocraticScot M. Doyal Democratic 6,90139.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,723
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Texas House of Representatives District 144, 1982 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert E. TaltonWon Republican 13,40050.1% DemocraticDonald Peter Fogo Democratic 13,32349.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,684
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Texas House of Representatives District 144, 1982 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticErwin W. BartonWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,35053.7% RepublicanKevin M. Stanley Republican 5,90243.1% LibertarianBrian Bricker Libertarian 4323.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,889
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Texas House of Representatives District 144, 1982 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticErwin W. BartonWon(incumbent) Democratic 13,889100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,335
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Texas House of Representatives District 144, 1982 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticErwin W. BartonWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,335100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,808
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Texas House of Representatives District 144, 1982 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticErwin W. BartonWon(incumbent) Democratic 13,808100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,172
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Texas House of Representatives District 144, 1982 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticErwin W. BartonWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,49056.0% RepublicanSully Sullender Republican 6,48342.7% LibertarianPaul Tittsworth Libertarian 1991.3%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1982 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
Download and cite
Cite this page
Election Wrld. (2026). Texas State House District 144, election results 1982 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/tx/house/144. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
Embed this seat
<iframe src="https://www.electionwrld.com/embed/tx/house/144" title="Texas House of Representatives District 144" width="100%" height="400" style="border:0;max-width:640px" loading="lazy"></iframe>
<p style="font-size:13px">Data: <a href="https://www.electionwrld.com">Election Wrld</a>, CC BY 4.0</p>Sources
Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:tx/sldl:144
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026