Terry Meza

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Terry Meza
Image of Terry Meza
Texas House of Representatives District 105
Tenure

2019 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

5

Predecessor

Compensation

Base salary

$7,200/year

Per diem

$221/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Graduate

University of Dallas

Law

Texas Wesleyan, 1999

Personal
Birthplace
Dallas, Texas
Religion
Methodist
Profession
State representative
Contact

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Terry Meza (Democratic Party) is a member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 105. She assumed office on January 8, 2019. Her current term ends on January 14, 2025.

Meza (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 105. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.


Biography

Terry Meza graduated from Irving High School. She studied at the University of Texas at Arlington, the University of Dallas, and Texas Wesleyan University. Meza's career experience includes working as a teacher with South Grand Prairie High School and as the owner of a law practice.[1]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Meza was assigned to the following committees:

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2021-2022

Meza was assigned to the following committees:

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2019-2020

Meza was assigned to the following committees:

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The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 105

Incumbent Terry Meza defeated Rose Cannaday in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 105 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Terry Meza
Terry Meza (D)
 
54.0
 
16,384
Image of Rose Cannaday
Rose Cannaday (R)
 
46.0
 
13,961

Total votes: 30,345
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 105

Incumbent Terry Meza advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 105 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Terry Meza
Terry Meza
 
100.0
 
4,131

Total votes: 4,131
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 105

Rose Cannaday advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 105 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rose Cannaday
Rose Cannaday
 
100.0
 
4,434

Total votes: 4,434
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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 105

Incumbent Terry Meza defeated Allan Meagher in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 105 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Terry Meza
Terry Meza (D)
 
55.8
 
17,064
Image of Allan Meagher
Allan Meagher (R)
 
44.2
 
13,519

Total votes: 30,583
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 105

Incumbent Terry Meza advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 105 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Terry Meza
Terry Meza
 
100.0
 
3,814

Total votes: 3,814
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 105

Allan Meagher defeated Gerson Hernandez in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 105 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Allan Meagher
Allan Meagher
 
63.9
 
3,054
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Gerson Hernandez
 
36.1
 
1,729

Total votes: 4,783
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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 105

Incumbent Terry Meza defeated Gerson Hernandez and Bret Bolton in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 105 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Terry Meza
Terry Meza (D) Candidate Connection
 
55.0
 
31,502
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Gerson Hernandez (R)
 
42.0
 
24,087
Image of Bret Bolton
Bret Bolton (L) Candidate Connection
 
3.0
 
1,724

Total votes: 57,313
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 105

Incumbent Terry Meza advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 105 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Terry Meza
Terry Meza Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
9,951

Total votes: 9,951
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 105

Gerson Hernandez advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 105 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Gerson Hernandez
 
100.0
 
5,616

Total votes: 5,616
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 105

Bret Bolton advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 105 on March 21, 2020.

Candidate
Image of Bret Bolton
Bret Bolton (L) Candidate Connection

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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2018

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 105

Terry Meza defeated incumbent Rodney Anderson in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 105 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Terry Meza
Terry Meza (D)
 
54.7
 
24,579
Image of Rodney Anderson
Rodney Anderson (R)
 
45.3
 
20,324

Total votes: 44,903
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 105

Terry Meza defeated A.D. Jenkins in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 105 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Terry Meza
Terry Meza
 
57.2
 
2,920
Image of A.D. Jenkins
A.D. Jenkins
 
42.8
 
2,185

Total votes: 5,105
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 105

Incumbent Rodney Anderson defeated Dinesh Mali in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 105 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rodney Anderson
Rodney Anderson
 
93.6
 
5,285
Image of Dinesh Mali
Dinesh Mali
 
6.4
 
363

Total votes: 5,648
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2016

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 1, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was December 14, 2015.[2]

Incumbent Rodney Anderson defeated Terry Meza in the Texas House of Representatives District 105 general election.[3]

Texas House of Representatives, District 105 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Rodney Anderson Incumbent 50.07% 23,720
     Democratic Terry Meza 49.93% 23,656
Total Votes 47,376
Source: Texas Secretary of State


Terry Meza ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 105 Democratic Primary.[4][5]

Texas House of Representatives, District 105 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Terry Meza  (unopposed)


Incumbent Rodney Anderson ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 105 Republican Primary.[4][5]

Texas House of Representatives, District 105 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Rodney Anderson Incumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for all 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on March 4, 2014. Those candidates who did not receive 50 percent or more of the vote in their party primary on March 4 faced an additional May 27 primary runoff. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was December 9, 2013. Rodney Anderson defeated incumbent Linda Harper-Brown in the Republican primary. Terry Meza and Susan Motley advanced to a primary runoff, defeating Bernice Montgomery in the Democratic primary. Motley defeated Meza in the May 27 Democratic runoff. Anderson defeated Motley and W. Carl Spiller (L) in the general election.[6][7][8]

Texas House of Representatives, District 105 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngRodney Anderson 55.4% 13,600
     Democratic Susan Motley 42.7% 10,478
     Libertarian W. Carl Spiller 1.8% 449
Total Votes 24,527

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Terry Meza did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Terry Meza did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Candidate Connection

Terry Meza completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Meza's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Irving is more than just a place I live. It is a part of who I am. My family has been here for five generations; I am proud to be a fourth-generation Irvingite and have a son that is fifth-generation. I'm an Educator. Being an educator has always been a passion of mine. I'm a small business owner. I have owned and operated my own law practice since 2000. As a small business owner, I know the hard work and personal sacrifices that everyday Texans must make to provide for their families. I'm a Community Activist. The "doing good" part - that is my favorite part of serving this community. It is so rewarding to know that the work I am doing helps make our neighborhoods healthier, safer, and cleaner. Last legislative session, I filed 80 bills and co-authored 20 bills to fight for the people of my diverse district and Texans across our state. 10 of those bills were passed into law after the session ended.

  • I fight for every Texan's access to quality, affordable health coverage. We have a lot of work to do to make this happen. We start by accepting the $100 billion in federal Medicaid money, helping to provide healthcare to two million Texas families that don't have it today.
  • Every child should feel like they have a clean, safe school they can go to, but that's not the reality today. As an educator for over 20 years, I am dedicated to fighting to rebuild and restore our public school systems.
  • Everyone deserves a fair shot at success, especially working families. I will continue to fight hard for them, for us, from better pay to more job skills development programs. I will fight for equal opportunity so everyone can thrive in our economy.

Healthcare, Public Education, Voting Rights, Workers' Rights, and Gun Safety.

Through the leadership of Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson, we were led through two trying times in our nation's history, creating many safety nets that we still rely on today, such as Social Security, Medicare, and civil and voting rights protections. They demostrated, at its highest level, the capacity of government to do good.

The core responsibility is to represent the interests of your district well.

I would like to leave the world a better place than I found it.

In college, I worked for SEARS in the catalog department. I worked there 6 years.

Our budget is dependent upon oil and gas revenue, sales taxes, and gasoline taxes, all three of which have been down since the pandemic. The challenge will be to diversify revenue sources.

A working relationship. We don't have to see eye to eye on everything, but we should still be able to look past our differences to create legislation that benefits all Texans.

Yes, it is important to form coalitions of support among my legislative collegues. In order to be an effective legislator, it is necessary to understand who supports your legislation, and who you need to convince to support your legislation.

I am in favor of a nonpartisan independent citizen redistricting commission.

The Human Services Committee hears from individuals and families who travel long distances at times in order to put a face and a personal story to the issues before us.

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Campaign finance summary


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Terry Meza campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Texas House of Representatives District 105Won general$37,635 $40,225
2022Texas House of Representatives District 105Won general$114,084 $123,858
2020Texas House of Representatives District 105Won general$197,595 N/A**
2018Texas House of Representatives District 105Won general$322,928 N/A**
Grand total$672,242 $164,082
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Preceded by
Rodney Anderson (R)
Texas House of Representatives District 105
2019-Present
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