Terry Meza
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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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Sponsored legislation
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 | ||
✔ | Terry Meza (D) | 54.0 | 16,384 | |
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 | ||
✔ | 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 | ||
✔ | 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 | ||
✔ | Terry Meza (D) | 55.8 | 17,064 | |
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 | ||
✔ | 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 | ||
✔ | Allan Meagher | 63.9 | 3,054 | |
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 | ||
✔ | Terry Meza (D) | 55.0 | 31,502 | |
Gerson Hernandez (R) | 42.0 | 24,087 | ||
Bret Bolton (L) | 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 | ||
✔ | Terry Meza | 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 | ||
✔ | 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 | ||
✔ | Bret Bolton (L) |
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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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 | ||
✔ | Terry Meza (D) | 54.7 | 24,579 | |
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 | ||
✔ | Terry Meza | 57.2 | 2,920 | |
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 | ||
✔ | Rodney Anderson | 93.6 | 5,285 | |
Dinesh Mali | 6.4 | 363 |
Total votes: 5,648 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Republican | 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 | ||
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Party | Candidate | |
Democratic | 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 | ||
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Party | Candidate | |
Republican | Rodney Anderson Incumbent (unopposed) |
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]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
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2020
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.
Mrs. Smith goes to Washington.
Experience and compassion
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.
The assassination of president John F. Kennedy.
In college, I worked for SEARS in the catalog department. I worked there 6 years.
Single parenting
The house is more lively while the Senate is more reserved.
Of course, it's beneficial, although not required.
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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2023
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2022
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2021
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2020
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2019
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In 2019, the Texas State Legislature was in its 86th legislative session from January 8 through May 27.
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Facebook, "Terry Meza for State Representative," accessed February 17, 2018
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed December 14, 2015
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election," accessed December 2, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History results," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current ELECTION HISTORY," accessed December 2, 2014
- ↑ The Libertarian Party of Texas, "2014 Texas Representative Candidate List," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ Green Party of Texas, "Greens Release Candidate List," accessed July 30, 2014
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Preceded by Rodney Anderson (R) |
Texas House of Representatives District 105 2019-Present |
Succeeded by - |