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State Representative, District 72

Who is on the ballot for State Representative, District 72 in Tom Green County, Texas, on November 3, 2026? This guide lists 2 people running for State Representative, District 72: Drew Darby (Republican, incumbent) and Shiloh Salazar (Democratic).

People running in this race. Party is shown when the official list names one.

Shared source for names and parties: Texas Secretary of State ballot certification (https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/forms/2026-ballot-cert.pdf), signed August 28, 2026 by Deputy Secretary Dave Nelson. Names are from the Tom Green County section. Election day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.

This page does not endorse anyone.

Drew Darby

Drew Darby, Republican, is certified for State Representative, District 72. The Texas House lists him as the representative for District 72, which includes Tom Green County, Texas, and says he is a San Angelo native who chairs the House Committee on Energy Resources. The House biography says he earned a business degree and a law degree from the University of Texas at Austin.

Ballot certification

Texas House member page

Texas House biography

Shiloh Salazar

Shiloh Salazar, Democratic, is certified for State Representative, District 72. The Texas Ethics Commission treasurer list, updated October 1, 2026, shows Shiloh K. Salazar with a treasurer appointment dated November 3, 2025, for State Representative District 72, and no office held. No official biography was found beyond the ballot certification and that filing.

Ballot certification

TEC treasurer list, updated October 1, 2026, filer 90270

What this job is

A state representative is one of 150 members of the Texas House and is elected for a two-year term. Together with the Texas Senate, the House considers proposed laws, proposed constitutional amendments, and the state budget. Bills that raise money must start in the House. The House alone can bring impeachment charges, which the Senate then tries.

A House member must be a U.S. citizen, a qualified voter, and at least 21, and must have lived in Texas for two years and in the district for one year before the election. This race is for District 72. The Texas House says that district includes Tom Green County, Texas.

Sources: Texas House, frequently asked questions; Texas House, District 72

The area

This race is for Texas House District 72. The plan in effect is Plan H2316. The Texas House says the counties represented are Coke, Coleman, Concho, Glasscock, Howard, Irion, Reagan, Runnels, Sterling, and Tom Green.

The Texas Legislative Council profile for that plan, using the 2020 to 2024 American Community Survey, estimates the district population at 183,432. The 2020 census count is 186,421. San Angelo, 99,893 people, and Big Spring, 26,144 people, are both entirely inside the district.

Sources: Texas Legislative Council, plans in effect; Texas House, District 72; Texas Legislative Council, House District 72 profile; Texas Legislative Council, House District 72 cities; Texas Legislative Council, Plan H2316 boundary file; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 cartographic boundaries; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 TIGER/Line roads; U.S. Geological Survey, Global Map 1:1,000,000-scale rivers and lakes

Map of Texas House District 72: a white area inside a navy outline, with everything outside shaded gray. Tom Green County, Texas is outlined in red. Cities, county names, rivers, lakes, and highways are labeled. A small map of Texas shows where the district is.Open the map full size
The district is the white area inside the navy outline, from the Texas Legislative Council Plan H2316 boundary file. Everything outside the district is shaded gray. Tom Green County, Texas is outlined and hatched in red. Thin lines are counties; counties in the district are named in darker type. Dots are cities from the Census Bureau 2024 places and population estimates: dark inside the district, gray outside. San Angelo is the square. Blue lines and shapes are rivers and lakes from the U.S. Geological Survey 1:1,000,000-scale Global Map. Shields mark interstates and U.S. highways, from Census Bureau 2024 road lines. The small map shows where this view sits in Texas. This is not a survey map.

Main industries here

In that profile, the largest group of civilian jobs is educational services and health care and social assistance: 20,349 people, 24.6 percent. Retail trade is 9,237 people, 11.2 percent. Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, and mining are one group, 6,122 people, 7.4 percent, compared with 2.3 percent statewide. Public administration is 6,052 people, 7.3 percent, compared with 4.1 percent statewide. The report does not split ranching or oil and gas out of the agriculture and mining group.

Source: Texas Legislative Council, House District 72 profile

Who holds it now

Drew Darby. The Texas House lists him as the representative for District 72.

Source: Texas House, District 72

Who held this seat

These terms come from each member's page at the Legislative Reference Library, limited to rows the library numbers exactly District 72. Rows numbered 72-A, 72-B, 72-1, or 72-2 are not included. The counties in District 72 have changed. Where two people overlap, both rows are shown.

Sources: Texas Legislative Reference Library, House District 72 search; Texas House, District 72

The buttons keep terms that overlap that many years back from 2026. A term that reaches into the window is shown in full. This choice stays on this page.

A picture is shown when a public page publishes a portrait of that person. An empty box means no portrait was found. The picture is not part of the office list.

  1. Drew Darby

    Drew Darby Republican

    January 9, 2007 – present

    The library lists this term through January 12, 2027.

  2. Scott Campbell

    Scott Campbell Republican

    January 14, 2003 – January 9, 2007

  3. Robert Junell

    Robert Junell Democrat

    January 12, 1993 – January 14, 2003

  4. Paul Moreno

    Paul Moreno Democrat

    January 11, 1983 – January 12, 1993

  5. Bill Clayton

    Bill Clayton Democrat

    January 14, 1969 – January 9, 1973

  6. Temple Dickson

    Temple Dickson Democrat

    January 10, 1967 – January 14, 1969

  7. Gene Hendryx

    Gene Hendryx Democrat

    January 8, 1963 – January 10, 1967

  8. James Madison Cotten

    James Madison Cotten Democrat

    January 8, 1957 – January 8, 1963

  9. Floyd Francis Bradshaw

    Floyd Francis Bradshaw Democrat

    January 13, 1953 – January 8, 1957

  10. Menton J. Murray

    Menton J. Murray Democrat

    January 11, 1949 – January 13, 1953

  11. Augustine Celaya

    Augustine Celaya Democrat

    January 16, 1935 – January 11, 1949

  12. Augustine Celaya

    Augustine Celaya Democrat

    April 28, 1933 – January 8, 1935

  13. Milton Horace West

    Milton Horace West Democrat

    January 13, 1931 – April 22, 1933

  14. Emery Polk Hornaday

    Emery Polk Hornaday Democrat

    September 13, 1926 – January 13, 1931

  15. Harry Lee Faulk

    Harry Lee Faulk Democrat

    January 13, 1925 – January 1, 1926

  16. Abner Luther Lewis

    Abner Luther Lewis Democrat

    January 9, 1923 – January 13, 1925

  17. Edward Kacir

    Edward Kacir Democrat

    January 11, 1921 – January 9, 1923

  18. William Taylor Bagby

    William Taylor Bagby Democrat

    January 14, 1919 – January 11, 1921

  19. William Taylor Bagby

    William Taylor Bagby Democrat

    January 14, 1913 – September 20, 1918

  20. Robert Thomas Burns

    Robert Thomas Burns Democrat

    January 10, 1911 – January 14, 1913

  21. Luther Nickels

    Luther Nickels Democrat

    January 12, 1909 – January 14, 1913

  22. John Dudley Stephenson

    John Dudley Stephenson Democrat

    January 8, 1907 – January 10, 1911

  23. Charles Alexander Graham

    Charles Alexander Graham Democrat

    January 10, 1905 – January 12, 1909

  24. Charles Frederick Greenwood

    Charles Frederick Greenwood Democrat

    January 10, 1905 – January 8, 1907

  25. John Webb Stollenwerck

    John Webb Stollenwerck Democrat

    January 13, 1903 – January 10, 1905

  26. Samuel Randolph Boyd

    Samuel Randolph Boyd Democrat

    January 13, 1903 – October 18, 1904

  27. Thomas Terry Connally

    Thomas Terry Connally Democrat

    January 8, 1901 – January 13, 1903

  28. Samuel Grier Little

    Samuel Grier Little Democrat

    January 10, 1899 – January 8, 1901

  29. John Allen Brewster

    John Allen Brewster Democrat

    January 12, 1897 – January 10, 1899

  30. Jonathan Jackson Davis

    Jonathan Jackson Davis Democrat

    January 8, 1895 – January 12, 1897

  31. Montague James Moore

    Montague James Moore Democrat

    January 10, 1893 – January 8, 1895

  32. Samuel Gabriel Ragsdale Democrat

    March 14, 1892 – January 10, 1893

  33. Henry Gill King Democrat

    January 13, 1891 – May 30, 1891

  34. Jacob Alexander Fields

    Jacob Alexander Fields Democrat

    January 8, 1889 – January 13, 1891

  35. Thomas Memucan Hunt Democrat

    January 11, 1887 – January 8, 1889

  36. Harry Haynes

    Harry Haynes Democrat

    January 13, 1885 – January 11, 1887

  37. William H. Coffman

    William H. Coffman Democrat

    January 9, 1883 – January 13, 1885

  38. Theophilus G. Anderson

    Theophilus G. Anderson Republican

    January 11, 1881 – January 9, 1883

  39. William Clemens

    William Clemens Democrat

    January 14, 1879 – January 11, 1881

  40. Alexander Louis Kessler

    Alexander Louis Kessler Democrat

    April 18, 1876 – January 14, 1879

  41. Reading Wood Black

    Reading Wood Black

    August 6, 1866 – November 13, 1866

  42. Felix Thomas Elder

    May 19, 1864 – August 6, 1866

  43. Gray Jones Houston

    November 2, 1863 – May 18, 1864

  44. Samuel Augustus Maverick

    Samuel Augustus Maverick

    November 4, 1861 – November 2, 1863

  45. Friedrich Wilhelm Von Wrede, Jr

    Friedrich Wilhelm Von Wrede, Jr

    November 7, 1859 – November 4, 1861

  46. Albert O. Cooley

    Albert O. Cooley

    November 2, 1857 – November 7, 1859

  47. J.F. Arnold

    November 5, 1855 – November 2, 1857

  48. Mathew A. Dooley

    November 7, 1853 – November 5, 1855

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