John Bucy III
John Bucy III (Democratic Party) is a member of theTexas House of Representatives, representingDistrict 136. He assumed office on January 8, 2019. His current term ends on January 12, 2027.
Bucy (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to theTexas House of Representatives to representDistrict 136. He is on the ballot in the Democratic primary onMarch 3, 2026.[source]
Biography
John Bucy III was born inAustin, Texas. He earned a B.A. in history at Austin College in 2006. His career experience includes working as a small business owner.[1][2]
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Bucy was assigned to the following committees:
2021-2022
Bucy was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Bucy was assigned to the following committees:
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2026
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2026
General election
The primary will occur on March 3, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Democratic primary
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136
IncumbentJohn Bucy III (D) is running in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on March 3, 2026.
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Republican primary
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136
Theodore Schramm (R) is running in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on March 3, 2026.
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| Theodore Schramm | ||
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2024
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 136
IncumbentJohn Bucy III defeatedAmin Salahuddin in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Bucy III (D) | 62.0 | 45,185 |
 | Amin Salahuddin (R) | 38.0 | 27,665 | |
| Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 72,850 | ||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136
IncumbentJohn Bucy III advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Bucy III | 100.0 | 6,356 |
| Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 6,356 | ||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136
Amin Salahuddin advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Amin Salahuddin | 100.0 | 5,691 |
| There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 5,691 | ||
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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 136
IncumbentJohn Bucy III defeatedMichelle Evans andBurton Culley in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Bucy III (D) | 61.3 | 36,137 |
 | Michelle Evans (R) | 36.0 | 21,240 | |
 | Burton Culley (L) | 2.6 | 1,552 | |
| Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 58,929 | ||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136
IncumbentJohn Bucy III advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Bucy III | 100.0 | 7,959 |
| Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 7,959 | ||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136
Michelle Evans defeatedAmin Salahuddin in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michelle Evans | 83.7 | 6,427 |
| Amin Salahuddin | 16.3 | 1,249 | |
| There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 7,676 | ||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 136
Burton Culley advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on March 12, 2022.
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| ✔ | | Burton Culley (L) |
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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 136
IncumbentJohn Bucy III defeatedMike Guevara andBrian Elliott in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Bucy III (D) | 53.3 | 53,887 |
| Mike Guevara (R) | 43.1 | 43,533 | ||
 | Brian Elliott (L) | 3.6 | 3,653 | |
| Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 101,073 | ||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136
IncumbentJohn Bucy III advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Bucy III | 100.0 | 21,383 |
| Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 21,383 | ||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136
Mike Guevara advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Mike Guevara | 100.0 | 11,121 | |
| There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 11,121 | ||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 136
Brian Elliott advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on March 21, 2020.
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Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 136
John Bucy III defeated incumbentTony Dale andZach Parks in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Bucy III (D) | 53.4 | 41,592 |
 | Tony Dale (R) | 43.7 | 34,084 | |
| Zach Parks (L) | 2.9 | 2,258 | ||
| Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 77,934 | ||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136
John Bucy III advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Bucy III | 100.0 | 9,396 |
| There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 9,396 | ||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136
IncumbentTony Dale advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tony Dale | 100.0 | 8,039 |
| Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 8,039 | ||
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2014
Elections for all 150 seats in theTexas 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. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was December 9, 2013. IncumbentTony Dale was unopposed in the Republican primary.John Bucy, III was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Dale defeated Bucy andJustin Billiot (L) in the general election.[3][4][5]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican |  Tony DaleIncumbent | 54.2% | 20,862 | |
| Democratic | John Bucy | 41.1% | 15,821 | |
| Libertarian | Justin Billiot | 4.7% | 1,811 | |
| Total Votes | 38,494 | |||
Campaign themes
2026
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2024
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2022
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- Strong Public Schools - It's important that we continue to increase funding for our public schools. I believe every session should be a public education session -- that is, we need to assess the formulas every session to better meet the need. Similarly, we need to reduce inequality within our education system by implementing Pre-K For All, focusing on early childhood literacy, increasing resources for Special Education, improving mental health support, and breaking the school to prison pipeline.
- Access to Healthcare - Healthcare costs are increasingly the largest burden for our families. We must expand Medicaid to give 1.5 million Texans access to care, bring $110 billion of our tax dollars home to shore up our healthcare infrastructure, lower all of our insurance premiums, reduce uncompensated care costs, and save lives. Additionally, we must address disparities in access to mental health services, focus on harm reduction policies, and address addiction. Similarly, we must prioritize therapy for children who are neuro-atypical and increase the availability for home and community-based care for adults with disabilities. Last, I want to continue to work on cultural competency in healthcare and reduce maternal mortality.
- Voting Rights - The freedom to vote is the foundation of our democracy. We must pass online voter registration as we work towards automatic and same day registration. I support innovations like 24-hour voting and drive thru voting and believe we must work with local jurisdictions to expand access to the ballot box. Similarly, we must purchase more voting machines, expand the number of polling places, and raise poll worker pay to reduce wait times during in person voting. Additionally, we must implement universal vote by mail with a robust process to correct minor technical details so that ballots are not thrown out. Last, student IDs, government IDs, and tribal IDs should all be able to be used to vote.
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2020
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Campaign finance summary
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| Year | Office | Status | Contributions | Expenditures |
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| 2024 | Texas House of Representatives District 136 | Won general | $297,608 | $211,392 |
| 2022 | Texas House of Representatives District 136 | Won general | $335,652 | $247,485 |
| 2020 | Texas House of Representatives District 136 | Won general | $513,605 | N/A** |
| Grand total | $1,146,865 | $458,877 | ||
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2024
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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, theTexas State Legislature was in its 86th legislative session from January 8 through May 27.
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Personal
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Bucy and his wife, Molly, live in Northwest Austin. As of May 2019, Bucy served on the board of the Special Olympics of Texas and supported the Big Bend Conservancy.[6]
See also
2026 Elections
External links
Candidate Texas House of Representatives District 136 | Officeholder Texas House of Representatives District 136 | Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑Facebook, "John Bucy III for State Representative," accessed February 12, 2018
- ↑Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 4, 2022
- ↑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
- ↑Cite error: Invalid
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| Preceded by Tony Dale (R) | Texas House of Representatives District 136 2019-Present | Succeeded by - |
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