Democrat Vikki Goodwin is running for Texas lieutenant governor in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election. The certified ballot list also names Republican Dan Patrick, Libertarian Anthony Cristo and Green Party candidate Kevin McCormick.
Experience and education
The Texas House biography identifies Goodwin as a fourth-term representative for District 47 in western Travis County, first elected in 2018. It lists a bachelor of business administration in marketing and government and a master of public affairs from the University of Texas at Austin, and describes her as a real estate broker and small-business owner.
The House biography credits her with passing Cati’s Act, a child-care drowning-prevention measure, and the Natalia Cox Act addressing responses to domestic violence during the 88th Legislature.
Campaign priorities
Her current education platform opposes school vouchers and calls for higher educator pay, less emphasis on standardized testing and school funding that keeps pace with inflation.
Her campaign priorities also include water conservation and infrastructure, affordable housing, moderating property-tax and insurance costs, and access to affordable healthcare, including reproductive care. These are campaign statements, rather than answers to a Surround Sound Media questionnaire; no submitted response was available for this profile.
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