Stephanie Guerrero Sáenz

Stephanie Guerrero Sáenz is a wife, mother,  and teacher from Nueces County running to flip a seat in the Texas House this fall. Stephanie is a longtime Democratic organizer who began volunteering for candidates in her twenties and was elected to the Texas State Democratic Executive Committee in 2018. If elected, Stephanie is committed to fighting for improved public education, affordable housing, and quality health care for all. 

District 34 is represented by a one-term Republican incumbent, but has a strong history of electing Democrats. With the support of the DLCC’s Target Races program, Stephanie has a strong chance to flip the seat blue once again.

Over the past decade, Democrats have been steadily building power in the Texas House, where Republicans have held a majority since 2002, and this year, Texas is home to some of our best opportunities to pick up seats and gain ground in a state’s legislature. 

In 2025, state Democrats in Texas used their minority power to take a stand against a blatant GOP mid-decade redistricting power-grab attempt by leaving the state and denying quorum. Every seat flipped blue strengthens Democrats’ ability to resist extreme legislation in Texas and push for policies to enact positive change. 

The DLCC has supported Democrats in Texas cycle over cycle, featuring 37 Texas candidates in our DLCC Target Races program since 2020. Early in 2026, Taylor Rehmet, a DLCC Target Race candidate for Texas Senate, achieved the first major flip of the year when he claimed victory in a district that voted overwhelmingly for Trump in the 2024 election.

This year, all 150 seats in the Texas House are on the ballot, and Democratic candidates have filed to run in every district, giving us a historic opportunity to build power in the chamber. Democrats would need to pick up 14 seats to take an outright majority, but every inch of ground gained puts us closer than ever to turning the tide in the Texas Legislature.