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Texas State Rep. Mayes Middleton (R-Wallisville) will be running to replace the vacated seat of fellow Houston-area lawmaker Sen. Larry Taylor (R-Friendswood).
Middleton wrote on Twitter that he had already filed the paperwork and thanked Taylor for his time in office.
“I just filed to be your next state senator for #SD11. I’m asking for your prayers, your support and your vote,” Middleton wrote on Twitter. “Thank you Sen. Larry Taylor for your years of dedicated service and leadership in SD 11 and the Texas legislature. God bless you and your family.”
Middleton will try to replace Taylor, who The Texas Tribune reports was influential in the 2019 school finance overhaul and is known for his contributions on education issues.
The Texas Senate reports that Middleton is married with four children and heads the Middleton Oil Company and was elected to represent District 23, which consists of Chambers County and part of Galveston County, in the state House in 2020.
Recently the Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC (TLRPAC) backed Middleton in the Republican Primary for Senate District 11, which covers parts of Brazoria, Galveston and Harris counties.
“Over two terms in the Texas House, Mayes Middleton has proven himself to be an effective leader, passing principled, conservative legislation to improve the lives of his constituents,” TLRPAC President Richard J. Trabulsi Jr. said. “As an attorney and a member of the House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee, he has been a critical voice in the fight to keep Texas’ legal system fair and efficient, and to shut down job-killing lawsuit abuse whenever it occurs. We are confident he will continue to serve his constituents well in the Texas Senate. TLRPAC is proud to support him.”
The organization is a bipartisan, volunteer-led coalition with 16,300 supporters living in over 900 Texas communities and representing 1,255 various professions, according to a press release.