HD 77 · Ways & Means · Deputy Whip

Fighting for Texas.
Delivering for El Paso.

Texas State Representative Vince Perez represents El Paso — and serves on Ways & Means, where the state's tax decisions get made. In 2025 he broke quorum over the redistricting maps, met with Governor Newsom, and returned to the floor to deliver the most-circulated rebuttal of HB 4. He also moved a UTEP Student Union into law and sent a public law school for El Paso through the Texas House.

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State Representative Vince Perez, El Paso, Texas

Deputy Whip

House Democratic Caucus leadership and Policy & Steering Committee member

Ways & Means

El Paso's voice on the chamber's tax-writing committee — where Texas tax policy is made

UTEP wins in one session: Student Union into law, Law School through the House

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Views of his HB 4 floor remarks and the quorum-break fight for fair maps

On the main stage

El Paso's voice at the Texas Democratic Convention.

Vince Perez addressing the 2026 Texas Democratic Convention

Jun 2026 · Texas Democratic Convention

Vince took the main stage at the 2026 Texas Democratic Convention — the only El Paso state representative, and the only member from the Texas⁠–⁠Mexico border, to address the general session. He carried the fight for fair maps, the border, and El Paso's place in the state's future to Democrats from across Texas.

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In the news

Fighting Marathon's air permit at TCEQ.

KTSM 9 · Jun 2026 · Interview

After TCEQ granted a contested-case hearing on the renewal of Marathon's El Paso refinery air permit — the first such hearing in nearly a century — Vince joined KTSM 9 to explain why he pushed to contest it, and what the refinery's emissions mean for air quality near Ascarate Park and the surrounding neighborhoods.

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Vince Perez on KTSM 9 discussing the Marathon refinery air permit hearing at TCEQ

On the national stage

Making El Paso's case on Gavin Newsom's podcast.

Vince Perez and Texas House Democrats on the This is Gavin Newsom podcast

This is Gavin Newsom · Aug 2025 · Podcast

During the quorum break over the redistricting maps, Vince joined the Texas House Democrats who left the state for a conversation on Governor Gavin Newsom's podcast — making the case that the special-session power grab is a national fight, and what it means for El Paso, the border, and fair representation across Texas.

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Latest

The fight, in his own words.

Aug 22, 2025 · Floor Remarks

HB 4: "Partisanship is not a license for racial discrimination."

Floor remarks opposing the Texas House redistricting proposal — and the racial math under the map.

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Aug 8, 2025 · Press Release

In Sacramento with Governor Newsom

Vince and four Texas House Democrats land in California to meet with state and federal leaders.

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Jun 27, 2025 · Press Release

UTEP Student Union expansion signed into law

HB 2853 modernizes the student union at one of the largest Hispanic-serving research universities.

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What we're fighting for

El Paso's seat at the table — and on the front line.

The work behind the headlines: an agenda that delivers for working families in West Texas while standing up for democracy in Austin.

Fair maps and the right to vote

Carry the HB 4 fight forward. Challenge maps that erase Hispanic and Black voting power. Defend the Voting Rights Act framework in Texas.

A public law school in El Paso

Finish the work started in HB 3475. Build the binational legal pipeline a region of two million people deserves.

Healthcare access on the border

Expand foreign-trained doctor licensure. Protect indigent care. Defend funding for the primary care clinics built at the county.

Property tax reform for working families

Use the Ways & Means seat to push reforms that reach Hispanic working-class homeowners — not just lobby-favored carve-outs.

A real workforce for Texas schools

Expand dual credit. Strengthen the teacher pipeline. Give voters tools — like recall — when local boards stop showing up.

Government that earns trust

Continue the county-era record on transparency, pretrial fairness, and modern operations — now at the state level.

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Fighting for Texas.Delivering for El Paso.