Private citizen

Dione Sims founded Unity Unlimited, a Fort Worth nonprofit, in 2000 and works as a software quality manager¹. She is the granddaughter of Opal Lee and helped lead the Opal's Walk campaign for a federal Juneteenth holiday¹. She won the March 2026 Democratic primary for the 25th District with 60.5% of the vote².

Where they stand

• Healthcare: Keep the Affordable Care Act and fix what is broken Said · medium confidence
  • Her campaign issues page, as quoted by Ballotpedia, says she will strengthen the Affordable Care Act, expand Medicaid and protect coverage for preexisting conditions. (2026-02) source
  • Her campaign health plan calls for closing the Texas coverage gap through Medicaid expansion and targeted help with Marketplace premiums, and says it is not about creating a bigger government healthcare bureaucracy. (2026) source
• Drug prices: Negotiate more drugs and extend the insulin and yearly cost caps to private insurance Said · medium confidence
  • Her healthcare plan supports strengthening Medicare's ability to negotiate prices of high-cost drugs, along with more generic competition and supply chain transparency. (2026) source
• Childcare and pre-K: Target free pre-K and subsidies to low-income and priority families Said · medium confidence
  • Her childcare plan calls for sliding-scale childcare assistance for working and middle-class families, grants to expand provider capacity, employer tax incentives and stronger Head Start. (2026) source
  • The plan says public resources should be targeted to working, middle-class and economically vulnerable families rather than universal subsidies for wealthy households. (2026) source
• Immigration: Tighter border security plus a path to legal status for long-time residents Said · medium confidence
  • Her campaign issues page, as quoted by Ballotpedia, supports a roadmap to citizenship for long-time immigrants, including Dreamers and TPS holders, along with safe, orderly border management. (2026-02) source

No public position found on: Income taxes, National debt, Social Security, Safety net programs, Minimum wage, Business regulation, Abortion, Guns, Trade and tariffs, Foreign policy, Energy and climate, Judges, Politicians trading stocks, Marijuana, Redistricting, Term limits, Campaign finance, Electoral College, Supreme Court reform, Death penalty, Qualified immunity, Mandatory minimums, Paid leave, Student loans, AI regulation, Kids online, School vaccines, Nuclear power, Birthright citizenship, E-Verify mandate, Transgender athletes, DEI programs, Religion in schools, Aid to Israel, Aid to Ukraine, China policy.