Retired Episcopal priest

Tom Luck is a sixth-generation Texan and retired Episcopal priest from Fredericksburg who spent more than 40 years in parish ministry and has worked part time as a priest, in the Texas wine industry and as a substitute teacher³. He is the Democratic nominee for House District 19 and faces incumbent Republican Ellen Troxclair¹. He says his priorities are public school funding, affordable health care and rural communities³, and his campaign site lists ending school vouchers, a $15 minimum wage, regulating data centers and getting dark money out of politics⁴. His campaign site is luckfortexashouse.com².

Where they stand 6 issues · tap any issue for the evidence

• School choiceNo, keep public money in traditional public schoolsmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • His campaign site says to end school vouchers, saying the voucher program is hurting public schools that are being defunded. (2026) source
• Minimum wageRaise it to around $15medium

  Said · medium confidence

  • His campaign site says to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour for everyone. (2026) source
• AbortionLegal in most cases up to viability (about 24 weeks)low

  Said · low confidence

  • On his campaign site he says he is pro-life and pro-choice and that it is the sacred choice of a pregnant woman, informed by her physician and her faith, whether a pregnancy should be terminated, not the courts and most especially not the Texas legislature. (2026) source
• GunsAdd universal background checks and red-flag lawslow

  Said · low confidence

  • His campaign site calls for a seven day waiting period before purchasing a handgun, and he says he is a gun owner and supporter of the Second Amendment who believes in common sense gun laws. (2026) source
• Religion in schoolsNone from the school: no required displays, prayer periods or Bible lessonslow

  Said · low confidence

  • His campaign site says public education in Texas is for people of all faiths and no faith, calls for ending Christian nationalist indoctrination, and says that if religious texts are taught, texts of all historic religions in Texas should be taught. (2026) source
• AI data centersWelcome them, but make them pay their full share of grid and water costslow

  Said · low confidence

  • His campaign site calls for a special session to regulate data centers, ending their tax breaks so they pay for themselves, protecting clean water, air and electricity, and ending their priority over local residents for water. (2026) source

No public position found on: Safety net programs, Business regulation, Healthcare, Immigration, Energy and climate, Texas power grid, Curriculum and books, Property taxes, Housing and growth, Policing and crime, Election rules, Judges, Politicians trading stocks, Marijuana, Gender care for minors, Redistricting, Term limits, Campaign finance, Electoral College, Ranked-choice voting, Death penalty, Qualified immunity, Mandatory minimums, Drug prices, Childcare and pre-K, Paid leave, Student loans, AI regulation, Kids online, School vaccines, Nuclear power, E-Verify mandate, Transgender athletes, DEI programs, China policy.