Private citizen

Yisak Worku is a Democrat running for Texas House District 91 in his first campaign; he is an Ethiopian immigrant and a recent University of Texas at Dallas computer science graduate². He lists lowering the cost of living, well-paying union jobs, and education and child care as his top priorities¹.

Where they stand 10 issues · tap any issue for the evidence

• Minimum wageRaise it higher and tie it to the cost of livingmedium

  Questionnaire answer · medium confidence

  • Said he wants to raise the minimum wage to $20 an hour. (2026-02-16) source
• MarijuanaLegalize it and clear past convictionsmedium

  Questionnaire answer · medium confidence

  • Said he supports full legalization of marijuana and THC products and wants records expunged for people convicted of what would now be legal. (2026-02-16) source
• School choiceNo, keep public money in traditional public schoolsmedium

  Questionnaire answer · medium confidence

  • Listed opposing private vouchers among his public education priorities, along with higher teacher pay and moving more school funding to the state level. (2026-02-16) source
• Childcare and pre-KGuarantee low-cost childcare for all families plus universal pre-Kmedium

  Questionnaire answer · medium confidence

  • Said he wants to secure funding for universal child care. (2026-02-16) source
• Housing and growthBuild much more of every kind of housing, as fast as possiblemedium

  Questionnaire answer · medium confidence

  • Said he would increase funding to build affordable and public housing, earmark money for dense housing and encourage pro-construction zoning rules. (2026-02-16) source
• ImmigrationMuch more open immigration with less enforcementmedium

  Questionnaire answer · medium confidence

  • Said Texas should stop treating the border like a war zone and treat it more like the borders between states or with Canada, and that the answer is humane immigration systems rather than catching criminals at the border. (2026-02-16) source
• AI data centersPause new approvals until the state finishes studying power and water impactsmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • His campaign website lists a data center moratorium as a priority, using development rules to make sure future data centers are environmentally safe, protect electrical service and rates and pay taxes like other businesses. (2026) source
  • Said data centers represent an obvious bubble that will not deliver on their economic growth claims. (2026-02-16) source
• Curriculum and booksLocally elected school boardsmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • His campaign website lists returning local control to schools and ending burdensome, unfunded state mandates, curricula and failed standardized tests. (2026) source
• HealthcareGovernment-run coverage for everyone (Medicare for All)medium

  Questionnaire answer · medium confidence

  • Said he wants to push for a universal healthcare risk pool to increase access and lower costs, along with state drug price negotiation and a crackdown on price gouging. (2026-02-16) source
• Death penaltyAbolish it and use life without parole insteadmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • His campaign website's criminal justice page has a section titled Abolishing the Costly and Ineffective Death Penalty, calling for redirecting money from capital-case appeals toward local police and victim support services. (2026) source

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