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Texas general election: November 3, 2026

Who is running for State Representative District 66 in 2026?

Here are the candidates for State Representative District 66 on the November 3, 2026 ballot. This race is on the ballot for voters in Texas House District 66.

Positions come only from each candidate's own votes, official actions, statements and questionnaire answers, never from party labels. Every item links to its source.

Side by side

Each candidate's position on the issues this office handles, from their own record. Details and sources are in each profile below.

IssueMatt ShaheenRepublicanSandeep SrivastavaDemocrat
AbortionIllegal, except to save the mother's life or in cases of rape or incestSaid · lowLegal in most cases up to viability (about 24 weeks)Said · low
GunsRemove most restrictions; bearing arms is a rightOfficial action · mediumNo public position
ImmigrationSecure the border first; deport those with criminal records; keep legal immigration steadyVoted · mediumNo public position
School choiceYes, universal school choice for every familyVoted · mediumNo, keep public money in traditional public schoolsSaid · medium
Curriculum and booksParents, including the right to remove material they object toOfficial action · mediumNo public position
Property taxesKeep cutting them and cap how fast they can riseSaid · mediumKeep cutting them and cap how fast they can riseSaid · medium
Policing and crimeTougher sentences, more police funding, and stricter bailVoted · mediumNo public position
Election rulesStrict photo ID, paper ballots, cleaner voter rolls and fewer mail ballotsVoted · mediumNo public position
Gender care for minorsNo, ban these treatments for minorsVoted · mediumNo public position
RedistrictingState legislatures draw maps and may redraw any time, including for partisan advantageVoted · mediumNo public position
Kids onlineBan social media accounts for minorsVoted · lowNo public position
School vaccinesKeep requirements with simple personal-belief exemptionsOfficial action · mediumNo public position
Nuclear powerBack new reactors with public funds, tax credits, and streamlined approvalsSaid · mediumNo public position
Transgender athletesNo, teams should be based on biological sex, with open or coed optionsVoted · mediumNo public position
DEI programsBan DEI offices and required training at public institutionsVoted · mediumNo public position
Religion in schoolsSupport laws requiring the Ten Commandments in classrooms and optional prayer periodsVoted · mediumNo public position
China policyGet tougher: broad tariffs, state bans on land purchases, and forced app salesVoted · highNo public position

Matt Shaheen

Republican · Incumbent

Texas State Representative, District 66

Matt Shaheen is a Republican technology executive who represents Texas House District 66 in Collin County and chairs the House Elections Committee2. Before the Legislature he served five years on the Collin County Commissioners Court2. His campaign lists border security, election integrity, public safety, property tax relief and protecting life as priorities3.

Where they stand 21 issues · tap any issue for the evidence

  • China policyGet tougher: broad tariffs, state bans on land purchases, and forced app saleshigh
    Voted · high confidence
    • Voted yes on SB 17 (2025), relating to the purchase or acquisition of an interest in real property by certain aliens or foreign entities; creating a criminal offense; providing a civil penalty; it passed the House 86 to 59. (2025-05-09) source
    • His campaign site says he voted to restrict land ownership from foreign adversaries. (2026) source
  • School choiceYes, universal school choice for every familymedium
    Voted · medium confidence
    • Voted yes on SB 2 (2025), relating to the establishment of an education savings account program; it passed the House 86 to 61. (2025-04-17) source
    • Was listed as a House cosponsor of SB 2 (2025), relating to the establishment of an education savings account program. (2025) source
    • Voted no on the Raney amendment (Amendment No. 2) to HB 1 (2023, fourth called session), a bill that included the establishment of an education savings account program, which would strike Article 6 of the bill; the House adopted it 84 to 63. (2023-11-17) source
  • Religion in schoolsSupport laws requiring the Ten Commandments in classrooms and optional prayer periodsmedium
    Voted · medium confidence
    • Voted yes on SB 10 (2025), relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms; it passed the House 82 to 46. (2025-05-25) source
    • Was listed as a House cosponsor of SB 10 (2025), relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. (2025) source
    • Voted yes on SB 11 (2025), relating to a period of prayer and reading of the Bible or other religious text in public schools; it passed the House 88 to 48. (2025-05-23) source
  • DEI programsBan DEI offices and required training at public institutionsmedium
    Voted · medium confidence
    • Voted yes on SB 12 (2025), relating to parental rights in public education, to certain public school requirements and prohibitions regarding instruction, diversity, equity, and inclusion duties, and social transitioning, and to student clubs at public schools; it passed the House 88 to 47. (2025-05-25) source
    • Voted yes on SB 17 (2023), relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at public institutions of higher education; it passed the House 83 to 62. (2023-05-22) source
  • Curriculum and booksParents, including the right to remove material they object tomedium
    Official action · medium confidence
    • Voted yes on SB 13 (2025), relating to a school district's library materials and catalog, the establishment of local school library advisory councils, and parental rights regarding public school library catalogs and access by the parent's child to library materials; it passed the House 86 to 55. (2025-05-28) source
    • Voted yes on HB 900 (2023), relating to the regulation of library materials sold to or included in public school libraries; it passed the House 95 to 52. (2023-04-20) source
    • Was listed as a House joint author of HB 900 (2023), relating to the regulation of library materials sold to or included in public school libraries. (2023) source
  • RedistrictingState legislatures draw maps and may redraw any time, including for partisan advantagemedium
    Voted · medium confidence
    • Voted yes on HB 4 (2025, second called session), relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas; it passed the House 88 to 52. (2025-08-20) source
    • Was listed as a House coauthor of HB 4 (2025, second called session), relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas. (2025) source
  • Policing and crimeTougher sentences, more police funding, and stricter bailmedium
    Voted · medium confidence
    • Voted yes on SB 9 (2025), relating to the confinement or release of defendants before trial or sentencing, including regulating charitable bail organizations, and the conditions of and procedures for setting bail and reviewing bail decisions; it passed the House 118 to 25. (2025-05-20) source
    • Was listed as a House cosponsor of SB 9 (2025), relating to the confinement or release of defendants before trial or sentencing, including regulating charitable bail organizations, and the conditions of and procedures for setting bail and reviewing bail decisions. (2025) source
    • Voted yes on HB 1900 (2021), relating to municipalities that adopt budgets that defund municipal police departments; it passed the House 90 to 49. (2021-05-07) source
    • Was listed as a House coauthor of HB 1900 (2021), relating to municipalities that adopt budgets that defund municipal police departments. (2021) source
    • Was listed as a House cosponsor of SJR 5 (2025), proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail under certain circumstances to persons accused of certain offenses punishable as a felony. (2025) source
    • His campaign site says he voted to allow judges to deny bail for violent offenders. (2026) source
  • School vaccinesKeep requirements with simple personal-belief exemptionsmedium
    Official action · medium confidence
    • Voted yes on HB 1586 (2025), relating to an exemption from required immunizations for school enrollment; it passed the House 83 to 54. (2025-05-14) source
    • Was listed as a House coauthor of HB 1586 (2025), relating to an exemption from required immunizations for school enrollment. (2025) source
  • ImmigrationSecure the border first; deport those with criminal records; keep legal immigration steadymedium
    Voted · medium confidence
    • Voted yes on SB 4 (2023, fourth called session), relating to prohibitions on the illegal entry into or illegal presence in this state by a person who is an alien, the enforcement of those prohibitions and certain related orders, including immunity from liability and indemnification for enforcement actions, and authorizing or requiring under certain circumstances the removal of persons who violate those prohibitions; creating criminal offenses; it passed the House 83 to 61. (2023-11-14) source
    • Voted yes on SB 8 (2025), relating to agreements between certain sheriffs and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal immigration law and a grant program to cover the costs of implementing those agreements; it passed the House 86 to 47. (2025-05-25) source
    • His campaign site says he fought for large increases in border security funding and the Texas National Guard and state trooper presence at the border. (2026) source
  • GunsRemove most restrictions; bearing arms is a rightmedium
    Official action · medium confidence
    • Voted yes on HB 1927 (2021), relating to provisions governing the carrying of a firearm by a person who is 21 years of age or older and not otherwise prohibited by state or federal law from possessing the firearm and to other provisions related to the carrying, possessing, transporting, or storing of a firearm or other weapon; creating criminal offenses; it passed the House 87 to 58. (2021-04-16) source
    • Voted yes on the final version of HB 1927 (2021), relating to provisions governing the carrying of a firearm by a person who is 21 years of age or older and not otherwise prohibited by state or federal law from possessing the firearm and to other provisions related to the carrying, possessing, transporting, or storing of a firearm or other weapon; creating criminal offenses; the House adopted the conference committee report 82 to 62. (2021-05-23) source
    • Was listed as a House coauthor of HB 1927 (2021), relating to provisions governing the carrying of a firearm by a person who is 21 years of age or older and not otherwise prohibited by state or federal law from possessing the firearm and to other provisions related to the carrying, possessing, transporting, or storing of a firearm or other weapon; creating criminal offenses. (2021) source
  • Election rulesStrict photo ID, paper ballots, cleaner voter rolls and fewer mail ballotsmedium
    Voted · medium confidence
    • Voted yes on the final version of SB 1 (2021, second called session), relating to election integrity and security, including by preventing fraud in the conduct of elections in this state; increasing criminal penalties; creating criminal offenses; the House adopted the conference committee report 80 to 41. (2021-08-31) source
    • Was listed as a House cosponsor of SB 1 (2021, second called session), relating to election integrity and security, including by preventing fraud in the conduct of elections in this state; increasing criminal penalties; creating criminal offenses. (2021) source
    • His campaign site says Texas has implemented sweeping election integrity measures so that only qualified U.S. citizens vote. (2026) source
  • Property taxesKeep cutting them and cap how fast they can risemedium
    Said · medium confidence
    • His campaign site says votes to keep the state budget growing slower than population growth and inflation will deliver property tax relief. (2026) source
    • Voted yes on SB 10 (2025, second called session), relating to the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for certain taxing units; it passed the House 78 to 52. (2025-08-25) source
    • Was listed as a House cosponsor of SB 4 (2025), relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district and the protection of school districts against certain losses in local revenue. (2025) source
  • Gender care for minorsNo, ban these treatments for minorsmedium
    Voted · medium confidence
    • Voted yes on SB 14 (2023), relating to prohibitions on the provision to certain children of procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria and on the use of public money or public assistance to provide those procedures and treatments; it passed the House 87 to 56. (2023-05-15) source
    • Was listed as a House cosponsor of SB 14 (2023), relating to prohibitions on the provision to certain children of procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria and on the use of public money or public assistance to provide those procedures and treatments. (2023) source
  • Transgender athletesNo, teams should be based on biological sex, with open or coed optionsmedium
    Voted · medium confidence
    • Voted yes on HB 25 (2021, third called session), relating to requiring public school students to compete in interscholastic athletic competitions based on biological sex; it passed the House 76 to 54. (2021-10-14) source
    • Was listed as a House coauthor of HB 25 (2021, third called session), relating to requiring public school students to compete in interscholastic athletic competitions based on biological sex. (2021) source
    • Voted yes on SB 15 (2023), relating to requiring public institution of higher education students who compete in intercollegiate athletic competitions to compete based on biological sex; it passed the House 95 to 50. (2023-05-18) source
    • Was listed as a House cosponsor of SB 15 (2023), relating to requiring public institution of higher education students who compete in intercollegiate athletic competitions to compete based on biological sex. (2023) source
  • Nuclear powerBack new reactors with public funds, tax credits, and streamlined approvalsmedium
    Said · medium confidence
    • His campaign site says he strongly supported legislation to grow Texas' nuclear energy use. (2026) source
  • Kids onlineBan social media accounts for minorslow
    Voted · low confidence
    • Voted yes on HB 186 (2025), relating to prohibiting use of social media platforms by children; it passed the House 116 to 25. (2025-04-30) source
  • AbortionIllegal, except to save the mother's life or in cases of rape or incestlow
    Said · low confidence
    • His campaign site says he fought to end abortion in Texas, except for the life of the mother. (2026) source
    • Voted yes on SB 8 (2021), relating to abortion, including abortions after detection of an unborn child's heartbeat; authorizing a private civil right of action; it passed the House 83 to 64. (2021-05-06) source
    • Voted yes on HB 1280 (2021), relating to prohibition of abortion; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense; it passed the House 81 to 61. (2021-05-06) source
    • Voted yes on HB 7 (2025, second called session), relating to prohibitions on the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, including the jurisdiction of and effect of certain judgments by courts within and outside this state with respect to the manufacture and provision of those drugs, and to protections from certain counteractions under the laws of other states and jurisdictions; authorizing qui tam actions; it passed the House 82 to 48. (2025-08-28) source
    • Was listed as a House coauthor of HB 7 (2025, second called session), relating to prohibitions on the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, including the jurisdiction of and effect of certain judgments by courts within and outside this state with respect to the manufacture and provision of those drugs, and to protections from certain counteractions under the laws of other states and jurisdictions; authorizing qui tam actions. (2025) source
    • Was listed as a House cosponsor of SB 33 (2025), relating to certain prohibited transactions and logistical support between a governmental entity and an abortion assistance entity or abortion provider for the procurement of an abortion or related services. (2025) source
  • AI data centersNo single answer fitsmedium
    Voted · medium confidence
    • Voted yes on SB 6 (2025), relating to the planning for, interconnection and operation of, and costs related to providing service for certain electrical loads and to the generation of electric power by a water supply or sewer service corporation; it passed the House 103 to 25. (2025-05-27) source
  • MarijuanaNo single answer fitsmedium
    Voted · medium confidence
    • Voted no on HB 441 (2021), relating to the criminal and licensing consequences of certain marihuana possession and drug paraphernalia possession offenses; imposing a fee; it passed the House 88 to 40. (2021-04-30) source
    • Voted no on HB 218 (2023), relating to the criminal and licensing consequences of certain offenses relating to the possession of marihuana, certain tetrahydrocannabinols, certain synthetic cannabinoids, and drug paraphernalia; imposing a fee; it passed the House 87 to 59. (2023-04-27) source
    • Voted yes on HB 46 (2025), relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis under and the administration of the Texas Compassionate-Use Program; requiring registration; it passed the House 122 to 21. (2025-05-13) source
    • Voted yes on SB 3 (2025), relating to the regulation of products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and permits; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing an administrative penalty; it passed the House 87 to 54. (2025-05-22) source
  • Housing and growthNo single answer fitsmedium
    Voted · medium confidence
    • Voted no on SB 15 (2025), relating to size and density requirements for residential lots in certain municipalities; authorizing a fee; it passed the House 86 to 43. (2025-05-28) source
    • Voted no on the final version of SB 15 (2025), relating to size and density requirements for residential lots in certain municipalities; authorizing a fee; the House adopted the conference committee report 78 to 57. (2025-06-01) source
  • Mandatory minimumsNo single answer fitsmedium
    Voted · medium confidence
    • Voted yes on HB 6 (2023), relating to the designation of fentanyl poisoning or fentanyl toxicity for purposes of the death certificate and to the criminal penalties for certain controlled substance offenses; increasing a criminal penalty; it passed the House 124 to 21. (2023-04-28) source

No public position found on: Safety net programs, Minimum wage, Business regulation, Healthcare, Energy and climate, Texas power grid, Judges, Politicians trading stocks, Term limits, Campaign finance, Electoral College, Ranked-choice voting, Death penalty, Qualified immunity, Drug prices, Childcare and pre-K, Paid leave, Student loans, AI regulation, E-Verify mandate.

Sandeep Srivastava

Democrat

Private citizen

Sandeep Srivastava is a Democrat, small business owner and longtime Plano and Frisco resident running for Texas House District 664. His campaign lists insurance costs, lower property taxes, public schools, public and school safety, and better health insurance as priorities2.

Where they stand 3 issues · tap any issue for the evidence

  • School choiceNo, keep public money in traditional public schoolsmedium
    Said · medium confidence
    • His campaign site says no to vouchers and yes to strong public schools, saying voucher schemes take money from public schools. (2026) source
  • Property taxesKeep cutting them and cap how fast they can risemedium
    Said · medium confidence
    • His campaign site says he wants to lower property taxes, including limits on excessive increases and more control for local voters. (2026) source
  • AbortionLegal in most cases up to viability (about 24 weeks)low
    Said · low confidence
    • His campaign site lists fighting for reproductive rights among his commitments. (2026) source

No public position found on: Safety net programs, Minimum wage, Business regulation, Healthcare, Guns, Immigration, Energy and climate, Texas power grid, AI data centers, Curriculum and books, 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, Religion in schools, China policy.

Last reviewed 2026-10-06. Spotted something wrong? Every claim links to its source so you can check it yourself.