Barbara Gervin-Hawkins
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Barbara Gervin-Hawkins

Texas State Representative, District 120. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

Texas State Representative, District 120Born 1954

Bills became law
11
117 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed
25.2%
Chamber median 4.4%
With party
90%
On votes splitting the parties
Next election
2028
Nov 7, 2028
Elections
1
2026
Won
1
generals, primaries and specials

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

  • Appropriations
  • Congressional Redistricting Select
  • Redistricting
  • Ways and Means

Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 117 sponsored · 11 became law

No bills in this list for the 2025–2026 session.

Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Gervin-Hawkins sits in the Texas House of Representatives

Gervin-Hawkins is closer to the center than 66% of the chamber's Democrats.

Dem. medianRep. medianGervin-HawkinsMore liberalMore conservative

Closest: Mihaela Pleșa, Vince Perez, Josey Garcia

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 5:04 PM ET

With Gervin-Hawkins’s party

  • Votes with the chamber's Democrats90%
  • Cosponsorships of the other party's bills84%

Black tick: the average of Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Gervin-Hawkins’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Democrats.

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Gervin-Hawkins was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

YearRaceResultMarginSeat+/−
2026Texas House of Representatives, District 120Won—D+26.1—

Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: Texas Secretary of State (unofficial)Updated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET

Campaign money, 2025–26

Raised
$232.2K
Spent
$178.5K
Cash
$76.5K

Source: Texas Ethics Commission filings through Jun 30, 2026Updated Nov 1, 2026, 3:49 AM ET

Campaign committees

Open committees can still raise and spend money.

Barbara Hawkins
State
Active

Source: Texas Ethics Commission filings through Jun 30, 2026Updated Nov 1, 2026, 3:49 AM ET

How we know Gervin-Hawkins

One person, matched across every source we use.

Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET