Elizabeth “Liz” Campos was first elected to the Texas House in 2020. She previously worked as a constituent coordinator in the Texas House and as a chief of staff in the Texas Senate. Her family also owns a company that specializes in plumbing services.
Hear from the candidate
1. Please tell voters about yourself.
Hello, my name is Liz Campos. I’m 56 years old and proudly represent San Antonio, Converse, Live Oak, Schertz, and Universal City in the Texas Legislature.
My first term, I was “Freshman of the Year” for passing legislation to improve safety at senior nursing homes, protect children in foster care, and increase funding for homeless veterans.
Since then, I’ve worked to improve the Department of Family and Protective Services by advocating for stronger resources and more efficient support systems to protect vulnerable children and families.
In three terms, I’ve legislated 427 bills and led Democratic Party efforts to expand Medicaid, fully fund public schools, and finance infrastructure projects that create jobs
and reduce poverty.
Previously, I worked thirty years’ for major law firms in San Antonio and ten years in the Texas Legislature as an intern, Constituent Services Coordinator, District Director, and Chief of Staff.
2. Briefly describe your top policy priorities.
Statewide, my priorities include:
1) Fully Fund Public Education. Last session, we negotiated an $8 billion increase for public schools but more is needed.
2) Affordable Health Care for Working Families. We should expand Medicaid, regulate insurance companies, and cut prescription drug prices.
3) Lower Property Taxes for all Homeowners.
I’ll also advance issues unique to District 119:
1) Mental Health. We have an alarming rate of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Dementia. Therefore, I led efforts in the Texas House to invest money that I hope leads to early detection of Alzheimer’s, prevention of Parkinson’s, and better treatments for dementia. My efforts led to $3 Billion in voter approved funds for research.
2) Trade Schools. Not everyone goes to college or military. Some kids go straight to work to support families. I’m a strong proponent of skilled trades that lead to high wage, high demand jobs (HVAC, electricians, plumbers). This year, we won voter approval of $850 million for trade schools.
3) Water Infrastructure. SAWS loses 2 billion gallons of water each month due to leaks. We need to modernize our water infrastructure. Therefore, I’ll fight for our fair share of $30 billion recently approved for the Texas Water Infrastructure Fund.
3. What would you like to see the legislature do to make Texas cities better places to live? In what ways could state officials work better with local officials?
Fight for Local Control. We can find local solutions to our local challenges at the local level. The ruling party in Austin thinks differently and seeks total control of county government, city charters, and school boards. Therefore, we need to elect more Democrats to the Texas Legislature. In Bexar County, we can flip House District 118 and HD 121.
Economy & Jobs. Right-wing politicians in Austin are compromising the Texas Miracle. By interjecting their social agendas into all aspects of public policy, they are making our state less competitive. We need to focus more on supporting small business owners and incentivizing big companies to create good paying jobs. To do so, we must challenge Republican Party power in Austin by electing more Democrats to the Texas Legislature.
4. Texas has taken major steps to reshape its public education system, including allowing taxpayer dollars to fund private school tuition. What do you believe needs to happen to monitor the success of Education Savings Accounts, and to ensure every student still receives a quality education?
Public education is under assault and private school vouchers “Education Savings Accounts” are the latest ploy by Texas Republicans to undermine public schools, students, and teachers.
For decades, Democrats and common-sense Republicans joined forces to fight rightwing attempts to privatize public education; but the tide has turned and MAGA now runs the Texas Legislature. This year’s voucher fight looked promising, 62 Dems and 18 Reps stood together and represented a majority. On the day of the vote, President Trump HIMSELF called to “lobby/threaten” the R’s. We lost the vote and private school vouchers passed.
Republicans are ready to siphon $5 billion from public schools to subsidize private school tuition for wealthy families. With today’s budget surplus, we can “afford” it but what happens when state coffers go down and this “politically” beneficial expense balloons to even more billions? It is clear, state funding for public education will be cut and local taxpayers will foot the bill with higher property taxes.
To answer your question, there is no appetite within the ruling party for introducing common sense guardrails that seek a quality education for every student. It’s about the have and the have nots. MAGA is getting stronger; they are winning more fights than ever; and the only way to stop them is at the ballot box.
5. Reducing the burden of property taxes is expected to be a major focus of the next legislative session. Describe your ideas for balancing the needs of a growing state with state leaders’ desire to rein in that major revenue source?
The state should pay its fair share of public school funding; otherwise, local property taxes will continue to rise. Historically, the state covered 60% of public school spending (with money from oil and gas royalties). The remaining 40% was paid by local taxpayers.
That has changed. It is now 40% state and 60% locals. Since school taxes make up the lion’s share of all property taxes, we have seen tax bills skyrocket over the last 15 years.
Now that they cut state funding, politicians in Austin seek to handcuff local entities from making necessary investments in their schools, cities, and counties. We need to fight for local control.
Additionally, we need to call out wasteful spending, starting with Governor Abbott’s “Operation Lonestar”. We are wasting billions of dollars and accomplishing no tangible results. In the past, DPS would pick up an undocumented immigrant and take that him/her to ICE immediately.
Now we pick up a person and put them in jail for 90 days. At a cost of $9000 per person. Once they “serve” their time, we deliver them to ICE (same as before). What did we accomplish? Absolutely nothing for taxpayer. But the well-connected get plum contracts for food, clothing, transportation at detention centers.
We must call out corruption to save billions that are better spent on modernizing state infrastructure, protecting natural resources, and attracting good paying jobs to Texas.
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