Incumbent
Lizzie Fletcher
Incumbent Democratic candidate for U.S. House in Texas
$42.2K
NOV 7, 2026
General Election
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Live Odds — TX-07 House winner?
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96.9%chance to win
$42.2KNOV 7, 2026Candidate Overview
Key details about the candidate’s background, party, office sought and current campaign.
Current roleU.S. Representative
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyModerate Democrat
Age51 years old (Feb 13, 1975)
GenderFemale
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LocationTexas
BackgroundAttorney
EducationSt. John's School (Houston, Texas) (graduated 1993)
Notable personal detailsLizzie Fletcher is a U.S. Representative from Texas, serving Texas’s 7th Congressional District (Houston area) since January 3, 2019. She is an attorney who previously practiced litigation in Houston, including at Vinson & Elkins and later at Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing (AZA), where she became the firm’s first woman partner. She earned a B.A. in History from Kenyon College (1997) and a J.D. from the College of William & Mary (2006).
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Political Positions
Economy & Taxes
Lizzie Fletcher supports tax relief for children, families, and small businesses, and backs extending enhanced tax credits that lower costs for working people. She has also opposed Republican budget plans that would fund tax cuts for the wealthy through cuts to social programs, and she has criticized tariffs as taxes that raise costs for American families and businesses.
Healthcare
Lizzie Fletcher supports defending the Affordable Care Act, expanding Medicaid, and lowering prescription drug and coverage costs. Her stated priorities include expanding access, protecting pre-existing condition coverage, and preserving federal funding for programs like Planned Parenthood and Medicare drug price negotiation.
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Immigration & Border
Supports comprehensive immigration reform, humanitarian treatment of migrants, and protections such as a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers and certain TPS recipients. Also supports border security measures, but rejects hardline approaches like closing the U.S.-Mexico border or the Secure the Border Act as ineffective and harmful.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Lizzie Fletcher supports a federal right to abortion and has backed legislation to protect abortion access nationwide. She has also highlighted efforts to reduce barriers to abortion care and has taken leadership roles in reproductive freedom advocacy.
Climate & Energy
Supports clean energy and emissions-reducing projects, including clean energy incentives, hydrogen infrastructure, and electric school buses. Also supports domestic oil and gas production, natural gas, and LNG exports as part of energy security and a lower-emissions transition.
Public Safety & Guns
Lizzie Fletcher supports universal background checks, assault weapons bans, and extreme risk protection orders. She also voted for the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act and other gun violence prevention measures, including raising the purchasing age for certain semi-automatic firearms and encouraging safe storage.
Latest News
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