Tracy Andrus
Tracy Andrus
TX-01 Democratic nominee?
$10.6K
MAY 27, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleNonprofit executive (Founder/Executive Director, Tracy Andrus Foundation)
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyProgressive Democrat
GenderMale
LocationTexas
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BackgroundNonprofit executive (Founder/Executive Director, Tracy Andrus Foundation)
EducationTrinity University (B.A., History, Theater, and Speech)
Notable personal detailsTracy Andrus is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in Texas’s 1st Congressional District and previously ran for U.S. Senate in Texas. He is the founder and executive director of the Tracy Andrus Foundation in Marshall, Texas, and has served as pastor of Edwards Chapel Baptist Church in Marshall. He has also been affiliated with Wiley College’s Lee Brown Criminal Justice Institute as a director/associate professor per institutional publications.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
The campaign site opposes tariffs as harmful to consumers and supply chains and affirms protecting Social Security benefits. The campaign supports immigration reform that would allow legal status and tax contributions for immigrants. The campaign does not present a clear, comprehensive position on broader tax changes (e.g., raising or cutting tax rates on wealthy individuals or corporations).
Healthcare
Supports expanding Medicaid and Medicare and describes healthcare as a human right; prioritizes expanding access to affordable healthcare and reducing costs, including attention to rural access.
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Immigration & Border
Supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes securing the border, speeding up and clarifying the asylum process, protecting Dreamers, and providing a pathway to citizenship and legal status for immigrants who work and pay taxes.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Supports reproductive rights and seeks to codify Roe v. Wade into federal law, endorsing legal protection for abortion access.
Climate & Energy
Supports combating climate change through investment in alternative green energy sources and clean energy solutions while not explicitly calling for Green New Deal–level measures. Endorses policies that promote renewables and climate action as part of his platform.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports universal background checks for all gun sales, closing the ‘‘Charleston loophole,’’ strengthening Extreme Risk Protection Orders (red flag laws), banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, regulating ghost guns, and enacting safe-storage laws while funding community violence-intervention and mental-health programs.
News
Tracy Andrus is in the news because court rulings on redistricting could shape the 2026 U.S. House map. The Supreme Court let Texas use its 2025 congressional map for the November 2026 elections, while a Virginia court rejected a Republican challenge to a new Democratic-backed map. These decisions could affect which party has an advantage in the midterms, but they do not settle the final House outcome.
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