John Bucy III

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John Bucy III
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Candidate, Texas House of Representatives District 136

Texas House of Representatives District 136
Tenure

2019 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

5

Predecessor

Compensation

Base salary

$7,200/year

Per diem

$221/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2022

Next election

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Austin College, 2006

Personal
Birthplace
Austin, Texas
Profession
Small business owner
Contact

John Bucy III (Democratic Party) is a member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 136. He assumed office on January 8, 2019. His current term ends on January 14, 2025.

Bucy (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 136. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024. He advanced from the Democratic primary on March 5, 2024.

Biography

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John Bucy III was born in Austin, Texas. He earned a B.A. in history at Austin College in 2006. His career experience includes working as a small business owner.[1][2]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Bucy was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Bucy was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Bucy was assigned to the following committees:


The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

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General election for Texas House of Representatives District 136

Incumbent John Bucy III and Amin Salahuddin are running in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
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John Bucy III (D)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136

Incumbent John Bucy III advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
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John Bucy III
 
100.0
 
6,356

Total votes: 6,356
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136

Amin Salahuddin advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Amin Salahuddin Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
5,691

Total votes: 5,691
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Campaign finance

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2022

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 136

Incumbent John Bucy III defeated Michelle Evans and Burton Culley in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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John Bucy III (D) Candidate Connection
 
61.3
 
36,137
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Michelle Evans (R) Candidate Connection
 
36.0
 
21,240
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Burton Culley (L) Candidate Connection
 
2.6
 
1,552

Total votes: 58,929
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136

Incumbent John Bucy III advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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John Bucy III Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
7,959

Total votes: 7,959
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136

Michelle Evans defeated Amin Salahuddin in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Michelle Evans Candidate Connection
 
83.7
 
6,427
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Amin Salahuddin Candidate Connection
 
16.3
 
1,249

Total votes: 7,676
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 136

Burton Culley advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on March 12, 2022.

Candidate
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Campaign finance

2020

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 136

Incumbent John Bucy III defeated Mike Guevara and Brian Elliott in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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John Bucy III (D)
 
53.3
 
53,887
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Mike Guevara (R)
 
43.1
 
43,533
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Brian Elliott (L) Candidate Connection
 
3.6
 
3,653

Total votes: 101,073
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136

Incumbent John Bucy III advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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John Bucy III
 
100.0
 
21,383

Total votes: 21,383
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136

Mike Guevara advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Mike Guevara
 
100.0
 
11,121

Total votes: 11,121
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 136

Brian Elliott advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on March 21, 2020.

Candidate
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Campaign finance

2018

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 136

John Bucy III defeated incumbent Tony Dale and Zach Parks in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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John Bucy III (D)
 
53.4
 
41,592
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Tony Dale (R)
 
43.7
 
34,084
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Zach Parks (L)
 
2.9
 
2,258

Total votes: 77,934
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136

John Bucy III advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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John Bucy III
 
100.0
 
9,396

Total votes: 9,396
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136

Incumbent Tony Dale advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Tony Dale
 
100.0
 
8,039

Total votes: 8,039
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2014

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for all 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on March 4, 2014. Those candidates who did not receive 50 percent or more of the vote in their party primary on March 4 faced an additional May 27 primary runoff. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was December 9, 2013. Incumbent Tony Dale was unopposed in the Republican primary. John Bucy, III was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Dale defeated Bucy and Justin Billiot (L) in the general election.[3][4][5]

Texas House of Representatives, District 136 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngTony Dale Incumbent 54.2% 20,862
     Democratic John Bucy 41.1% 15,821
     Libertarian Justin Billiot 4.7% 1,811
Total Votes 38,494

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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John Bucy III is a small business owner and former chair of the Williamson County Democratic Party, serving in his second term in the Texas Legislature. He and his wife, Molly, are the proud parents of two precious baby girls. John is Chair of the Young Texans Caucus and Vice Chair of the IT Caucus. He is a member of the Elections Committee, Transportation Committee, and the Select Committee on Constitutional Rights and Remedies. At the Capitol, John fought for public schools, healthcare, voting rights, good jobs and workers’ rights, the environment, criminal justice reform, and equality for all. He was chosen by his peers as House Democratic Caucus Freshman of the Year in 2019 and named Best Local Elected Official by the Hill Country News in 2019 and 2020. John is a firm believer in the power of the grassroots and that we succeed as progressives when we run towards our values and beliefs. He's committed to bringing people to the table to seek innovative solutions to the problems we face. John is running for re-election to continue to build our community up and make Texas as good as its promise.

  • Strong Public Schools - It's important that we continue to increase funding for our public schools. I believe every session should be a public education session -- that is, we need to assess the formulas every session to better meet the need. Similarly, we need to reduce inequality within our education system by implementing Pre-K For All, focusing on early childhood literacy, increasing resources for Special Education, improving mental health support, and breaking the school to prison pipeline.
  • Access to Healthcare - Healthcare costs are increasingly the largest burden for our families. We must expand Medicaid to give 1.5 million Texans access to care, bring $110 billion of our tax dollars home to shore up our healthcare infrastructure, lower all of our insurance premiums, reduce uncompensated care costs, and save lives. Additionally, we must address disparities in access to mental health services, focus on harm reduction policies, and address addiction. Similarly, we must prioritize therapy for children who are neuro-atypical and increase the availability for home and community-based care for adults with disabilities. Last, I want to continue to work on cultural competency in healthcare and reduce maternal mortality.
  • Voting Rights - The freedom to vote is the foundation of our democracy. We must pass online voter registration as we work towards automatic and same day registration. I support innovations like 24-hour voting and drive thru voting and believe we must work with local jurisdictions to expand access to the ballot box. Similarly, we must purchase more voting machines, expand the number of polling places, and raise poll worker pay to reduce wait times during in person voting. Additionally, we must implement universal vote by mail with a robust process to correct minor technical details so that ballots are not thrown out. Last, student IDs, government IDs, and tribal IDs should all be able to be used to vote.

Some specific legislative priorities include but are not limited to: increasing Texas’ share of public school funding to at least 50 percent, reforming the BIP process to ensure students are getting the SPED services they need, passing Medicaid expansion, improving funding and access to mental health services, an across the board pay raise for current state employees, passing a cost of living adjustment for retired state employees and retired teachers, online voter registration, legalizing cannabis, and eliminating the death penalty. In addition, I file bills every session that are brought to me by local community members, elected officials or political jurisdictions within my state house district. Examples of this include passing into law HOT revenue bills for the cities of Cedar Park and Leander, making the Gold Cup eligible for the Major Events Reimbursement Program, creating an MMD for Leander, helping correct the Surviving Spouse HEX, putting suicide crisis phone and text lines on student IDs starting in 6th grade, expanding the duration of emergency refills for insulin to 30 days, and making it easier for certain teens to obtain a driver license.

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2020

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John Bucy III campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Texas House of Representatives District 136On the Ballot general$145,314 $140,671
2022Texas House of Representatives District 136Won general$335,652 $247,485
2020Texas House of Representatives District 136Won general$513,605 N/A**
Grand total$994,571 $388,156
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* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
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Personal

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Bucy and his wife, Molly, live in Northwest Austin. As of May 2019, Bucy served on the board of the Special Olympics of Texas and supported the Big Bend Conservancy.[6]

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Tony Dale (R)
Texas House of Representatives District 136
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