Jon Rosenthal

State Representative, Texas House District 135 · Candidate for Texas Railroad Commissioner · Democrat

On the 2026 ballotCandidate · Texas Railroad Commissioner · Nov 3 General

Ballot status source: Texas Secretary of State — Ballot Certification Report, 2026 November General Election · read Sep 24, 2026

Sources (3)

Texas Secretary of State — Ballot Certification Report, 2026 November General Election (certified August 28, 2026): Railroad Commissioner — 'JON ROSENTHAL', DEM
unopposed in the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary
not a candidate for State Representative, District 135

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Running for Texas Railroad Commissioner, Nov 3 General. The race page has 2 other candidates, 1 public poll. See the race

Key Votes

The record

HB 4: Congressional redistricting (2025 map) · voted No
Final passage · 88–52 · Texas House, 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025) · journal page 14
Aug 20, 2025 · Official · Texas House Journal · source
SJR 2: Constitutional amendment increasing the homestead exemption · voted Yes
Final passage · 143–0 · Texas House, 89th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) · journal page 102
May 20, 2025 · Official · Texas House Journal · source
SB 17: Purchase of real property by certain foreign governments, companies and individuals · voted No
Final passage · 86–59 · Texas House, 89th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) · journal page 22
May 9, 2025 · Official · Texas House Journal · source
HB 2: Public school finance · voted Yes
Final passage · 142–5 · Texas House, 89th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) · journal page 12
Apr 17, 2025 · Official · Texas House Journal · source
SB 2: School choice / education savings accounts · voted No
Final passage · 86–61 · Texas House, 89th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) · journal page 9
Apr 17, 2025 · Official · Texas House Journal · source
SB 1: General Appropriations Act, 2026–27 · voted Yes
Final passage · 118–26 · Texas House, 89th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) · journal page 282
Apr 11, 2025 · Official · Texas House Journal · source
SB 17: Diversity, equity and inclusion offices at public universities · voted No
Final passage · 83–62 · Texas House, 88th Legislature, Regular Session (2023) · journal page 23
May 22, 2023 · Official · Texas House Journal · source
SB 14: Gender transition procedures for minors · voted No
Final passage · 87–56 · Texas House, 88th Legislature, Regular Session (2023) · journal page 20
May 15, 2023 · Official · Texas House Journal · source

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HB 1: General Appropriations Act, 2024–25 · voted No
Final passage · 136–10 · Texas House, 88th Legislature, Regular Session (2023) · journal page 229
Apr 6, 2023 · Official · Texas House Journal · source
SB 1: Election integrity and voting procedures · voted No
Final passage · 80–41 · Texas House, 87th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2021) · journal page 3
Aug 27, 2021 · Official · Texas House Journal · source
SB 8: Abortion after detection of fetal heartbeat (Texas Heartbeat Act) · voted No
Final passage · 83–64 · Texas House, 87th Legislature, Regular Session (2021) · journal page 5
May 6, 2021 · Official · Texas House Journal · source
SB 2: Property tax reform (Texas Property Tax Reform and Transparency Act) · voted No
Final passage · 109–36 · Texas House, 86th Legislature, Regular Session (2019) · journal page 7
May 1, 2019 · Official · Texas House Journal · source
HB 3: Public school finance and property tax relief · voted Yes
Final passage · 148–1 · Texas House, 86th Legislature, Regular Session (2019) · journal page 64
Apr 3, 2019 · Official · Texas House Journal · source
HB 1: General Appropriations Act, 2020–21 · voted Yes
Final passage · 149–0 · Texas House, 86th Legislature, Regular Session (2019) · journal page 187
Mar 28, 2019 · Official · Texas House Journal · source

Newest first. A close vote was decided by 5% of the votes cast or less (or 10 votes or fewer, under a fifth of the votes). Broke with party: voted against most of their party, where the record gives the party split.

Their Money

Campaign finance

Last Change: Profile updated · Sep 25
Raised: $167,879this report
Cash on Hand: $64,511this report
Spent: $119,833this report

View the FilingTexas Ethics Commission, latest 2026-cycle report (through Jul 14, 2026)

Finance Reports

Campaign finance · latest 2026-cycle report (Texas Ethics Commission)
Rosenthal, Jon E. (The Honorable) (candidate/officeholder account, TEC filer 00082332) — latest report: SEMIJUL for 01/01/2026–06/30/2026, filed 07/14/2026: contributions this period $167,878.80; expenditures this period $119,832.70; contributions maintained (cash on hand) $64,511.00; outstanding loans $0.00.
Jul 14, 2026 · Official · Texas Ethics Commission

Money shows as the filings named here report it. Payees are who the campaign paid; individual contributors are not shown.

Reach Them

Websites and accounts

Official Websitehouse.texas.gov/members/135Official

The Paper Trail

Filings, results and exhibits

Railroad Commissioner · TX-RRC
Democrat · Candidate · On the 2026 ballot
Sep 4, 2026 · Official · Texas Secretary of State

Not on file for Jon yet: Advertising, In Their Words, In the News. Coverage varies by state and office.

File read Sep 25, 2026. Each item names its source. Record ID p_sbza73fnn.

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