← Back to Texas State Representative, District 137Candidate · November 3, 2026 General Election
Gene Wu
On the ballot for · 2-year term
Currently holds this office
Background
- Now
- State Representative, Texas House of Representatives, District 137
- Before
- Prosecutor, Harris County District Attorney's Office (prior to 2012)
- Work
- Attorney in private practice
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In their own words
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“Texas House Democratic Minority Leader Gene Wu has represented Southwest Houston since 2012 — as a former Harris County prosecutor, a leader of the historic 2025 walkout that stopped rigged redistricting maps, and a fighter for working families, affordable housing, and a democracy where voters choose their leaders.”
“In 2025, Gene led more than 50 Democratic colleagues out of the Texas Capitol to break quorum and stop a redistricting map drawn to erase the voice of communities across Southwest Houston. He was doxed, received death threats, was called a CCP spy and traitor by Republican officials, and was threatened with deportation for refusing to back down.”
“Gene is fighting for an economy that rewards work, not just wealth — backing fair and affordable housing for the renters who make up most of the district, lowering everyday costs, and standing up for good jobs across Southwest Houston.”
“Gene led Texas Democrats in the fight against racist gerrymandering in the 2025 redistricting session. When politicians in Austin try to rig the maps and silence working families, he's the firewall — because protecting the democratic process is how we make good policy possible.”
Where the money comes from
$513,466$513,466 in total receipts, through Jun 30, 2026 — Search the Texas Ethics Commission for Gene Wu's filings raised, through Jun 30, 2026
The filing reports a total but doesn’t break it down by source, so there is nothing to chart here.
Official filing:
- This figure is the candidate's own campaign account. Any committee the Texas Ethics Commission records as supporting them is listed separately and is NOT added in — money moved between the two is reported by both, so a combined total would count it twice.
- These lines don't add up to total receipts — receipts also include transfers, loans and refunds, which aren't donations.
- Filing is periodic (semiannual, 30-day, or 8-day pre-election reports). The figure above sums every report filed for the current 2025-2026 election cycle, through the most recent period shown — it can be several months stale depending on where a candidate is in the filing cycle, and excludes activity from any earlier cycle.
- The Texas Ethics Commission and the Federal Election Commission define "total receipts" differently — Texas Ethics Commission figures should never be compared directly against a federal candidate's FEC figures.
Official records
We searched the registries below and found no record for Gene Wu.
Checked 28 July 2026: Texas Legislature (impeachment records) · Texas Ethics Commission (final orders) · State Bar of Texas (attorney discipline) · Texas State Securities Board (enforcement orders). The same registries are searched for every candidate in a race, and each entry describes only what the record itself states — including how it ended. We publish no allegations and no news coverage.
- The Texas Ethics Commission is required by law to keep dismissed complaints, and findings it treats as technical or minor, confidential — so no result there means no publicly-issued final order, not that no complaint was ever filed.
- A State Bar profile shows public disciplinary history the Bar publishes online; older judgments are held by its disciplinary counsel and aren't in that profile.
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