Perez is one of three co-chairs statewide and the only one from West Texas or along the Border, leading the effort to turn out voters, protect the vote, and elect Democrats up and down the ballot in November.
EL PASO, TX — State Representative Vince Perez (D-El Paso) has been named a Co-Chair of Texas Together, the Texas Democratic Party's 2026 Coordinated Campaign, as the operation enters its get-out-the-vote phase. Perez is one of three co-chairs statewide, alongside State Representatives John Bucy III of Austin and Lauren Ashley Simmons of Houston. He is the only co-chair from West Texas or along the Border.
Texas Together is the single coordinated field operation shared by Talarico for Texas, Gina for Texas, Texas Majority PAC, the Texas Democratic Party, and Democratic campaigns and county parties across the state. It covers field organizing, volunteer recruitment, data and targeting, county party coordination, voter protection, and get-out-the-vote.
Perez is running for his second term in the Texas House, serves as deputy whip of the House Democratic Caucus, and sits on the House Higher Education Committee. His work on voting rights and redistricting has been cited in state and national media.
As Co-Chair, Perez will help lead and coordinate efforts in West Texas and along the border. He will recruit volunteers, poll watchers, and election judges; bring county parties, community leaders, and organized labor into the coordinated effort; and take part in the canvass launches, Days of Action, and Early Vote events that carry the campaign through Election Day.
Families in El Paso and across Texas are struggling to get by as costs are rising everywhere but paychecks have remained flat. Rent, groceries, utilities, insurance, back-to-school costs keep going up and families just want relief. But leaders like Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick have been completely indifferent to it. That is why electing leaders like James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa is so important for change, and the border is critical to getting them there.
Texas Together puts all 254 counties on one campaign with a shared strategy and shared resources, and having a co-chair from El Paso means this region helps shape it. But none of that works unless El Pasoans vote. If you are not registered, you have until October 5. My job between now and Election Day is making sure every volunteer, county chair, and union hall knows exactly where and how to make a difference and get voters to the polls.
— Rep. Vince Perez
Nobody wins Texas alone. With every door knock, we're building a movement to take back power for working people.
— James Talarico, Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate
There is one fight this year: is this a Texas for and by the people, or is it the billionaires' world and we just live here? I'm proud to be joining campaigns and volunteers across the state to get out the vote in these last nine weeks and secure the American Dream for the people, not the few.
— Gina Hinojosa, Democratic nominee for Governor
The coordinated campaign's organizing program is building volunteer teams and staging locations across the state now, ahead of a get-out-the-vote push that begins September 21. Its voter protection program is recruiting and training poll watchers, election judges, hotline volunteers, and attorneys for Election Day boiler rooms, with priority follow-up in the state's largest counties and in border counties with a history of problems at the polls. A campus fellowship program now underway places student organizers on 27 campuses, including UTEP, through Election Day.
The deadline to register to vote in Texas is October 5. Early voting begins October 19. Election Day is November 3.
El Pasoans who want to volunteer, serve as a poll watcher or election judge, or host a neighborhood event can sign up at vinceperez.com/get-involved or contact the campaign at info@vinceperez.com.
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Media contact: Jose M. Landeros · info@vinceperez.com
Vince Perez is State Representative for House District 77 in El Paso. He serves on the influential House Ways and Means Committee as well the committees on Higher Education and Local, Consent, and Resolutions Calendars. He is the former El Paso County Commissioner for Precinct 3 and was named the 2016 County Leader of the Year by American City & County Magazine.