Beth Van Duyne is the incumbent Republican U.S. Representative for Texas's 24th District, first elected in 2020. Before Congress she served on the Irving City Council, as Mayor of Irving, and as the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Southwest regional administrator, and she also worked as a consultant. She serves on the Ways and Means Committee and chairs a Small Business subcommittee, and she was unopposed in the 2026 Republican primary.[1][2]
Van Duyne lives in Irving, Texas, which her official biography says has been her home for over 30 years. She earned a B.A. in city/regional planning and government and law from Cornell University, graduating magna cum laude according to that biography.[2][1] Before entering office she worked with startups, mid-size companies and Fortune 500 corporations and ran a consulting business, according to her official biography.[1][2]
Van Duyne served on the Irving City Council from 2004 to 2010 and then as Mayor of Irving from 2011 to 2017, and her official biography says she was the first woman elected mayor of the city. She won re-election as mayor in 2014, defeating Herbert A. Gears.[1][2] In 2017 she was appointed Regional Administrator of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Southwest Region, overseeing HUD programs in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas under Secretary Ben Carson. She is also a former board member of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, according to her official biography.[1]
Van Duyne won the open 24th District seat in the November 3, 2020 general election, defeating Democrat Candace Valenzuela and three others, and took office January 3, 2021, succeeding Kenny Marchant. She was re-elected in 2022 with 59.7% of the vote, over Jan McDowell, and in 2024 with 60.3%, over Sam Eppler.[2] The district includes portions of Dallas and Tarrant counties. She serves on the Ways and Means Committee, with seats on its Oversight, Tax, Trade, and Work and Welfare subcommittees; she chaired the Small Business Subcommittee on Oversight in the 118th Congress and chairs the Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access in the 119th.[1][2] She was unopposed in the March 3, 2026 Republican primary, receiving 71,506 votes. Her official biography says she is the mother of two and was the second Republican woman from Texas elected to the U.S. House.[2][1]
Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.