Biography
Bobbie Clayton is the Democratic candidate for Texas House of Representatives District 16 in the November 3, 2026 general election, after advancing from the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary.[1] She is a retired civil rights investigator with the U.S. Department of Education, according to her Ballotpedia survey answers.[1][2]
Bobbie Clayton graduated from Willis High School, earned a bachelor's degree from Sam Houston State University in 1996 and a graduate degree from the University of Phoenix in 2007.[1] In a 2026 Ballotpedia survey, Clayton said she is a born-and-raised Texan and first-generation college graduate who retired from the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, Region 6, where she was a civil rights investigator.[2] She said her degrees are a bachelor's in speech communication with a minor in business and a Master of Business Administration.[2]
Clayton said in the survey that her key messages are rebuilding and reinvesting in public education, including rescinding public grants and voucher programs that fund private school attendance, passing gun safety laws such as background checks and safe storage requirements, and pursuing a more humane immigration system, including stopping what she called unnecessary ICE deportations.[2]
- 1.Bobbie Clayton · Ballotpedia Reference
- 2.Bobbie Clayton: Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey responses · Ballotpedia Candidate's own words
Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.
Texas House District 16
Bobbie Clayton is on the Nov 3, 2026 ballot for Texas House District 16 as D. Not researched in depth — candidate list only.
