Biography
John Betancourt is the Democratic candidate for the Texas State Senate, District 31, in the November 3, 2026 general election, challenging Republican incumbent Kevin Sparks.[1][2] He is a former Amarillo school board member and a member of the Amarillo College Board of Regents.[1]
John Betancourt graduated from Caprock High School and works as a senior manufacturing resource analyst.[1] According to Ballotpedia, he was a senior manufacturing resource analyst with Bell Helicopter-Textron while on the school board, and from 2002 until 2011 he was a site administrator for Texas Tech University.[1]
Betancourt won an at-large seat on the Amarillo Independent School District board in the May 9, 2015 election and served from 2015 to 2019.[1] He ran for re-election in the May 4, 2019 election and did not win one of the three seats.[1] He was the Democratic candidate for Texas State Board of Education District 15 in 2020, losing the general election to Jay Johnson, and was elected to a six-year term on the Amarillo College Board of Regents on May 1, 2021.[1] He advanced from the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary for Senate District 31.[1]
- 1.John Betancourt · Ballotpedia Reference
- 2.Texas State Senate elections, 2026 · Ballotpedia Reference
Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.
Texas Senate District 31
John Betancourt is on the Nov 3, 2026 ballot for Texas Senate District 31 as D. Not researched in depth — candidate list only.
