Biography
Merrie Fox is the Democratic nominee for the Texas House of Representatives, District 73, and the executive director of a community nonprofit theatre.[1][2][3] In a Ballotpedia survey, she described herself as a retired school principal with a PhD in Educational Leadership.[2]
Fox earned a bachelor's degree from Southwest Texas State University in 1992, a graduate degree from Texas State University in 2003 and a Ph.D. from Northcentral University in 2018, according to Ballotpedia.[1] She said she spent more than three decades in public education, has deep roots of 45 years in House District 73, volunteers with organizations supporting homeless families and children in foster care, and has raised two children in the Texas Hill Country.[2]
Fox was the Democratic candidate for Texas State Senate District 25 in 2024, when incumbent Donna Campbell defeated her in the general election.[1]
In her 2026 survey, Fox named public schools, clean water and local control over growth as key messages.[2] She said she would work to eliminate vouchers, increase Basic Allotment funding, standardize the authority of groundwater conservation districts across the state, and stop additional hyperscale data centers from being built in Texas.[2]
- 1.Merrie Fox - Ballotpedia · Ballotpedia Reference
- 2.Merrie Fox's Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey (2026) · Ballotpedia Candidate's own words
- 3.Texas House of Representatives elections, 2026 - Ballotpedia · Ballotpedia Reference
Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.
Texas House District 73
Merrie Fox is on the Nov 3, 2026 ballot for Texas House District 73 as D. Not researched in depth — candidate list only.
