Ellen Troxclair

Ellen Troxclair is an American small business owner and politician who is a member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 19. A member of the Republican Party, Troxclair was the youngest woman ever elected to the Austin City Council,^[2] where she served the 8th district from 2015 to 2019.^[3]

Ellen Troxclair
Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 19th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 10, 2023
Preceded by	James White
Member of the Austin City Council from the 8th district
In office January 6, 2015 – January 5, 2019
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Paige Ellis
Personal details
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Caleb
Residence(s)	Lakeway, Texas, U.S.[1]

Political career

Troxclair initially ran for the Texas Senate to replace Dawn Buckingham. However, she was drawn out of the district and Pete Flores was endorsed by Buckingham,^[4] which led her to run for Texas's 19th House of Representatives district instead. She defeated Justin Berry by 13% in the primary. Troxclair went on to face Democrat Pam Baggett and independent Kodi Sawin in the general election and won decisively with 72.6% of all votes cast.^[5]

Troxclair supports a ban on Democrats being given committee chairmanships as long as the Republicans hold the majority of seats in the Texas House.^[6]