MEET BRYAN
Senator Bryan Hughes
Senator Bryan Hughes is serving his third term in the Texas Senate, representing one million people across 19 counties in beautiful East Texas.
During the 2025 legislative session, he carried Senate Bill 29 - the DEXIT bill, which modernized Texas corporate law and led to companies like Exxon, Dell, and many more choosing Texas for their state of incorporation. Along with the creation of the Texas Business Courts, which Senator Hughes also carried, these landmark reforms have helped create more jobs and more opportunities for Texas families.
Dubbed “one of the most effective legislators in the country” by Governing magazine, Senator Hughes has built a proven record of delivering results for Texas. He authored and passed landmark legislation including the Heartbeat Bill, the ban on Critical Race Theory in public schools, the historic Election Integrity Bill of 2021, the Social Media Censorship Ban, and the nation’s strongest data privacy law, along with several other groundbreaking laws.
Ranked as the most conservative member of the Senate, Hughes is the only member of the legislature to have two pieces of legislation argued before the U.S. Supreme Court.
For his service in the Legislature, Senator Hughes has received the Taxpayer Champion Award, the Visionary Leader Award from Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, and the Horizon Award from Texas Right to Life. He has also been named Defender of the American Dream by Americans for Prosperity and Guardian of Small Business by the National Federation of Independent Business.
A graduate of Tyler Junior College and the University of Texas at Tyler, Senator Hughes earned his B.B.A. in economics, cum laude, and became the first member of his family to earn a bachelor’s degree. He continued his studies at the Baylor University School of Law and served as law clerk to U.S. District Judge William Steger of Tyler before entering private practice, which he maintains today, helping families and businesses solve problems and deal with complex challenges. He has been honored as Baylor Young Lawyer of the Year and Outstanding Alumnus of both Tyler Junior College and the University of Texas at Tyler.
Senator Hughes chairs the Senate Committee on State Affairs and serves as Vice-Chair of the Senate Committee on Local Government and the Senate Select Committee on Civil Discourse and Freedom of Speech in Higher Education. He also serves on the Senate Committees on Health & Human Services, Natural Resources, and Nominations, as well as several select and special committees, and is a member of the Energy Council’s Executive Committee. He was recently appointed to the Sunset Advisory Commission and the Texas Bicentennial Commission.
In his free time, Senator Hughes enjoys serving in his church, bird hunting, hiking, and spending time with family. He and his wife, Leyla, live in Tyler.
