Director of Government Affairs
As a member of the Texas 2036 policy team, Jordan provides support and strategic guidance to the internal policy team on legislative and administrative matters, while also managing the organization's external team and partners, coalition engagement and stakeholder outreach.
The 2026 Texas general election is almost here, bringing plenty of attention to the race for governor and a long list of other races that will help shape the state’s direction for the next several years. But for all the excitement around a gubernatorial election, turnout in these elections still trails presidential years. In 2022,…
One of the clearest findings from our 10th Texas Voter Poll is that Texans share broad agreement on many of the challenges facing the state. Looking at the results by partisanship shows where different groups place greater emphasis though. For Democratic voters, several themes recur across the poll: education, healthcare affordability, workforce preparation and the…
One of the clearest findings from our 10th Texas Voter Poll is that Texans share broad agreement on many of the challenges facing the state. Looking at the results by partisanship also shows where different groups place greater emphasis. For Republican voters, the results point to a mix of longstanding priorities and broad interest in…
Political labels can make elections sound simpler than they actually are. Republicans vote Republican. Democrats vote Democratic. Independents sit somewhere in between. But Texas voters do not always fit neatly into those categories. In our 10th Texas Voter Poll, Texas 2036 identified a group we call Unaffiliated and Undecided Voters. They make up 16.7% of…
Texans have long carried a healthy dose of confidence in their state. Our 10th Texas Voter Poll suggests that confidence is still there. But it increasingly exists alongside uncertainty about what comes next. When asked whether Texas or the rest of the United States will have the stronger economy over the next four years, 57%…
