State Rep. Jared Patterson, a Frisco Republican first elected in 2018, faces Democrat Joe Mayes on the Nov. 3 ballot for Texas House District 106, the seat that includes The Colony along with Aubrey, Pilot Point, Krugerville, Sanger, western Frisco and part of Denton.
District lines in southern Denton County split some cities, so voters should check which House race appears on their sample ballot, posted at votedenton.gov.
Jared Patterson
Patterson is in his fourth term and chairs the House Local & Consent Calendars Committee. He also sits on the Transportation Committee, its Subcommittee on Transportation Funding and the Licensing & Administrative Procedures Committee, according to his official House biography, which describes the district as north-central and eastern Denton County.
The biography says he has written legislation to raise border security funding, lower property taxes, support first responders and "protect children from radical indoctrination," and that he played a key role in the 2021 law allowing permitless carry of handguns.
The voter guide Branch summarizes his positions as including more money for law enforcement, a ban on abortion except when the mother's life is at risk or she faces substantial harm, opposition to gender-affirming care for minors and to transgender athletes in school sports, limits on school library books some parents find inappropriate, and an end to mail-in voting.
Patterson won a three-way Republican primary in March with 53.6% of the vote, ahead of Larry Brock at 34.1% and Rick Abraham at 12.3%, according to Ballotpedia. He lives in Frisco and is a Texas A&M graduate.
Joe Mayes
Mayes ran unopposed in the Democratic primary, drawing 14,598 votes. He spent 20 years in the Air Force, has held information security jobs and now owns a bookshop and produces a podcast, Branch reports. This is his first run for office.
In a Ballotpedia questionnaire, Mayes listed three goals: fully funding public schools, which he said vouchers approved by the Legislature in 2025 work against; making housing, food, transportation and health care more affordable; and defending access to books and freedom of expression.
