Tanya Lloyd

Tanya Lloyd earned a bachelor's degree from Texas State University in 2006. Her career experience includes working as a public school teacher.[1]

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Tanya Lloyd is a public school teacher, mom, and lifelong resident of Lockhart, Texas. She has spent more than two decades teaching students in a Title I school district in rural Texas and has seen firsthand how federal policy decisions affect families, classrooms, and communities. Tanya still lives on the family farm her parents built using her father’s VA benefits, grounding her in the realities of rural life and working families.

As an educator and Texas AFT member, Tanya understands the challenges facing public schools, including underfunding, staffing shortages, and increasing demands on teachers and students. She has served on school district advisory and bond oversight committees and has been actively involved in her community through education-focused service and volunteer work.

Tanya is running for Congress because she believes leadership should be practical, honest, and focused on people rather than politics. She is committed to lowering costs for working families, fully funding public education, strengthening rural healthcare access, and investing in infrastructure that helps communities thrive. She believes Congress needs a kindergarten teacher — someone who listens, tells the truth, and puts people first.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Families across TX-27 are working hard but still struggling to keep up with rising costs. Healthcare bills, childcare expenses, student debt, housing, groceries, and gas are putting constant pressure on household budgets. Tanya Lloyd is running to lower costs for working families by fighting for affordable healthcare, reducing prescription drug prices, expanding access to childcare and higher education, and opposing economic policies that raise prices without helping workers. She believes families who do the work should be able to afford the basics, plan for the future, and feel secure in their communities.Public education is essential to opportunity, workforce development, and strong communities, especially in rural Texas. As a public school teacher with more than twenty years of classroom experience, Tanya Lloyd understands the impact of chronic underfunding, staffing shortages, and increasing demands on educators. She will fight to fully fund public schools, defend the U.S. Department of Education, oppose voucher programs that divert public dollars to private interests, and support teachers with fair pay, adequate staffing, and resources so every student can succeed regardless of ZIP code.Rural communities deserve the same access to healthcare, infrastructure, and opportunity as urban areas. Tanya Lloyd will advocate for investments in rural hospitals and clinics, expanded high-speed broadband, reliable water systems, and a stronger electric grid that can withstand extreme weather. She supports infrastructure projects that create good local jobs and strengthen long-term economic stability, not short-term corporate gain. Tanya believes federal policy must reflect the realities of rural Texans who are often overlooked, ensuring communities have the tools they need to stay connected, healthy, and economically viable for future generations.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Tanya Lloyd is personally passionate about public education, healthcare access, and economic security for working families, especially in rural areas. Her priorities are shaped by her experience as a teacher, mom, and lifelong rural Texan. She is committed to fully funding public education, supporting educators, expanding access to affordable healthcare, protecting reproductive freedom, lowering everyday costs, and investing in rural infrastructure. Tanya believes public policy should be practical, people-focused, and designed to improve real lives, especially in communities that have been left out of decision-making.

What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign?

Texas AFL-CIO, Rep. Vikki Goodwin, Austin Central Labor Council, Stonewall Democrats of Austin, Austin Young Democrats, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineering and Training Texas State Legislative Board, Northeast Travis County Democrats, Coalition of Democratic Allies, Liberal Austin Democrats, University Democrats, Austin Community College Student Democrats.

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am not a politician, I’m a first grade public school teacher. As a life-long Republican voter, I am running as a Democrat for Congress because I am deeply concerned about the future of this country: the extreme attacks on our public education system, on women's healthcare, and the political division threatening our democracy.

Learn More At: www.TanyaForTX27.com

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Standing up for our Public Education system, which is at the foundation of our democracy.Standing up for reproductive rights: ensuring the government doesn't get between women and their doctors.No rural community left behind: strengthening local economies and our crumbling rural healthcare infrastructure.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I am running to address our community's economic challenges, including the pressing challenges of rural healthcare, to stand up for my students and their families and make sure our community has a constructive voice in Washington.

Campaign website

Lloyd’s campaign website stated the following:

Public Education

Tanya will protect public education from extreme Republicans who seek to gut our vital institutions and turn off Friday Night Lights. She will support programs that uplift underserved youth, invest in K-12 students, and improve college affordability.

Women’s Healthcare

Tanya’s experience with her daughter being born 10 weeks premature reshaped how she looked at abortion and women’s healthcare. Read about that experience here.

Economy

Tanya will champion strengthening the economic well-being of the working class and middle class families of TX-27, including much-needed infrastructure investments from Bastrop to Nueces County.

Democracy

Our country is in a dark and dangerous place right now and Tanya will champion strengthening our democracy.

Rural Healthcare

Our rural communities deserve to have good health care and hospital access, yet Texas leads the nation in rural hospital closures. Tanya will fight to fix this.[2]

—Tanya Lloyd’s campaign website (2024)[3]