Representative Mihaela Plesa of HD 70, which covers part of Frisco ISD, filed House Bill 4342 on our behalf. The bill was designed to strengthen financial literacy in Texas public high schools, to help students excel personally, and to meet the evo…

After finishing her freshman year as a Texas legislator, Rep. Mihaela Plesa (D-Dallas) will face one of two Republican challengers to her seat: Joe Collins, a Navy veteran and former radio show host, and Steven Kinard, director of Bitcoin mining ana…

The statistics alone are giving many Republican representatives ample cause for fear about the fate of re-election bids nonetheless—and that’s especially true in the case of those who voted for Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeach…

In HD 70, Democrat incumbent Mihaela Plesa drew three Republican challengers: Joe Collins, Steven Kinard, and Jack Ryan Gallagher. Incumbent Venton Jones, a Democrat representing HD100, will face former state Rep. Barbara Mallory Caraway and Justic…

We made it to the filing deadline. We know who will be in the primary races and who will be on the ballot in 2024. Scroll down for the full list in this order: U.S. Senate, Railroad Commissioner, Congress, State Senate, State House, State Board of E…

“In her first term, Plesa voted mostly in favor of votes Sierra Club supported with the exception of SB 2011. However, she voted the wrong way on a few bills we opposed too - HB 5, HB 2827. We give her credit for filing a bill (HB 1175) to get…

Drawing attention to the harmful effects vouchers would have on North Texas Schools if passed during the special session of the 88th Legislature, North Texas state representatives in collaboration with local education and community leaders held a cr…

Democratic state lawmakers rallied against the legislation at a news conference in Dallas Friday, including Representative Mihaela Plesa (D-Plano). “It is up to us to protect public education. Let us not rob our children of their rightful reso…

No Democrats won Collin County in 2020 — but there were three in 2022. That included State Representative Mihaela Plesa. Her race was close — she won by less than a thousand votes. But Democratic momentum is growing as the county diversi…

Ken Paxton owes his political career to Collin County — which is known for being a conservative stronghold. But cracks are forming in that resolve.

Rep. Mihaela Plesa marks a new chapter for the Texas House of Representatives as the first woman Democrat elected in Collin County and the first Romanian-American elected in Texas.

Pod Bless Texas host Kendall Scudder is joined by State Representative Mihaela Plesa, the first Democrat to represent Collin County in over 35 years. Kendall and Mihaela discuss her first legislative session as a member, her legislative accomplishme…

Governor Greg Abbott on Wednesday ceremonially signed two key laws to protect Texans from illegal street racing passed during the 88th Regular Legislative Session at the Bob Bolen Public Safety Complex in Fort Worth. The legislation, House Bill 1442…

Texas House Representatives Donna Howard, left, Ana-Maria Ramos, Mihaela Plesa, Vikki Goodwin, Christina Morales and John Bryant give a press conference about their property tax relief program at the Texas State Capitol on Thursday, July 6, 2023…

Rep. Mihaela Plesa, a Dallas Democrat, who also represents part of Allen warned Collin County residents of the active shooter situation in a Saturday post and urged the Legislature to act in its final days. “I’m praying for all who are a…

Rep. Mihaela Plesa, D-Dallas, started the legislative session on a mission to expand women’s reproductive rights, especially since lawmakers passed a near-total abortion ban two years ago…

Rep. Mihaela Plesa says if there is a special session, gun safety should be included.

Using points of order, first-term Rep. Mihaela Plesa (D-Dallas) twice scuttled legislation by Sen. Bryan Hughes (R-Tyler) to give the Texas Secretary of State (SOS) the leeway to use private companies to help keep the voter registration rolls free o…

A North Texas Democrat effectively blocked a bill that would have allowed Texas to end participation in a national voter verification system. After a check of the House rules, Texas Republicans appeared to have no choice but to withdraw one of their…

Collin County traditionally has elected Republican politicians who don’t support gun reforms. But there’s a growing number of residents speaking out for those reforms — and even against those politicians — after the mass shoo…

Texas State Rep. Mihaela Plesa encouraged people during her speech to vote out Republican politicians. She was the first Democrat to be elected to a state House seat in Collin County in decades. “They have not passed any bill to keep us safe…

According to an FBI bulletin written after the shooting, 33-year-old Mauricio Garcia had posted violent, white supremacist rhetoric and images hundreds of times on his social media accounts. et, he was not known to law enforcement. At least not unti…

HB 3555 by Rep. Mihaela Plesa (D-Plano) relating to transparency in taxation, or Taxparency. For every taxpayer, on the face of the tax bill and the website of the assessor-collector, show the amount of ad valorem taxes that fund their local school…

Rep. Plesa’s statement focused on how House Democrats are standing up for families, children, teachers, health care workers, first responders, and small businesses: “Collin County, and Texans across our state, are rejecting extremism, di…

Last week, HB 5179 or the “Texas Anti-Stealthing Act” by state Rep. Mihaela E. Plesa was heard by the House Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence. Plesa, a Collin County Democrat, laid out some alarming statistics during the hea…

In PISD’s case, the school district paid $2.4 billion in recapture payments. According to Texas House Representative Mihaela Plesa, there are a couple of reasons for this. For one, while property value in wealthy districts like Plano went up i…

HR 85, authored by State Rep. Mihaela Plesa, a Democrat from Dallas, honored Mark Phariss and Victor Holmes, the gay Texas couple who challenged the state’s ban on marriage equality in 2013. “I’ve spoken with Mark and Vic, and we…

“I find it deeply hurtful that HR 85 has been targeted by a handful of disruptive and unproductive members,” Rep. Mihaela Plesa, D-Dallas, said in a statement provided to The News. “We will not be a party to the hatefulness on disp…

Democrat state Reps. Mihaela Plesa of Collin County said HER biggest priorities were increasing funding for public education and reducing property taxes. Plesa pushed for giving retired teachers a 14th paycheck for the year, an increase over the 13…

As the first Democrat to win a Collin County House seat in nearly three decades, Representative-elect Mihaela Plesa understands the significance of her victory. “They can outspend us, but they will not out work us,” the Democrat said on …

Mihaela Plesa made history as the first Democrat to represent Collin County in the state house in 30 years. Now she’ll be at the state capitol representing her own North Texas community. The Signal spoke to HD70 State Rep-Elect Plesa on her wi…

Preliminary results show that Democrat Mihaela Plesa won the new Texas statehouse seat for House District 70, beating Republican Jamee Jolly by 821 votes. The Collin County Elections Department showed that Plesa got 29,538 votes compared to 28,717 f…

Democrat Mihaela Plesa has declared victory in her race for the open HD70 seat formerly held by Republican Scott Sanford, who did not seek reelection. Is this an upset victory for Democrats? No, that was one of the districts that was going to be a t…

Mihaela Plesa became the first Democrat in almost 30 years to win a Collin County Texas House seat Tuesday, narrowly defeating Republican Jamee Jolly in a district Republicans redrew to favor Democrats. Plesa, a legislative director who helps craft…

Democrat Mihaela Plesa and Republican Jamee Jolly have both spent many Saturdays walking the tree-lined streets of the suburban Plano district they hope to represent. But first, wherever they start, caffeine. Jolly goes for a black iced tea with two…

Republicans redrew Collin County legislative maps to increase GOP voting power. That means the demographic shifts and the inroads Democrats have tried to make in the county could finally net a legislative win, if Mihaela Plesa can beat Republican Ja…

Mihaela Plesa is a strong candidate with a working knowledge of the Legislature. She demonstrated a complete sense of the difference recapture makes in Plano ISD’s ability to properly fund its schools.