---
type: Person
title: "Terry Canales"
description: "TX House District 40 — TX State House of Representatives District 40"
role: "TX House District 40"
party: "D"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "TX"
district: "TX State House of Representatives District 40"
represents: "us/states/tx/districts/house/40"
tenure:
  start: "2013-01-08"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "df8a24ea-a2bc-4f1a-bfd8-be7790f8a396"
  office: "2dcdfe5f-87eb-4278-b2fd-cf7c70d387bf"
  tenure: "b62250da-5385-4c40-bd45-f446e331ef7b"
  jurisdiction: "f3f76cba-bf53-4eb9-8228-9e2a24b595ed"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDL (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, tx]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Terry Canales

Current TX House District 40 (TX State House of Representatives District 40).

Represents [TX State House of Representatives District 40](/us/states/tx/districts/house/40.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDL (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).