Nancy Vera
TX
Nancy Vera is an educator with about three decades of experience and a doctorate in education. She is president of the Corpus Christi American Federation of Teachers and has worked in labor and community advocacy.
Where Nancy Vera stands, based on their records
Supports
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (1 record), Civil Rights (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 support
Publicly opposed the Texas Education Agency's investigations of teachers' social media posts about Charlie Kirk's killing. She said the probes broke teachers' free speech rights.
January 9, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: kristv.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support
Spoke at the Nueces County Commissioners Court against Sheriff JC Hooper's Facebook post about an LGBTQ+ book giveaway. Her teachers union helped run the giveaway, and she called on him to apologize.
July 6, 2022Supports Civil Rights
Source: kristv.com
Track record — General
General · 3 records
Spoke to the Corpus Christi ISD school board as teachers union president. She asked the board to cut teacher paperwork and extend teacher contracts.
February 24, 2025
Source: ccisd.granicus.com
Led a teachers union press conference demanding that a Corpus Christi ISD reading coordinator resign. The union said her board meeting comments blamed teachers for low reading scores.
March 5, 2020
Source: kztv10.com
Publicly criticized Corpus Christi ISD's proposed 3 to 4 percent staff raises as too small. As teachers union president, she asked the district to share how much new state money it got.
July 19, 2019
Source: kristv.com
Past race Nancy Vera ran in:
- Corpus Christi City Council At-Large · November 3, 2026 · Corpus Christi city, Texas