Meet The Candidates: Cameron Rollwitz For Texas Senate District 11

This series is called Meet The Candidates. Over the next twelve months, I’ll spotlight a handful of Democratic races each month, mainly in the Legislature and in Congress. These aren’t endorsements. They’re introductions, a way to understand who’s running, the districts they hope to represent, and what’s at stake for people across Texas.

Who is Cameron Rollwitz?

Cameron Rollwitz comes from working-class roots, long hours, and a steady climb through school and the workforce without a safety net to fall back on. Brought to Texas at age two, he grew up in Klein, attended Klein Oak High School, and worked his way through Lone Star College before earning two bachelor’s degrees from the University of Houston, one in Psychology and one in Religious Studies. He went on to complete a master’s degree focused on how people build identity and belonging, which feels especially relevant in a state where so many people are trying to find their footing amid rising costs and shrinking opportunities.

Rollwitz frames his campaign around a simple idea. Texas should actually work for the people who live here. His agenda is public transportation, high-speed rail, better internet, affordable education, reliable energy, and it’s rooted in the lived experience of someone who knows what it feels like to do everything right and still struggle.

He talks a lot about “connecting Texas,” and he means it literally. He wants high-speed rail linking major cities, rural towns brought back into the fold rather than left behind, and modern infrastructure that enables ordinary people to move, work, and participate in their communities.

Rollwitz proposes a stair-stepped franchise tax that asks more of large corporations while protecting small businesses, using that revenue to fund free community college and trade school for Texans. He wants to crack down on hedge funds buying up Texas homes and shutting families out of the market, and the data backs him up (corporate investors bought nearly a third of all homes sold in Texas in 2021). He pairs all of this with teacher-centered reforms, calling for collective bargaining rights, stronger pensions, and actual budgets for classroom supplies so educators aren’t floating the system on their own paychecks. Whether you agree with every line item or not, Cameron Rollwitz is running a solid working-class campaign.

The district.

Senate District 11 is interesting because this is the district Mayes Middleton is leaving for his AG run. Recently, I