About Cooper 2022 (TX)
Michael Cooper was a 2022 Democratic candidate for Governor of Texas. A pastor and longtime community organizer from Beaumont, Cooper has spent decades working on criminal-justice reform and economic development in Southeast Texas.
His campaign platform centered on healthcare access, criminal-justice reform, expanded education funding, and economic justice for working Texans.
Background and credentials
- Pastor, civil-rights advocate
- Beaumont community organizer
- Texas gubernatorial candidate (2022)