Molly is from Houston, Texas. She earned a bachelor's degree in nursing from the University of Texas and a nursing degree and a master's degree in public health from Johns Hopkins University. 

Molly previously worked as an emergency room nurse. She also worked as an intern for Maryland Citizens Health Initiative and Horizon Foundation of Howard County, Maryland.

Molly Cook currently serves as a state senator in State Senate District 15. She was elected in 2024 and is serving her 1st term. She previously ran for state senator in State Senate District 15 in 2022 but did not win.

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Supports developing renewable energy projects in Texas to boost local property tax bases and stimulate economic activity.

Supports investing in renewable energy projects statewide to grow local property tax bases and promote economic activity. 

Believes in curbing tax credits for corporate developers and reallocating funds to communities to expand access to safe, affordable housing.

Supports reducing tax credits for corporate developers and reallocating such funds to expand access to safe and affordable housing.

Wants to ensure urban centers in Texas have access to safe, reliable, convenient, and affordable public transportation.

Believes "Cars are the most-expensive, least-safe way to move around. " and wants to ensure all road users are protected and to prioritize accessibility for those with disabilities and those who  cannot afford cars.

- Supports investing in renewable energy projects statewide to grow local property tax bases and promote economic activity. 
- Supports reducing tax credits for corporate developers and reallocating such funds to expand access to safe and affordable housing.
- Opposes expanding I-45 .
- Wants to ensure urban centers in Texas have access to safe, reliable, convenient, and affordable public transportation.
- Believes "Cars are the most-expensive, least-safe way to move around. " and wants to ensure all road users are protected and to prioritize accessibility for those with disabilities and those who  cannot afford cars.

Economy

Supports legislation to enhance data privacy, prevent unauthorized data sales, and improve cyber security.

Supports legislation to improve data privacy and prevent unauthorized data sales.

Believes in gun control measures, including mandated background checks, a ban on person-to-person gun sales, raising  age to purchase an assault-style rifle from 18 to 21, safe storage laws, and the removal of guns for those determined as a risk to themselves or others by a judge. 

Plans to prioritize and allocate funding for community violence intervention programs.

- Supports legislation to improve data privacy and prevent unauthorized data sales.
- Supports jail diversion programs.
- Believes in gun control measures, including mandated background checks, a ban on person-to-person gun sales, raising  age to purchase an assault-style rifle from 18 to 21, safe storage laws, and the removal of guns for those determined as a risk to themselves or others by a judge. 
- Plans to prioritize and allocate funding for community violence intervention programs.

Public Safety

Supports Medicaid expansion and Medicare for All. 

- Supports abortion access. 
- Supports Medicaid expansion and Medicare for All. 

Healthcare

Opposes vouchers and further privatization of education.

Opposes school vouchers, which are programs that allow families to use public school funds to access schools beyond their local option, including private schools. 

Supports raising teacher and educational support staff's salaries

Wants to increase per-student funding and enrollment-based funding rather than attendance-based funding.

Wants to reduce dependance on State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) and standardized testing.

- Opposes school vouchers, which are programs that allow families to use public school funds to access schools beyond their local option, including private schools. 
- Supports raising teacher and educational support staff's salaries
- Wants to increase per-student funding and enrollment-based funding rather than attendance-based funding.
- Wants to reduce dependance on State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) and standardized testing.

Education

Supports regulating corporate pollution to ensure clean air, water, and soil for all communities, especially those near industrial sites.

Supports regulating corporate pollution. 

Endorses Texas State Proposition 6, which creates the Texas Water Fund to improve water infrastructure.

Supports Texas State Proposition 6, which creates the Texas Water Fund to develop water infrastructure improvement projects. 

Supports the use of renewable energy, believing it is "cleaner, cheaper, and far less resource intensive than more traditional fossil fuel generation."

Supports increasing the use of renewable energy and wants to diversify energy sources. 

- Supports regulating corporate pollution. 
- Supports Texas State Proposition 6, which creates the Texas Water Fund to develop water infrastructure improvement projects. 
- Supports increasing the use of renewable energy and wants to diversify energy sources. 

Energy & the Environment

Supports digital voter registration and a 24-hour and drive through voting wherever necessary.

- Supports digital voter registration and a 24-hour and drive through voting wherever necessary.

Voting & Elections

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Joseph is the founder and executive chairman of BIZPAC.us. He is executive chairman of Energy & Petroleum Services Corp and chairman of E3S Acquisitions.

Joseph L. Trahan's campaign for state senator is his first run for public office. 

Opposes policies that infringe on private property ownership and the right to the "quiet enjoyment of your property."

Believes corporate welfare is corrupt, with lobbyists using tax dollars to secure "no or low" taxes for businesses while advocating to "raise your taxes."

Believes the Texas legislature, despite having "Billions in hand," failed to reduce property taxes.

Believes Texas has "OVER-COLLECTED $33 Billion from the middle class" and has another $22 Billion "uncollected."

- Opposes policies that infringe on private property ownership and the right to the "quiet enjoyment of your property."
- Believes corporate welfare is corrupt, with lobbyists using tax dollars to secure "no or low" taxes for businesses while advocating to "raise your taxes."
- Believes the Texas legislature, despite having "Billions in hand," failed to reduce property taxes.
- Believes Texas has "OVER-COLLECTED $33 Billion from the middle class" and has another $22 Billion "uncollected."

Believes Democrat judges are responsible for increasing court backlogs and releasing criminals on personal recognizance bonds or low bail.

Believes in continuing the construction of the border wall.

Believes that without the right to bear arms, people are "serfs and slaves and no longer free men and women."

Believes child sex slave trafficking and missing children are major issues, with over 1 million cases annually and 600 US citizen children never recovered each year.

Believes child sex slave trafficking and missing children are major issues.

Believes that illegal border crossings create dangerous conditions for ranchers and farmers in Texas, describing it as "a chaotic and dangerous  game of cartel control."

- Believes Democrat judges are responsible for increasing court backlogs and releasing criminals on personal recognizance bonds or low bail.
- Believes in continuing the construction of the border wall.
- Believes that without the right to bear arms, people are "serfs and slaves and no longer free men and women."
- Believes child sex slave trafficking and missing children are major issues.
- Believes that illegal border crossings create dangerous conditions for ranchers and farmers in Texas, describing it as "a chaotic and dangerous  game of cartel control."

As of June 14, 2025, Joseph L. Trahan’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Said, "If teachers want an across the board raise, turn in these bad actors and cleanse your ranks first."

Believes educators should "police their ranks" to eliminate breaches of trust in the education system.

Believes school systems are failing due to "corruption, woke ideology, child grooming, drag queen story time, and pushing an elite protected status of LBGTQX+."

Supports parental rights and school choice in education.

- Said, "If teachers want an across the board raise, turn in these bad actors and cleanse your ranks first."
- Believes educators should "police their ranks" to eliminate breaches of trust in the education system.
- Believes school systems are failing due to "corruption, woke ideology, child grooming, drag queen story time, and pushing an elite protected status of LBGTQX+."
- Supports parental rights and school choice in education.

Believes elections were fraudulent, saying Democrats "flagrantly and indignantly boasting as if it was their birthright to commit election fraud."

Believes "elections belong to the people" and supports efforts to restore public trust in elections.

Believes Florida's election integrity laws are the best in the USA and claim they "almost wiped out the Democrat takeover that obviously thrived on election fraud."

Believes Texas will set the "global standard for election integrity" with the Secretary of State as trustee and immediate voter access to casted ballots.

- Believes elections were fraudulent, saying Democrats "flagrantly and indignantly boasting as if it was their birthright to commit election fraud."
- Believes "elections belong to the people" and supports efforts to restore public trust in elections.
- Believes Florida's election integrity laws are the best in the USA and claim they "almost wiped out the Democrat takeover that obviously thrived on election fraud."
- Believes Texas will set the "global standard for election integrity" with the Secretary of State as trustee and immediate voter access to casted ballots.

Joseph L. Trahan

- Your state senator represents the interests of your district in the Texas State Senate. The State Senate, along with the State House of Representatives, makes up your state lawmaking body: the Texas Legislature.
- Your state senator can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws after going through the legislative process.
- There are 31 Texas state senators, each representing a single district with a constituency of around 1 million.
- State senators are elected to 4-year terms and one 2-year term per decade, and there are no term limits.
- They are paid a salary of $7,200/year and a per diem of $221/day.