Dawn Buckingham (February 21, 1968) is an American physician and politician who has served as Land Commissioner of Texas since 2023.

[3] The district stretches from the Austin suburbs in Travis County, West to Texas Hill Country, and North to Abilene covering roughly 20,000 square miles of territory.

[4] Buckingham was one of six candidates in the Republican primary to replace retiring state senator Troy Fraser.

After a contentious campaign focusing on the records and geographic profiles of the two candidates,[4] Buckingham won the runoff with over 60% of the vote.

[8] In the November general election, Buckingham faced Democratic nominee Virginia "Jennie Lou" Leeder of Llano.

[13] Buckingham then also called Texas A&M's vice chancellor for governmental relations to relay the same information.

[12] Following the re-election of President Donald J. Trump in November 2024, Buckingham pledged to help his new administration with deportation of illegal immigrants by donating land owned by the State of Texas.