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Proposes a constitutional amendment letting voters decide whether to end school district property taxes on homesteads, a 3% appraisal cap extended to all property, appraisals every five years, local spending caps, and two-thirds voter approval for local tax increases. 12

Would end state corporate subsidies and use the savings for property tax cuts, with a long-term goal of eliminating residential property taxes while fully funding schools. 34

Skeptical of promises to eliminate property taxes without naming spending cuts; favors lowering the state sales tax and cutting business tax breaks. 56

Supports the education savings account program (often called school vouchers); proposes Student Success Academies, limits on classroom screen time, a 70% classroom-spending requirement with district audits, and tougher penalties for educator misconduct. 789

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Signed 2025 legislation creating the education savings account program (often called school vouchers), providing families about $10,000 for private school tuition and expenses. 10

Opposes the education savings account program (often called school vouchers) and wants funds directed to neighborhood public schools; proposes auditing vendor contracts, raising teacher pay and reducing high-stakes testing. Campaign says she was a negotiator of the 2019 school finance bill and served on the House Public Education Committee. 1112

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Voted no on SB 2, which created the education savings account program (often called school vouchers); the House passed it on third reading 86-61 (Record 300, April 17, 2025). 13

Supports a statewide scholarship with equal per-child funding that follows students to any school and fewer state testing mandates. 1415

Lists border security as an accomplishment and proposes automatically denying bail to people in the country illegally who are charged with a felony. 1617

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Launched Operation Lone Star in 2021, deploying the Texas National Guard and state resources to the border; the Tribune reports the program has cost about $11 billion. 1819

Says border policy is federal and Texas should cooperate only where it does not harm Texans; favors easier legal immigration for peaceful, productive people. 20

Says data centers must pay their own way and provide their own power; proposes opening city-owned electric utilities such as Austin's and San Antonio's to retail competition. 212223

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Signed 2021 legislation requiring power plant weatherization after the February 2021 winter storm; in August 2026 ordered a pause on new data center grid connections pending an audit. 2425

Would have the PUC freeze residential rates until data centers and other large-load users cover their own costs, supports a data center moratorium, and opposes overriding landowners for 765kV transmission lines. 2627

Says proposed 765-kV transmission lines must be shown to be needed route by route; opposes eminent domain for them and tax incentives for data centers. 2829

Says data centers should supply and reuse their own water; no broader water supply plan located on the campaign site. 3031

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Signed the Texas Heartbeat Act, banning most abortions after about six weeks, on May 19, 2021, and in September 2021 signed limits on mail-ordered abortion medication. 323334

In her 2016 campaign statement she opposed Republican abortion restrictions and called for restoring Planned Parenthood funding; no 2026 campaign statement located. 35

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Voted no on SB 8 (2021), which bans most abortions after cardiac activity is detected, about six weeks into pregnancy, and allows private civil suits; the House passed it 83-64 (Record 784, May 6, 2021). 36

Describes himself as pro-life but opposes politicians intervening in difficult medical decisions; prefers persuasion and adoption over enforcement. 37

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Signed permitless (constitutional) carry legislation in June 2021, effective September 2021. 38

In 2016 said public universities should be able to opt out of campus carry; no 2026 campaign statement located. 39

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Voted no on HB 1927 (2021), the permitless (constitutional) carry bill; the House passed it 87-58 (Record 298, April 16, 2021). 40

Supports lawful gun ownership; skeptical of red flag laws on due process grounds; favors targeted responses to credible threats and school security. 41

Proposes expanding the Repeat Offender Taskforce, a statewide prosecutor, making district attorneys impeachable, and denying bail for certain violent defendants; says the last session passed his bail package. 424344

Favors punishing impaired driving and conduct that endangers others; says searches of statewide surveillance camera networks should require probable cause. 45

Proposes a $25 monthly co-pay cap on inhalers and epinephrine and a lower-cost Essential Benefits Health Insurance Plan for employers. 4647

Proposes coverage for every Texas child, a ban on bad-faith insurance denials, support for rural hospitals and limits on private equity in health care. 4849

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Called 2025 special sessions including mid-decade congressional redistricting and signed the new map into law on Aug. 29, 2025. 5051

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Voted no on CSHB 4, the 2025 mid-decade congressional redistricting bill, on the second-reading vote to pass it to engrossment, 88-52 (Record 25, August 20, 2025, 2nd Called Session). 52

Says Texas elections are conducted properly; supports paper ballots and audits, verifying residency and status, and lists nonpartisan redistricting and approval voting among his policy statements. 535455

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Vetoed SB 3 (2025), which would have banned consumable THC products, saying he preferred regulation; on Sept. 10, 2025 ordered state agencies to set THC rules including a 21-and-over sales age. 5657

Would let voters decide THC regulations and child protections through a public vote. 58

Supports adults' freedom to use hemp and THC products while punishing impaired driving. 5960

Campaign themes are affordability and property tax cuts, public safety and bail, education changes, data center limits and border security. 616263

Lists three priorities: public schools, putting money in residents' pockets (including a one-time $1,500 household refund from the Rainy Day Fund), and ending what she calls Abbott's corruption. 646566

Emphasizes smaller government, lower taxes and limits on surveillance, and says he will not make a long list of promises. 6768

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Signed SB 8 (Sept. 22, 2025), which limits restroom and locker room use in public buildings to the sex on a person's birth certificate, saying it "is just common sense"; signed HB 229 (June 20, 2025), which defines sex as biological sex in state law. 6970

A September 2026 campaign ad says she is done with the "culture war" and wants to focus on working families' costs. 71

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Voted no on House passage of SB 14 (2023), which prohibits gender transition medical treatment, including puberty blockers and hormones, for minors (Record 1688, May 15, 2023; passed 87-56). 72

In a questionnaire, agreed with restricting participation in women's sports and spaces by sex assigned at birth; was neutral on gender transition treatment for minors, saying he opposes it without parental consent. 73

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Signed SB 10 (June 21, 2025), requiring a Ten Commandments display in every public school classroom, and SB 11, allowing schools to adopt a daily voluntary prayer and Bible or religious text reading period. 74

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Voted no on SB 10. SB 10 requires display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms; the House passed it 82-46 (Record No. 3503, May 25, 2025). 75

Says he supports separation of church and state and that the governor should have nothing to do with religion; did not address the Ten Commandments or school prayer laws specifically. 7677

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In November 2025 designated CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terrorist and transnational criminal organizations under state law, saying the groups seek to impose Sharia law; opened state investigations into the East Plano Islamic Center's planned development and asked the Texas Rangers to investigate. 787980

Says government should not care what religion, if any, a person follows; says most Texas Muslims are peaceful and questions the evidence for Gov. Abbott's designation of CAIR as a terrorist organization; opposes requiring people to provide services that violate their beliefs. 818283

Proposes a $400 million roof fortification program to lower home insurance premiums, allowing home additions by right, pre-approved building plans and faster permitting, and barring cities from certain building mandates. 84

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In an Aug. 24, 2026 letter directed the Texas Department of Insurance to pursue home insurance cost reductions, including barring nonrenewals based on a home's age and creating a fraud task force. 85

Says corporate investors buying single-family homes are raising prices; authored a 2025 bill to limit institutional investors from buying more than 10 single-family homes and says she has opposed algorithmic rent pricing. No home insurance position found. 86