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Says he will back President Trump's economic agenda, lower costs, cut regulations and revitalize domestic manufacturing. 1

Proposes a middle-class tax cut, capping credit card interest rates, lowering housing, grocery, energy and drug costs, and raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. 23

Frames economic policy around reducing the size of the federal government and repealing federal taxes; no separate wage or price proposals located. 45

Supports cutting taxes; supports permanent repeal of the federal gas tax according to compiled public statements. 67

Supports higher taxes on billionaire income and capital gains, a higher corporate rate, closing the carried interest provision and taxing stock buybacks, paired with tax cuts for working families and small businesses. Supports suspending the federal gas tax. 89

Would repeal the federal income tax and abolish the IRS without replacement, and eliminate estate, capital gains and Social Security taxes. Supports full repeal of the federal gas tax. 1011

Says federal spending must be curbed given debt above $36 trillion. In September 2026 audio from a private fundraiser, reported by the Texas Tribune, he said reductions in mandatory spending would be necessary; he has said the remarks were taken out of context and that he will not take away earned benefits. 1213

Proposes expanding the Child Tax Credit and EITC and restoring ACA tax credits; opposes cuts to SNAP and WIC and criticizes recent federal tax cuts as favoring high earners. No deficit-reduction target located. 14

Proposes large federal spending cuts alongside income tax repeal, citing national debt approaching $39 trillion. 15

Opposes regulations he says burden energy producers. 16

Voting record

As attorney general, led a 23-state suit (January 2025) challenging the EPA rule implementing the Inflation Reduction Act methane fee. 17

Backs an all-of-the-above approach that keeps oil and gas jobs while growing wind, solar and geothermal; supports faster permitting with environmental protections and wants large users such as AI data centers to pay for grid upgrades. 1819

Says he will protect benefits for current retirees, keep the trust fund from being used for other spending, and target waste and fraud in Medicare; expand rural access and telehealth. 2021

Pledges to oppose cuts to Social Security and Medicare and supports eliminating the payroll tax cap on earnings above $400,000 and expanding Medicare coverage of services. 2223

Said in 2025 that he fully supported President Trump's tariff actions (per the Texas Tribune); no 2026 tariff statement located. 24

Would repeal the Trump tariffs, remove tariffs on produce not grown in the U.S., provide a tariff rebate, and pursue trade deals with labor protections. Opposes suspending beef tariffs. 252627

Supports free trade, calls tariffs taxes on consumers, and would revoke presidential emergency tariff authority and reverse tariff changes made by President Trump. 2829

Supports finishing the border wall and deporting people he describes as criminal illegal aliens. Called Big Bend wall plans "not smart border security." 3031

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As attorney general, sued DHS, CBP and Border Patrol in October 2023 over agents cutting state-installed concertina wire on the Rio Grande. 32

Supports comprehensive reform pairing border security with legal immigration: focus ICE on cartels, gang members and traffickers, add port-of-entry scanning, speed asylum decisions, and create pathways to legal status for long-term residents. Opposes a border wall through Big Bend. 3334

Supports an Ellis Island-style system with free movement after criminal and health checks, abolishing ICE, limiting CBP to the border and ports of entry, and no border wall. 3536

Backs an "America First" approach of peace through strength. On Iran, said he supports the president's actions; no position on a war powers vote located. 3738

Calls for ending the Iran conflict while preventing an Iranian nuclear weapon, deeper cooperation with NATO and allies, support for Ukraine, halting offensive weapons sales to the Netanyahu government while keeping defensive systems, and a two-state solution. Says he would vote for an Iran war powers resolution. 3940

Supports non-intervention: bringing troops home, closing most foreign bases, leaving NATO and ending foreign aid. Would support every war powers resolution. 4142

At a July 2026 campaign event said he would fully fund President Trump's security agenda, cited his office's prosecutions, defense of officers and human trafficking work, and called opponent Talarico "anti-law enforcement." 43

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As attorney general, sued the City of Dallas to block a local measure decriminalizing certain marijuana offenses. 44

Proposes funding federal, state and local law enforcement along with police training and oversight, investing in mental health and addiction treatment, expanding crime-victim funding, universal background checks, and legalizing and taxing marijuana for adults. His campaign says he opposes defunding police. 4546

Supports ending mandatory minimum sentences, civil asset forfeiture, no-knock warrants and qualified immunity for police, ending the drug war, and replacing the death penalty with life without parole; says police requests for license-plate-reader data should require a warrant. 4748

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As attorney general, joined an October 2023 bipartisan statement of state attorneys general condemning the Hamas attack on Israel and supporting Israel's right to defend itself; earlier defended Texas's law barring state contracts with companies that boycott Israel (2019) and joined a coalition against Ben & Jerry's boycott of Israeli settlements (2021). 4950

Says Israel has a right to defend its people but Prime Minister Netanyahu does not have the right to bomb civilians or restrict aid; would stop offensive weapons sales to the Netanyahu government while supporting defensive systems such as Iron Dome, condition aid on protecting civilians, and pursue a two-state solution that disarms Hamas. 515253

Calls for ending all foreign aid, including military and economic aid to every Middle East country, and bringing U.S. troops home; his site criticizes U.S. "financing of Israel's massive destruction of Gaza." 5455

Pledges to work with President Trump to take on "Big Pharma and Big Food" and increase transparency in food and health care. 56

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As attorney general, co-led the 20-state 2018 lawsuit (Texas v. United States) arguing the ACA became unconstitutional after the individual mandate penalty was zeroed out. 57

Supports protecting and improving the ACA, reversing federal cuts to ACA credits, Medicare and Medicaid, a public option, and drug-price measures including negotiation, out-of-pocket caps and PBM regulation. 5859

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Filed HB 40 (2021) proposing an insulin copay cap; it stalled in committee. He was a co-lead on SB 827 / HB 82, which set a $25 monthly cap for state-regulated plans; the extent of his role is disputed by the Senate author. 6061

Supports free-market approaches: medical savings accounts, tax-deductible health expenses, cross-state insurance sales, catastrophic-only plans, private drug certification in place of the FDA, and drug imports. 62

States he will "defend the unborn"; the campaign site gives no further policy detail. 63

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As attorney general, sued a New York physician in December 2024 for prescribing abortion medication to a Texas resident via telemedicine. 64

Supports Congress codifying Roe v. Wade and protecting access to contraception and IVF. 65

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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). 66

Says he will stand with President Trump to protect gun rights and opposes what he describes as attacks on the Second Amendment. 67

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As attorney general, joined a February 2023 suit against the ATF rule reclassifying pistols with stabilizing braces as short-barreled rifles. 68

Supports universal background checks, prosecuting firearms traffickers, safe-storage requirements in homes with children, and raising the minimum age to buy certain semi-automatic rifles. 6970

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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). 7172

Opposes gun control and red flag laws; would repeal existing federal gun control laws and end gun-free zones. 73

In March 2026 said he would consider leaving the Senate race if Senate Republican leaders ended the filibuster and passed the SAVE America Act, which would require proof of citizenship to register and photo ID to vote. 74

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As attorney general, opened investigations in June 2025 into 33 people referred by the Secretary of State as suspected noncitizens who voted in 2024. 75

At an October 2026 CNN town hall said he supports voter ID if it is "fair" and that he would need to read the SAVE America Act before taking a position; in August 2026 said the SAVE Act would deprive voters, particularly Black voters, of voting rights. 7677

Campaign site says he will work to stop transgender athletes from competing in girls' sports and opposes "gender ideology" content in schools. 78

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As attorney general, sued a Dallas-area doctor in October 2024 under the 2023 state law (SB 14) barring gender transition treatments for minors, and issued an opinion extending that law to mental health providers. 7980

Says he does not support surgery for minors and, in September 2026, that he opposes transgender athletes in girls' sports "if it endangers safety or fairness"; he says he opposed earlier Texas bills as overly broad. 8182

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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). Also voted for failed amendments to allow minors already in treatment to continue medication. 8384

Says the federal government should not have authority over the doctor-patient relationship, and that he is not advocating gender transition surgery for minors. 85

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As attorney general, investigated and in December 2025 sued the East Plano Islamic Center and partners over the planned EPIC City development, alleging securities violations and housing reserved for Muslims; in April 2026 opened an investigation of a Dallas Islamic mediation group, saying "we will not be governed by sharia law"; in 2025 sued two state agencies over rules he said disadvantaged religious groups. 86878889

Describes himself as a Presbyterian seminarian who rejects "Christian Nationalism"; proposes the Do No Harm Act on religious liberty and pledges action against antisemitism, Islamophobia and other faith-based hate crimes. 90

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As a state representative, 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). 91