Good morning, We’re a week and a day from the start of early voting ahead of the primary election. Today's Texas Minute looks at the bottom of the Republican ballot.
- Texas’ primary election is March 3, 2020. Early voting begins on Tuesday, February 18.
- Our endorsements for Texas’ congressional, executive, legislative, and judicial posts can be found on our main website. I also recommend checking out the endorsements made by Texas Right to Life, Young
Conservatives of Texas, the Texas Home School Coalition, and the Club for Growth.
- In addition to selecting a party nominee for positions ranging from justice of the peace to the presidency of the United States, Republican voters will find ten policy issues placed there by the State Republican Executive Committee.
- The responses are not legally binding, but they are designed to inform the policy debates at the GOP state convention this spring, and ahead of the 2021 legislative session.
- Each position is worded as a statement, with the voter asked to indicate their agreement or disagreement with the policy – usually styled as “Yes” or “No.”
- I will be voting YES on all 10.
- Texas should not restrict or prohibit prayer in public schools.
YES or NO
- Texas should reject restrictions on the right to keep and bear arms.
YES or NO
- Texas should ban the practice of taxpayer-funded lobbying, which allows your tax dollars to be spent on lobbyists who work against the taxpayer.
YES or NO
- Texas should support the construction of a physical barrier and use existing defense-grade surveillance equipment along the entire southern border of Texas.
YES or NO
- Texas parents or legal guardians of public school children under the age of 18 should be the sole decision makers for all their children’s healthcare decisions including, but not limited to, psychological assessment and treatment, contraception, and sex education.
YES or NO
- Texas should ban chemical castration, puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and genital mutilation surgery on all minor children for transition purposes, given that Texas children as young as three (3) are being transitioned from their biological sex to the opposite sex.
YES or NO
- Texans should protect and preserve all historical monuments, artifacts, and buildings, such as the Alamo Cenotaph and our beloved Alamo, and should oppose any reimagining of the Alamo site.
YES or NO
- Texas election officials should heed the directives of the Office of the Governor to purge illegal voters from the voter rolls and verify that each new registered voter is a U.S. Citizen.
YES or NO
- Bail in Texas should be based only on a person’s danger to society and risk of flight, not that person’s ability to pay.
YES or NO
- Texas should limit our state legislators’ terms to 12 years.
YES or NO
Politicians in the City of Houston have accumulated $7.9 billion worth of public debt, or $11,600 per taxpayer.
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Your Federal & State Lawmakers
U.S. Senator
John Cornyn - R
(202) 224-2934
U.S. Senator
Ted Cruz - R
(202) 224-5922
Governor of Texas
Greg Abbott - R
(512) 463-2000
Lt. Governor
Dan Patrick - R
(512) 463-0001
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