Texas Values Action’s 2020 Republican Primary Runoff Endorsements 

Make plans to vote! Today is the last day to early vote in Texas’ Primary Runoff Election, and Election Day is this coming Tuesday, July 14. We are proud to recommend to you our 2020 Republican Primary Runoff Endorsements. These men and women have demonstrated a firm commitment to protecting faith, family, and freedom. Texas Values Action only endorses candidates who share in our mission to ensure Texas is a state in which religious liberty flourishes, families prosper, and every human life is valued.

Congressional

CD 16: Irene Armendariz-Jackson (Greater El Paso Area)
CD 17: Renee Swann (Central Texas)
CD 22: Kathaleen Wall (Greater Houston Area)
CD 23: Raul Reyes (El Paso to San Antonio Area)

Texas Senate

SD 14: Don Zimmerman (*Special Election* - Travis & Bastrop counties)

Texas House

HD 25: Cody Vasut (Brazoria and Matagorda counties)
HD 45: Carrie Isaac (Hays and Blanco counties)
HD 47: Jennifer Fleck (Travis county)
HD 59: Shelby Slawson (Comanch, Coryell, Erath, Hamilton, Hood, McCulloch, Mills, San Saba counties)
HD 60: Jon Francis (Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Eastland, Hood, Palo Pinto, Shackelford, Stephens counties)

State Board of Education

District 5: Lani Popp (Bexar, Blanco, Caldwell, Comal, Gillespie, Guadalupe, Hays, Kendall, Kerr, Llano, Mason, San Saba, Travis Counties)

Judicial

Texas Second Court of Appeals Place 7: Brian Walker
401st District Court Judge: George Flint
431st District Court Judge: Jim Johnson

While Texas Values Action does not make endorsements in every race – we still have resources to help equip you on all the federal and state candidates in contested races with our church-friendly Texas Primary Runoff Voters Guide, powered by iVoterGuide. At FreeVotersGuide.com, you can view candidate evaluations from grassroots panelists from across the state, voting records and scores, endorsement information, information on where a candidate’s money comes from, and a key issue questionnaire

U.S. Supreme Court Affirms Religious Liberty in Two Cases

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that Constitutional religious freedom protections allow religious schools and organizations to choose who has a “religious mission” within their organization. On the same day, the court also ruled 7-2 in favor of the Trump administration’s Health and Human Services rules that allow religious employers to opt-out of providing contraceptive coverage which goes against their religious views, in their health plans.

It is believed the religious liberty principles protected in these judicial outcomes will not only protect existing religious freedom rights but will make it difficult for radical LGBT activists to expand the interpretation of the Supreme Court’s Bostock decision released last month. The government should not control how a church decides to communicate or exercise their sincerely held religious beliefs. These cases provide a glimmer of hope in what has been a very near-disastrous time period for the U.S. Supreme Court and Constitutional liberty.