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<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><em>Communities are safest when officers are well-trained and well-supported, behavioral-health needs are treated early, survivors are protected, and public systems are transparent, fair, and accountable.</em></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><em>Chris supports law enforcement and investing in a public-safety strategy that prevents harm before it happens, responds effectively when crises occur, and builds lasting trust between residents and the institutions meant to protect them.</em></strong></span></p>

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<h5 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Chris has already answered the call to protect our country once. After sustained encouragement from those who know his commitment to service, he is answering that call again, this time by stepping forward to restore responsible, solutions-oriented leadership in House District 52. Texans deserve leaders who prioritize results over rhetoric and who focus on the real issues that determine whether families can build secure, stable, and promising lives.</span></h5><h5 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong><em>That means confronting the day-to-day realities they face: </em></strong></span><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Rising property taxes, skyrocketing insurance premiums, rent that climbs faster than income, and a cost of living that strains working families and retirees alike.</span></h5><h5 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">It means strengthening public schools, expanding access to <em>affordable</em> healthcare, and investing in reliable infrastructure—<em>power, water, roads, and flood control</em>—that keeps communities safe as Texas grows.</span></h5><h5 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Chris will stay accountable to the people he serves and deliver tangible results—lower costs, stronger public schools, safer communities, and a Texas where the next generation has more opportunity than the last.</span></h5>

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<h5 style="text-align: center;">Chris grew up in humble circumstances, learning early that nothing is handed to you and that stability is built through hard work, persistence, and character. Raised by a hard working immigrant mother and a father who owned a small business, he saw both the promise of this country and the daily grind it takes to carve out a future here.</h5><h5 style="text-align: center;">He learned what it means to stretch a dollar, to keep showing up when things are tough, and to value the dignity of work. He also saw how quickly progress can be threatened when families are one setback away from falling behind, and how important it is to have leaders who understand that reality firsthand. That lived experience formed the path he chose as an adult, including his decision to serve in the United States Marine Corps. For Chris, service, sacrifice, and duty to others aren’t just words used at election time, they are principles that have guided his life and define how he sees leadership.</h5><h5 style="text-align: center;">            The Marine Corps reinforced what his upbringing had already taught him:              <em>Real strength is earned, real leadership is accountable, and real patriotism is about serving something bigger than yourself—putting country over party and the common good over personal gain.</em></h5>

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<p><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><em>Chris believes in an economy where businesses, entrepreneurs, and workers all win, where infrastructure investments fuel regional growth, and where every Texan has the chance to build a better life. As Texas grows, too many families are being priced out of the opportunities our economy creates. Chris will ensure that small businesses get the support they need to thrive while championing workforce training, fair pay, and practical economic policies that lift up workers.</em></strong></p>

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<h1><span style="color: var(--color-bg1-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-bg1-text);">Meet Chris</span></h1>

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<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><em>Freedom means every eligible voter can cast a ballot and have it counted, without intimidation, obstruction, or gamesmanship. It means Texans, not politicians, can make their own personal healthcare decisions, guided by their families, their doctors, and their faith. And it means you can organize, worship, protest peacefully, and petition your government without fear of retaliation or punishment.</em></strong></span></p>

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<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Affordability: Housing, Food &amp; Healthcare</span></h4>

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<h3><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Our leaders have lost sight of a simple truth:</span></h3><h6><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Texas families can’t pursue big dreams when they’re struggling to meet basic needs.</span></h6><h5><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">When Texans can afford housing, access basic healthcare, and feed their families, they can focus on building their future.&nbsp;I’m mad as hell that we’ve drifted so far from those basics, and that's why I’m running—because our government should do its most basic job: ensure every Texan has what they need to live, work, and thrive.</span></h5>

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<p><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><em>Public schools are the backbone of our communities. Chris will fight to keep public dollars in public schools to ensure that every child has the chance to learn in a safe, well-funded classroom, and so that every young adult pursuing an education beyond high school has the resources they need to succeed.</em></strong></p>

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<p><strong><em>Every Texan deserves the fundamentals of a stable life—affordable housing, food security, and healthcare that doesn’t break the bank. Chris will fight to make sure no one in Williamson County is forced to choose between paying rent, getting necessary healthcare, or feeding their family.</em></strong></p>

<h2>Affordability: Housing, Food &amp; Healthcare</h2>

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<p><strong><em>Clean air, clean water, and resilient communities should be treated as core economic priorities. Chris will push for transparency and accountability for high-demand projects, a weather-ready power grid, long-term drought preparedness through conservation and supply investments, and protection of water resources by strengthening groundwater safeguards, and enforcement to reduce pollution and emissions as Texas grows.</em></strong></p>

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<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><em>Chris believes in an economy where businesses, entrepreneurs, and workers all win, where infrastructure investments fuel regional growth, and where every Texan has the chance to build a better life. As Texas grows, too many families are being priced out of the opportunities our economy creates. Chris will ensure that small businesses get the support they need to thrive while championing workforce training, fair pay, and practical economic policies that lift up workers.</em></span></p><h5><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Supporting Small Businesses</span></h5><ul><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Keep public dollars local.</strong></span><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"> </strong></span>Prioritize state and local contracting opportunities for Texas small businesses and entrepreneurs so more of our tax dollars stay in our communities.</p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Streamline rules without weakening protections. </strong></span>Remove duplicative or outdated regulations and fees while maintaining common-sense worker and consumer safeguards.</p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Create tiered incentives</strong> </span>for employers that provide any qualified health benefit and support Direct Primary Care (DPC) options alongside coverage to improve access and reduce downstream costs.<strong><br></strong></p></li></ul><h5><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Respect for Workers</span></h5><ul><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Support policies that raise wages</strong> </span>so full-time work can reliably cover basics like housing, healthcare, childcare, and transportation and prevent families from falling behind as costs rise.</p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Strengthen workplace safety and enforcement </strong></span>so that hard work in Texas is rewarded with stability, respect, and a real chance to get ahead.</p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Protect Texans’ right to organize</strong></span><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"> </strong></span>and speak up on the job so <em>the people who keep our economy running </em>have a real voice in the decisions that affect their pay, safety, and livelihoods.</p><p></p><p></p></li></ul>

<p><em>Chris believes in an economy where businesses, entrepreneurs, and workers all win, where infrastructure investments fuel regional growth, and where every Texan has the chance to build a better life.</em></p>

<h2><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">An Economy That Works For Everyone</span></h2>

<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><em>Public schools are the backbone of our communities. Chris will fight to keep public dollars in public schools to ensure that every child has the chance to learn in a safe, well-funded classroom, and so that every young adult pursuing an education beyond high school has the resources they need to succeed.</em></strong></span></p><h5><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Strong Public Schools</span></h5><ul><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Keep public dollars in public schools. </strong></span>Ensure our public schools are fully funded, and reject any program that shifts funding to private schools at the expense of our local ISDs.</p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Increase the basic allotment so school funding keeps pace with inflation</strong></span>—giving every student access to great teachers, safe classrooms, and the resources they need to succeed.</p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Defend religious freedom and the separation of church and state. </strong></span>Our public schools should welcome <em>every</em> student without imposing <em>any</em> religion in the classroom.</p></li></ul><h5><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Higher Education</span></h5><ul><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Expand school-based and community partnerships </strong></span>that address food insecurity, reliable transportation, and access to child care for student-parents.</p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Defend free speech and academic freedom on college campuses: </strong></span>Protect students’ right to express their views and peacefully protest, and faculty’s right to teach.</p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Improve access to reliable high-speed internet </strong></span>and modern hybrid learning infrastructure so students can stay on track academically without being penalized for where they live, the hours they work, or the responsibilities they carry at home.</p></li></ul>

<p><em>Public schools are the backbone of our communities. Chris will fight to keep public dollars in public schools.</em></p>

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<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><em>Every Texan deserves the fundamentals of a stable life—affordable housing, food security, and healthcare that doesn’t break the bank. Chris will fight to make sure no one in Williamson County is forced to choose between paying rent, getting necessary healthcare, or feeding their family.</em></strong></span><strong><br></strong></p><h5><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Affordable Housing &amp; Property Taxes</span></h5><ul><li><p><strong>Fight for fair property tax policy</strong> that <span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">doesn’t push long-time residents out of their homes.</strong></span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Streamline local permitting processes and reduce unnecessary regulations </strong></span>to increase housing supply and make homes more affordable for working families.</p></li><li><p><strong>Lower the current 20% cap on how much a rental property’s taxable value can go up each year</strong> for landlords who charge fair-market rent or less. That way, <span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">renters are less likely to end up paying more than 40% of their income on housing and utilities</strong></span>, and responsible landlords get a break on their property tax bill.<strong><br></strong></p></li></ul><h5><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Access to Basic Healthcare</span></h5><ul><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Expand Medicaid </strong></span><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">so that working adults who fall in the coverage gap</strong></span>—<em>earning too much to qualify for Medicaid, but not enough to afford insurance</em>—<span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">can access basic preventative care</strong></span> like cancer screenings, manage chronic conditions, and fill prescriptions without choosing between medication and their rent or mortgage payment.</p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Normalize mental health as part of preventive care </strong></span>so that people are more likely to ask for help early. This drives earlier intervention, better outcomes, and lower long-term costs.</p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Push for further expansion of maternal and postpartum care</strong> </span>to reduce complications, improve outcomes, and support healthy families.<strong><br></strong></p></li></ul><h5><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Food Security &amp; Local Agriculture</span></h5><ul><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Support urban agriculture and community gardens to increase local food production</strong></span>, provide hands-on education, and expand access to fresh produce in neighborhoods with limited grocery options.</p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Provide property tax relief or incentives for farms that produce food for local markets</strong></span>, helping family farms stay viable while strengthening regional food systems.</p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Support</strong> <strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">agricultural workforce development </strong></span>with training programs, apprenticeships, and partnerships that prepare young people for careers in farming, ranching, food production, and agribusiness.</p></li></ul>

<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><em>When families can meet their basic needs, they can focus on building their future.&nbsp;</em></strong></span></p>

<h2><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Affordability: Housing, Food &amp; Healthcare</span></h2>

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<p><em>Clean air, clean water, and resilient communities should be treated as core economic priorities. Chris will push for transparency and accountability for high-demand projects, a weather-ready power grid, long-term drought preparedness through conservation and supply investments, and protection of water resources by strengthening groundwater safeguards, and enforcement to reduce pollution and emissions as Texas grows.</em></p><h5><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Sustainable Growth: Transparency</span></h5><ul><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Push for clear, public transparency requirements for large water and energy users</strong></span>—<em>like data centers</em>—so residents can see how much water is being consumed, when electricity demand peaks, what upgrades are needed, and who pays for them.</p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Protect taxpayers and reliability before approving large-load projects. </strong></span>Ensure interconnection studies, local upgrade needs, and cost responsibility are disclosed in plain language so communities aren’t surprised by higher bills or weaker reliability.</p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Plan for growth responsibly. </strong></span>Ensure large new loads, especially high-demand industrial facilities and data centers, pay their fair share for needed infrastructure and reliability improvements.</p></li></ul><h5><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Disaster &amp; Infrastructure Preparedness</span></h5><ul><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Build a resilient, weather-ready power grid. </strong></span>Prioritize reliability upgrades that keep the lights on during extreme heat and winter storms, with clear performance standards and consequences for repeated failures.</p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Drought Preparedness: </strong></span>invest in long-term supply and reliability. Strengthen statewide drought preparedness by funding conservation, reuse, efficiency, and regional projects that protect Texas’ water future for families, agriculture, and business.</p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Protect critical infrastructure and vulnerable Texans. </strong></span>Require stronger continuity plans for hospitals, water systems, and emergency services, and improve outage communication and protections for medically vulnerable Texans.</p></li></ul><h5><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Water Security &amp; Air Quality</span></h5><ul><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Safeguard communities during rapid growth. </strong></span>Require environmental impact reviews and public notice for high-pollution projects, and ensure local residents have a meaningful voice before permits are issued or expanded.</p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Protect Texas rivers, aquifers, and rural wells. </strong></span>Strengthen groundwater management, require responsible permitting and mitigation for high-impact projects, and protect recharge zones to prevent over-pumping and long-term supply degradation.</p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Reduce exposure to harmful emissions and dust.</strong> </span>Support targeted measures that limit particulate pollution and toxic exposure, especially in areas near concrete batch plants, construction zones, and major roadways, through stronger permitting conditions, operational best practices, and compliance inspections.</p></li></ul>

<p><em>Clean air, clean water, and resilient communities should be treated as core economic priorities. Chris will work to invest in renewable energy, modernize the grid, and hold polluters accountable while supporting farmers, ranchers, and local businesses in adapting to a changing climate.</em></p>

<p><em>Communities are safest when officers are well-trained and well-supported, behavioral-health needs are treated early, survivors are protected, and public systems are transparent, fair, and accountable.</em></p><p><em>Chris supports law enforcement and investing in a public-safety strategy that prevents harm before it happens, responds effectively when crises occur, and builds lasting trust between residents and the institutions meant to protect them. </em></p><h5><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Public Safety Rooted in Prevention</span></h5><ul><li><p><strong>Treat mental health and substance-use crises as public-safety priorities.</strong><br>Expand access to crisis response teams, counseling, and long-term recovery services so people in acute behavioral-health crisis are met first with care and clinical support—not unnecessary incarceration.</p></li><li><p><strong>Equip officers with the training, tools, and standards to serve effectively.</strong><br>Invest in continuous professional training, including de-escalation, trauma-informed response, and mental-health crisis intervention, alongside clear performance standards, transparent reporting, and meaningful accountability.</p></li><li><p><strong>Strengthen domestic-violence prevention and survivor protection.</strong><br>Increase funding for shelters, trauma counseling, legal advocacy, and coordinated safety planning, while expanding access to evidence-based intervention programs that reduce repeat violence and improve long-term outcomes.</p></li><li><p><strong>Cut recidivism through re-entry, employment, and stability supports.</strong><br>Expand education, workforce training, job placement, transitional housing, and case-management services for formerly incarcerated Texans so people have a real path forward instead of a revolving door back into the system.</p></li></ul>

<p><em>Chris believes in supporting law enforcement while investing in prevention and community trust.</em></p>

<h2><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Public Safety &amp; Stability</span></h2>

<p><em>Freedom means every eligible voter can cast a ballot and have it counted, without intimidation, obstruction, or gamesmanship. It means Texans, not politicians, can make their own personal healthcare decisions, guided by their families, their doctors, and their faith. And it means you can organize, worship, protest peacefully, and petition your government without fear of retaliation or punishment.</em></p><h5><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Voting Rights &amp; Fair Maps</span></h5><ul><li><p><strong>Protect equal access to the ballot box. </strong>Guarantee every eligible Texan can register and vote without needless barriers, intimidation, or partisan interference.</p></li><li><p><strong>Fight for fair maps </strong>that reflect communities instead of politicians’ self-interest, and defend the basic democratic norm that winners take office and losers concede.</p></li></ul><h5><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">First Amendment Rights</span></h5><ul><li><p><strong>Defend free speech, religious liberty, and peaceful protest for all Texans.</strong><br>Protect constitutional rights consistently and without viewpoint discrimination.</p></li><li><p><strong>Protect the right to organize.</strong> Defend workers, students, parents, and community groups who band together to advocate for their interests, including the right to petition government and participate in civic life.</p></li><li><p><strong>Strengthen whistleblower and anti-retaliation protections.</strong> Ensure Texans can report misconduct and demand transparency from elected officials and government agencies without retaliation.</p></li></ul><h5><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">The Freedom to make Personal Healthcare Decisions</span></h5><ul><li><p><strong>Keep government out of the exam room.</strong> Protect the right of Texans to make private healthcare decisions based on medical expertise, facts and personal circumstances—not political mandates.</p></li><li><p><strong>Protect patient and physician autonomy.</strong> Ensure doctors can provide medically appropriate care and patients can receive it without fear, delays, or politically driven interference that increases risk and undermines informed consent.</p></li></ul>

<p><em>Freedom means something in Texas: it means the right to vote, the right to make personal healthcare decisions, and the right to speak your mind without fear.</em></p>

<h2><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Freedom, Privacy &amp; Democracy</span></h2>

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Endorsements

Rep. Lloyd Doggett

Representative, TX 35th District

Rep. Jon Rosenthal

Texas State Representative,
HD-135 & Democratic Nominee for Rail Road Commissioner

Rep. John Bucy III

Texas State Representative,
HD-136

Texas AFL-CIO Cope

Endorser Title

VoteVets

East WilCo Democrats

Black Austin Democrats

National Democratic Redistricting Committee

Williamson County Young Democrats

Planned Parenthood Texas Votes PAC

Austin Community College Democrats

Endorsements

Rep. Lloyd Doggett

Representative, TX 35th District

Rep. Jon Rosenthal

Texas State Representative, HD-135 & Democratic Nominee for Rail Road Commissioner

Rep. John Bucy III

Texas State Representative, HD-136

Texas AFL-CIO Cope

Endorser Title

VoteVets

East WilCo Democrats

Black Austin Democrats

National Democratic Redistricting Committee

Williamson County Young Democrats

Planned Parenthood Texas Votes PAC

Austin Community College Democrats

Texas State Representative,
HD-135 & Democratic Nominee for Rail Road Commissioner

Texas State Representative,
HD-136