Donald R May

Republican | Texas

Candidate Profile

Conservative

BIOGRAPHY

Name

Donald R May


Party

Republican


Election Year

2026


Election

Republican Primary


Race

U.S. Representative 19


Incumbent

No


Links

Donald R May websites FacebookX

EDUCATION

University of Illinois Eye & Ear Infirmary, Chicago, Illinois, Retina Surgery Fellowship, 1976-1977

University of Illinois Eye & Ear Infirmary, Chicago, Illinois, Ophthalmology Surgical Residency, 1973-1976

University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, MD, 1968-1972

University of Illinois College of Medicine (Immunological Chemistry), Chicago, Illinois, None, 1968-1968

University of Illinois Graduate College (Immunological Chemistry), Champaign - Urbana, Illinois, None, 1968-1968

University of Illinois, Champaign - Urbana, Illinois, BS with High Honors and Distinction, 1963-1968

WORK & MILITARY

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Professor, Department Chair, Associate Dean, 1989-2001

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Professor Health Organization Mgmt. MBA Program, 1989-2001

Tulane University, Professor and Charity Hospital Dept. Chair, 1984-1989

University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, Associate Professor and Retina Surgeon, 1979-1984

University of California Davis School of Medicine, Associate Professor, Director Retina/Ocular Trauma Surgery, 1979-1984

United States Air Force, Major and Director Retina/Ocular Trauma Service, 1977-1979

AFFILIATIONS

American Legion, Life Member Post 575, Lubbock, Texas, 2003-2026

American Farm Bureau Federation, Member, 1993-2026

Christian Medical Association, Member, 1968-2026

Sigma Xi, National Research Honorary Society, Member, Chapter President, 1991-2026

United States Eye Injury Registry, Founding Member and Past President, 1988-2002

Military Officers Association of America, Lifetime Member, 2003-2026

National Rifle Association, Lifetime Distinguished Memger, 2003-2026

American Society of Retina Specialists, Founding Member, 1979-2026

The Retina Society, Member, 1982-2026

American Academy of Ophthalmology, Fellow, 1973-2026

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

1st place Delegate Republican National Convention at St. Paul, 2008

1st place Delegate Republican National Convention at Tampa, 2012

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

U.S. House of Representatives., 2003

U.S. House of Representatives, 2013-2014

U.S. House of Representatives, 2015-2016

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (21)

Donald Trump (2024)

Trump National Committee JFC, INC. (2024)

Carl Tepper (2023)

Republican Womens Organizations (2023)

Ted Cruz (2023)

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)

LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)

Delwin Jones (2010)

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)

OTHER INFORMATION

QUESTIONNAIRE

RIGHT TO LIFE

Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.

Strongly Agree

The United States Congress must take actions to legally and constitutionally guarantee those under our laws the God-given right of "Personhood" from conception until natural death, so the unborn, the born, the disabled, the defenseless, the inconvenient, and the elderly will not be executed. The defining of "Personhood" (deserving of protection under law) is among the many things that need to be accomplished by Congress.

The lives of human embryos created through artificial methods ought to be protected from purposeful destruction.

Strongly Agree

People were not prepared for the fact that human life could be produced for the purpose of harvesting cells or body parts for the benefit of others. We thought this was still science fiction from some futuristic Star Trek age. Congress can no longer put off the ethical, constitutional, and legal questions surrounding the use of embryos and clones and must provide them with protection.

Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?

There are times when terminating a pregnancy could be morally and medically justified. Such times include when the injured or severely ill body of the mother cannot support her life and that of a developing child, when the womb is filled with tumor and no viable child is present (hydatidiform mole), and when the child is not viable, such as a child developing without much or any of its brain or head (anencephaly).

Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).

Strongly Disagree

I served four terms on the Lubbock Board of Health, helping to successfully shut down Planned Parenthood in Lubbock, Texas.

The Comstock Act, which bans interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs, should be enforced.

Strongly Agree

Like fentanyl and other deadly drugs, the interstate transport of abortion-inducing drugs should be banned.


ECONOMY

Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.

Strongly Agree

You and I are United States citizens who believe just like most of our fellow Americans. We want our government to protect us, to leave us alone if we are not harming others, and to keep its hands, and the hands of others, off our money, our religion, our guns, our private property, our legal business and work activities, our lives, and our families.

People who can afford to pay more taxes should do so in order to provide relief for working families.

Strongly Disagree

Our Constitution requires that all who earn money in the U.S. have equal protection under our laws. It is improper and unjust to unequally tax and otherwise punish any group of people, rich or poor. No one has shown that those able-bodied persons who are not working, who are earning low salaries because they are unskilled, and who are on welfare are saints and those who are farmers, skilled workers, business owners, and professionals who are earning money and working long hours are sinners.

The government should cut spending in order to reduce the national debt.

Strongly Agree

The checks and balances intended by our Founding Fathers remain in the hands of the Republicans. I pray the Republicans have the wisdom and courage to keep our Constitution safe and intact, to reduce our taxes, to reduce the size of our federal government, to reduce government spending, and to fire bureaucrats who are woke and are otherwise a danger to our Liberty and National Security.

List your top 3-5 priorities to eliminate government waste.

Reduce costs, interest rates, and inflation by increasing supply-side production Reduce taxes for everyone, including eliminating death taxes and greatly reducing capital gains taxes Eliminate unessential government regulations and spending Reduce government bureaucracy and the overall size of government Fire woke generals, professors, teachers, government bureaucrats, and private administrators


RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.

Strongly Disagree

A rational society does not force people to provide goods and services that are contrary to their religious beliefs. Jewish delicatessens should not be forced to cater ham sandwiches to Saturday football parties. Muslim restaurants should not be forced to cater pork kebabs. An operating room nurse should not be forced to participate in abortions. Teachers should not be forced to instruct students that sexual transitions and unrestricted abortions are normal and must be accepted by everyone.

What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?

Had the wishes of James Madison been followed, the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment would have read, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of [a national] religion . . .” “Mr. Madison thought if the word ‘national’ was inserted before ‘religion’ . . . it would point the amendment directly to the object it was intended to prevent.” The Debates and Proceedings of the Congress of the United States, Volume I, pp. 757 - 759, August 15, 1789.


HEALTHCARE

What most closely matches your view on healthcare: A) Healthcare for all should be guaranteed and funded by the government with no private healthcare option. (includes "universal healthcare," "medicare for all," etc.) B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options. C) Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary. D) Taxpayer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be defunded.

Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary.

The government should keep a database of people with various ongoing medical illnesses to assess the economic burden of treatment.

Strongly Disagree

History has shown how easy it is to accelerate the elimination of the inconvenient as the Nazis did starting in 1935. Governments, healthcare insurers, and heirs stand to gain financially by denying healthcare and prematurely terminating patients. Is the elimination of the ill, disabled, and elderly to be the final solution for solvency of the welfare state? Some already believe that “health care should be withheld even from those who want to live” once they have reached 75 or 80.


NATIONAL SECURITY

With regard to America's foreign policy, which view most closely resembles yours: A) The United States should intervene whenever freedom is threatened. B) The United States should selectively help countries trying to grow democracy and fight tyranny. C) The United States has become too involved in others' policies and should remain focused on issues regarding our own sovereignty unless in imminent danger. D) The United States should stay out of foreign conflicts completely.

The United States should selectively help countries trying to grow democracy and fight tyranny.

The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.

Strongly Agree

The military and economic philosophy of the People’s Republic of China is to make other countries poor, dependent, and enslaved. The PRC enslaves its own citizens and as many people as it can in other countries. If it were not for President Donald J Trump and his Administration, China would eventually dominate and enslave the United States of America, replacing our leadership and our population with Chinese masters from the PRC. We must continue to choose strong leaders who are bold and wise.

Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?

Yes, because Israel is our single close Ally in the Middle East and the World. The United States and Israel lead other nations in the development and innovation of military preparedness, national security including cyber protection and warfare, and Artificial Intelligence. In these dangerous times Israel and the United States are indeed fortunate, and blessed by God, that leaders of wisdom and courage like Donald J Trump and Binyamin Netanyahu stand in firm opposition to tyranny and Evil.

Islamic terrorism is a threat to the United States' national security.

Strongly Agree

Islamic Terrorism is dangerous because its adherents are dedicated to the killing of Jews and Christians and the destruction of the United States and Israel. Killing those who have worked hard and been successful fulfills the barbaric lust for vengeance and that occupies the hearts and minds of Islamic Terrorists. Most Muslims are peaceful people and are also the victims of Islamic Terrorism. Most of the people brutalized and killed by Islamic Terrorists are Muslims.


IMMIGRATION

Who should be allowed to immigrate to the U.S. and under what circumstances?

A sovereign nation must restrict and monitor the entry of people and goods. We must take careful actions so terrorists, foreign military agents and spies, criminals, and those infected with dangerous contagious diseases do not enter our nation. Work visas should be available for those eligible to legally work in the United States. Immigration should be preferential for those who bring needed skills and talents to our workforce and should keep out those who pose demonstrable threat concerns.

I support the existence of sanctuary cities to protect undocumented persons.

Strongly Disagree

Far-Left Socialists establish sanctuary cities so they can refuse to enforce our federal immigration laws and can protect violent alien criminals from jail and deportation. This is a prime violation of the purpose for which our federal government was created -- to protect the American people and our nation from those who seek to do us harm.


EDUCATION

I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.

Strongly Agree

The teacher unions, with the administrative and financial support to the Department of Education, have brought the education of the American student to the very bottom of the top 40 nations in the World. The Department of Education needs to be closed with education returned to the control of the individual states and communities, so highly competitive innovation will take place. Federal law must outlaw curricula based on progressive ideologies and should promote universal school choice.

Foreign governments should be prohibited from funding American education.

Strongly Agree

Foreign governments which fund our education intend to influence the thinking of our students to fit their agendas and to cause our students to hate the founding principles and the Judeo-Christian foundations of the United States of America. We have seen such influence from the People’s Republic of China and from Islamic funding sources in the Middle East. “Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.” Vladimir Lenin


VALUES

Attempts to physically or socially transition a child to the opposite sex constitute child abuse.

Strongly Agree

Convincing children they are not the sex God made them is criminal child abuse. The sexual confusion the child is experiencing is manipulated so the child wants medication and even surgery to make them appear to be the opposite sex. God made us male and female, so these abused children become increasingly confused, psychologically disturbed, and medically ill. Trans children need great amounts of help and support as they recover their biological sexual identity.

Marriage is a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.

Strongly Agree

The marriage of a man and a woman has remained the foundation of societies throughout human history, long before the advent of nations or politics. The marriage of a man and a woman is a fundamental construct of God, obligating our government to protect the institution of marriage between a man and a woman.

Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

There is a Creator, who is the Judeo-Christian God. The laws of God, including the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule of Jesus Christ, are unchangeable moral laws that govern us and are the basis of all valid human laws. God has given us unalienable rights that other humans and governments cannot take from us. Our government was established to protect these rights that God has given to us. Christ demanded accountability and responsibility for self, for family, for community, for leaders, and for nations. These Judeo-Christian principles of the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule of Christ remain the foundations of our Republic, of our Constitution, and of my life and my dedication to public service.


ELECTIONS AND VOTING

People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Strongly Disagree

Voting must require absolute certain identification -- the same as is required for driving a vehicle on public roads, boarding an airplane, and carrying a gun. Securing proper identification may necessitate extra effort and some initiative on the part of the voter. Such efforts are necessary to prevent the ineligible from succeeding in registering to vote.


EQUALITY

Biological males should not be allowed to participate in women's sports or occupy biological women's spaces whether it be bathrooms, locker rooms, sorority houses, women's shelters, or prison.

Strongly Agree

Before Barack Obama, women and little girls could safely use restrooms, public showers, and public locker rooms. Every Democrat serving in the United States Senate voted against banning disturbed males from participating in female sports and keeping disturbed males out of female toilets, locker rooms, and shower facilities. Democrats have done little to protect women and girls from sex slavery trafficking and want to leave our border open for the importation of women and girls as sex slaves.


ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

What do you believe is the most reliable energy source that will supply the growing demand for electricity?

The high electricity consumption demands of an advance civilization, increasingly powering Artificial Intelligence, must have reliable electricity production based on proven conventional energy sources, especially fossil fuels and nuclear.


ABOUT YOU

Have you ever been penalized for sexual misconduct in either civil or criminal court? If so, please explain.

No

Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, please explain.

No

When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and religious liberty, which of the following best describes you overall?

Very Conservative

Following 9/11/2001, I wrote for TownHall.com, where my “One Nation Under God” series on the Judeo-Christian Foundations of the United State of America resulted in the American Communist Party naming me the third most dangerous person in the United States, right behind President Bush and Vice President Cheney. I wrote a daily online Conservative political blog as “Mr. Conservative” and was recognized as the “Texas Conservative Blogger of the Year” by Americans for Prosperity in 2009.


CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY

Government has a responsibility to protect children from sexual exploitation during online activities.

Strongly Agree

Children must be protected from those who would sexually exploit them or otherwise seek to harm them during online activities. Parents, legal guardians, our government, and good people must defend children and others who cannot adequately defend themselves and confront the Evil seeking to exploit and harm them.


2ND AMENDMENT

What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?

Guns ownership should be kept from terrorists, other violent criminals, and the criminally mentally ill. However, the toughest gun laws are not going to make us safe from evil people. Laws against hijacking did not stop the Islamic Terrorists on 9/11/2001, and we already have God’s Commandment, “You shall not murder.” Disarming American citizens would only increase the chances for violence, as Evil routinely attacks the weak, the defenseless, and the unarmed.

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