David Hamilton
Non-Partisan | Texas
Candidate Profile*
Conservative
*Additional information appears below for educational purposes; however, only data received prior to the candidate deadline was considered during Panel Evaluation.
BIOGRAPHY
Name
David Hamilton
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2022
Election
Texas May School Board
Race
Fort Bend ISD, Position 7
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
University of the Ozarks, Clarksville, AR, B.A. in Political Science, 2006
WORK & MILITARY
Insurepointe of Texas, Commercial Insurance Agent, 2
Columbine Corporation, Sales Manager, 1
Advanced Piping Products, Sales Representative, 1
AFFILIATIONS
Houston's First - Sienna Campus, Youth Volunteer, I9 Sports
Youth Basketball Coach, A Woman's Choice Pregnancy Resource Center, Volunteer
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
(Candidate did not provide)
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Texas State Representative for House District 27, 2014
Race
Previous Races
ENDORSEMENTS*
*These endorsements were received after the deadline and were not considered in the Panel Evaluations and are for additional educational purposes only.
OTHER (1)
*Fort Bend Business Coalition
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (6)
Jacey Jetton - State Representative for Texas House District 26
Dave Rosenthal - Fort Bend ISD Trustee, position 7 and current board president
Judy Dae - Fort Bend ISD Trustee, position 2
Grayle James - former Fort Bend ISD trustee and board president
Kristin Tassin - former Fort Bend ISD trustee and board president
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (3)
Briscoe Cain (2015)
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations (2015)
State Republican Party Organizations (2014)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (5)
Empower Texans (2014)
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations (2014)
National Right to Life Committee (2014)
Republican Women's Organizations (2014)
Responsible Government PAC (2014)
SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS
- Campaign Finance Report - period of 1/1/2022-3/31/2022
- $100.00 donation from Ryan Johnson (Vice President at Alliance Defending Freedom)
- Please note: The following information was received by iVoterGuide after Panel Evaluations occurred and is for additional educational purposes only.
- Campaign Finance Report - period of 3/29/2022-4/27/2022
- $250.00 contribution from Fort Bend Business Coalition
- Campaign Finance Report - period of 3/29/2022-4/27/2022
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not be a resource for instruction or services in the school.
Strongly Agree
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
ECONOMY
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Strongly Agree
School districts should be able to use taxpayer money for lobbying the state legislature.
Disagree
I'm fairly neutral on this. I think the best argument for it is that it is effective, but I do not like the principle of taxpayer money going to lobbyists.
What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?
I think school districts should not expand beyond K-12th grades until a higher percentage of students are graduating high school prepared for their next adventures in life.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
At school, students should be able to speak freely and civilly about matters of conscience and faith, including Christianity.
Strongly Agree
School districts should not discriminate against individuals, organizations or small businesses because of their belief that marriage is only a union of one man and one woman.
Strongly Agree
Students should not be allowed to pray in school.
Strongly Disagree
EDUCATION
What is the function of the local school board?
The function of the local school board is to help guide district decision making to provide the best outcomes for students while also providing both transparency and accountability to parents and taxpayers.
Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?
The primary responsibility should be the state and district administrators, and all resources should be available to and accessible by the board and parents who wish to know what their children are being taught.
When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?
I think our district has good guidelines in place such as limiting public comments to the topic at hand during special meetings while allowing people to speak on whatever they wish to address during normal board meetings. I do not think further limits are necessary, and parents should generally be free to address topics of their choice within guidelines of time and mutual respect.
Please list in order the following priorities in relation to the role of a K-12 public school (omitting any that do not apply): Mathematics, Information Technology, Science, Political Activism, Personal Finances, Gender Identity, Physical Fitness, American History, Critical Race Theory, Language Arts, Art & Music, Vocational Learning, Sexuality, Foreign Language, Social Emotional Learning
Mathematics, Science, Language Arts, American History, Information Technology, Art & Music, Physical Fitness, Personal Finances, Vocational Learning, Foreign Language, Gender Identity (defined as what it means to be male or female rather than as many would define it today)
American civics education should emphasize our nation's founding principles of liberty and equality.
Strongly Agree
Before students are taught courses such as Comprehensive Sex Ed (CSE) or Social Emotional Learning (SEL), they must opt-in with written parental permission.
Strongly Agree
The loss of local control in education is too high a price to pay in exchange for federal dollars.
Strongly Agree
I support the teaching of curricula (such as the 1619 Project, No Place for Hate, Second Step, etc.) that emphasizes slavery and racism as the foundation of American history.
Strongly Disagree
I think we should teach our true history including low points such as slavery and the Jim Crow era in a context that includes celebrating the heroes who put those practices in our nation's past. To the degree the institutions and people who sustained them were bad, the heroes who ended those institutions should be celebrated in a way that brings people of various backgrounds together.
Parents are the ultimate authority in their child’s education and should be able to freely pursue whatever educational options they deem best for their child.
Strongly Agree
VALUES
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a Christian who believes the concept of representative government that dates back to Exodus chapter 18 is the best way to govern free people. I believe we must oppose the many ways Marxists are trying to destroy our country by destroying our culture and values, and that we must challenge them in our public schools where many of their efforts have unfortunately gone unchallenged.
I support allowing public high school students to participate in athletic competition based on the gender with which they identify instead of biological sex.
Strongly Disagree
Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
Parents are responsible for teaching their own children sexual education.
If you support the teaching of Sex Ed, please answer the following question: Sexual education should include these topics (list all that apply and add your own, if needed) -- Physical and emotional health outcomes; contraceptive methods; consent; abstinence; sexual orientation and gender identity; human anatomy/the reproductive system; abortion methods and side effects; stages of pregnancy and fetal development; sex acts and pleasures of sex
Did not answer
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality that is necessary for our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
No healthcare diagnosis or treatment, whether mental, reproductive, or otherwise, should be given to a child without first receiving written consent from the parent.
Strongly Agree
No school official should be involved in the sexual transitioning of a student, including the use of alternative names and pronouns.
Strongly Agree
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
ABOUT YOU
Which of the 11 objectives specified in the Texas Education Code is your highest priority?
Objective 1 - I believe parental engagement is the primary factor in delivering successful education outcomes.
Have you ever been convicted of a felony or been penalized in either civil or criminal court for sexual misconduct? If so, please explain.
No.
A candidate's personal moral values should not be relevant when considering a candidacy for elective office.
Strongly Disagree
When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and immigration, which of the following best describes you overall?
Conservative
Please provide publicly available information, including interviews and media reports, validating your answer to the previous question (other than your website).
Did not answer
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
We have to engage with our school districts in order to recover the ground that was lost due to failed covid policies such as virtual learning, mask mandates, and other policies that did little to impact the virus while doing a lot to negatively impact our students. We also must have leadership, accountability, and love as we seek to close education outcomes that are a result of socioeconomic factors. Those will be my top two priorities as the trustee for Fort Bend ISD position 7.
2ND AMENDMENT
Teachers who are licensed to carry should be allowed to carry guns at school.
Neutral
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Under what circumstances (if any) should schools be allowed to require vaccinations?
Covid vaccinations: never, because the parents should decide. Some of our currently-required vaccines are valid as long as the current exemptions are also maintained.
I support mask mandates.
Strongly Disagree
