CJ Grisham
Non-Partisan | Texas
Candidate Profile
BIOGRAPHY
Name
CJ Grisham
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2025
Election
May Uniform
Race
Temple City Council District 1
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
Temple College, Temple, AA - Pre-Law, 2016
Texas A&M - Central Texas, Killeen, BA - History, 2018
Appalachian School of Law, Grundy, VA, J.D., 2022
WORK & MILITARY
US Army, First Sergeant, 20
AFFILIATIONS
Open Carry Texas, President/Founder, Veterans of Foreign Wars
Life Member, NRA, Endowment Life Member
American Legion, Life Member, DAV
Life Member, Association of the United States Army, Life Member
Army Non-Commissioned Officer Association, Life Member, CCRKBA
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
N/A
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Temple City Council District 1
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (4)
Wesley Virdell (2023)
Briscoe Cain (2017)
Dawn Buckingham (2016)
Jonathan Stickland (2016)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (4)
Dwayne Stovall (2018)
Empower Texans (2018)
Texas Gun Rights PAC (2018)
Jonathan Stickland (2017)
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.
Strongly Agree
If we don't protect life itself, no other right matters. The right to life is the first, last, and most important right. It begins at conception and lasts until natural death.
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).
Strongly Agree
ECONOMY
I support using taxpayer funds to lobby the state legislature and/or U.S. Congress.
Strongly Disagree
It is the responsibility of city government to provide subsidized housing at taxpayer expense.
Disagree
Property taxes should be abolished.
Strongly Agree
Property taxes accomplish nothing but making personal property subject to government approval.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Government should not discriminate against individuals, organizations, or business owners who affirm marriage as between one man and one woman.
Strongly Agree
Religious liberty is at risk in the United States and deserves the highest level of protection in the law.
Strongly Agree
IMMIGRATION
City officials should have the right to proclaim their city a sanctuary city for illegal aliens.
Strongly Disagree
Cities have no authority to ignore laws, especially laws designed to protect citizens.
VALUES
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a flawed Christian who believes that Jesus Christ makes it possible to be forgiven, to grow, and to accomplish the impossible. He is my Lord and Savior and I look to Him for guidance to unanswerable questions.
Children have the right to be protected from sexually explicit materials in publicly funded libraries, including school libraries.
Strongly Agree
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
All filings by candidates for municipal office, including ballot application and campaign finance reports, should be available for public online access on the city website within 24 hours of filing deadline.
Strongly Agree
Ballot measures which include bond issues should fully disclose both the potential tax rate increase and actual monetary increase for the average single family residence.
Strongly Agree
We should also ban taxpayer funded campaigns to advertise bond increases because government entities have resources not available to opponents. Bond advertising campaigns should also be banned on the public property requesting the bond.
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
This is a no brainer.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) instruction should be required for all city employees.
Strongly Disagree
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Taxpayers should subsidize green initiatives such as electric vehicle charging stations.
Strongly Disagree
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.
What do you think is the general purpose of government?
To protect liberty.
Candidates and officeholders should be required to disclose all business investments and real estate, whether in the city or in an area currently proposed for annexation.
Strongly Agree
Please list your business investments and/or real estate, whether within the city or in an area currently proposed for annexation.
I own a home and my law office. That's it. I have nothing to gain in seeking office except getting government out of our lives to the extent possible.
When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to immigration and religious liberty, which of the following best describes you overall?
Very Conservative
I voted in these primaries and general elections:
2014 Republican Primary 2014 General Election 2016 Republican Primary 2016 General Election 2018 Republican Primary 2018 General Election 2020 General Election 2022 Republican Primary 2022 General Election
I was in law school for the 2020 primary and didn't get a primary ballot.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY
I support redirecting funds from police departments to community programs.
Strongly Disagree
2ND AMENDMENT
What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?
None. Ownership should never be restricted. The problem isn't ownership; it's use. I support restrictions on criminal USE (no murder, assault, threats, etc). Shall not be infringed is pretty clear to me.
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
I support the legalization of recreational marijuana.
Agree
LOCAL
I support annual financial audits of every city department by an independent, third party auditor.
Strongly Agree
Please list up to three issues or projects that you think need the most attention.
Code Enforcement reform, growth outpacing infrastructure, rooting out government waste and corruption.
