Chad Carnahan

Current Texas law, allowing abortion only in limited circumstances, was finalized after thousands of hours of debate and study in and out of the legislature. It is a settled issue. It should absorb no legislative attention until the state's more pressing issues - illegal immigration, energy stability, tax relief, election security, school choice, political corruption - have been addressed.

Agree

The last few years have taught us that Big Pharma will skirt legal and moral requirements for their own benefit. For example, no risk/benefit analysis, as required by law, was provided for the Covid vaccine. This lack of knowledge has led to fear and confusion among many of the vaccinated. There must be increased transparency and accountability for drug manufacturers. This is especially true for drugs (like abortion) that involve life or death.

Agree

Citizens who oppose abortion should not be forced to subsidize it. Abortion providers should not receive taxpayer funding

Disagree

Life is sacred. Government should not participate in ending it.

Government has no authority to hinder the free expression of faith. The Constitution is clear on this.

Disagree

Just as individuals are not required to buy from a particular business, businesses are not required to sell to particular individuals.

Agree

Yes. The Chinese economy is deeply intertwined with America. Chinese Communists donate to American politicians and manipulate American business. They are the greatest existential threat the US has ever faced. Efforts to decouple the American economy from China must be accelerated at every level.

Yes. America should forge a strong relationship with every nation that shares its foundational concepts of free expression and opportunity. Israel certainly meets this standard.

C. Medicare and Medicaid should remain. Private insurance and employer-provided coverage is far superior to government provided options, and it should remain available.

None. Vaccines should not be mandatory. Vaccines that are safe and well documented (measles, mumps, polio, etc) can be encouraged. No vaccine without extensive third party evaluation should ever be encouraged.

Strongly Agree

Personal freedom is under assault from the Biden administration. It is critical for Texas to defend it vigorously,.

Inflated minimum wage obstructs entry level jobs for young people. Small businesses hire inexperienced people at a modest wage and raise their salary as they become experienced and valuable. Minimum wage is not meant to reflect career salary.

No

ESG is a tool for government intervention and control of independent business. Because it adds unnecessary expense, it hampers small business and empowers big corporations who can afford it. It creates false and foolish objectives. Rather than create the best product or provide the best service, a company must surrender to busybody bureaucrats who know little about its business. If you are noticing a steady decline in the quality of customer service everywhere, thank ESG.

Strongly Agree

Illegal immigration is importing crime, disease, and poverty at a pace that is hard to imagine. America is being destabilized in ways that it cannot overcome. Culture always follows demographics, and the fundamental nature of our country is under assault. We must replace corrupt leadership, deport as many as possible, and restore legitimate policy. Both America and its neighbors benefit from a secure border.

Strongly Agree

Texans have been adamant about their desire for school choice. It is blocked by an unholy alliance of teacher unions and the corrupt leadership of the Texas House of Representatives. Opponents to school choice must be removed so that Texans can get on with a discussion of the best implementation of education focused on student success and parental oversight.

Disagree

No. American police are embattled by rising crime as well as threats of lawsuits and defunding. Our cities must increase their support of local police. Communities are healthier when they are safer.

The current system seems to work. Bad things can happen, but it remains true that the best defense against a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. Arguments for gun control are foolish. The government cannot prevent criminals from getting guns. It can only prevent citizens from defending themselves. It's like claiming that, since addictive drugs are illegal, addictive drugs are no longer a problem. It makes no sense.

Yes

Yes, for qualified teachers in certain circumstances. Armed teachers can fill the role already provided by an armed police officer at many schools.

No.

No.

Government's primary role is to provide security and stability. It is far beyond these humble responsibilities. Government at all levels - federal, state, and local - must begin to downsize. It has become more expensive than we can afford, and it has become more intrusive than we can tolerate.

Conservative

My campaign theme is transparency. Transparency at every level of government. If citizens are empowered with information about how their taxes are spent, how their children are educated, how their jobs are created, and more, they can direct their government to make better decisions. Yes, I am conservative. But my job is to represent my district. I will seek their guidance and implement it. The current representative has never tried to do this simple task.

Strongly Agree

We must protect our children. The current culture feeds upon children, confusing them with dysfunctional messages of gender dysphoria. The alliance of big government and big corporate has promoted this narrative to frightening levels. We must begin by limiting the influence of government, then by removing the unhealthy incentives the government provides, and then by reprimanding the companies that promote it.

Agree

Parents know far better than bureaucrats what is best for their children. It would help if the US Department of Education were eliminated and its budgets returned to the state.

Strongly Disagree

This is not an area for government involvement. Responsible studies reflect tremendous regret from a majority who undergo transition. Government should not encourage something that so often leads to heartache.

Agree

Marriage is the foundation of the family. Family is the foundation of the American culture. When government seeks to redefine these moral principles, it is seeking to strengthen itself by weakening our existing bonds. People are free to establish relationships as they see fit, but marriage means something very specific.

Media and government are telling Americans what they are allowed to believe. This is wrong. As for me, I am a Christian. I believe in the Golden Rule, John 3:16, and the inevitability of faith. Each of us is hard-wired for faith. We instinctively believe in something. The divisions in America opened because too many people chose to worship something other than the Almighty. Maybe they worship science or reason or something else. This belief eventually descends into a worship of man over God. It is an empty assumption. Perhaps this is why so many bitterly chastise Christians who have the security of a stronger faith. I would be glad to talk about this. It is essential to a restored America. I recommend CS Lewis' writings.

Strongly Disagree

People who vote without identification can vote multiple times. This is another example that the American system of elections is designed to be fraudulent. Mail in ballots allow votes that cannot be verified. These votes are then entered into electronic machines that cannot be audited. Without valid elections, we have officials who do not represent the people they serve. Unverifiable elections are eroding trust in American government. This will not end well.

Disagree

No. The Electoral College was created to assure that the biggest states representing the largest populations did not trample on the smaller ones. Does anyone trust the failing big states - California, Illinois, New York - to determine what is best for the rest of America? If the Electoral College is abandoned, big cities and big financial interests will use government to pillage the rest of the country to benefit themselves. The Electoral College is essential to American survival.

No. The word has lost its meaning. Racism, in the current context, means little more than 'I don't like you'. Disguised as ESG or CRT, it has become a tool to punish or reward the constituents that government and corporations like or dislike. It is a million miles apart from Martin Luther King's dream of equality.

Disagree

America was founded to be a land of equality and opportunity. Not perfect, but alway striving. CRT is a condemnation of the American ambition. It is an ideology of hate. If this seems harsh, consider the bitterness and anger of its proponents. There are much more productive ways to discuss raising the less fortunate among us. Could we start with educational opportunity? How about school choice that lifts rather than embitters students?

Agree

Women are biologically different from men. Not weaker, but stronger in different ways. Brute strength is a male attribute. Subjecting female athletes to competition with men is demoralizing and cruel. While women are encouraged to consider sexual harassment charges against aggressive men, we should allow men into women's private places? These moral contradictions are confusing. Is it a crazy idea to let girls be girls and guys be guys?

Stricter environmental laws were implemented years ago, and they have restored a great many parts of the country. Unfortunately, bureaucrats never know when to stop. Environmental regulations increasingly make manufacturing expensive and impractical. There is a balance between a healthy environment and a healthy economy. I recommend Michael Shellenberger's writings as a barometer.

Nothing else comes close to oil and gas. Texas leaders have been lured into heavy reliance on unreliable wind and solar. We get warnings of Texas grid collapse when the weather spikes up or down. Oil, gas, and nuclear are the way forward.