Patricia Carlson
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
Patricia Carlson
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2023
Election
School Board
Race
Fort Worth ISD Board of Education - District 2
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
Candidate did not provide
WORK & MILITARY
Candidate did not provide
AFFILIATIONS
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Advisory Council, Crisis Pregnancy Center in Euless, TX
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Tarrant County Republican Party Chairman, 2000-2005
Precinct Chairman, 1993-2000 & 2006-2022
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Texas State representative, 2005, 2011
Race
ENDORSEMENTS*
*These endorsements were received after the deadline and were not considered in the Panel Evaluations and are for additional educational purposes only.
CONSERVATIVE (1)
*Patriot Mobile PAC
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (7)
Conservative Republicans of Texas (2011)
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations (2012)
Louie Gohmert (2022)
Michael Burgess (2006)
Phil King (2022)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (6)
Cathie Adams (2006)
Conservative Republicans of Texas (2012)
Kenny Marchant (2006)
National Right to Life Committee (2012)
Texas Progress Fund (2006)
SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS
- Campaign Finance Report- 8th day before the election-(Period 03/26/2023-04/28/2023)
- Please note: this information was received by iVoterGuide after panel evaluations occurred and is for additional educational purposes only.
OTHER INFORMATION
- Election Voting History from the Tarrant County Elections Administration for Patricia Lynn Carlson during time of residence in district and/or at current address:
- 2022 Primary election: Republican
- 2020 Primary election: Republican
- Voted in 14 Republican Primary elections 1990 - 2018
- Voted in four Joint elections 1990 - 2022
- Voted in 23 General elections 1990 - 2022
**Voter history is not considered during panel evaluations.**
- Please note: The following information was received by iVoterGuide after panel evaluations occurred and is for additional educational purposes only.
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should be a resource for instruction or services in the school.
Strongly Disagree
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.
Strongly Disagree
What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?
I am for as little government as possible. Public schools have to funded somehow, so the closer to home the better. I am opposed to government funding college. We should also abolish the Department of Education.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
At school, students should be able to speak freely and civilly about matters of conscience and faith, including Christianity.
Strongly Agree
Absolutely, when prayer was taken out of schools, our problems with public education began.
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
I am opposed to all of the LBGTQ in your face ideology being promoted in our schools and in society in general.
EDUCATION
What is the function of the local school board?
To see that children are educated NOT indoctrinated. The school board must listen to parents because no knows better than parents about the education of their children.
Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?
Parents should have the ultimate say as the school board listens.
When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?
Never as long as everything is conducted in a respectful peaceful manner.
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
Math, American history, language arts, art & music, foreign language, physical fitness, vocational learning, information technology.
Which more closely matches your view of America's founding principles? A) Liberty and equality. B) Slavery and racism.
liberty and equality
What does "equity in education" mean to you?
Certain groups are given privilege over all others. Lowering the bar for everyone. Reverse racism.
Written parental consent (opt-in) must be obtained before students are taught courses such as Comprehensive Sex Ed (CSE) or Social Emotional Learning (SEL).
Strongly Agree
The loss of local control in education is too high a price to pay in exchange for federal dollars.
Strongly Agree
The Department of Education should be abolished.
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
School boards are accountable to parents and taxpayers.
Strongly Agree
Do you believe students should have access to materials that graphically depict and describe sexual acts?
No
Teach biology and abstinence. Nothing more.
All print and digital material available or presented to students should be easily accessible for public review.
Strongly Agree
VALUES
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a Christian believing Jesus died on a cross for my and all humanity's sins. My worldview is incapsulated in the Bible. Our three children and four grandchildren are all Christians.
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
There are only two genders. God made that determination not man.
No school official should be involved in the sexual transitioning of a student, including the use of alternative names and pronouns.
Strongly Agree
The fact that public schools are engaged in the travesty of sex transitioning and the lunacy of pronouns is outrageous. We are living in the times described in the Bible in which evil is deemed good and good evil.
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
Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
Parents. I talked to my children around age 5 & 6 and only about basic biology. Later I talked to them about abstinence.
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
I support the teaching of the human anatomy/the reproductive system and abstinence. Nothing more.
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality that is necessary for our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
Only liberal Democrats believe this.
ABOUT YOU
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 are relevant when considering a candidacy for elective office.
Strongly Agree
It is much better to elect a person who reflects your beliefs than to try to change the mind of a person who does not.
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
I am a Christian conservative Republican in that order.
Please provide publicly available information, including interviews and media reports, validating your answer to the previous question (other than your website).
I served as Tarrant County Republican Party Chairman from 2000-2005 and was once told by former TX U.S. senator Kay Bailey Hutchison's office I was their most active county chairman. It was not a compliment meaning our county kept elected officials accountable with phone calls and emails. At EagleForum.org there are articles posted that I have written about the U.N. and climate change. All in the negative.
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
I've been involved in politics for 30 years not because I love politics but because I love this country. I believe as a Christian I have an obligation to stay involved because of the blessing of being born in a country that offers this freedom. I am part of the generation who's fathers fought in WWII. My husband served in the military during Vietnam. Our freedom isn't free. It comes at a price and many have paid the ultimate price of their lives and limbs. Vigilance to elect Christian conservative officials should be mandatory for Christian conservative citizens as long as we have breath to try to keep our country the way the founders intended.
2ND AMENDMENT
Teachers who are licensed to carry should be allowed to carry guns at school.
Strongly Agree
It is only "gun free" zones that have gun violence. Offenders don't go where they know people are protected.
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Under what circumstances (if any) should schools be allowed to require vaccinations?
Knowing what I know now after covid, none. When I attended school the only vaccination required was smallpox. Now there are vaccines for everything. Getting the measles, mumps or chickenpox is looked at as an epidemic.
I support mask mandates.
Strongly Disagree
Masks don't help and you lose 50% of oxygen intake.
All official open meetings should be live streamed, recorded, and have transcripts available online for public access.
Strongly Agree
All votes should be roll call votes and recorded in meeting minutes.
Strongly Agree
