
Tom Glass
Republican | Texas
Candidate Profile*
Verified Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Tom Glass
Party
Republican
Election Year
2026
Election
Republican Primary
Race
State Representative 17
Incumbent
No
EDUCATION
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, B.S., 1975-1979
Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, MBA, 1979-1981
University of Houston, Houston, TX, J.D., 2003-2007
WORK & MILITARY
ExxonMobil, Systems Analyst, 1986-2013
AFFILIATIONS
Texas Constitutional Enforcement, Founder, 2015-2025
Texas Legislative Priorities, Founder, 2020-2025
Lone Star Fully Informed Jury Association, Founder, 1996-2025
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
(Candidate did not provide)
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Texas House, District 17, 2022-2024
State Senate, District 7, 2018
ENDORSEMENTS*
CONSERVATIVE (6)
Grassroots America: We the People
*Texas Eagle Forum
*Texas Gun Rights PAC
True Texas Project
*Debbie Georgatos
OTHER (3)
*Texans for Toll-Free Highways TTH
*United Republicans of Texas
*Texans for Strong Borders
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (30)
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations (2025)
State Republican Party Organizations (2024)
Bastrop County Conservatives (2023)
Mike Olcott (2023)
Republican Womens Organizations (2023)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (15)
Republican Womens Organizations (2025)
Perla Hopkins (2024)
Texans United for a Conservative Majority (2024)
True Texas Project (2024)
Alma Perez Jackson (2023)
OTHER INFORMATION
Candidate testified before the Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs in support of SB 29 by State Sen. Brian Birdwell (R–Granbury) which would prohibit state and local governments from implementing or enforcing a vaccine mandate, mask requirement, or private business or school closure to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and its variants. Texas Scorecard. 21 Mar 2023.
Candidate testified before the Texas House Committee on State Affairs in support of HB 609 which would protect businesses that don’t wish to mandate vaccines for employees and contractors from potential lawsuits regarding disease exposure claims. Texas Scorecard. 9 Mar 2023.
Candidate interview. KBTX News YouTube. 19 Feb 2024. 5:05 min.
Signed the Texas First Pledge.
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).
Strongly Agree
Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?
Life of mother.
Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.
Strongly Agree
The lives of human embryos created through artificial methods ought to be protected from purposeful destruction.
Agree
The Comstock Act, which bans interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs, should be enforced.
Agree
ECONOMY
What is your position on the minimum wage?
Violates natural rights to voluntary exchange and destroys jobs.
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Strongly Agree
I agree with Republican Party of Texas Principle 9: We believe in: A free enterprise society unencumbered by government interference or subsidies. (I was on the 2022 RPT Platform Committee.)
List your top 3-5 priorities to eliminate government waste.
Focusing on Texas, the office I seek: 1) Stop taxpayer services to illegals. 2) End film industry subsidies 3) DOGE style audits of state programs by Comptroller
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?
It should be interpreted as the framers' intended, stopping the use of tax dollars to support a favored denomination or church. It does NOT mean banning prayer or Christian teaching in public schools or the public square.
Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.
Strongly Disagree
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.
D
The government should keep a database of people with various ongoing medical illnesses to assess the economic burden of treatment.
Strongly Disagree
NATIONAL SECURITY
The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.
Strongly Agree
Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?
Yes. Islam -- because of its call for aggression, murder, and enslavement -- is the biggest religious threat on the planet. Israel suffers more attacks from Islam than any other nation, and it has and can blunt further attacks against the West if supported. Far from being a threat to America as Islam is, Israel an ally against the common Islamic threat.
IMMIGRATION
I support the existence of sanctuary cities to protect undocumented persons.
Strongly Disagree
EDUCATION
I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.
Strongly Agree
The U.S. Constitution does not delegate the power to the federal government to be involved in education.
Foreign governments should be prohibited from funding American education.
Agree
I don't want Qatar or China or any other foreign nation influencing what American youth are taught.
VALUES
Government should recognize and support the fundamental right and essential duty of parents to direct their child's health and educational well-being.
Strongly Agree
Attempts to physically or socially transition a child to the opposite sex constitute child abuse.
Strongly Agree
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
I support the expansion of gambling in my state.
Strongly Disagree
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a Christian, raised in and attending a Southern Baptist church.
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
EQUALITY
Reparations should be given to people on the basis of race.
Strongly Disagree
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
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Man-made climate change is a global threat and requires urgent political action.
Strongly Disagree
What do you believe is the most reliable energy source that will supply the growing demand for electricity?
Natural gas and nuclear.
ABOUT YOU
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 constitutional conservative, understanding that our Declaration stated the purpose of our government as to secure unalienable rights and that our Constitutions were designed to restrain government from abusing rights and to only enable the government to do a very few functions like law enforcement, national defense, and judging. I understand that the framers implemented a republic to put citizens in charge and to protect natural rights.
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
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY
What should be the goal of the criminal justice system?
To stop the violation of rights of citizens by private actors.
Government has a responsibility to protect children from sexual exploitation during online activities.
Strongly Agree
Sharia law should not be accepted or incorporated in any form within the legal framework of the United States.
Strongly Agree
The advocacy of sharia is seditious because it advocates subverting our Constitutions and laws in pursuance with a competing system. Sharia also violates the rights of those subject to it.
2ND AMENDMENT
What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?
I believe that question is biased in that it creates a false dichotomy between liberty and safety. I believe that ordered liberty under a rule of law and a constitution that protects natural rights, including the rights to keep and bear arms, is the safest society. The real threat to public safety is broken, lost individuals who harm others and a judicial system that views criminals as victims. I agree with the Second Amendment, the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
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