Cody Thane Vasut

Republican | Texas

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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

EDUCATION

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, Bachelor of Business Administration in Management, 2008

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, Master of Science in Management, 2011

University of Houston Law Center, Houston, TX, Doctor of Jurisprudence, 2012

WORK & MILITARY

BakerHostetler, Of Counsel, 2012-2022

Locke Lord, Summer Associate, Summer 2011

United States Bankruptcy Judge Jeff Bohm, Judicial Intern, Summer 2010

United States Magistrate Judge Frances Stacy, Judicial Intern, Summer 2010

Vasut Law, PLLC, Counsel, 2022-

AFFILIATIONS

Revive Young Adult Fellowship, Founder and President of the Board of Directors, -

Pregnancy Help Center of Brazosport, Board Member, -

Brazoria County Bar Association, Former President

Brazoria County Bar Association Foundation, Former Board Member

Angleton Republican Women, Associate Member

Second Baptist Church, Angleton, Member, Praise Band Drummer, Lay Preacher

Brazosport Republican Women, Associate Member

West Pearland Republican Women, Associate Member

Angleton Rotary Club, Member, -

Harvest for the Hungry, Board Member

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

Angleton City Council, Position 5, 2016-2020

Texas House of Representatives, District 25, 2021-

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

(Candidate did not provide)

SCORECARDS

CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS


LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS

ENDORSEMENTS*

*These endorsements were received after the deadline and were not considered in the Panel Evaluations and are for additional educational purposes only.
CONSERVATIVE (12)

Young Conservatives of Texas

Texas Right to Life TRL PAC

National Rifle Association NRA-PVF

Texas Home School Coalition THSC PAC

Gun Owners of America

LIBERAL (1)

Houston Police Officers Union PAC

OTHER (6)

Greg Abbott

Texas Oil and Gas Association TXOGA PAC

Texas Association of Business TXBIZ PAC

Texas Alliance for Life TAL PAC

*Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas CLEAT PAC

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (47)

Briscoe Cain (2026)

Cody Vasut (2026)

Dennis Paul (2026)

Jeff Barry (2026)

Keresa Richardson (2026)

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (13)

Cody Vasut (2026)

Texas Conservative Coalition (2026)

ACE Cash Express (2024)

Carl Tepper (2024)

Randy Weber (2024)


LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)

Trey Martinez Fischer (2025)

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (2)

Texas Trial Lawyers Association (2024)

Texas Sands (2022)

OTHER INFORMATION

The 2025 Texas House from right to left according to analysis by Rice University’s James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy. 

The 2023 Texas House from right to left according to analysis by Rice University’s James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy. 

Candidate interview. Texas Talks Podcast with Brad Swail. 21 Aug 2025. 36:04 min.

One of five Republicans who joined the Democrats to unanimously move H.B. 2055 out of the Criminal Jurisprudence Committee. H.B. 2055 would have repealed the offense of homosexual conduct.

During 2021 Regular Legislative Session, one of 21 Texas House members who voted for HR4, Amendment 10, which would have provided greater transparency on lawmaker actions by requiring record votes in committees.

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?

Only to prevent the mother from suffering death or serious bodily injury.

Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.

Strongly Agree

Every human life has inherent dignity and immeasurable worth from the moment of fertilization. Life is precious from the womb to the tomb: mom and baby.

The lives of human embryos created through artificial methods ought to be protected from purposeful destruction.

Strongly Agree

The Comstock Act, which bans interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs, should be enforced.

Strongly Agree


ECONOMY

What is your position on the minimum wage?

The market should set the wage rate.

Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.

Strongly Agree

List your top 3-5 priorities to eliminate government waste.

1. Increase transparency and tracking of government spending. 2. Empower oversight agencies and audits to prosecute fraud and identify waste. 3. Avoid creating new government programs, which increase waste and opportunities for fraud. 4. Reduce spending. 5. Cut taxes.


RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?

The state should not regulate the church. The church can and should influence the state--just like any other group of citizens--to pursue its legitimate aims: the preservation of liberty, including religious liberty, by punishing evil and promoting good.

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.

Healthcare is a wonderful service provided by individuals seeking to help their fellow man. Healthcare is best provided in a free market with price transparency and with as little to no bureaucracy as possible. To the extent government is involved in healthcare, it should only be to promote free market access and protect the most vulnerable, including children, the elderly, and the disabled, who are otherwise unable to access care. It does so currently with programs like Medicaid and Medicare.

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. It is one of the few democratic countries in the Middle East that shares many of our values. Our foreign policy should be driven by what is in the best interest of the United States.


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

Foreign governments should be prohibited from funding American education.

Strongly Agree


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.

Agree

The definition of "socially transition" is slightly nuanced. It can constitute child abuse depending on what it entails.

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. I believe in a biblical worldview.


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?

Small modular nuclear reactors.


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 believe the chief end of government is to protect individual liberty, including punishing evil and promoting good. The government should be limited in its scope, but effective at the limited things it does to protect liberty.

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?

Preserve individual liberty by punishing evil and promoting good. A government that does not protect society from violent acts or theft by criminals fails at its most basic responsibility.

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


2ND AMENDMENT

What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?

It is and should always be unlawful to use a gun to commit a crime. Those convicted of violent offenses can have their right to possess arms deprived as a penalty for the offense. General restrictions on gun ownership--aka gun control--actually make communities less safe.

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