
Bridget Wade
Non-Partisan | Texas
Candidate Profile
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Bridget Wade
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2025
Election
School Boards General, Senate District 9 Special General, and Ballot Measures
Race
Houston ISD School Board, District VII
Incumbent
Yes
EDUCATION
University of Oklahoma, Norman, BA, 1991
WORK & MILITARY
Homemaker, 1996-2021
AFFILIATIONS
University of Houston, Advisory board chairman Blaffer Museum of Art
University of Houston, Board of Visitors
Blanton Museum- University of Texas, National Advisory Board
Houston Methodist Hospital, Department of Surgery Task Force
Church of the Apostles- Houston, Leadership Council and Founding member
Briargrove Elementary School, PTO President
Episcopal High School, Board of Trustees
HISD FOUNDATION
Board
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
HISD Trustee District 7, 2022-2026
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
HISD Trustee District 7, 2026
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (6)
Houston Region Business Coalition (2025); Republican Womens Organizations (2025); Dana Myers (2024); Family Empowerment Coalition PAC (2024); Dan Crenshaw (2021)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)
SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS
Campaign Finance Report - 30th day before election (07/01/2025 - 09/25/2025) from Houston ISD
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OTHER INFORMATION
OFF THE KUFF: Interview with Bridget Wade (09/23/2025)
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Candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
What role should the school serve in helping a student with an unwanted or crisis pregnancy?
Encouraging the student to meet with their parents, Doctors or Pastor
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Teachers should be required to refer to students by pronouns which are misaligned with their gender at birth even if it would violate the teacher's moral and/or religious beliefs.
Strongly Disagree
ECONOMY
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Strongly Agree
What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?
Government funding supports Title 1 provisions. State funding is the primary source for funding in Public education. Government funding is currently limited and therefore not a major position for me.
EDUCATION
Abortion and gender-affirming providers, including Planned Parenthood, should be a resource for instruction or services in the school.
Strongly Disagree
Consistent discipline creates a safe and orderly environment, which is essential for student learning.
Strongly Agree
Educators should give students a thorough education in America's founding documents and cultivate American patriotism.
Strongly Agree
I support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).
Strongly Disagree
I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.
Agree
Please list in order the following priorities in relation to the role of a K-12 public school (omitting any that do not apply): American History, Art & Music, Civics, Critical Race Theory, Foreign Language, Gender Identity, Information Technology, Language Arts, Mathematics, Personal Finances, Physical Fitness, Political Activism, Science, Sexuality, Social Emotional Learning, Vocational Learning
Math, Language Arts,science, American history,Civics, Information Technology,vocational education,physical fitness,personal finance,Arts&music, Foreign language
The state should fund education by allowing dollars to follow the child instead of the bureaucracy, through a program which allows parents the freedom to choose their child's school – public, private, or homeschool.
Strongly Agree
Which should students have: equity of outcomes or equality of opportunities?
Equality of opportunities
Which type of written parental consent should be obtained before students are taught courses such as Comprehensive Sex Education (CSE)? (A) Opt-In. (B) Opt-Out. (C) None.
Op in
2ND AMENDMENT
Faculty who are licensed to carry and have had ongoing training should be allowed to carry guns at school in order to respond to an active shooter situation.
Agree
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
In the event of a pandemic, school districts can mandate whatever health precautions they deem necessary (including masks and vaccines) to protect students and staff.
Disagree
ABOUT YOU
Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, please explain.
No
Have you ever been penalized for sexual misconduct in either civil or criminal court? If so, please explain.
No
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 Republican Primary 2020 General Election 2022 Republican Primary 2022 General Election
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?
Conservative
VALUES
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I believe in Jesus Christ and the Christian faith as my spiritual and moral foundation
Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
Parents, grandparents or guardians
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) -- abortion methods and side effects; abstinence; consent; contraceptive methods; human anatomy/the reproductive system; physical and emotional health outcomes; sex acts and pleasures of sex; sexual orientation and gender identity; stages of pregnancy and fetal development
Anatomy and why abstinence is so important for your mental health and future.
Children have a right to reach maturity without chemical or surgical castration, which would damage their healthy bodies through surgeries and may cause infertility and a life-long dependence on cross-sex hormones.
Strongly Agree
Children have the right to be protected from hypersexualization (including drag shows and explicit materials) in schools and libraries.
Strongly Agree
Marriage is a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman essential to the formation and sustaining of a civil and prosperous society.
Strongly Agree
Parents have the fundamental right to raise their child in accordance with their beliefs and values, including the right to make decisions about the child's education and healthcare.
Strongly Agree
Parents should have full and timely access to any and all records, including school and medical records, associated with their minor children.
Strongly Agree
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
EQUALITY
Biological males should not be allowed to participate in women's sports.
Strongly Agree
Biological males should not be allowed to occupy women's spaces whether it be bathrooms, locker rooms, women's shelters, prisons, or sororities.
Strongly Agree
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