
Tammy Nakamura
Non-Partisan | Texas
Candidate Profile
Verified Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Tammy Nakamura
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2025
Election
May Uniform
Race
Grapevine-Colleyville ISD Board of Trustees, Place 3
Incumbent
Yes
EDUCATION
Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, BA, 1980
WORK & MILITARY
Candidate did not provide
AFFILIATIONS
Colleyville Womans Club, Many Positions, Grapevine Relief and Community Exchange
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Colleyville City Council Place 1, 6 Years
GCISD School Board Place 3
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Candidate did not provide
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (1)
True Texas Project
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (17)
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations (2024)
Nate Schatzline (2024)
Republican Womens Organizations (2024)
Ted Cruz (2024)
Ted Cruz Victory Committee (2023)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)
SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS
Campaign Finance Report - 30th day before election (01/15/2025 - 04/02/2025) from Grapevine-Colleyville ISD
Selected contributions/expenditures:
- $2,000.00 contribution from Terri Deneui
- $1,000.00 contribution from Adam Butcher
- $1,000.00 contribution from Valerie Jo Remley
- $1,000.00 contribution from Craig Sheef
- $1,800.00 contribution from Jerome Obinado
- $1,000.00 contribution from Brandi Elder
- $4,799.20 contribution from Juliann Garrison
- $5,000.00 contribution from Tom Cobb
- $1,000.00 contribution from Cynthia Blankenship
- $1,000.00 contribution from Frances Allen
Please note: This information was received by iVoterGuide after panel evaluations occurred and is for educational purposes only.
Campaign Finance Report - 8th day before election (04/03/2025 - 04/23/2025) from Grapevine-Colleyville ISD
Selected contributions/expenditures:
- $6,500.00 contribution from Bobby Lindamood (Mayor - Colleyville)
- $1,000.00 contribution TREPAC - Texas Realtors PAC
- $4,799.70 contribution from Darin Winn
Please note: This information was received by iVoterGuide after panel evaluations occurred and is for educational purposes only.
Campaign Finance Report - July 15 (04/27/2022 - 07/15/2022) from Grapevine-Colleyville ISD
Selected contributions/expenditures:
- $5,000.00 contribution from Montgomery Bennett
- $27,641.05 in expenditures to Edgerton Strategies, LLC
Campaign Finance Report - 8th day before election (04/05/2022 - 04/26/2022) from Grapevine-Colleyville ISD
Selected contributions/expenditures:
- $1,200.00 contribution from Wayne Via
- $1,500.00 contribution from Cameron McCartney
- $5,446.10 in expenditures to Edgerton Strategies
Campaign Finance Report - 30th day before election (02/18/2022 - 04/04/2022) from Grapevine-Colleyville ISD
Selected contributions/expenditures:
- $5,000.00 contribution from Julianna Garrison
- $2,000.00 contribution from Amy Putnam
- $1,250.00 contribution from Margaret Pfarrer
- $1,200.00 contribution from Bobby King
- $1,000.00 contribution from George Dodson
- $1,000.00 contribution from Drew Van Brunt
- $1,200.00 contribution from Scott Frechette
- $1,000.00 contribution from Shelly Claffey
- $1,000.00 contribution from Kimberly Holt Gunderson
- $2,000.00 contribution from Donna Cobb
- $1,000.00 contribution from Dan Mathison
- $1,000.00 contribution from Terri Deneui
- $1,000.00 contribution from Craig Scheef
- $5,101.87 in expenditures to Edgerton Strategies
OTHER INFORMATION
During the GCISD School Board Meeting on August 22, 2022, candidate voted in favor of Board Policies AIB, CLA, EFA EMB, FM, FNAA, GKDA
Party Primary Election Voting History for Tammy Harris Nakamura (as of 3/1/2022) during time of residence in district and/or at current address:
- 2020 Party Primary: Republican
- 2018 Party Primary: Republican
- Voted in four Republican Primaries 2004 - 2016
Candidate participated in Grapevine-Colleyville ISD Council of PTAs' 2025 School Board Candidate Forum (03/26/2025)
Participated in Colleyville Republican Club Candidate Forum - 4/6/2022
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?
None
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?
I like the system the way it is now.
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
Do you believe print and digital material available or presented to students should be easily accessible for public review, including those without children enrolled in school?
Yes
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.
Strongly 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, American History, Science, Language Arts, Vocational Learning, Physical Fitness, Personal Finances, Information Technology, Art and Music, Civics, 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.
Neutral
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.
A
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.
Strongly 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.
Strongly 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.
Christian
Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
Parents
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
Did not answer
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
I agree but believe in the right of people to choose what they believe
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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