

Helen Kerwin
Republican | Texas
Candidate Profile*
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Helen Kerwin
Party
Republican
Election Year
2026
Election
Republican Primary
Race
State Representative 58
Incumbent
Yes
EDUCATION
Stephens College, Columbia, MO, 1968
California State University, Los Angeles, California, BA, 1970
WORK & MILITARY
Candidate did not provide
AFFILIATIONS
4H, FFA, Lions, Optimist, St Rose,, Leader/Board/President
Historical Commission, TML, TAC, President
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Mayor, County Commissioner, NTCOG (Regional 16 counties), 2000-2002
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Candidate did not provide
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
ENDORSEMENTS*
CONSERVATIVE (11)
Young Conservatives of Texas
Texas Right to Life TRL PAC
*National Rifle Association NRA-PVF
Texas Home School Coalition THSC PAC
*Life PAC
OTHER (3)
Greg Abbott
Texas Alliance for Life TAL PAC
*Texans for Strong Borders
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (11)
Greg Abbott (2025)
Caroline Harris (2024)
Don McLaughlin (2024)
Janie Lopez (2024)
Nate Schatzline (2024)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (9)
Dan Patrick (2024)
Don Huffines (2024)
Family Empowerment Coalition PAC (2024)
Gary Gates (2024)
Greg Abbott (2024)
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 Pledges to Support Congressional Term Limits. U.S. Term Limits. 4 Mar 2024.
Candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024.
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?
No elective abortion
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.
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?
Wages are prices. When government artificially raises a price, you distort the market and harm the people you claim to help.
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.
Ban Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying End Corporate Welfare Audit and Sunset State Agencies with No Measurable Outcomes Abolish the Property Tax Appraisal System Audit local government spending
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?
It does not mean removing God, faith, or moral reasoning from public life. It does mean: The federal government may not establish a national church or interfere with the free exercise of religion. That’s it. That’s the wall. It was designed to protect the Church from the State not to protect government from religious people.
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.
C Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary.
The government should keep a database of people with various ongoing medical illnesses to assess the economic burden of treatment.
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 for the reasons: Intelligence & Counter-Terrorism Value Strategic Military Positioning Economic & Technology Integration
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.
Agree
Foreign governments should be prohibited from funding American education.
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.
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.
Born and baptized Irish Catholic.
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?
Nuclear energy. It is the most reliable, scalable, and strategically secure source capable of meeting rising electricity demand.
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
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?
The criminal justice system exists to defend the innocent, punish the guilty, restore victims, and maintain public order. Not to manage outcomes. Not to experiment socially. Not to excuse crime. Justice is the goal.
Government has a responsibility to protect children from sexual exploitation during online activities.
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?
the best public-safety approach is incapacitating violent offenders and enforcing existing laws, not broad restrictions on lawful ownership. Broad “gun control” mostly disarms the compliant while criminals ignore it. The Right to Bear Arms shall not be Infringed!
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