Texas Lieutenant Governor candidates in Republican primary March 1
Daniel Miller
Occupation: Tech consultant and business owner
Age: 48
Campaign website: TexansForMiller.com
Best way for voters to reach you: info@danielomiller.com
Education: Tyler Junior College and University of Texas at Tyler
Have you run for or held elected office before? Candidate for Texas State Representative 2012
Please list highlights of your civic involvement (for example, service on boards/commissions or leadership positions held): Founder of the TEXIT movement, and the Texas Nationalist Movement (TNM)
Have you ever been arrested, charged with a crime or otherwise been part of a criminal proceeding? If yes, please explain: No
Have you been involved in a civil lawsuit or bankruptcy proceeding? If yes, please explain: The TNM has been involved in several civil litigation actions as plaintiff.
Who are your top three campaign contributors? All campaign contributions are publicly available through the Texas Ethics Commission.
Why are you seeking this office? Dozen of Texas grassroots leaders and activists composed an open letter asking me to seek the office of Texas Lt. Governor. The incumbent has failed to perform satisfactorily has been insubordinate to the will of the Texas majority of the electorate.
What are the biggest challenges facing the area you’re seeking to represent? Tyranny, over taxation and regulations from the United States federal government.
What would your top 3 policy priorities be? Secure the border with Mexico and stop the invasion of our state. Abolish property tax thus creating private property in Texas. Give Texans an election to determine whether Texas should be an independent republic, once again.
Why should voters choose you over your opponents? For 25 years I have worked for the cultural, economic, and political independence of Texas. My campaign platform aligns with the Texas GOP Platform. As Lt. Governor I pledge to pass legislation addressing each legislative priority of the Texas GOP Platform before any other legislation is passed.
What should the state do to reduce local property taxes?
Outlaw property taxes in Texas.
Is the Texas power grid prepared for another winter storm? What further measures should the state take to address electricity generation, weatherization and the long-term energy needs of the state?
Pass the legislation by State Sen. Bob Hall to harden and winterize our electrical grid. Reduce Texas’ reliance on so-called “green” energy or renewables.
Should Texas be building a border wall? Should more or fewer state resources be dedicated to the border? The border wall should be completed. Certainly more resources should be allocated than the $2 billion dollars so often cited by the current Austin officeholders.
What should the state do to improve access to healthcare and make it more affordable? Create a true, competitive health insurance free market in the state.
Texas’ urban areas continue to grow rapidly, what can the state do to reduce the time Texans spend in traffic and address infrastructure needs that come with a booming population? For those that are employed in fields that would allow it, rely more on at-home work conditions to eliminate the need to commute. The first steps to solving infrastructure challenges should be to stop the gas tax diversions, and audit TxDOT which loses billions of dollars per year and has never been audited.
How can state government help ensure Texas has enough affordable housing to accommodate its growth? Make sure the regulatory environment stays minimal ensuring ease of construction, and reducing constraints on residential construction by reforming zoning laws in urban areas.
If the Supreme Court opens the door to new abortion restrictions, what should Texas’ policy be? Should abortions be allowed, and under what circumstances? By what level of fetal development, if any, should abortion be permitted? Abortion, through all surgical and nonsurgical procedures, should outlawed in Texas.
What further changes, if any, in Texas election law do you support? Get rid of the hackable voting machines. Mandate forensic audits on a sample of Texas counties following each statewide election. Strictly enforce the Texas Election Code which is currently not being done by the Office of the Secretary of State.
Should Texas legalize marijuana? Why or why not and to what extent should the state’s marijuana laws be changed, if at all? I am against the legalization of marijuana for recreational use.
What steps should Texas take to continue to address COVID-19 in Texas, including North Texas? The first thing that should be addressed is the restoration of individual liberty within the state versus one-size-fits-all public safety policies that have proven to be ineffective. The imposition of tyranny is unjustified no matter what society is facing.
Dan Patrick
Declined to answer questions.
Zach Vance
Occupation: Retired Military
Age: 35
Campaign website: www.4abettertexas.com
Best way for voters to reach you: Website and social media @4abettertexas
Education: I have attended Stephen F. Austin State University, Dallas College Eastfield Campus, Collin College Spring Creek Campus, Texarkana Community College, and I finally have my BA from the University of North Texas in Media Arts.
Have you run for or held elected office before? No
Please list highlights of your civic involvement (for example, service on boards/commissions or leadership positions held): None
Have you ever been arrested, charged with a crime or otherwise been part of a criminal proceeding? If yes, please explain. In my late teens I was arrested for possession of marijuana and public intoxication. I was arrested by TABC when I did not check a customer’s ID when I was a restaurant server.
Have you been involved in a civil lawsuit or bankruptcy proceeding? If yes, please explain. No
Who are your top three campaign contributors? Fran Raymond, Gordon Seawood, John Ancellotti
Why are you seeking this office? Because Texas is in really bad shape and millions of Texans need help. Teachers, foster children, homeowners, renters all need help. There are very few people in Texas who would say “life is good and I don’t need anything.” Things in Texas must change for the better and they never will if good people like myself don’t try to run for the highest offices to make them better. I just care about people and Texas too much to not at least try to make things better for them and the state as a whole. I am also running to bring us all back together as Texans. The parties have moved farther and farther apart because the far right has been forcing legislation on Texans causing the left to pull farther left and the middle to be left out completely. We must overcome our differences and division or else everything will fall apart. The only person who can bring us back together is someone in the middle like myself. And I am going to do my best to do so. There is just too much hate in this world.
What are the biggest challenges facing the area you’re seeking to represent? Low public school education funding, rising property taxes, and making sure the grid is secure and strong from inclement weather and the rising load that is put on it.
What would your top 3 policy priorities be? Teachers are the most important people in Texas because our entire future depends on them educating the next generations. They are leaving the field because of low pay, bad retirement plans, and misbehaving children. Texas must pay them more, fully fund their retirements, and hold parents more accountable for the behaviors of their children in school.
Homeowners must have their property taxes lowered. Because there is no income tax in Texas, property taxes are the only other fair way to tax people who have or make more money than other people. Low income people should not have to pay the same amount in taxes as rich people, rich people must pay more. It is possible to lower but not eliminate property taxes.
And to me the most important people to take care of are our foster children. Texas must change the way we take care of them and give them better housing, lives, and futures, like free college and free psychiatric care. As well as pay the people who do take care of them much better.
Why should voters choose you over your opponents? Because I am the only candidate who truly cares about people in Texas. I am the only Republican candidate running who is running to make Texas a better place instead of just wanting to run to fight Democrats. I am the only candidate who actually understands people and has empathy for what people go through because I am the only candidate who actually knows what rock bottom in life looks like. I am the only Republican candidate who is pro freedom/choice and pro public education, who actually wants to make public schools better instead of burning them to the ground. The only one who believes public school teachers are doing a great job, but just need a little more help in life and at work. I am the only candidate willing to think outside the box to fix what is happening at the border and considers it a humanitarian crisis, not an invasion. I am also the only candidate that values bipartisanship. The only Republican that wants to work with democrats to make Texas better for everyone.
What should the state do to reduce local property taxes? I will end the reappraisal of your home and reset taxed value of your home to your 2020 appraisal if you were in your home then. I will get as many people on health insurance as I can, and lower the number of people who use the emergency room uninsured, which is a big chunk of your property taxes. If you are 65 and older, and have a home that is 500,000 or less in 2020, I will eliminate your property taxes. Otherwise you will just pay maintenance and operations tax after 65.
Is the Texas power grid prepared for another winter storm? What further measures should the state take to address electricity generation, weatherization and the long-term energy needs of the state? *
I believe that is is for the most part. I will make sure that the gas providers who power generators are weatherized, and make a list of businesses that power can be shut off to in case of emergency so homes can get the power they need. I will also end bitcoin mining in Texas, which consumes a huge amount of power. I will dedicate state resources to finding a better way to generate power other than fossil fuels, nuclear, wind, and solar. There must be a better way out there somewhere
Should Texas be building a border wall? Should more or fewer state resources be dedicated to the border? The only way to solve what is happening at the border is to change our policies in Texas and the United States that make the drug cartels rich and allow them the ability to have power over the Mexican government. We must make Mexico a better place for all people so that they don’t have to come to America any more. People are leaving their countries because there is no rule of law, they don’t feel safe, as well as a lack of work opportunities. We must figure out ways to make every country from Mexico to South and Central America as well as the Caribbean a better place that people can feel safe and have better opportunities. I have a lot of ideas that will kick off those changes for those countries. Many people will not agree with some of my plans, but that is okay because I know they will work. And it doesn’t matter if they don’t agree because it is what’s right and I know it to be true. It is absolutely the ONLY way to solve this.
What should the state do to improve access to healthcare and make it more affordable? Texas must expand medicaid. In addition I believe Texas should be the first state that operates it own health insurance plan to cover every single person who has a job, no matter the amount of hours worked. I also want the state to operate its own system of hospitals and clinics that allow people who have no insurance and state provided coverage to use instead of going to high charging hospitals and clinics.
Texas’ urban areas continue to grow rapidly, what can the state do to reduce the time Texans spend in traffic and address infrastructure needs that come with a booming population? We need better planning on where new neighborhoods are going and make the developers pay for the road infrastructure to go in before the neighborhoods do. As it is right now, developers just buy a chunk of land, build a neighborhood that causes awful traffic on roadways that were never built to handle thousands of new people to drive everyday. Road infrastructure must go in first, at the cost to the developers, before neighborhoods get built. And updates to Texas highways must get built faster, not taking years and years like I35 through waco.
How can state government help ensure Texas has enough affordable housing to accommodate its growth? Texans can’t afford homes in Texas anymore because they keep getting outbid by out of state buyers. I want to implement a program similar to out of state tuition for colleges. Out of state residents must be taxed 30 percent on their offers when bidding on a home that is added in to their escrow. This will level the playing field for Texans who want to buy as well as fund schools and pay teachers better.
If the Supreme Court opens the door to new abortion restrictions, what should Texas’ policy be? Should abortions be allowed, and under what circumstances? By what level of fetal development, if any, should abortion be permitted? As a true Republican who believes in unabridged freedom, I believe the government should not have a say in what a woman does with her body. The government shouldn’t be in the business of telling people what they can and cannot do.
What further changes, if any, in Texas election law do you support? I believe that drive through voting should be allowed.
Should Texas legalize marijuana? Why or why not and to what extent should the state’s marijuana laws be changed, if at all? I want a robust medical market similar to California’s Prop 215 before they went recreational. I want anyone to be allowed to get a recommendation and be able to purchase as much flower and concentrates as they need. I want medical that supports small businesses and small farmers. Recreational will allow big businesses that do not care about quality to mass produce low quality cannabis and sell it for really expensive, and I do not want that. A medical market will focus on quality that is at an affordable cost to the consumer.
What steps should Texas take to continue to address COVID-19 in Texas, including North Texas? I highly encourage everyone to get vaccinated and boosted, and let us just move on with our lives. If someone dies because they chose not to get vaccinated, that was their own choice and be it at that. Covid will be with us for ever and ever, it will never go away. I don’t agree with a vaccine mandate, but I extremely encourage everyone to get one, it is free so might as well!
Aaron Sorrells
Did not respond.
Tracye Bradford
Did not respond.
Todd M. Bullis
Occupation: Self employed
Age: 59
Campaign website: http://electtoddbullis.com
Best way for voters to reach you: todd@ElectToddBullis.com
Education: High School
Have you run for or held elected office before? Precinct Chair in Denton Texas
Please list highlights of your civic involvement (for example, service on boards/commissions or leadership positions held): I loved being a Delegate at the Republican Party of Texas.
Have you ever been arrested, charged with a crime or otherwise been part of a criminal proceeding? If yes, please explain. Yes many many years ago for reckless Driving
Have you been involved in a civil lawsuit or bankruptcy proceeding? If yes, please explain. Yes many years ago when I lived in California.
Who are your top three campaign contributors? Larry Kilgore and Myself and the only two.
Why are you seeking this office? I would like to bring a biblical Worldview back to the republican party and kick out all the Rinos.
What are the biggest challenges facing the area you’re seeking to represent? I will have to deal with a bunch of wicked Rinos who oppose being obedient to God.
What would your top 3 policy priorities be? Make abortion illegal, Election integrity and boarder security.
Why should voters choose you over your opponents? I like Dan Miller but I believe I would be a better biblical worldview representative.
What should the state do to reduce local property taxes? Defund and close down all public indoctrination centers (schools). Nullify all federal hinderances to Texas’s energy programs.
Is the Texas power grid prepared for another winter storm? What further measures should the state take to address electricity generation, weatherization and the long-term energy needs of the state? We need to nullify all federal restriction and move forward and do what is best for Texas.
Should Texas be building a border wall? Should more or fewer state resources be dedicated to the border? YES, we need to defend our boarders.
What should the state do to improve access to healthcare and make it more affordable? The state needs to be less involved.
Texas’ urban areas continue to grow rapidly, what can the state do to reduce the time Texans spend in traffic and address infrastructure needs that come with a booming population? Not sure.
How can state government help ensure Texas has enough affordable housing to accommodate its growth? State government needs to stay out of affordable housing issues.
If the Supreme Court opens the door to new abortion restrictions, what should Texas’ policy be? Should abortions be allowed, and under what circumstances? By what level of fetal development, if any, should abortion be permitted? Abortion should be a crime in Taxes no matter what the Federal Gov. says or does. There is no exceptions and all abortion needs to be criminalized.
What further changes, if any, in Texas election law do you support? I support paper ballots and voter id must be required.
Should Texas legalize marijuana? Why or why not and to what extent should the state’s marijuana laws be changed, if at all? I am fine with medical use of Marijuana.
What steps should Texas take to continue to address COVID-19 in Texas, including North Texas? No mandates and stay away from my freedoms and liberties.
