Q&A: Meet the candidates for Texas House District 135

What would your top priorities be if elected?<br>

Securing our community requires a bold commitment to making life affordable, protecting our neighborhoods, and enforcing the rule of law at every level.<br>

How do you plan to involve residents in the decision-making process?<br>

I will launch text-based pulse polls, host bi-monthly neighborhood town halls, and set up informal coffee hours at local diners. Forming resident-led youth and expert advisory councils will also allow me to directly gather community expertise before casting critical votes on the House floor.

How will you balance the development of data centers and other large projects with constituent concerns about rapid growth?

Operators must balance growth with community and environmental needs. This requires protecting local power grids from overload, deploying water-saving liquid cooling, and safely recycling e-waste. Early public engagement and noise mitigation are also essential to ensure these facilities remain good neighbors.

What will you do to bring down the cost of living for Texas residents?

Families are being squeezed out of their own homes by skyrocketing costs, making historic property tax relief an absolute necessity to provide immediate financial breathing room.

What are your priorities for the future of Texas education?

Texas must reform education by cutting bloated administrative waste and redirecting funds directly to classrooms to pay teachers higher salaries. Additionally, removing excessive electronic devices and returning to paper and pencil will reduce digital distractions and help students focus on core learning.

What would your top priorities be if elected?

My top priorities are fully funding Cy-Fair and Katy public schools, lowering everyday costs and property taxes, improving flood control and transportation infrastructure, expanding access to affordable healthcare, and strengthening public safety. I’ll focus on practical solutions that help families, educators, small businesses, and neighborhoods thrive.

How do you plan to involve residents in the decision-making process?

I’ll hold regular town halls, community office hours and neighborhood meetings across Cy-Fair and Katy, while using surveys and advisory groups to hear directly from residents. My office will be accessible, responsive and transparent, because the best decisions come from listening to the people most affected by them.

How will you balance the development of data centers and other large projects with constituent concerns about rapid growth?

I support economic development, but growth must pay its way. Data centers and other large projects should cover infrastructure needs they create, protect residents from higher utility costs, use water responsibly, and include meaningful community input. Cy-Fair and Katy families shouldn’t subsidize projects that strain our grid, roads, or water.

What will you do to bring down the cost of living for Texas residents?

I’ll work to lower property taxes without shortchanging public schools, reduce utility and healthcare costs, and make it easier for small businesses to grow by cutting red tape, speeding up permitting, and expanding access to capital. Families and local businesses shouldn’t be burdened by unnecessary costs or bureaucracy.

What are your priorities for the future of Texas education?

My priorities are fully funding public schools, raising teacher and staff pay, strengthening special education, protecting taxpayer dollars from vouchers, and expanding career and technical education. Cy-Fair and Katy schools should have the resources to prepare every student for college, a career, or the military.