Q&A: Meet the candidates for Texas House District 126

What would your top priorities be if elected?

My top priorities are clear: eliminate or sharply cut high property taxes and insurance premiums, put public safety and law-abiding citizens first over criminals, strengthen our infrastructure to stop flooding, and enhance election integrity in Texas elections.

What do you see as the greatest challenge for the northwest Harris County area in the next 5 years?

The greatest challenges facing northwest Harris County over the next five years are unmanaged rapid growth, worsening traffic and flooding, persistently high property taxes, strained infrastructure, and the spread of soft-on-crime and high-tax policies from Houston that threaten public safety and our quality of life.

What will you do to support small businesses and promote economic growth in Texas?

I will fight to stop socialism, constrain excessive government, and eliminate burdensome regulations that crush small businesses. We must protect Texas energy jobs, expand practical workforce training, and keep government out of the way so entrepreneurs—not bureaucrats—drive growth and create jobs.

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

I will be attending local community events such as chamber of commerce meetings, flood control meetings, and county commissioner events. I will be sending regular legislative updates by email and holding community meetings at the George W. Bush Community Center to get input from HD 126 citizens.

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

I support growth and jobs, but data centers and large projects must generate their own power so they never raise our electricity bills, use closed-loop water systems with minimal demand, and operate as good neighbors. Rapid development should never come at the expense of existing residents or ratepayers.

What would your top priorities be if elected?

Funding public education to at least the national average per student at current the tax levels, which means paying teachers more and providing more services to our students. Medicaid expansion, lower the uninsured rate, increase the minimum wage, and infrastructure built for climate change. We need to be future focused.

What do you see as the greatest challenge for the northwest Harris County area in the next 5 years?

With skyrocketing costs, we need to focus on making life affordable in our district and across the state. We need increased access to affordable healthcare, housing, healthy food, and electricity, excellent free public schools that don’t require a voucher or application to attend, and freedom from government overreach.

What will you do to support small businesses and promote economic growth in Texas?

Small businesses need financial and worker support. Expanded apprenticeship and internship programs should pay learners for their time in those programs. Paid learners can focus on the job and will come into the workplace ready to get to work instead of needing lots of on-the-job training.

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

We will have regularly scheduled district town halls and an open office in the district. A regular newsletter will keep residents informed, and surveys sent to residents will help guide my decisions, as well as data collected from phone calls and emails to our office.

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

Data centers must be regulated because “agreements” with businesses aren’t enough. Residents must come first. Big projects must protect our water supplies, keep noise at a minimum, not increase electric bills, or strain the grid. The TCEQ must be prepared to inspect and impose penalties on facilities that don’t comply.