2022 TX Governor's race: on Government Reform


Chad Prather: Texas should govern itself, not 2.5 million bureaucrats

[Campaign announcement]: "I think it's time for Texas once again to be able to step up and declare that we're governing ourselves, and not the 2.5 million bureaucrats that are unelected in Washington, D.C."

"The goal is to make Texas great and keep it great," said Prather. Prather said that he was running because, "Greg Abbott has never been opposed by anybody on the right."

"I'm not convinced the guy is really, truly a conservative. I think he's bought out by big business," said Prather.

Source: The Texan on 2022 Texas Governor race Mar 26, 2021

Deirdre Gilbert: Texas has a 150 year history of voter suppression

Back door legislation in voting creates significant burdens for eligible voters trying to exercise their right to vote. Texas passed the strictest laws pertaining to Voter ID laws. Texas has a 150 year history of voter suppression, purging voter rolls, forcing polling places to close, creating long lines at polling places, making voter registration difficult, stopping the expansion of mail-in voting, and diluting voting power of minority groups by racial gerrymandering.
Source: 2022 Texas Gubernatorial campaign website gilbert4gov.com Sep 22, 2022

Greg Abbott: No "heavy hand of regulation" attracts business to Texas

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told CNBC that the number of companies deciding to move their headquarters to the Lone Star State has accelerated due in part to the coronavirus pandemic.

In addition to the pandemic demonstrating the feasibility of more widespread remote work, Abbott said there are other characteristics attracting companies to Texas. "Cost of business means a lot. No income tax means a lot, but also the freedom to operate without the heavy hand of regulation means a lot," he said.

Source: CNBC analysis of 2022 Texas gubernatorial race Dec 11, 2020

Greg Abbott: Increased penalty for illegal voting & 2020 election audit

Abbott called for lawmakers to increase the penalty for illegal voting--less than a month after he signed a bill that lowers the maximum punishment. The crime of illegal voting was scheduled to go from a second degree felony to a Class A misdemeanor. "The State of Texas has made tremendous progress in upholding the integrity of our elections," Abbott said. "By increasing penalties for illegal voting, we will send an even clearer message that voter fraud will not be tolerated in Texas."

Abbott has pushed an audit of the general election of 2020 in four Texas counties--Harris, Collin, Dallas and Tarrant--after former President Donald Trump urged him to add audit legislation to the special session agenda. Local officials said they were in the dark about the process, which Abbott later claimed had already begun as the audit's guidelines covered some of the standard post-election procedures local officials are already required to undertake.

Source: Texas Tribune on 2022 Texas Gubernatorial race Sep 30, 2021

Greg Abbott: Congratulated Biden 2020 victory, but supported state audit

Abbott spoke positively about the lawsuit that sought to overturn the results in four states (which was filed by the Texas Attorney General)--saying in December 2020 that the lawsuit "tries to accelerate the process, providing certainty and clarity about the entire election process."

Abbott congratulated Biden on his inauguration in January 2021. In the fall of 2021, after pressure from Trump, he supported a state audit of the 2020 election in four counties in Texas, a state Trump won.

Source: CNN on 2020 Election Denial in 2022 Texas Governor race Sep 9, 2022

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Candidates and political leaders on Government Reform:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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