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Submitted by john wertz on 2022-01-18 04:35:09

Pros

• Popular incumbent Agriculture Commissioner
• Has been asking Gov. Abbott to call for a fourth special session of the Texas legislature to reject Biden's authoritarian overreach and ban federal mandates on private employers
• Filed suit against Biden for unfair pandemic relief to Texas farmers (and won) and also against Gov. Abbot (unconstitutional pandemic mandates).
• Former member of the Texas House of Representatives representing District 59 from 2001 to 2013. was Chairman of the Republican Caucaus, Chairman of the House Agriculture and Livestock Committee, and also Chairman of Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee(strong on 2nd amendment).
• Pro-life - passed SB-15 (Sonogram Bill)
• second most conservative leader in the House by a study from Rice
• consistently had the top score on the Texans for Fiscal Responsibility Index
• chosen by the Trump campaign to help form an agriculture advisory committee
• Trump says, "Sid Miller is Trumps man in Texas."
• Interviewed for the presidential cabinet position of Agriculture Secretary

Cons

• His move into China for exports gives one great pause
• HIs "re-election would be just another day in the office".