This is a Republican primary race.  Do you promise, if elected, to abide by the RPT platform? And if not, please enumerate what problems you have.

Yes, absolutely.

What differentiates you from your opponents?

What differentiates me from the other candidates is my years of volunteer activism and leading several organizations including Texas Eagle Forum.  As a volunteer my motivation was driven by belief that one must take an active role in stewarding the liberties we have been given, not beholden to anyone but my commitment to my faith, my family and my state/nation. During that time in Austin I was very involved in working hard to see legislative priorities passed as well as working hard to kill bills that fly in the face of liberty principles.  I have also spent time over the last decade to build relationships aroud this state with other like minded activist and citizen leaders. I have had the opportunity to be part of a team that was asked to help other states organize their own conservative coalition like the one I have had the privilege of working with in Texas. This coalition works to unify our state grassroots around our liberty principles and legislative priorities and uses various methods to fight for those very issues, boots on the ground in Austin.

I do have a good working knowledge of our legislative process and have spent hours reading legislation to be sure I have a firsthand knowledge of what is actually being voted on verses what is promoted. 

One of the great powers of the Lt Governor is the power to appoint committee chairs. What criteria do/ will you use to select individuals for those positions?

My criteria for committee chairs would be based on their conservative values, willingness and record of fighting for our liberty principles and legislative priorities Leadership qualities, integrity and willingness to stand strong on the issues as shared in our platform, this would apply to vice chairs as well. The Texas legislative process is quite impressive if allowed to work as it is designed and this could occur under strong conservative leadership in committees.

How do you justify the placement of democrats as committee chairs especially after last summer's debacle regarding the democratic walk out? What do you plan to do to prevent such actions in the future?

I cannot nor will not justify the use of democrat committee chairs in the Senate and my plan is pretty basic, don't appoint democrats as committee chairs, period. 

How do you, as the Republican Lt.Gov., explain why the Party's list of legislative priorities was not accomplished? or what you will do to insure that future legislative sessions will put the Party's agenda at the forefront of the Legislative agenda?

The legislative priorities  were not accomplished because they are not the priority of the current Lt. Gov. I know constitutional carry finally made through but not without a fight from the grassroots.  Yes, the Senate does pass bills pertaining to the legislative priorities but we can just look at election integrity to see how long that took with special session to end up with the decriminalization of voter fraud. 

It is important that the senate caucus have a very clear set of stated priorities that align with legislative priorities and that these pieces of legislation, which can be filled in November by returning members, are ready to go after the 60 days at the beginning of session (or maybe we have a governor who puts his top/emergency priorities alinging with the party agenda so they can be addressed right away) Those bills need to be assigned to a committee with the committee chairs that are aligned on these issues and principles then the these bills will move at the beginning of session and not at the very end when the clock runs out. 

In your opinion did Dade Phelan carry forward the conservative agenda?

No.

Explain why the legislature failed to protect our children by not outlawing the mutilation of children, the forced transitioning of children to a different sex by ignoring the future unforseen/unknown consequences of such actions on the child? Would you make this the top priority of a special session prior to 2023?

Considering I along with two other grassroots activist actually brought the model legislation along with the subject matter experts willing to come in to testify and help on this issue anyway possible back in 2017 and we were turned down by nearly all of them but Sen. Hall,( because the issue was too controversial), you can rest assured that will absolutely be a top priority as soon as  there is a session to pass it. That particular legislative priority had 94.65% of the GOP primary voter's support. 

What is your position on a full forensic election audit? Describe what that would include?

There needs to be a full forensic election audit via a third party, not the Secretary of State being in charge of auditing itself. The audit would need to include complete access to the equipment and software.  There must be consequences that are attached to the findings and not just another report shuffled aside. 

I also believe we should elect our Secretary of State instead of that being an appointed position by the governor with approval via the senate. 

Under what conditions will you ACCEPT federal grant monies and under what conditions will you REFUSE to accept them?

Since most of the federal grant money in Texas goes to health and human services as well as education and economic development I would want to know what all the strings are back to the federal government and requirements as well as what has been the cost benefit analysis. Federal grants would be something I would be very wary of due to the way those departments or agencies could be opening themselves up to federal mandates and costly restrictions.  

Please describe your plan for balancing the Texas budget. What budget items need to be cut and what taxes and fees need to be increased?

On tax collections or revenue generated, I would examine the tax exemptions provided to companies relocating to Texas and those already in Texas.  I would facilitate discussions on when those tax exemptions are at risk due to company policies that impact constitutional rights of Texas.  In lieu of property tax relief I would seek open discourse on other tax revenue generation such as consumption tax.

As for federal revenues received by Texas, I would require disclosure of any dependencies or strings attached that are not benefiting Texas or that may violate a Texan's constitutional rights.

As for expenditures, I would promote the concept of zero based budgeting that requires each department to validate their prior year expenses and proposed budget.  Although this may not apply to each department, this practice needs to be integrated into the process.  I would actively review the potential savings with agencies subject to sunset and examine agencies/departments that have duplicated responsibilities and/or expenditures.

Specific expenditures subject to reduction would include education, entertainment industry, and renewable energy subsidies.  I would increase capital expenditures related to our reliable energy sources such as coal, nuclear and oil/gas.

Do you support or oppose increasing and broadening the Sales Tax to reduce property taxes? Why?

My approach to this issue is a consumption tax that would be applied so we can phased out and end property taxes.

What are your positions on Common Core, CRT (Critical Race Theory), SEL(Social Emotional Learning) and IB  (International Baccalaureate), and how will you approach issues involving these during your term?

Education should consist of reading, writing, science, history, math.  As someone who has worked against Common Core (which is still being used under a various names ) CRT, SEL and IB, I will absolutely address these issues that are creating poor learning environments for our children and using them is many cases as a testing ground. This material is not educational in nature but is layers of counseling, indoctrination, divisiveness and a waste of the resources that put teachers in a position that wastes valuable time with students on the basic skill they will be able to build upon year after year.  

There are several school districts that chose to implement programs even when the legislature passes laws to prohibit them. They continue to use them because there are no consequences.  Schools that refuse to follow the protocol outlined in the education code and SBOE should lose funding in association with the programs they utilize in their districts

The legislation passed regarding CRT during the last session needs to be revisited and defunding the teacher training programs on CRT should be at the top of the list.  CRT is not only a rejection of all the western norms and traditions but it is damaging ideology and it is threaded already throughout the grades. 

How should public education be funded and why? What will you do to make this happen?

Over 40% of property tax revenues are allocated to fund school maintenance and operation expense. The growth in administrative and operating expenses has not improved the education of the students and all metrics that define success for our Public School system.   The focus must be shifted from the school district overhead to the student; whereby, the money follows the student. There has to be some level of competition to encourage the lower performing schools to be accountable.  When we fund under-performing schools and there is no requirement to produce quality results, that is a failure.  Abolish Robinhood practices as it does not deliver any benefits to the students and these costs are absorbed by the tax payer. 

The Texas Permanent School Fund presently has a $48 Billion endowment.  These funds should be used to fund the students directly.

Is there anything in your background of an embarrassing nature that should be explained before your election? Arrests/Convictions? Bankruptcys?

No

Please fully describe what methods of funding roads in Texas you will support and oppose, and give your reasoning. Please discuss all revenue sources, tax diversions, tolls, and debt.

First starting with a financial audit of Texas DOT and find out where we save money and get rid of waste. 

Funding for roads through gas tax and vehicle sales tax without diversions to other non road projects. 

Toll roads are not a source I would look to for funds.  Toll roads seem to never go away even after they have been paid for and this is akin to double taxing the drivers. 

What will you commit to do to prevent Texas Central Railway from exercizing Emminent Domain to destroy Texas farms and ranches?

The law needs to change in Texas that currently allows the taking of private property for use in development or public use.  Private property is just that and should not be taken/stolen from the rightful owners. 

Please list the top issues where you oppose federal government intrusion into Texans' lives and how you intend to oppose such intrusion

Every last one of them.  Small government means small government whether it is border invasion, federal mandates such as the unconstitutional vaccine mandate, parental rights, medical rights, religious liberties, property rights, education, land etc.  

As Lt. Gov. I would make sure we utilize every tool we have at our disposal and let Fed. Gov. figure out how to stop Texas from protecting our sovereignty, our citizens and our vote. 

Please define your position on abortion restrictions and fully explain why.

Ending abortion is a fundamental to the future of this state.  Killing innocent babies, image bearers is a sin and it is taking a life, robbing all of us from the potential that life brings to this earth.  I am a mother of seven, grandmother of three and I will make sure we see abortion ended when I serve. 

Will you vigorously promote amending the state constitution to further protect marriage by adding to the one man - one woman definition, a provision to prohibit legal recognition of “domestic partnerships,” “civil unions” or any other legal construct similar to marriage? Why?

Yes I would be happy to promote that marriage is between one man and one woman as well as prohibit legal recognition of any legal construct similar to marriage.  The answer to why is simple, my faith.  Marriage is a covenant before God between one man and one woman.  

What measures can Texas take to ensure the preservation of traditional family values and what is your commitment to fight for those measures?

We must see that parental rights are protected and children do not belong to the states to dictate education, mental health status, vaccines, faith etc. As a mother and as an activist with Eagle Forum, one of the oldest pro-family and pro-life organization there are many issues we covered and even worked as policy to safeguard children and protect their ability to grow up naturally and not be burdened in school about their sexuality, gender, mental health, race and racism, we must have parents as well as elected officials pay close attention to what is being attached to our children under the name of science or history.  We need to make sure the law is on the side of the family and not on whatever social justice issue is hot and being passed and put in our code of laws. Parents would be shocked if they knew everything that is in code now based on invasive and burdensome mental health laws passed in 2019. 

Prayer in school, signing the national anthem. There are so many ways to fight for the family, it is the undergirding God chose for nation. This is who I am and I have been fighting in this battle for decades.  I also was working to expose human trafficking nearly 15 years ago, again this attack is aimed at  young chlldren.  One way to help slow trafficking is stop pornography.  

Did you agree or disagree with the governors' mask mandate during the 2020 Covid 19 "epidemic"?  Would you have enforced it at the local level?  Why or why not?

Disagree is not a strong enough word.  Removing people's personal responsibility by edict is not how one lives in a constitutional republic. Governmental overreach be it statewide or locally is still governmental overreach.  I would make sure legislation codifying that health decisions are personal and any mandates that impact those freedoms are unlawful in this state.