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Caleb Smith
Party Republican
Website
Born August 1986
Education Associates degree
Occupation Maintenance Director
Religion Christian - Independent Baptist
Marital Married
Children 3

Caleb Smith

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Fellow Republicans,

Hello, my name is Caleb Smith.

I am 37 years old and I am happily married and have 3 children. 1 boy and 2 girls, ages 4, 6, and 8 years old.

I was born and raised in East Montgomery County and graduated from New Caney High School in 2004.

I am a Conservative, Christian, Republican and a member of the East River Baptist Church in East Montgomery County. 

I am your current Precinct 26 Chair for the Montgomery County Executive Committee - East Montgomery County.

I Graduated with an associates's degree from Universal Technical Institute in Houston Texas in 2006.

I am the Maintenance Director and Project Manager for the South Montgomery County Fire department, where I have been employed for 13 years. I also own and operate a small business that specializes in maintenance and repairs to Fire Apparatus and emergency vehicles.

I am a current Commissioner on the board of directors for Montgomery County Emergency Services District # 6. 

I would appreciate the opportunity to continue to serve the voters of PCT 26 by being re-elected to fill the role of precinct chair. 

 

MCTP RECOMMENDS Source

Submitted by john wertz on 2024-01-03 19:27:20

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Also, the Texas Eagle Forum PAC has given it's official endorsement of the MCTP Recommended candidates for Precinct Chairs, as well as the personal endorsement from Cindi Castilla, President of TEF!!

 

 

Questionnaire

General

What 2 things about your opponent do the voters need to know?

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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

Define what the word "Conservative" means to you.

Simply put, The WORD conservative in politics means:  Holding of traditional, christian based, values in defense of our constitution and God given rights. 

Are you willing to put in the time necessary to attend CEC meetings, additional committee meetings, training sessions, blockwalking, etc?

Yes

Do you think the 'Republican' brand should be used by PACs in their names that may deceive voters? Why or why not?"

No. Voters should never be decieved for any reason, with any branding.

What best describes your political ideology most(circle only one).   
1.        Republican                     
2.        Grassroots                     
3.        Conservative
4.        Tea Party

Conservative

How do you believe precinct chairs should be involved in elections? (election judge, clerk, none?)

PC's should be involved during early voting and elections to promote their political affilation.

Do you like the Steering Committee style of leadership currently in place or that of just a county chairman?

I prefer a steering committee. In the event of corruption it helps to prevent damages caused by a corrupt chairman.

Do you beieve that the county chair/precinct chairs should actively participate in at least one committee?

I think it would be a good idea to do so but not necessarily required.

Should the county GOP chair be involved with fundraising? Why or why not?

Yes I believe they should be involved due to their likelyhood of sucess raising funds being higher. 

Should party primaries be "open" or "closed" & why?

No. I believe that voters should establish their affiliation and enfluence only that affilation. A democrat voter would never vote in the best interest of the repulican party and visa versa.

Should the GOP County Chair be selected by the elected County Executive Committee, or in the Open primaries where Democrats can cross over for more moderate candidates?

The GOP should be selected by the CEC. Open primaries would allow voters from the opposing race to dilute the results. 

There's discussion about making major revisions to the RPT Platform. Please describe the nature of any major changes you support.

I support the revision to condemn dual citizenship. I believe that natural citizens are a fail safe in supporting their nation before all other foreign nations.

What's your position on Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan?

I am fundamentally opposed to allowing him to continue as a speaker of the house. 

Budget

Would you support legislative action to establish a salary framework (possibly related to the Gov. salary) for all taxpayer funded employees with a stipulation that elected officials be required to get voter approval to exceed that framework for their own salaries?

This question would require further detail for me to answer accuratly. Yes for some tax payer funded organizations, but no for others, and yes for some elected officials but not for others. There are several tax payer funded organizations that come to mind that are in a class of their own and there is not a simular public or civilian industry to compare salary ranges to. Therefore, generally speaking, the general voting public would not have a basis to provide reasonable input for the value of the employee or elected official positions. 

Education

Do you support or oppose social programs in our schools (like C-Scope, Common Core, CRT, International Baccalaureate, SEL, etc.)? Why or why not?

I have personally met with teachers who have justfiably explained how these programs limit their abilities to teach and the students abilities to learn. I generally oppose all social programs because I believe that most of them are originally developed with a purpose to manipulate students and children into a new world order that is fit to meet the wishes of the group that developed the program. 

Ethics

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

No

Do you agree with precinct chairs involvement in republican primaries? Why or why not?

Yes. I believe that Precinct chairs contribute greatly to keeping voters of their precincts informed and actively voting.

Should the county GOP chair be involved in any other political organizations, including PAC's, while serving a term as the chairman? Why or why not?

The GOP should not be involved in any political orgnaization other than the one that he/she is affiliated with. 

At what point should the "right to life" or "personhood" be granted to new human beings (e.g., at conception, sign of heartbeat, 3 months of pregnancy, birth, 5 days old, etc)? What action, if any, will you take to reflect this in law?

Life begins at conception. PERIOD. I will take any and every action possible to reflect this in law.

Immigration

What, if anything, should be done to protect our borders from illegal immigration?

Our borders should be closed immediatly to illegal immigrants. I would like to see "The Wall" continued, stiffer penalties, and deportation for illegal immigrants should go into effect immediatly. 

Other

What does being a conservative mean to you?

Diligently working to preserve the traditional, christian based, fundamental features of liberty that our forefathers used to establish and govern our great country upon.

List 3 changes that should be made to how elections are conducted in Montgomery County.

- Offical ballots watermarked and made as unique and as difficult of more difficult to reproduce as a $100.00 dollar bill

- No acceptance of overseas ballots

- Random and privately selected ballot counting oversight, simular to selection a a jury.

Do you support current RPT chair Matt Rinaldi in full and if not, what do you disagree with?

.I support Matt Rinaldi as the chair for the RPT in full.