Recommendations for the primary election have been published by Texans for Vaccine Choice.
This is the organization’s first round of recommendations, so far only listing legislative candidates as local candidates will be announced later.
Vaccine choice has recently been a topic of discussion as Senate Bill 29 went into effect Sept. 1, 2023, prohibiting the Texas government from requiring COVID-19 vaccines and masks. Senate Bill 7 took effect yesterday, stating that private employers cannot mandate COVID-19 vaccines and masks. However, the actual impact of the bills is currently being investigated.
TFVC places emphasis on whether or not candidates champion vaccine choice when making recommendations.
“Each of these incumbent legislators has demonstrated a commitment to protecting and advancing informed consent, medical privacy and vaccine choice,” TFVC noted in the release.
“TFVC has spent the last two months poring over candidate surveys, reviewing record votes and interviewing candidates and incumbents in order to bring supporters reliable recommendations for the upcoming Primary Election,” TFVC Political Director Michelle Evans told Texas Scorecard. “We are confident that the candidates who have been recommended will defend medical liberty for all Texans by supporting, authoring, and fighting for strong policies to protect informed consent, medical privacy and vaccine choice.”
“These recommendations are crucial in the wake of repeated and egregious infringements upon our fundamental liberties in the name of ‘public health,'” added Evans. “Texans need true champions, elected officials who will do what is right, not what is easy or politically expedient.”
TFVC’s recommendations for the Senate and the House races are as follows:
- Paul Bettencourt, Senate District 7
- Angela Paxton, Senate District 8
- Phil King, Senate District 10
- Tan Parker, Senate District 12
- Donna Campbell, Senate District 25
- Jace Yarbrough, Senate District 30
- Dale Huls, House District 1
- Josh Feuerstein, House District 4
- Brian Harrison, House District 10
- Steve Toth, House District 15
- Will Metcalf, House District 16
- Tom Glass, House District 17
- Janis Holt, House District 18
- David Covey, House District 21
- Cody Vasut, House District 25
- Matt Morgan, House District 26
- A.J. Louderback, House District 30
- Katrina Pierson, House District 33
- J.M. Lozano, House District 43
- Alan Schoolcraft, House District 44
- Wes Virdell, House District 53
- Devvie Duke, House District 56
- Richard Hayes, House District 57
- Helen Kerwin, House District 58
- Mike Olcott, House District 60
- Chuck Branch, House District 61
- Keresa Richardson, House District 61
- Shelley Luther, House District 62
- Ben Bumgarner, House District 63
- Andy Hopper, House District 64
- Mitch Little, House District 65
- Wayne Richard, House District 66
- Kerri Kingsbery, House District 68
- James Frank, House District 69
- Joe Collins, House District 70
- Liz Case, House District 71
- Lea Simmons, House District 76
- Dayo David, House District 76
- David Lowe, House District 91
- Nate Schatzline, House District 93
- Tony Tinderholt, House District 94
- Jack Reynolds, House District 99
- Barry Wernick, House District 108
- Aimee Ramsey, House District 114
- Marc LaHood, House District 121
- Mark Dorazio, House District 122
- Briscoe Cain, House District 128
- John Perez, House District 133
- Valoree Swanson, House District 150
The primary election is March 5. Early voting begins February 20.
