SHAUN FINNIE

“Every Texan deserves a responsible government that supports growth, not impairs our success. As a father, a businessman, and a taxpayer, I understand the frustrations that our families are facing - a national debt growing out of control, the cost of living becoming unaffordable, and Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid being put on the chopping block. Once elected, I’ll apply the same lessons I’ve learned throughout my business career to government - never spend more than what we can afford, ensure everyone has an equal opportunity to support their families and succeed, and never jeopardize essential benefits that matter most. That means protecting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits for all middle-class Americans.”

Invest in public education and in medical and scientific research.

Ensure all Texans can afford to live and work here.

Address the federal debt to protect the economic futures of our young people.

Protect the Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits of middle-class Americans from any potential cuts.

Ensure that women have the right to make their own healthcare decisions.

Says federal spending should stay within what the government can afford; the source proposes no binding fiscal rule.

Ensure people have an equal opportunity to support their families and succeed.

• Preserve the candidate's broad opportunity objective.

Protect Social Security benefits for middle-class Americans from cuts.

• Preserve the program-protection objective without inventing a financing mechanism.

Protect Medicare benefits for middle-class Americans from cuts.

• Preserve the program-protection objective without inventing a financing mechanism.

Protect Medicaid benefits for middle-class Americans from cuts.

• Preserve the program-protection objective without inventing an eligibility change.

Increase federal investment in public education.

• Preserve the explicit investment mechanism without inventing a funding amount.

Increase federal investment in medical and scientific research.

• Preserve both named research fields as one combined campaign priority.

Make fairness and safety for everyone in local communities a governing priority.

• Preserve the dual broad objectives without inventing a criminal-justice program.

Treat neighbors and political counterparts with civility and respect.

• Preserve the candidate's explicit governing norm.

Ensure Texans can afford to live and work in the state.

• Preserve the affordability outcome without inventing a price-control mechanism.

Remove federal tariffs that raise costs for consumers and businesses.

• Preserve the explicit tariff-removal mechanism.

Address federal debt to protect the economic future of younger generations.

• Preserve the fiscal objective and beneficiary group without inventing a debt target.

Protect women's authority to make their own health-care decisions.

• Preserve the candidate's explicit autonomy commitment without inferring a specific statute.