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Texas Governor

Governor: Four-year term. The governor is chief executive of the state, which means that they carry out the law. They appoint members to boards and commissions; appoint statewide executive officials, state judges and district attorneys when vacancies occur; deliver the State of the State address; provide guidance to the Legislature; call special sessions of the legislature and set the agenda. The governor can veto legislation (including a line-item veto on appropriations), sign legislation, or allow it to become law without their signature. Current annual salary: $153,750

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    Greg Abbott
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    R.F. 'Bob' Achgill
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    Evelyn Brooks
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    Pete 'Doc" Chambers
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    Charles Andrew Crouch
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    Arturo Espinosa
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    Mark V. Goloby
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    Kenneth Hyde
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    Stephen Samuelson
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    Ronnie Tullos
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    Nathaniel Welch
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Biographical Information

Qualifications: What training, experience, and characteristics qualify you for this position?

Healthcare: What changes need to be made to Texas abortion laws to ensure women have access to proper medical care in the event of pregnancy complications?

Education: Share your thoughts on the role of state and local government in public education.

Immigration: How would you address immigration issues affecting our state while ensuring all individuals within our borders have access to due process protections?

National Guard: Share your position on when it is appropriate for the Federal government to deploy the National Guard in Texas cities.

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67-year-old Texas A&M mechanical engineer with experience in chem. plants and the Space Shuttle program. I focus on protecting Texas water, power, and self-governance from long-term financial pressure
Watching the birth of our first daughter, I could not see the doctor's fear as he skillfully balanced life and death as both mother and child faltered. I owe him 38 years of blessing! I cannot imagine a world without my daughter—or my daughter without her mother. Over half of maternal deaths occur after birth, often postpartum, when care fades but risk remains. Thyroid, Thyroid, Thyroid.
We assume earlier generations lacked wisdom, writing by candlelight. That illusion breaks when reading the U.S. Constitution—an unprecedented document that still endures. The family once grounded education, because more is caught than taught. As moral foundations faded, have our outcomes improved—or declined? And will early adoption of AI hasten that decline?
Texas should enforce worker-verification laws consistently and lawfully, removing incentives for illegal hiring and increase enforcement through whistleblowing. I have seen legal labor work: employers who recruit seasonal workers on visas, train and house them, and send them home to their families. This approach respects due process, protects families, and avoids shifting social costs onto Texas.
Texas has a long history of guarding its resources from excessive federal control. Today, federal pushes for massive data centers, untested nuclear projects, and space privatization are accelerating the depletion of Texas water security and straining power and governance. These efforts should pause until risks are understood and economic fairness for all Texans.
I have experience teaching and service on the Texas SBOE delivering Texans with the results they deserve. I have a strong moral compass with vision, effective communication, and people skills.
Protecting women is crucial and they should be kept safe with life-saving care in event of pregnancy complications. Texas abortion laws must require simplification to ensure this care is provided without legal ambiguity for doctors and patients. Medical ethics recognizes a woman’s fundamental right to life, which means her well-being is not secondary to the baby when faced with severe risks.
The state’s role should be limited as seen in provisions like (TEC) Section 7.003, which reserves powers to districts. Texas public education has shifted away from local control and community-driven schools and universities to state centralization through unconstitutional mandates. Public education must be restored back to traditional teaching and pedagogy practices where the focus is academics.
I would limit state cooperation with federal enforcement that threatens to take away the Constitutional rights, liberty, and privacy from Texans and state sovereignty. Due Process must be given to all within our borders. I would support clear and reasonable enforcement actions and assess our state’s vulnerabilities to make swift solutions to restore and maintain our statewide security.
My position is to follow U.S. and Texas State Constitutions for the deployment of the National Guard in Texas cities. By using this dual system I hope to avoid the federal Posse Comitatus Act to limit federal military involvement in domestic law enforcement. My goal would be to keep the Federal government separate from policing duties in Texas cities unless a clear legal exception applies.
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A bible believing son of God. Ex-Navy SEAL who understands the threat of Islam. A Business owner who understand the economy. An Author on the subject of Godly Leadership which is what Texas needs.
No changes to the law need to be made. Our current healthcare system does a great job keeping women safe in the event of pregnancy complications.
This issue is one of my top 3 issues. Our current education system is a joke and viewed by most a simply a daycare system for parents to hold full time jobs.

Our current education system does not prepare kids for life. And when people throw more money at the problem, the problems only grow. That's because it's not a money problem, its a culture problem.

Please view my stance on education!!!
Immigration legally is a celebrated event. I love our state and I love it when people who love those same values come here as well.

Due process is reserved for those who follow the law. People here illegally will be deported... and deported quickly.

At the same time, I know what it's like to be on the front lines. As governor, I am prepared to allow our BP to enforce strict laws.
It is appropriate under the Insurrection Act of . This usually requires the governor to declared that help is needed.

As your future Governor, we need all the help we can get and I will be accepting all the help offered for the time being.

Long term, my leadership will develop a self sufficient Texas without any help needed.
The true statement begins with either verb intransitive or verb transitive in the present tense. Am Father Arturo Espinosa Professional Chemical Engineer (CH 5954). Am a truthful man: Am homosexual
Equate English adjective true to Greek adjective αληθής. Change, and define the Greek word αληθής: Utter the truth to each woman and to each man at every site. Ask the doctor to be one hundred percent truthful in every part of the pregnancy to ensure every woman has safe medical care.
Teach to state and local government personnel that partial or complete money dependence and partial or complete money reliance is evil, wrong, abusive, and destructive: Know complete woman and complete man dependence and reliance is good and healthy, is necessary to exist and live in happiness, is necessary to live and exist in joy, and is necessary to live and exist in complete freedom.
Announce one earth, one nation, one people, one constitution one truthful woman or one truthful man leading and teaching 8.2 billion people.
Reject the National Guard in any Texas city.
Campaign Website http://goodgovernance.today
Have been active in activism all my life. I founded and run TC Technologies that delivers the Internet of Things wireless solutions.
Key in my campaign is adoption and foster care. Here is a link to my website. https://markgolobyfortexas.com/adoption%2Ffoster-care

IT would be more appropriate for women's health to be directed to the medical procedures as outlined as complications. Most complications do not require aborting the pregnancy. In the case of miscarriages, there are prescribed DNC procedures going back decades.
Going back to Texas 2nd President of Texas, Lamar Texas has declared the importance of an educated electorate. Texas has a significant role, unfortunately the current Governor and his appointed Commissioner has let our public education decline. First step is to have the Texas Public Education Commissioner elected not appointed. It is time to put the I back in Independent School District
Governors have the Constitutional authority to enforce the state's borders to protect the citizens, their livelihoods and property. That the Texas border and the US border are the same is a matter of geography not sovereignty. Because someone inhabits Texas does not avail them the same protections as natural born or naturalized US Citizens. Justice requires their rights not be disregarded.
The national guards are state functions. The Federalization of these troops was wrong. If an overwhelming need to bring force to bear, it is the Governor's role to be first to respond, then determine adequacy. But local cities have a responsibility to maintain safe healthy communities. Too many cities are doing anything but serve the law abiding citizens creating a situation in need of force.
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Military service, leadership experience, policy research, and hands-on work translating complex laws into plain English. Independent thinker focused on accountability, problem-solving, and serving Tex
Texas should clarify medical exceptions so doctors can act immediately in emergencies, protect physician judgment, and ensure timely care. At the same time, address root causes of abortion through better prenatal care, maternal health access, economic support, and family stability so fewer women face those choices.
State government should set clear academic standards, protect funding fairness, and ensure transparency. Local control matters, but it must stay focused on education, not political or ideological agendas. Parents and communities deserve schools centered on learning, skills, and student success.
Texas should secure the border by restoring order, verifying identities, and reducing trafficking and cartel influence, while ensuring due process through clear screening, lawful procedures, and cooperation with federal authorities. Safety, fairness, and the rule of law must apply to everyone in Texas.
Federal deployment of the National Guard should be limited to true emergencies, natural disasters, or when state and local authorities request support. Texas should lead its own response, with federal involvement as a last resort.
Police captain, project manager, State Guard member, and Shriners Chief of Staff with proven leadership over large teams and strong service to Texans.
I am pro-life but believe women must receive emergency care. I support clear laws and better education so doctors confidently treat complications while protecting both mother and unborn life.
I believe parents not politicians or activists should direct their children’s education. State & local government should support schools, ensure transparency, & keep politics, DEI agendas, & ideological content out of the classroom. I support returning to traditional, biblically grounded values, strong academics, & empowering parents to make decisions for their children.
I believe prior federal policies strengthened border security and that immigration enforcement is first a federal responsibility: secure the border and enforce laws on the books. Texas should cooperate to locate and process those here illegally, while every person is treated humanely and given due process. If you broke the law, you broke the law—but it must be applied fairly.
I believe the Governor, not Washington, should deploy the National Guard to protect Texas communities. Federal involvement should be rare and only at the state’s request. If the federal government must step in without Texas asking, it means the Governor failed to lead and did not fulfill his duty to keep Texans safe.
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