Good Morning,

Though primary elections have come and gone, the work has only just started. Now is the time to remain engaged and the perfect time to attempt to influence the policy priorities of your elected officials. One way to do that is through the partisan convention process, more on that below.

Now, more than ever, it is time to tighten the proverbial government purse strings (i.e. taxpayer money) to ensure prosperity for future Texans. 

Now to this week's FISCAL NOTE...

KEY PRIMARY ELECTION TAKEAWAYS

- BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT (BLUF) -

The philosophical disposition of state lawmakers stayed relatively the same in the Texas House of Representatives. The State Senate likely gets slightly more Conservative with the additions of Kevin Sparks in Senate District 31 and current State Rep. Mayes Middleton in Senate District 11. Neither of them has general election challengers.

- NOTABLE RUNOFF ELECTIONS -

The following are notable races heading toward runoff elections scheduled for May 24th:

Attorney General: Ken Paxton (R-Incumbent) vs. George P. Bush (R)Land Commissioner:
Dawn Buckingham (R) vs. Tim Westley (R)Railroad Commissioner:
Wayne Christian (R-Incumbent) vs. Sarah Stogner (R)TX Senate District 24:
Pete Flores (R) vs.  Raul Reyes (R) Flores previously served as the State Senator from SD 19 and was given a rating of a 65 on the TFR FIscal Index. TX House District 12:
Kyle Kacal (R-Incumbent) vs. Ben Bius (R) Kacal was rated the most fiscally irresponsible Republican lawmaker on TFR's Fiscal Index and has an 'F' Career Rating TX House District 85:
Phil Stephenson (R-Incumbent) vs. Stan Kitzman (R) Stephenson was rated one of the most fiscally irresponsible Republican lawmakers on TFR's Fiscal Index and has an 'F' Career Rating.
TX House District 91: Stephanie Klick (R-Incumbent) vs. David Lowe (R) Klick was given 'F' ratings for the last two legislative sessions on the TFR Fiscal Index.

- TAXPAYER CHAMPIONS -

All of the 2021 Taxpayer Champions that were running for reelection, won their respective party's nominations.
Congratulations to State Sens. Bob Hall (R-Edgewood) and Bryan Hughes (R- Mineola) as well as State Reps. Briscoe Cain (R- Deer Park), Mayes Middleton (R-Galveston), Matt Schaefer (R-Tyler), Bryan Slaton (R- Royse City), Tony Tindertholt (R-Arlington), Steve Toth (R- The Woodlands), Cody Vasut (R-Angleton), and Terry Wilson (R- Marble Falls). HOW YOU CAN HELP

PARTY CONVENTIONS

Though some precinct-level conventions happened shortly after the polls closed on Primary Election Day, several precincts are holding their conventions this weekend. If you plan on going to your Party's Precinct Convention we have created a helpful guide on the process here.

If you are looking for resolutions to introduce, we have drafted three you can use here:

Resolution in support of a 'No-Growth' budgetResolution in support of a Ban on Taxpayer-Funded LobbyingResolution in support of Eliminating the Property Tax

These resolutions, once adopted, help craft each major party's platform in an effort to guide elected officials toward specific policy goals.

NEWS THAT IMPACTS YOUR WALLET

- REPUBLICAN PRIMARY VOTERS SUPPORT ELIMINATING PROPERTY TAX -

Tuesday, among a litany of other issues included on the Republican Primary Election ballot, were ten propositions for Republican voters to consider related to specific policy positions. One of those, Proposition 2, was specific to the collection of the property tax in the state of Texas, and based on the results, over three-quarters of all Republicans in Texas believe the property tax should be eliminated.

FIND OUT MORE HERE


- FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT -

According to the taxpayer-watchdog group Truth in Accounting the Bureau of the Fiscal Service issued the Financial Report of the United States Government for the first time in years before the State of the Union Address.

SOME OF THE KEY TAKEAWAYS HERE

Should the Practice of Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying be Banned? Yes No LAST WEEK'S SURVEY RESULTS FROM THE WATER COOLER QUOTE OF THE WEEK


"Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program." 

- Milton Friedman

# of Days Until Primary Election Runoffs

81

# of Days Until General Election Day

249

# of Days Until 88th Legislative Session Begins

313

JOIN THE FIGHT - SIGN THE PETITION

HELP US ELIMINATE PROPERTY TAXES IN TEXAS

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility believes paying perpetual rent to the government is immoral and it is our mission to help eliminate the property taxes in Texas.

If you agree and believe we should eliminate property taxes, join us in the fight by signing our petition!

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