Candidates for the offices of Governor and Lt. Governor of the State of Texas are shown below. We are contacting all the candidates for whom we can find viable contact information, multiple times, with multiple emails, and social media reachouts. If a candidate does not respond, Texas Justice Advocates urge voters to consider that the candidate's lack of response indicates an unwillingness to go on record about prison and criminal justice reform issues, if not an actual disregard for/dismissal of the concerns of reform advocates.
You may view survey answers here for candidates who respond.
Please consider their attitude toward our concerns when you vote.
Data shown in charts below came from primary candidates who responded. As general election candidates respond, the data charts will be updated.
Please ask Governor Abbott to visit this website...www.Texas-Vogue.com...and contact info1@texas-vogue.com to ask for the link to the Governor candidate survey. We have sent him email and other requests but received no response.
You can help...call, email, Tweet, and message. Ask the Governor and his staff for his participation in the short Texas-VoGue survey for governor candidates.
Please ask Mr. O'Rourke to visit this website...www.Texas-Vogue.com...and contact info1@texas-vogue.com to ask for the link to the Governor candidate survey. We have sent him email and other requests but received no response.
You can help...call, email, Tweet, and message. Ask Beto and his staff for his participation in the short Texas-VoGue survey for governor candidates.
" We have to work on ending the carceral system as a whole, in the mean time I would decriminalize drug offenses and use funding to establish better mental health treatment options. Anything we can do to decrease the amount of people incarcerated that promotes wellness and health within our communities."
" We can prevent crimes with science based solutions such as housing, income guarantee, transportation, healthcare and education. We have the means to do this, what we need from the public is the pressure."
"In general, Libertarians like me want to abolish victimless crimes like drug abuse. We want to reduce the amount of taxes spend on the criminal justice system. We favor punishment of real crimes with victims like theft, assault, rape, and murder. Decriminalize and legalize marijuana. End the war on drugs."
Ms. Abernathy has met the requirements to be a recognized write-in candidate for Texas Governor...votes for her will be officially tabulated.
Please ask Ms. Abernathy to visit this website...www.Texas-Vogue.com...and contact info1@texas-vogue.com to ask for the link to the Governor candidate survey. We have sent her email and other requests but received no response.
Mr. Goloby has met the requirements to be a recognized write-in candidate for Texas Governor...votes for him will be officially tabulated.
" I only answered question 1 because it is required. (However,) our incarceration rate could use improvement in allowing swifter efforts to get first timers into a rehabilitation efforts which would include counseling and spiritual guidance of a variety of religions the inmate may choose. Repeat offenders need to be dealt with differently. I also see a need to address our public education where we have pipelines to prisons that needs to be addressed."
Lt. Governor Patrick has consistently disregarded and even worked against many reforms of the Texas criminal justice system and Texas prisons. He has refused to consider recommendations of bi-partisan groups of lawmakers.
You can help...call, email, Tweet, and message. Ask the Lt. Governor and his staff for his participation in the short Texas-VoGue survey for governor candidates.
Please ask Mr. Collier to visit this website...www.Texas-Vogue.com...and contact info1@texas-vogue.com to ask for the link to the Governor candidate survey. We have sent him email and other requests but received no response.
You can help...call, email, Tweet, and message. Ask Mr. Collier and his staff for his participation in the short Texas-VoGue survey for governor candidates.
"I would like to see non-judicial compassionate solutions in a package of criminal justice and prison reform bills with regards to homelessness and drug addiction. Marijuana should be legalized, and victimless crimes should be decriminalized."