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.
Evelyn Brooks
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.
