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.
R.F "Bob" Achgill
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.
