Texas — 9th District

Leticia Gutierrez

Lowers costs and corporate subsidies

Gutierrez focuses on lowering the cost of everyday necessities such as groceries, healthcare, and housing for working families. She advocates for ending government subsidies to large corporations and balancing federal spending to benefit hardworking households.

• Promises to address rising costs of everyday necessities like groceries, healthcare, and housing.
• Proposes ending federal subsidies to large corporations to ensure hardworking families do not foot the bill.
• Emphasizes her finance and economics background to balance government spending.

“With rising costs of everyday necessities like groceries, families are having to make hard decisions about big investments like healthcare and housing. I am ready to bring bread back to the table for you and your family.”

“Our government has been feeding subsidies to large corporations all while hardworking families foot the bill, and that needs to end.”

Alex Mealer

Promotes deregulation and industrial growth

Mealer advocates for passing President Trump's America First agenda to boost job growth by reducing government spending, taxes, and regulations. She emphasizes federal support for Port Houston and the Houston Ship Channel complex to preserve the region's economic competitiveness.

• Supports President Trump's America First agenda to unleash private sector job growth.
• Advocates reducing government spending, taxes, and federal regulations.
• Pledges to champion federal support for the Houston Ship Channel and Port Houston complex to protect local industry.

“unleashing the private sector to create high-paying American jobs by reducing government spending, taxes, and regulations”

“Be the fiercest advocate for crucial infrastructure projects to protect and grow the Houston Ship Channel and Port Houston—the largest petrochemical complex in the U.S. and collectively responsible for 20% of Texas GDP and thousands of jobs for Texans in our region”

Leticia Gutierrez

Supports immigrant due process rights

Gutierrez emphasizes her personal story as an immigrant and advocates for ensuring immigrants receive fair treatment and due process in the legal system.

• Advocates for fair treatment and legal due process for immigrants in the United States.

“As someone who came to this country very young, I am passionate about ensuring that immigrants receive a fair shake and the due process that our nation promises.”

Alex Mealer

Supports strict border enforcement

Mealer prioritizes securing the southern border and leveraging federal resources to assist local law enforcement in fighting drug cartels. She singles out large developments housing undocumented immigrants as evidence of failed leadership.

• Calls for securing the border and using federal resources to assist local law enforcement against cartels.
• Criticizes developments like Colony Ridge, calling them examples of weak leadership on illegal immigration.
• Endorsed by the National Border Patrol Council.

“I will leverage every federal resource to support our state and local law enforcement as they combat cartel activity in our region”

“LEADERS FIX PROBLEMS, THEY DON’T MAKE EXCUSES for a development of over 40,000 illegal aliens.”

Leticia Gutierrez

Improves local utility and roadway infrastructure

Gutierrez prioritizes updating aging regional infrastructure to protect residents during severe weather events. Her focus includes upgrading power lines, water pipes, and freeways following recent severe storms.

• Pledges to secure funding to repair aging power lines, water pipes, and freeways.
• Focuses on disaster resilience following major events like Hurricane Harvey, Winter Storm Uri, and the Derecho.

“From Hurricane Harvey, Winter Storm Uri (where 250 persons lost their lives) to the Derecho, I want to ensure that our infrastructure is prepared to take care of you.”

“From aging pipes, power lines, freeways and more, our district should feel safe in their homes.”

Alex Mealer

Funds flood mitigation and port projects

Mealer focuses on securing state and federal funding for flood mitigation around Lake Houston and critical district transportation. She commits to leading a regional delegation to complete unfinished post-Harvey flood projects.

• Pledges to lead a regional coalition to target federal and state funding for Lake Houston flood mitigation.
• Advocates for federal infrastructure investments in Port Houston and local roadways.

“LEAD THE DELEGATION of regional leaders to target the state and federal funds required to complete flood mitigation projects around Lake Houston.”

“investing in the critical infrastructure for our district (the Port and our roadways) to support continued economic growth.”

Leticia Gutierrez

Promotes government transparency

Gutierrez emphasizes public transparency and direct community input in government decision-making based on her decade of advocacy work.

• Promotes government transparency and direct community participation in public policy.

“For the last decade, I have brought community members and their concerns directly to their public officials. I am passionate about community input and government transparency.”

Alex Mealer

Enacts strict election safeguards

Mealer advocates for federal election integrity legislation aimed at making elections easy to vote in but hard to cheat. She draws on her personal experience challenging the 2022 Harris County election process.

• Supports federal election integrity legislation with strict voting safeguards.
• Cites her experience contesting election administration in the 2022 Harris County judge race.

“Elections should be EASY TO VOTE, AND HARD TO CHEAT.”

“we need election integrity legislation with real teeth and safeguards”

Alex Mealer

Fully resources law enforcement

Mealer campaigns on a 'Make America Safe Again' platform, calling for an end to opposition against law enforcement and ensuring full resources for police officers and federal partners.

• Pledges full resourcing and tools for law enforcement officers.
• Calls for an end to the 'war on law enforcement' to improve neighborhood safety.
• Endorsed by multiple state and local law enforcement associations.

“I am fully committed to ensuring that our law enforcement are fully resourced and have the tools they need to protect and serve our communities.”

“The war on law enforcement must end and I am committed to fully supporting our federal partners to make our cities safe again”

Leticia Gutierrez

Protects community health from pollution

Gutierrez advocates for environmental protections to ensure healthy air and living conditions for families near industrial facilities, inspired by her child's struggle with asthma.

• Supports environmental safeguards to protect children and communities living near industrial facilities.

“When my son developed asthma early on in his life, I became passionate about creating a healthy environment for my children to grow up in.”

Alex Mealer

Ensures American leadership in AI

Mealer supports federal strategy to ensure the United States maintains technological leadership over China in artificial intelligence. She advocates for safety reviews, deepfake protections, and safeguards against AI human impersonation.

• Supports securing U.S. dominance over China in AI technology and infrastructure.
• Advocates for commonsense AI safeguards, including safety reviews for powerful systems and deepfake protections.

“I AM COMMITTED TO ENSURING THE UNITED STATES — NOT CHINA— SETS THE PACE AND RULES FOR THIS CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY.”

“I support commonsense safeguards, including rigorous safety reviews for the most powerful AI systems, transparency when artificial intelligence is used to impersonate humans, and strong protections against nonconsensual deepfakes and digital exploitation.”

Alex Mealer

Restricts biological men from women's sports

Mealer lists restricting biological males from participating in female sports divisions as a core component of her platform.

• Supports federal policies restricting transgender women from participating in biological women's sports.

“keeping men out of women’s sports”