Texas — 26th District

Steven Shook

Supports humane border security and legal immigration reform

Shook advocates for securing the southern border using smart, humane enforcement while assisting front-line personnel and border communities. He supports reforming the immigration system to establish clear lawful pathways and due process while rejecting fear-based rhetoric.

• Secure the border with smart, humane enforcement and support border communities
• Fix the immigration system with lawful pathways and due process
• Reject fear-based rhetoric that distracts from functional solutions

“Secure the border with smart, humane enforcement.”

“Fix a broken immigration system with lawful pathways and due process.”

Brandon Gill

Supports sealing border and ending illegal immigration

Gill advocates for fully sealing the southern border, completing the border wall, and codifying the Remain in Mexico policy. He supports merit-based immigration reforms through the RAISE Act, increasing the number of immigration judges, and designating Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.

• Build the border wall and tax remittances to pay for construction and upkeep
• Codify Remain in Mexico, end Catch and Release, and pass the RAISE Act
• Designate Mexican drug cartels as international terrorist organizations and mandate detention for noncitizens arrested for theft or driving under the influence

“This has to stop now, and the solution is simple: seal the border and end this invasion of our homeland.”

“I introduced legislation to codify President Trump’s Remain in Mexico policy, and we passed the One Big Beautiful Bill to fully fund our Border Patrol agents and complete the wall.”

Steven Shook

Supports middle-class tax relief and corporate price-gouging limits

Shook focuses on lowering the cost of living by targeting tax relief to middle-class families rather than wealthy corporations. He advocates cracking down on corporate price-gouging, protecting SNAP benefits, and reducing health, energy, and education expenses.

• Provide targeted tax relief for middle-class families while opposing tax giveaways for billionaires
• Crack down on corporate price-gouging and protect SNAP food assistance benefits
• Lower healthcare, energy, and education expenses for working families

“Support targeted tax relief for middle-class families, not giveaways to billionaires.”

“Crack down on price-gouging and corporate practices that inflate everyday costs.”

Brandon Gill

Supports spending cuts and broad tax relief

Gill emphasizes curbing inflation through federal spending reductions, government audits, and a constitutional balanced budget amendment. He supports broad tax cuts, addressing housing affordability, and prioritizing American workers.

• Support a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution and lower deficits below $1 trillion annually by 2030
• Cut federal spending, audit government departments, and lower taxes across the board
• Pass legislation to address housing affordability and prioritize American workers

“The Federal government should seek to maximize economic prosperity, raise wages of the working and middle-class, and reduce the deficit to get inflation under control.”

“Its time to pass legislation to address housing affordability, prioritize the American worker, cut wasteful spending, and support a balanced budged.”

Steven Shook

Supports federal grid modernization and energy storage

Shook advocates securing federal funding for North Texas grid modernization, weatherization, and energy storage technology. He supports national reliability standards and requiring large AI data centers to help pay for required grid infrastructure upgrades.

• Bring federal grants and incentives home for grid modernization, weatherization, and energy storage
• Establish national energy reliability standards to prepare for extreme weather events
• Require AI data centers and server farms to contribute to the grid upgrades they necessitate

“Bring federal funding and incentives home to North Texas for grid modernization, weatherization, and energy storage.”

“Ensure AI data centers and large server farms help pay for the grid upgrades they require.”

Brandon Gill

Supports deregulation and domestic energy production

Gill promotes American energy independence led by Texas oil and gas production under a Texas First doctrine. He advocates eliminating industry regulations and maximizing domestic extraction.

• Lead the nation toward energy independence through Texas energy production
• Cut industry regulations and federal red tape
• Implement a 'drill, baby, drill' policy stance

“Texas is the energy capital of the country, and we should lead the nation in becoming energy independent under President Trump.”

“It’s time to cut red tape across the industry and “drill, baby, drill!””

Steven Shook

Supports gun safety laws and community policing

Shook advocates for closing background check loopholes for firearm sales and passing red-flag laws. He supports funding police training in de-escalation, mental health crisis response, and emergency medical care.

• Close gun sale background check loopholes and enact red-flag laws
• Invest in law enforcement training covering de-escalation, crisis intervention, and mental health response
• Expand mental health care access as a core strategy for public safety

“Close loopholes that allow guns to be sold without background checks.”

“Support red-flag laws to keep firearms away from those who pose an imminent danger.”

Brandon Gill

Opposes gun control and supports strict law enforcement

Gill strongly opposes firearm restrictions, arguing the Second Amendment protects citizens against violent crime and government tyranny. He advocates increased funding for local law enforcement, higher mandatory minimum sentences for violent crimes, and targeting groups funding rioters.

• Oppose all gun control legislation and protect Second Amendment rights without compromise
• Fund local law enforcement and increase mandatory minimum sentences for violent crimes
• Investigate non-governmental organizations that pay bail for rioters and looters

“Our Second Amendment shall not be infringed. I will not give an inch on gun control.”

“Fund the police and local law enforcement.”

Steven Shook

Supports public school funding and opposes vouchers

Shook supports protecting public K-12 education and opposes redirecting funds to private school voucher programs. He advocates shifting funding away from property taxes toward state and federal investments while keeping political culture wars out of classrooms.

• Protect public school funding and oppose private school voucher programs
• Reduce reliance on local property taxes by increasing federal and state funding investments
• Invest in workforce readiness, career training, and affordable higher education pathways

“Protect public K-12 education and oppose efforts to drain funds into unaccountable voucher programs.”

“Support educators and school staff, not political culture wars in classrooms.”

Brandon Gill

Opposes cultural Marxism and supports parental control

Gill advocates eliminating perceived cultural Marxism and radical ideology from schools and universities, insisting parents should determine curricula. He voted for the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act to prohibit biological males from competing in female school athletic programs.

• Remove radical ideological indoctrination and cultural Marxism from educational institutions
• Ensure parents determine school curricula rather than teachers
• Prohibit biological males from participating in women's and girls' school sports programs

“Parents - not radical, left-wing teachers - should determine school curriculums.”

“It's time to purge these corrosive ideologies from our schools and restore education to its rightful purpose of fostering open-mindedness and intellectual diversity.”

Steven Shook

Supports human rights and international diplomacy

Shook supports a U.S. foreign policy centered on international humanitarian law, diplomacy, and civilian protection. He seeks to apply firsthand humanitarian principles to foreign policy decisions and is endorsed by Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption.

• Uphold international humanitarian law and global human rights
• Prioritize diplomacy and civilian protection in foreign relations
• Apply humanitarian experience to foreign policy decisions

“Stand for human rights and international humanitarian law.”

“Support responsible U.S. leadership abroad that prioritizes diplomacy and civilian protection.”

Brandon Gill

Supports unwavering alliance with Israel

Gill strongly supports Israel's right to defend itself against Hamas and calls for international condemnation of terrorism. He backs a peace-through-strength foreign policy and is endorsed by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

• Support Israel's military operations against Hamas and denounce terrorism
• Prioritize an America First foreign policy focused on peace through strength
• Maintain strong defense support for key foreign allies

“The international community must unequivocally denounce Hamas's terrorism and stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Israel in its fight against these threats to peace and civilization.”

“President Trump has rebuilt American foreign policy by prioritizing peace through strength.”

Steven Shook

Supports congressional ethics reform and voting rights

Shook advocates for congressional ethics reform, including restrictions on insider influence and political donors. He supports protecting voting rights, maintaining election integrity, and ending partisan political theater.

• Enact ethics reforms and restrict insider and donor influence in Congress
• Defend voting rights while ensuring election integrity and the rule of law
• Oppose culture-war political theater in favor of productive service

“Support ethics reforms and limits on insider influence in Congress.”

“Defend voting rights while upholding election integrity and the rule of law.”

Brandon Gill

Supports voter ID laws and court limits

Gill voted for the SAVE Act to mandate documentary proof of citizenship for federal election registration and supported limiting federal court injunctions. He signed a term-limits pledge and supports oversight using federal department audits.

• Voted Yea on the SAVE Act (H.R.22) to require documentary proof of citizenship for federal voter registration
• Voted Yea on NORRA of 2025 (H.R.1526) to restrict federal court injunction authority
• Signed the U.S. Term Limits pledge and supported full federal department audits

“Cut wasteful spending and audit our federal departments.”

“Congress’s core authority is the power of the purse”

Steven Shook

Supports full LGBTQ+ non-discrimination protections

Shook advocates protecting LGBTQ+ Americans from discrimination across housing, employment, credit, and public accommodations. He supports workplace fairness, equal pay protections, and rejecting political campaigns targeting communities.

• Protect LGBTQ+ individuals from discrimination in housing, employment, credit, and public accommodations
• Support equal pay for equal work and wage transparency
• Reject divisive political rhetoric aimed at targeting minority communities

“Protect LGBTQ+ Americans from discrimination in housing, employment, credit, and public accommodations.”

“Reject divisive politics that target communities for political gain.”

Brandon Gill

Opposes gender transition surgeries for minors

Gill strongly opposes gender transition surgeries for minors, calling them outrageous and ideologically driven. He supported federal legislation banning transgender women from competing in female sports programs.

• Oppose medical gender transition procedures for minors
• Support federal legislation restricting female sports categories to biological females

“Subjecting minors to life-altering surgeries for gender transition is outrageous.”

“We adamantly oppose any practice that risks the well-being and future of our youth in the name of ideological conformity.”

Steven Shook

Supports universal healthcare and protecting rural hospitals

Shook supports a step-by-step transition toward universal healthcare and expanding Medicare prescription drug negotiations to cover all insurance plans. Drawing on two decades as a healthcare provider, he prioritizes keeping rural hospitals open, capping prescription costs, and expanding mental health crisis intervention.

• Implement a planned step-by-step transition to universal healthcare
• Expand Medicare drug price negotiations to all insurance plans, cap out-of-pocket costs, and end direct-to-consumer drug ads
• Protect rural hospitals, safeguard emergency access, and expand mental health services

“Every American deserves affordable, reliable healthcare, and we must keep rural hospitals open.”

“Implement planned step-by step transition to universal healthcare.”

Brandon Gill

Opposes abortion and supports pro-life laws

Gill is unabashedly pro-life, viewing abortion as an abomination that should be abolished. He is endorsed by major pro-life groups including Texas Right to Life and Texas Alliance for Life.

• Abolish abortion and protect the right to life for all unborn children
• Earned endorsements from Texas Right to Life and Texas Alliance for Life

“I am unabashedly pro-life. Every child is made in God's image and deserves the right to life.”

“Abortion is an abomination that needs to be abolished.”