Texas — 27th District

Tanya Lloyd

Supports full funding and opposes vouchers

Lloyd, a veteran public school teacher, advocates for fully funding K-12 public education and defending the U.S. Department of Education. She strongly opposes school voucher programs that divert public funds to private institutions and champions fair pay and resources for teachers.

• Fully fund public schools and defend the U.S. Department of Education.
• Oppose voucher programs that divert public dollars to private interests.
• Provide teachers with fair pay, adequate staffing, and classroom resources.

“Public education is essential to opportunity, workforce development, and strong communities, especially in rural Texas.”

“She will fight to fully fund public schools, defend the U.S. Department of Education, oppose voucher programs that divert public dollars to private interests, and support teachers with fair pay, adequate staffing, and resources so every student can succeed regardless of ZIP code.”

Michael Cloud

Supports parental rights and educational choice

Cloud argues that bureaucratic federal oversight is failing American students and advocates for freeing teachers from federal mandates. He supports empowering parents with greater input and expanding educational choices for children.

• Reduce federal bureaucratic oversight in public education.
• Free teachers to teach and expand parental input in educational choices.
• Support parental rights and educational options.

“Our bureaucratic approach to education is failing our students. We need to free teachers to teach and provide parents greater input in educational choices for their children.”

Tanya Lloyd

Supports universal healthcare and rural hospital investment

Lloyd regards healthcare as a universal right and focuses on lowering medical expenses, prescription drug prices, and expanding rural healthcare access. She pledges federal investments in rural hospitals and clinics to reverse hospital closures across Texas.

• Treat healthcare as a universal right and lower prescription drug prices.
• Invest in rural hospitals and clinics to prevent facility closures.
• Expand healthcare access and affordability for working families.

“Healthcare is a universal right, not a privilege; and people have guaranteed access to abortion and full reproductive rights.”

“Tanya Lloyd will advocate for investments in rural hospitals and clinics, expanded high-speed broadband, reliable water systems, and a stronger electric grid that can withstand extreme weather.”

Michael Cloud

Supports repealing Obamacare and market-oriented reform

Cloud advocates repealing the Affordable Care Act and implementing market-oriented reforms to reduce health insurance costs and expand coverage. He also supports prohibiting taxpayer dollars from funding abortion services.

• Repeal Obamacare and transition to a market-driven healthcare model.
• Expand access to quality care while lowering premium costs.
• Prohibit taxpayer funding for abortion.

“Obamacare must be repealed, and health care must be driven by a market-oriented approach that brings down costs and expands access to quality care. We must also ensure taxpayer dollars are not spent on abortion.”

Tanya Lloyd

Supports living wages and lowering costs for working families

Lloyd prioritizes lowering household costs for working families, including healthcare, childcare, housing, groceries, and gas. She advocates requiring a living wage for all jobs, establishing universal daycare, and expanding access to higher education.

• Ensure every job pays a living wage and establish universal daycare.
• Lower costs for healthcare, housing, groceries, gas, and childcare.
• Reduce student debt and expand higher education access.

“Every job pays a living wage, and families benefit from universal daycare.”

“Tanya Lloyd is running to lower costs for working families by fighting for affordable healthcare, reducing prescription drug prices, expanding access to childcare and higher education, and opposing economic policies that raise prices without helping workers.”

Michael Cloud

Supports federal spending cuts, deregulation, and tax simplification

Cloud emphasizes controlling the national debt through strict fiscal discipline and federal spending cuts. He advocates cutting federal regulations and simplifying the tax code to foster job creation, and signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge.

• Enact spending cuts to address national debt.
• Cut federal regulations and simplify the tax code to encourage job growth.
• Signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge and voted for H.R. 1 reconciliation and debt limit legislation.

“Michael’s top priorities include fostering job creation and unleashing the innovative potential of the American people by cutting back federal regulations and simplifying our convoluted tax code.”

“Without a serious congressional commitment to responsible spending cuts, our country will remain on a path to fiscal ruin.”

Tanya Lloyd

Supports legal abortion and reproductive freedom

Lloyd supports guaranteeing access to abortion and full reproductive rights, contending that healthcare decisions should remain strictly between women and their doctors without government interference.

• Protect reproductive freedom and guarantee abortion access.
• Keep government out of personal healthcare decisions between women and doctors.

“Standing up for reproductive rights: ensuring the government doesn't get between women and their doctors.”

“Healthcare is a universal right, not a privilege; and people have guaranteed access to abortion and full reproductive rights.”

Michael Cloud

Opposes abortion and taxpayer funding for abortion

Cloud holds a pro-life stance, supporting policies that protect unborn life and prohibiting federal tax dollars from funding abortion procedures. He holds endorsements from major state pro-life organizations.

• Enact pro-life policies to protect unborn children.
• Bar taxpayer funding for abortion.
• Endorsed by Texas Alliance for Life and Texas Right to Life PAC.

“We must also ensure taxpayer dollars are not spent on abortion.”

Tanya Lloyd

Supports conservation, agribusiness accountability, and rural grid investment

Lloyd advocates for agricultural policy that incentivizes conservation, lowers taxpayer costs, and requires large agribusinesses to pay fair prices to farmers. She also champions federal infrastructure investments in rural broadband, water systems, and electric grid resilience.

• Incentivize agricultural conservation and reduce taxpayer costs.
• Require big agribusiness to pay farmers a real price for raw goods.
• Invest in rural high-speed broadband, water systems, and electric grid strength.

“Agricultural policy incentivizes conservation, dramatically reduces taxpayer costs, and requires big agribusiness to pay the farmers' real price for raw goods.”

“Tanya Lloyd will advocate for investments in rural hospitals and clinics, expanded high-speed broadband, reliable water systems, and a stronger electric grid that can withstand extreme weather.”

Michael Cloud

Opposes EPA regulations and defends private property rights

Cloud views Texas farmers and ranchers as the best stewards of agricultural land and opposes federal regulatory interference. He works to protect private property rights from intrusive EPA rules.

• Protect private property rights of farmers and ranchers.
• Oppose EPA and federal agency regulations interfering with agricultural operations.

“Our farmers and ranchers do not need the EPA or other government agencies interfering with property rights or passing unnecessary, intrusive regulations.”

Tanya Lloyd

Supports electric grid resilience and environmental conservation

Lloyd emphasizes strengthening the electric grid against extreme weather and incentivizing environmental conservation through agricultural policy.

• Strengthen the electric grid to withstand extreme weather.
• Incentivize conservation in agricultural policy.

“Tanya Lloyd will advocate for investments in rural hospitals and clinics, expanded high-speed broadband, reliable water systems, and a stronger electric grid that can withstand extreme weather.”

Michael Cloud

Supports domestic energy expansion and fossil fuel production

Cloud advocates expanding domestic oil, natural gas, and coal production to achieve American energy independence. He voted for the Lower Energy Costs Act (H.R. 1) to streamline energy project permitting.

• Pursue national energy independence.
• Expand domestic oil, natural gas, and coal production.
• Voted for the Lower Energy Costs Act (H.R. 1) to reduce permitting restrictions.

“We are blessed as a nation to possess abundant resources. We must continue to pursue energy independence.”

Tanya Lloyd

Supports strengthening democracy against political division

Lloyd warns against political division threatening democratic institutions and champions reforms to strengthen American democracy.

• Champion policies to strengthen democracy.
• Counter political division threatening democratic institutions.

“Our country is in a dark and dangerous place right now and Tanya will champion strengthening our democracy.”

Michael Cloud

Voted against 2020 election certification and supports voter ID proof

Cloud voted against certifying the 2020 presidential election results from Arizona and Pennsylvania on January 6-7, 2021. He also voted for the SAVE Act (H.R. 22) to require proof of citizenship when registering to vote in federal elections.

• Voted against certifying the 2020 electoral votes for Arizona and Pennsylvania.
• Voted Yea on the SAVE Act (H.R. 22) requiring documentary proof of citizenship for federal election registration.

Michael Cloud

Supports strict border enforcement and mandatory detention

Cloud considers securing the border and upholding the rule of law a primary responsibility. He voted for the Laken Riley Act to detain undocumented individuals arrested for theft, the SAVE Act requiring voter proof of citizenship, and legislation making DUIs deportable offenses.

• Secure the U.S. border and enforce immigration laws.
• Voted for the Laken Riley Act (S. 5) to detain illegal immigrants arrested for theft.
• Voted for the SAVE Act (H.R. 22) and H.R. 875 making DUIs deportable offenses.

“Our immigration system is in desperate need of reform, beginning with securing the border and upholding the rule of law.”

“Fixing our border security problem”

Michael Cloud

Opposes gun control and defends Second Amendment rights

Cloud considers protecting gun ownership rights under the Second Amendment a core priority, viewing an armed citizenry as an essential constitutional defense against tyranny.

• Protect individual gun rights under the Second Amendment.
• Oppose federal restrictions on lawful gun ownership.

“Protecting our constitutional liberties, including 2nd Amendment”

“Our Founding Fathers knew that the only defense against tyranny was an armed citizenry. Michael Cloud will protect your right to keep and bear arms.”