This is a great way to determine what each party in Texas is prioritizing. It also indicates what each party thinks might help them politically.
We will dig into these issues in future weeks.
- What process was used to place propositions on the Democratic and Republican Party ballots in 2026?
- How often are propositions on primary ballots introduced as legislation?
Propositions
The Republican Primary:
1 - Texas property taxes should be
assessed at the purchase price
and phased out entirely over the
next six years through spending
reductions.
2 - Texas should require any local
government budget that raises
property taxes to be approved
by voters at a November general
election.
3 - Texas should prohibit denial of
healthcare or any medical
service based solely on the
patient's vaccination status.
4 - Texas should require its public
schools to teach that life begins
at fertilization.
5 - Texas should ban gender,
sexuality, and reproductive
clinics and services in K-12
schools.
6 - Texas should enact term limits
on all elected officials.
7 - Texas should ban the large-scale
export or sale of our
groundwater and surface water
to any single private or public
entity.
8 - The Texas Legislature should
reduce the burden of illegal
immigration on taxpayers by
ending public services for illegal
aliens.
9 - The Republican-controlled Texas
Legislature should stop
awarding leadership positions,
including committee and
subcommittee chairmanships
and vice chairmanships, to
Democrats.
10 - Texas should prohibit Sharia
Law
The Democratic Primary
1 - Texas should expand Medicaid
and ensure access to affordable
healthcare for all.
2 - Texans should support humane
and dignified immigration
policies and pathways to
citizenship.
3 - Texans should have the right to
make their own healthcare
decisions, including
reproductive rights.
4 - Texas should address the state's
housing crisis in affordability
and access in both urban and
rural communities.
5 - Texas should fund all public
schools at the same per-pupil
rate as the national average.
6 - Secure online voter registration
should be accessible to all
eligible Texas residents.
7 - Texas should have a clean and
healthy environment that
includes water, air, and
biodiversity. Texas must preserve
the state's natural, cultural,
scenic, and recreational
resources.
8 - Texas should legalize cannabis
for adults and automatically
expunge criminal records for
past low-level cannabis offenses.
9 - Texas should raise salaries to at
least the national average and
should provide a cost-of-living
increase based on the national
Consumer Price Index every two
years to current/retired school
and state employees.
10 - Texas should ban racially motivated redistricting, ban mid-decade redistricting, and create a non-partisan redistricting board to redraw lines every 10 years.
11 - The Working Class should be
eligible for greater federal
income tax relief and have their
tax burden fairly shifted onto
the wealthiest.
12 - Texas should expand accessible
public transportation
opportunities in rural and urban
communities so residents can
get to their workplaces, schools,
and healthcare.
13 - Texas should prevent individuals
with a history of domestic abuse
from purchasing firearms by
implementing "red flag" laws.
