Ballotpedia, Briscoe Cain

Briscoe is from Texas. He earned his bachelor's degree in communications from the University of Houston-Downtown and his law degree from South Texas College of Law. He and his wife, Bergundi, have 5 sons and attend Faith Family Church in Baytown.

Briscoe currently owns and operates the Law Office of Briscoe Cain, PLLC. He serves in the Texas State Guard. 

Briscoe Cain is a state representative in State House District 128. He was first elected in 2017 and is serving his 4th term. 

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As a state representative, co-authored and helped pass legislation that lowered property taxes by $5 billion.

Co-authored legislation that lowered property taxes by $5 billion.

Said, "I will continue to work on lowering and eliminating property taxes, ensuring no Texan is priced out of their home because of taxes or preventing a Texan from ever truly owning their home."

- Co-authored legislation that lowered property taxes by $5 billion.
- Said, "I will continue to work on lowering and eliminating property taxes, ensuring no Texan is priced out of their home because of taxes or preventing a Texan from ever truly owning their home."

Economy

Supports laws categorizing Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.

As a state representative, co-authored a law establishing a new state crime for unauthorized entry into Texas from a foreign country and supported laws recognizing Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.

As a state representative, co-authored a law creating a new state crime for undocumented immigration into Texas and allows state law enforcement to deport these individuals.

- Opposes gun control.
- Supports laws categorizing Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
- As a state representative, co-authored a law creating a new state crime for undocumented immigration into Texas and allows state law enforcement to deport these individuals.

Public Safety

Opposes abortion access and wants to defund Planned Parenthood.

- Opposes abortion access and wants to defund Planned Parenthood.

Healthcare

Opposes the participation of transgender women in women's sports.

- Opposes the participation of transgender women in women's sports.

Education

As of September 7, 2024, Briscoe Cain’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Energy & the Environment

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Said, "Texans deserve to have trust and confidence in the process and outcome of our elections."

- Said, "Texans deserve to have trust and confidence in the process and outcome of our elections."

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Briscoe Cain

Chuck eanred a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Texas A&M. He lives in Baytown.

Chuck currently works as a chemical engineer.

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Chuck Crews ran for state representative in 2022, but he did not win.

Supports legalizing and taxing marijuana to increase state revenue.

- Supports legalizing and taxing marijuana to increase state revenue.

Believes cannabis use is consistent across all demographics and that laws prohibiting cannabis use are "disproportionately enforced against minorities."

Believes that marijuana use is consistent across demographics and that laws prohibiting marijuana use are "disproportionately enforced against minorities."

- Believes that marijuana use is consistent across demographics and that laws prohibiting marijuana use are "disproportionately enforced against minorities."

Supports abortion and believes the right to abortion should be codified into law.

Believes improved access to preventative healthcare will help Texans live longer, healthier lives.

Wants to improve access to preventative health care, especially for cancer and heart disease.

- Supports expanding access to Medicaid.
- Supports access to abortion.
- Wants to improve access to preventative health care, especially for cancer and heart disease.

Believes in fully funding public schools and reducing local property tax burdens.

Wants to ensure that state funding goes to schools and that public schools are fully funded.

Supports codifying an annual cost of living adjustment for retired teachers and protecting the Teacher Retirement System.

Supports an annual cost of living adjustment to benefits for retired teachers.

- Wants to ensure that state funding goes to schools and that public schools are fully funded.
- Supports an annual cost of living adjustment to benefits for retired teachers.

Supports transitioning to sustainable energy and improving the energy grid.

Supports transitioning to renewable energy and improving the power grid.

Supports stronger enforcement of petrochemical regulations, saying that "paltry fines" aren't enough.

Wants to make power generation plants safer and lower the pollution they create.

- Supports transitioning to renewable energy and improving the power grid.
- Supports stronger enforcement of petrochemical regulations, saying that "paltry fines" aren't enough.
- Wants to make power generation plants safer and lower the pollution they create.

Supports efforts to make ballot access more accessible and remove recent voting by mail barriers.

Opposes recent laws making it harder to vote by mail.

Supports modernizing voter registration by implementing online voter registration.

Supports implementing online voter registration.

Believes redistricting should be managed by a non-partisan commission that must *prove* new maps are non-discriminatory, saying "Republicans have shown, time and again, that they cannot be trusted to act in the interest of ALL citizens of Texas."

Opposes partisan and racial gerrymandering, drawing electoral district lines to favor one party or disfavor a minority group.

Believes the residents of House District 128 deserve "actual representation" and opposes the election of candidates who "tried to overthrow the 2020 election."

Opposes efforts to "overthrow the 2020 election."

Wants redistricting to be managed by a non-partisan commission that would need to prove that new maps aren't discriminatory.

- Opposes recent laws making it harder to vote by mail.
- Supports implementing online voter registration.
- Opposes partisan and racial gerrymandering, drawing electoral district lines to favor one party or disfavor a minority group.
- Opposes efforts to "overthrow the 2020 election."
- Wants redistricting to be managed by a non-partisan commission that would need to prove that new maps aren't discriminatory.

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Chuck Crews

As of September 7, 2024, Kevin J. Hagan did not have a website or any information online.

Kevin J. Hagan

- Your state representative represents the interests of your local district in the Texas House of Representatives. The State House of Representatives, along with the State Senate, makes up your state lawmaking body: the Texas State Legislature
- Your state representative can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws. 
- There are 150 members of the Texas House of Representatives, each representing a single district. Representatives must be at least 21 years old and reside in the state for at least two years before their election. 
- State representatives are elected to two-year terms during even-numbered years. There are no term limits. 
- State representatives make $7,200 annually in addition to a $221 payment per day during legislative sessions and mileage reimbursements.

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