Simon was born and raised in Plano, Texas. He attended the University of Arkansas and the University of North Texas.

Simon worked as a shift lead at a pizza shop in Denton. He also had an internship on Capitol Hill.

Simon Cardell's campaign for US Representative is his first run for public office.

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Supports reducing taxes for the middle class and small businesses.

Supports cutting wasteful spending, ending corporate handouts and bailouts, closing tax loopholes, holding tax cheats accountable, and ensuring a fair tax system by aligning capital gains with income tax rates.

Supports fair trade deals, unions, affordable childcare, quality education and training, and protected family, sick, and vacation leave.

Supports passing a balanced budget and starting to pay off national debt.

Believes in fighting inflation and fixing supply chains by investing in and utilizing domestic resources.

Believes in addressing the housing crisis by reducing corporate and hedge fund control over residential properties, ensuring homes are for families rather than financial portfolios.

Supports protecting and fixing social safety nets like Social Security and Medicare.

- Supports reducing taxes for the middle class and small businesses.
- Supports cutting wasteful spending, ending corporate handouts and bailouts, closing tax loopholes, holding tax cheats accountable, and ensuring a fair tax system by aligning capital gains with income tax rates.
- Supports fair trade deals, unions, affordable childcare, quality education and training, and protected family, sick, and vacation leave.
- Supports passing a balanced budget and starting to pay off national debt.
- Believes in fighting inflation and fixing supply chains by investing in and utilizing domestic resources.
- Believes in addressing the housing crisis by reducing corporate and hedge fund control over residential properties, ensuring homes are for families rather than financial portfolios.
- Supports protecting and fixing social safety nets like Social Security and Medicare.

Economy

Supports the Second Amendment but acknowledges the urgent issue of gun violence, particularly in schools.

- Supports the Second Amendment but acknowledges the urgent issue of gun violence, particularly in schools.

Public Safety

Supports federal abortion protections and opposes "extreme abortion bans."

Believes in investing in public mental health care and addiction recovery services to strengthen communities, reduce crime, and ensure universal access to support for a healthier society.

- Supports federal abortion protections and opposes "extreme abortion bans."
- Believes in investing in public mental health care and addiction recovery services to strengthen communities, reduce crime, and ensure universal access to support for a healthier society.

Healthcare

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

Education

Believes the public’s right to a healthy and clean environment, land, food, water, and other natural resources must be prioritized above private interests.

Believes in upgrading the nation's infrastructure to support American economic prosperity.

- Believes the public’s right to a healthy and clean environment, land, food, water, and other natural resources must be prioritized above private interests.
- Believes in upgrading the nation's infrastructure to support American economic prosperity.

Energy & the Environment

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Supports creating a non-partisan, independent redistricting commission to combat gerrymandering.

Supports enacting campaign finance reform, limiting contributions to campaigns from individual constituents only.

Believes in rooting out corruption by electing honest leaders, increasing penalties for corruption, and defending whistleblowers.

- Supports creating a non-partisan, independent redistricting commission to combat gerrymandering.
- Supports enacting campaign finance reform, limiting contributions to campaigns from individual constituents only.
- Believes in rooting out corruption by electing honest leaders, increasing penalties for corruption, and defending whistleblowers.
- Supports term limits.

Voting & Elections

Believes in reforming immigration and visa policies to prioritize Americans, preventing competition with wealthy foreign investors in labor markets, home purchases, and immigration processes.

Supports providing comprehensive support to first responders, military personnel, and veterans during and after their service.

- Believes in reforming immigration and visa policies to prioritize Americans, preventing competition with wealthy foreign investors in labor markets, home purchases, and immigration processes.
- Supports providing comprehensive support to first responders, military personnel, and veterans during and after their service.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

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Supports mandating single-subject spending bills and conducting full audits of government agencies.

Believes leaders prioritize "their own interests, and those of their wealthy donors, over the needs of the people."

Supports banning representatives and staff from trading stocks while in office.

Supports prohibiting former government officials and staff from lobbying.

Believes in implementing infrastructure, legislation, technology, and resources to secure the border from illegal immigration, drug smuggling, and trafficking.

Believes in implementing infrastructure, legislation, technology, and resources to secure the border from undocumented immigration, drug smuggling, and trafficking.

Simon Cardell was born and raised in Plano, Texas, and has two older brothers and a twin brother. He graduated from Ray Braswell High School and attended the University of North Texas.

Simon Cardell worked as a shift lead at a pizza shop in Denton. He also had an internship on Capitol Hill.

As of September 12, 2024, Simon Cardell’s website did not contain information on this issue.

- Your US Representative represents the interests of your district in the US House of Representatives, the lower house of Congress. Texas currently has 36 US Representatives.
- US Representatives can author, sponsor, debate, and vote on bills that become national law.
- Representatives may serve on congressional committees. Committees focus on certain policy areas, such as transportation, education, or labor. They may also run for higher positions within their party, such as the Speaker of the House or Majority/Minority Leader.
- Representatives are elected to two-year terms. To hold this office, a candidate must be a legal resident of Texas for at least seven years before their election. US Representatives are paid a salary of $174,000/year.