Pete "Doc" Chambers is a retired U. S. Army Lieutenant Colonel, Special Forces Green Beret, and physician. He has a 3-year-old grandson.

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Pete "Doc" Chambers earned a medical degree from the University of New England.

Pete is a former U.S. Army Green Beret. He also works as a public servant for the state of Texas.

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Pete currently works as the chief executive officer of the Remnant A Team, a collaborative organization of churches. He previously served as a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army for 39 years, and as a physician in the Texas Army National Guard.

Pete's campaign for governor of Texas is his first run for public office.

Supports switching to a consumption-based model of taxation, such as a value-added tax (VAT) and sales tax, to eliminate property taxes.

Supports switching to a value-added tax (VAT), which levies taxes at each stage of a product's production and distribution, and increasing sales tax rates to eliminate property taxes.

Supports creating a Texas First Workforce Tax Benefit to reward employers who hire Texans in IT, software, data, cloud, cybersecurity, and engineering fields.

Supports creating a Texas First Workforce Tax Benefit to reward employers who hire Texans in information technology, software, data, cloud, cybersecurity, and engineering fields.

Supports implementing the Texas Workforce Resilience Fee on companies with high foreign worker ratios who refuse to comply

Supports implementing the Texas Workforce Resilience Fee on companies with high ratios of foreign-born workers.

Supports providing procurement preference only to employers who prioritize hiring Texans.

Supports providing procurement preference to employers who prioritize hiring Texans.

Supports a 10% transaction fee for all visa and non-citizen foreign money wire transfers.

- Supports switching to a value-added tax (VAT), which levies taxes at each stage of a product's production and distribution, and increasing sales tax rates to eliminate property taxes.
- Supports creating a Texas First Workforce Tax Benefit to reward employers who hire Texans in information technology, software, data, cloud, cybersecurity, and engineering fields.
- Supports implementing the Texas Workforce Resilience Fee on companies with high ratios of foreign-born workers.
- Supports providing procurement preference to employers who prioritize hiring Texans.
- Supports a 10% transaction fee for all visa and non-citizen foreign money wire transfers.

Economy

Opposes vaccine mandates and "medical coercion."

Supports parental rights in children's healthcare decisions.

Supports "parental rights in children's healthcare decisions."

- Opposes vaccine mandates.
- Supports "parental rights in children's healthcare decisions."

Healthcare

Supports scaling micro-nuclear reactors and desalination networks statewide to ensure long-term water and power supply.

Supports initiating coastal desalination projects and grid hardening to supply 1 million acre-feet of fresh water and stable electricity within four years.

Supports initiating coastal desalination and electric grid hardening  projects.

Supports rolling out portable natural gas units to prevent power outages in vulnerable areas.

Supports achieving total energy and water independence and reliability for Texas.

Supports achieving total energy and water independence and reliability.

- Supports scaling micro-nuclear reactors and desalination networks statewide to ensure long-term water and power supply.
- Supports initiating coastal desalination and electric grid hardening  projects.
- Supports rolling out portable natural gas units to prevent power outages in vulnerable areas.
- Supports achieving total energy and water independence and reliability.

Energy & the Environment

Supports creating a Lawfare Task Force to investigate political prosecutions.

Supports "creating a Lawfare Task Force to investigate political prosecutions."

- Supports "creating a Lawfare Task Force to investigate political prosecutions."

Public Safety

Supports federal reforms such as offshore asylum processing and sanctions on migration facilitators to reduce immigration.

- Supports federal reforms such as offshore asylum processing and sanctions on migration facilitators to reduce immigration.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Supports limiting grades 6-8 to 6-8 courses with protected core time and practical electives like career and technical education (CTE) surveys.

Supports limiting grades 6-8 to courses with protected core time and practical electives like career and technical education (CTE) surveys.

Supports contracting community providers for counseling and implementing a tiered discipline code with progressive sanctions and restorative practices.

Supports streamlining facilities and operations through low-interest lending, independent audits, and statewide procurement, and plans to consolidate small districts and convert standalone magnets to "Academies-Within" secondary campuses for preserved programs.

Supports streamlining facilities and operation and plans to consolidate small districts and convert standalone magnets to "Academies-Within" secondary campuses for preserved programs.

Supports creating an Education Replacement Fund (ERF) to centralize costs, supported by general revenue, efficiencies, and non-tax sources like endowment payouts and curriculum licensing.

Plans to end vouchers and education savings accounts.

Plans to end voucher that allow parents to use public funds to enroll their children in schools beyond their local options, including private schools, and education savings accounts.

- Supports limiting grades 6-8 to courses with protected core time and practical electives like career and technical education (CTE) surveys.
- Supports contracting community providers for counseling and implementing a tiered discipline code with progressive sanctions and restorative practices.
- Supports streamlining facilities and operation and plans to consolidate small districts and convert standalone magnets to "Academies-Within" secondary campuses for preserved programs.
- Supports creating an Education Replacement Fund (ERF) to centralize costs, supported by general revenue, efficiencies, and non-tax sources like endowment payouts and curriculum licensing.
- Plans to end voucher that allow parents to use public funds to enroll their children in schools beyond their local options, including private schools, and education savings accounts.

Education

Supports transparency in election processes and vote counting.

Supports "implementing regular audits of voting systems and procedures."

Supports "establishing comprehensive voter ID requirements."

Supports "establishing comprehensive voter [identification] requirements."

Supports securing voting equipment and systems from cyber threats.

- Supports transparency in election processes and vote counting.
- Supports "implementing regular audits of voting systems and procedures."
- Supports "establishing comprehensive voter [identification] requirements."
- Supports securing voting equipment and systems from cyber threats.

Voting & Elections

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Pete currently works as the chief executive officer of the Remnant A Team, a collaborative organization of churches. He previously served as a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army for 39 years, and as a physician.

Advocates for property tax reform and eventual elimination.

Supports" parental rights in children's healthcare decisions."

- Opposes vaccine mandates.
- Supports" parental rights in children's healthcare decisions."

Supports consolidating small school districts.

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Supports phasing out property taxes by restructuring the tax system to prioritize freedom, security, and true homeownership.

Supports creating a Texas First Workforce Tax Benefit to reward employers who hire Texans in IT and related fields.

Opposes all forms of state-sanctioned harm and supports caring for the vulnerable and young families.

For Candidate Pete "Doc" Chambers on Issue healthcare:  
Supports decentralizing medicine by dismantling bureaucratic overreach and empowering individuals, doctors, and communities in their healthcare decisions.

Supports achieving total energy and water independence and reliability in Texas through a strategic rollout.

Plans to investigate and dismantle weaponized legal tactics that undermine individual liberties.

Supports directing the Department of Public Safety to enforce the law and end non-Constitutional demonstrations.

Wants the Department of Public Safety to investigate threats to public safety, including the networks and funding of individuals promoting harmful practices.

Wants to designate organizations that fund and support individuals and groups subverting Texas society as "Foreign terror organizations" under SB 1900 (2003).

Supports instructing state agencies to deny permits for communities described in HB 4211.

For Candidate Pete "Doc" Chambers on Issue public-safety:  
Supports implementing regular audits of voting systems and procedures.

Supports providing transparency in election processes and vote counting.

Supports training for election workers and poll watchers.

For Candidate Pete "Doc" Chambers on Issue public-safety:  
Supports securing voting equipment and systems from cyber threats.

Supports strengthening penalties for election fraud.

Supports fast-tracking coordination between DPS and ICE for the repatriation of non-citizens affected by SB 1900.

Proposes consolidating small school districts, converting standalone magnets to "Academies-Within" secondary campuses, and phasing charters to align with funding standards based on data.

Supports a structured education system for grades 6-8 with core courses and practical electives, and advocates for a strong core curriculum in high school along with choices like work-release programs for gaining job experience.

Supports minimizing technology in K-5 classrooms to focus on print materials and physical activities like PE and recess.

Opposes K-5 state testing, advocating for teacher-scored unit mastery checks and immediate intervention for below-mastery students.

Supports addressing teacher workforce issues, including vacancy rates, retention, and residency placements.

Supports decentralizing and reforming Texas public education with a focus on finance, trust, and accountability.

Supports publishing all key performance indicators (KPIs) quarterly at state, district, and campus levels with open data for third-party analysis.

Supports a structured education system for grades 6-8 with core courses and practical electives, and advocates for a strong high school curriculum that includes work-release programs for juniors and seniors to gain job experience.

For Candidate Pete "Doc" Chambers on Issue education:  
Supports minimizing technology in K-5 classrooms to focus on print materials and physical activities like PE and recess.

Supports publishing all key performance indicators (KPIs) quarterly at state, district, and campus levels, with open data for third-party analysis.

Supports implementing regular audits of voting systems and procedures.

Believes in providing transparency in election processes and vote counting.

Supports training for election workers and poll watchers to enhance election integrity.

Supports switching local government funding to consumption-based taxation, proposing a 3.82% value-added tax and a 9.19% sales tax to eliminate property taxes, while maintaining current sales tax exemptions for lower-income Texans.

Supports property tax reform with a goal of eventual elimination, advocating for a phased approach through reducing government spending.

Supports reforming county appraisal districts to give residents more control over property valuations.

Supports creating a Texas First Workforce Tax Benefit to encourage employers to hire Texans over foreign labor, with tax reductions for compliant companies and a transaction fee on foreign money transfers.

Opposes vaccine mandates and medical coercion.

Supports defending parental rights in children's healthcare decisions.

Plans to create a Lawfare Task Force to investigate political prosecutions.

Supports establishing comprehensive voter ID requirements.

Supports federal reforms such as offshore asylum processing and sanctions on migration facilitators to eliminate pull factors for migration.

Supports a structured education system for grades 6-8 with core courses and practical electives, and advocates for a strong core curriculum in high school with options for work-release programs for juniors and seniors to gain job experience.

Believes parents should not be frustrated with nonsensical math and phonics homework.

Proposes consolidating small school districts, converting standalone magnets to "Academies-Within" on secondary campuses, and phasing charters to align with funding standards based on data.

Supports centralizing costs in education through an Education Replacement Fund (ERF) backed by general revenue and non-tax sources.

Supports reforms to cap pensionable pay and anti-spiking to save $65 million yearly, while promoting sustainable funding for public education without new taxes, ensuring long-term stability and teacher raises.

Supports investing $1 billion annually to reform Texas public education, implementing a back-to-basics curriculum, achieving low administrative overhead, ending vouchers/ESAs, and tracking student progress through public dashboards.

Supports sustaining annual deposits to create a $25B endowment for public education, maintaining TRS reforms, and ensuring student outcomes through mastery-based assessments and facility upgrades via pooled lending.

Supports strong term limits to end entrenched power and restore accountability in government.

- The governor leads Texas’ executive branch and oversees enforcement of state laws and policies.
- They appoint agency leaders, boards, and commissions, shaping how state government operates.
- They can sign bills into law, veto bills, or allow them to become law without action, and exercise a line-item veto on spending bills.
- They serve a four-year term, elected by popular (plurality) vote, and there are no term limits.
- As of 2025, the governor’s annual salary is about $153,750.
- The governor commands the state’s military forces (Texas Military Forces) when not federalized.
- The governor may grant pardons, reprieves, and commutations with the recommendation of the Board of Pardons and Paroles.