Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch - Ballotpedia

Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch is from Austin. She earned a bachelor's degree and a law degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Kate lives with her two children.

Kate is an immigration attorney. She founded her own firm, Lincoln-Goldfinch Law, in 2015. She previously worked at American Gateways, where she represented families detained at the T. Don Hutto facility in Taylor, Texas. She also worked at the Political Asylum Project of Austin. 

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Kate works as an immigration attorney at Lincoln-Goldfinch Law. She previously worked at American Gateways and at the Political Asylum Project of Austin. 

Kate's campaign for Texas State Representative, District 50, is her first time running for public office.

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Supports holding utilities accountable and preventing price gouging.

Supports investing in flood control, wildfire prevention, and extreme heat protections.

Supports small businesses and community infrastructure.

- Supports holding utilities accountable and preventing price gouging.
- Supports investing in flood control, wildfire prevention, and extreme heat protections.
- Supports small businesses and community infrastructure.

Economy

Supports gun control, specifically keeping guns out of the hands of domestic abusers.

Supports gun control by strengthening background check enforcement and keeping guns out of the hands of domestic abusers.

Supports promoting safe storage and real mental health staffing in schools.

Supports promoting safe firearm storage and real mental health staffing in schools.

Supports criminalizing malicious deepfakes targeting women, children, and public figures.

Supports requiring social media platforms to quickly remove manipulated content.

Supports strengthening digital privacy and child safety standards.

Supports establishing clear regulations on the use of personal images or likenesses.

Supports requiring permission and licensure for creating or distributing AI-generated likenesses.

Supports requiring permission and licensure for creating or distributing artificial intelligence-generated likenesses.

- Supports gun control by strengthening background check enforcement and keeping guns out of the hands of domestic abusers.
- Supports promoting safe firearm storage and real mental health staffing in schools.
- Supports criminalizing malicious deepfakes targeting women, children, and public figures.
- Supports requiring social media platforms to quickly remove manipulated content.
- Supports strengthening digital privacy and child safety standards.
- Supports establishing clear regulations on the use of personal images or likenesses.
- Supports requiring permission and licensure for creating or distributing artificial intelligence-generated likenesses.

Public Safety

Supports expanding access to contraception and emergency contraception.

Supports access to abortion and contraception.

Supports restoring access to gender-affirming healthcare.

- Supports access to abortion and contraception.
- Supports restoring access to gender-affirming healthcare.

Healthcare

Supports defending academic freedom and keeping politics out of classrooms.

Supports restoring diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in higher education.

Supports expanding affordability and student support systems.

- Supports defending academic freedom and keeping politics out of classrooms.
- Supports education on race and racism.
- Supports expanding affordability and student support systems.
- Supports expanding access to childcare.

Education

Supports fully weatherizing the energy grid.

Supports expanding clean energy, storage, and community microgrids.

- Supports fully weatherizing the energy grid.
- Supports expanding clean energy, storage, and community microgrids.

Energy & the Environment

As of January 22, 2026, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Supports strengthening background check enforcement.

Supports creating a strong takedown mechanism for when someone's image, rights, or privacy has been violated by AI-generated content.

Supports abortion and wants to "repeal Texas’ abortion bans and protect doctors from prosecution."

Supports ending state funding for "deceptive crisis pregnancy centers."

- 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.