Robert is a culinary professional. He also chairs PeaceMeal, a food justice initiative.

Robert is currently a culinary professional. He also chairs PeaceMeal, a food justice initiative.

Robert previously ran for Texas' 29th Congressional District in 2024 but did not win.

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Robert previously ran for Texas' 18th Congressional District in 2024 but did not win.

Supports partnering with the SBA and HUD to develop campuses for minority entrepreneurs, providing subsidized office space, mentoring, and business development skills to foster generational wealth in the African American community.

Supports partnering with the SBA and HUD to develop campuses for minority entrepreneurs, providing office space, mentoring, and business development skills to foster generational wealth in the African American community.

Supports requiring companies to offer paid time off for illnesses, including mental health.

Supports capping prescription drug prices and opening the market to international suppliers to enhance competitiveness and lower costs.

Supports capping prescription drug prices and opening the market to international suppliers to lower costs.

- Supports partnering with the SBA and HUD to develop campuses for minority entrepreneurs, providing office space, mentoring, and business development skills to foster generational wealth in the African American community.
- Supports requiring companies to offer paid time off for illnesses, including mental health.
- Supports capping prescription drug prices and opening the market to international suppliers to lower costs.

Economy

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For Candidate Robert Slater on Issue public-safety: Supports overhaul, decriminalization, and bail reform in the justice system, emphasizing opportunities for rehabilitation and reducing restrictions on individuals with criminal records. Advocates for a national bond program to assist ex-convicts in securing employment and housing.

Supports overhaul, decriminalization, and bail reform in the justice system and reducing restrictions on individuals with criminal records. 

Advocates for a national bond program to assist ex-convicts in securing employment and housing.

- Supports overhaul, decriminalization, and bail reform in the justice system and reducing restrictions on individuals with criminal records. 
- Advocates for a national bond program to assist ex-convicts in securing employment and housing.

Public Safety

Supports universal healthcare as a right and emphasizes the importance of nutritional education and access to healthy foods in preventative health.

Supports universal healthcare as a right and the importance of nutritional education and access to healthy foods in preventative health.

- Supports universal healthcare as a right and the importance of nutritional education and access to healthy foods in preventative health.

Healthcare

Supports viewing tuition as an investment, opposes charter schools, and believes educational costs should primarily apply to higher degrees. Advocates for equitable education for all students, regardless of their zip code, and aims to alleviate student debt burdens.

Supports viewing tuition as an investment, opposes charter schools, and believes educational costs should primarily apply to higher degrees. 

Opposes charter schools and believes education should be universally beneficial to all students, regardless of their zip code.

- Supports viewing tuition as an investment, opposes charter schools, and believes educational costs should primarily apply to higher degrees. 
- Opposes charter schools and believes education should be universally beneficial to all students, regardless of their zip code.
- Wants to alleviate student debt burdens.

Education

As of January 22, 2026, Robert Slater’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Energy & the Environment

Supports making veterans a protected class and believes they should be 100% federally tax-exempt.

- Supports making veterans a protected class and believes they should be 100% federally tax-exempt.

Voting & Elections

Foreign Policy and Immigration

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