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Anna Bender - 2026 candidate for US Senate

Anna Bender's campaign for Texas US Senator is her first entry into politics.

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Anna's campaign for the U.S. Senate is her first run for public office.

Plans to reduce regulations for businesses to foster growth and increase job opportunities.

Supports tax credits and incentives for employers providing work-life balance, flexible schedules, and health care for part-time and full-time employees.

Supports tax credits for long-term employed, income-improving, trade school or university attendees, and those balancing work with family care.

Supports tax credits for people who are employed long-term or improve their income, trade school or university attendees, and those balancing work with family care.

- Plans to reduce regulations for businesses to foster growth and increase job opportunities.
- Supports tax credits and incentives for employers providing work-life balance, flexible schedules, and health care for part-time and full-time employees.
- Supports tax credits for people who are employed long-term or improve their income, trade school or university attendees, and those balancing work with family care.

Economy

Supports strong border security, likening it to home protection, and advocates for Second Amendment rights for self-defense.

- Supports strong border security, likening it to home protection, and advocates for Second Amendment rights for self-defense.

Public Safety

Supports mandating employers provide health insurance, with tax breaks for those who do.

- Supports mandating employers provide health insurance, with tax breaks for those who do.

Healthcare

Supports state-level control of education, with the federal government providing incentives and tax breaks for private education, specialized training, and tuition reimbursement.

- Supports state-level control of education, with the federal government providing incentives and tax breaks for private education, specialized training, and tuition reimbursement.

Education

Supports providing direct aid to Texas families affected by extreme weather, including funding for temporary shelter and basic necessities.

- Supports providing direct aid to Texas families affected by extreme weather, including funding for temporary shelter and basic necessities.

Energy & the Environment

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

Voting & Elections

Supports strict immigration policies, including armed border patrols and a wall to prevent illegal crossings.

Supports strict immigration policies, including armed border patrols and a wall to prevent undocumented immigrant crossings.

Opposes foreign aid, believing nations should address their own issues and U.S. funds should not be used for external support.

- Supports strict immigration policies, including armed border patrols and a wall to prevent undocumented immigrant crossings.
- Opposes foreign aid, believing nations should address their own issues and U.S. funds should not be used for external support.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Anna Bender

Supports providing direct financial assistance to Texas families affected by extreme weather, including funding for temporary shelter and basic necessities.

Supports mandating employers to provide health insurance for employees, with tax breaks and incentives for compliance.

Opposes foreign aid, believing the U.S. should not provide financial support to other governments.

- Plans to reduce regulations for businesses to foster growth and increase job opportunities.
- Supports tax credits and incentives for employers providing work-life balance, flexible schedules, and health care for part-time and full-time employees.
- Supports tax credits for long-term employed, income-improving, trade school or university attendees, and those balancing work with family care.
- Supports mandating employers provide health insurance, with tax breaks for those who do.
- Supports providing direct financial assistance to Texas families affected by extreme weather, including funding for temporary shelter and basic necessities.

- Supports mandating employers to provide health insurance for employees, with tax breaks and incentives for compliance.

- Supports strict immigration policies, including armed border patrols and a wall to prevent illegal crossings.
- Opposes foreign aid, believing nations should address their own issues and U.S. funds should not be used for external support.

- Supports strict immigration policies, including armed border patrols and a wall to prevent illegal crossings.

- The US Senator is a member of the United States Senate, the upper house of the United States Congress. There are a total of 100 US Senators. Texas, like every other US state, has two senators. 
- US Senators have a great deal of power when it comes to bringing the concerns of their state to the national arena. US Senators can author, sponsor, amend, debate, and vote on bills that may become national law. 
- US Senators have an important role in deciding who runs the federal government. They hold confirmation hearings for most presidential appointees, including new Supreme Court Justices and Presidential Cabinet Members.
- Senators can be appointed to committees that focus on particular issues. Examples include the Appropriations Committee, which handles budget planning, and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which is a diplomatic body that welcomes foreign delegations.
- Senators are elected to six-year terms in statewide elections. US Senators are paid a salary of $174,000/year.