Casey Gray (Texas)
Casey Gray (Republican Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 81. He lost in the Republican primary on March 1, 2022.
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Biography
Casey Gray was born in Odessa, Texas. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1999 to 2018. His career experience includes working as a senior advisor for a defense contract firm.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
The general election was canceled. Incumbent Brooks Landgraf won election in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 81.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 81
Incumbent Brooks Landgraf defeated Casey Gray in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 81 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Brooks Landgraf | 80.0 | 10,246 |
Casey Gray ![]() | 20.0 | 2,565 |
Total votes: 12,811 | ||||
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Campaign finance
2020
See also: Texas' 11th Congressional District election, 2020
Texas' 11th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)
Texas' 11th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 11
August Pfluger defeated Jon Mark Hogg and Wacey Alpha Cody in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 11 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | August Pfluger (R) | 79.7 | 232,568 | |
![]() | Jon Mark Hogg (D) ![]() | 18.3 | 53,394 | |
Wacey Alpha Cody (L) ![]() | 2.0 | 5,811 |
Total votes: 291,773 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jeffery Cady (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 11
Jon Mark Hogg advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 11 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Jon Mark Hogg ![]() | 100.0 | 16,644 |
Total votes: 16,644 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 11
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 11 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | August Pfluger | 52.2 | 56,093 | |
![]() | Brandon Batch ![]() | 15.1 | 16,224 | |
![]() | Wesley Virdell ![]() | 7.1 | 7,672 | |
![]() | Jamie Berryhill ![]() | 7.0 | 7,496 | |
![]() | J. Ross Lacy ![]() | 4.5 | 4,785 | |
![]() | J.D. Faircloth | 4.0 | 4,257 | |
Casey Gray | 3.8 | 4,064 | ||
![]() | Robert Tucker | 2.9 | 3,137 | |
Ned Luscombe | 1.9 | 2,066 | ||
Gene Barber | 1.5 | 1,641 |
Total votes: 107,435 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Cynthia Breyman (R)
- Ross Schumann (R)
- Richard Bartlett (R)
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 11
Wacey Alpha Cody defeated Brian Holk in the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 11 on March 21, 2020.
Candidate | ||
✔ | Wacey Alpha Cody (L) ![]() | |
![]() | Brian Holk (L) |
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Casey Gray completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Gray's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|- Make voter fraud a felony again.
- Secure the border
- Eliminate private property taxes
Making sure you are accountable to the voter/tax payer.
Energy Resource Committee, Agricultural and livestock committee, Defense and Veterans affairs , Homeland Security and public safety
“I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.”
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2020
Casey Gray did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Gray’s campaign website stated the following:
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Oil and Gas / Energy independence I would propose through legislation that 10% of the sales of all oil and gas production stay in the district where it is produced so that the Constituents can see an improvement in their daily lives and have a return on the energy we proudly produce right here in the great state of Texas. Agriculture I propose through legislation that we will deschedule Marijuana and make it legally available to be used as a medication nationwide. Through legalization we will provide Veterans and other critically ill patients the opportunity to see the benefits and have an alternative to deadly opiates. I have personal experience with the negative effects of opiates after my helicopter crash and I have seen friends die from accidental overdoses. I believe that someone with experience and personal knowledge is important to have in this situation. Furthermore I believe that the taxes acquired through legalization should be designated to eliminate property tax for senior citizens. We sell the American Dream of being able to be a stakeholder in America and own a piece of this great Country, however we tax the owners until their death and they never truly own the property. When senior citizens reach retirement age they, more often than not, cannot afford to continue to pay their property taxes and continue to survive. We literally MUST stop taxing people to their deaths. Border Security WALLS WORK. We are the only Country in the world that awards people for breaking our laws and illegally entering a nations sovereign territory. Democrats want to keep you in harms way although I can guarantee you that every single one of them live behind a wall that keeps unwanted people out and gives them a sense of security that they want to deprive you of. I believe we need to provide our Federal Agents with the latitude to protect out borders while fully funding the wall and fully funding their operations. Once we have secured the wall and get reports back from the men and women protecting the border that we are secure, we will reduce the budget while keeping it at a level that is appropriate. Immigration Reform This system will include an e-verification system that business owners will be required to fund to get the workers to the desired location. The workers will scan their government provided ID card at the border, then again within 24 hrs at their place of employment. They will have taxes taken from their checks by their employer, thus contributing to society. Once a threshold is met, such as $10,000 in taxes paid, they will be provided a fast track to a green card and an opportunity to immediately become a Citizen. This will give us the most motivated people and give the hard chargers that truly want and need to be here the gift that they need. It will be a hand up, not a hand out. When I was 17 the US Military and the great people of the United States gave me an opportunity to prove my commitment to this Country and be provided employment and an opportunity to succeed. I took that opportunity and ran with it. I became a member of the Military and I excelled. I worked hard and I achieved my goals through hard work and a hand up, their were no hand outs provided to me and I do not believe we should be provided that to anyone without a chance to show us why they want to be a Citizen. 2nd Amendment issues I strongly believe in the 2nd amendment and will not allow ANYTHING to compromise that. I believe that red flag laws are unconstitutional and should be immediately repealed. We have a something called due process here in the United States and I will not allow ANY process that takes that away. I am strong supporter of repealing the NFA. I am also a supporter of the hearing protection act. I support a national constitutional carry bill that would allow for concealed or open carry for all Citizens of the United States. I will not approve of any bill that attempts to cause a registration of guns or guns owners. Redistricting Constituent Contact I have developed a smart phone application that will use VUID number to verify that each constituent is validated to be a district Constituent, this app will be used to poll the district on ANY AND ALL legislation / co-sponsorship / resolutions prior to being voted upon. I will guarantee that ALL information on these bills will be provided in advance. I will take these polling numbers and I will vote based on what the majority of the Constituents direct me to do. On the application on the Constituents smart phone / tablet there will be a PDF that can be accessed and read. Once the PDF is completely read, the Constituent will have an option to vote YEA or NAY. This will populate Congressman Grays cellular phone and he will be able to see the number of Constituents voting and what their preference is. He will then vote on behalf of the Constituents wishes. Immediately upon voting the Constituents will receive a notification of how the Congressman voted and a graph showing how he has historically voted. The application will have a direct access messaging system to the Congressman so that he can immediately interact with the Constituent. With this unique app you will have direct contact with me, your elected representative. You will read and vote on every proposed bill, every co-sponsor vote and every current event I am involved in. I will be accountable. Furthermore I will not politically appoint ANY person to my staff. I will make proposals that the individual Counties will nominate and vote on ALL staff. I will also allow the Constituents to decided where the district office will be located. The plan will be to not use brick and mortar but to utilize current Republican Party HQ buildings and save the TAXPAYER money. This plan will allow for all Counties to have a voice and a representative of their choosing in my office. I will not dismiss any County employees without the consent of the voters in said County. I will have an open door policy at all times, anytime a Constituent wants to see me, they will have access, provided I am in the available area. I will also work 365 days a year. I will be in the district taking notes and meetings when not in DC. I have heard other candidates speak of coming back to district twice a year, that is laughable. They should be here at minimum twice a month and be available to the people at all times that they are being paid by the taxpayer. Term Limits Tax Reform I often say that the closest thing that we have to everlasting life is the establishment of a federal government agency, because once they are established they never go away. Keeping in mind that following the path of deregulating and abolishing these agencies would save hundreds of billions of dollars per year we also need to get back to the basics and get rid of the 6,550 pages of tax code that gets into the millions of words that are near indecipherable by the average citizen. There are several ways to do such a thing and one that I think is easy is to get back to the basics. A simplified tax code for businesses and the average joe. Health Insurance
Descheduling of Marijuana This will have a large scale effect upon the economy is a great opportunity to catch some of the tax money and save the taxpayer millions of dollars in the short term future. I have several proposals for legislation to get that moving in the right direction.
Government Bailouts Farm Bill We need to get back to singe issue legislative issues and let the farm bill be the farm bill only. If there is a need for welfare it should be addressed on its own proposed legislative issue. Pro Life |
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—Casey Gray[3] |
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Candidate Texas House of Representatives District 81 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 1, 2022.
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Casey Gray's 2020 campaign website, “Issues,” accessed February 10, 2020