Christine Kalmbach

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Christine Kalmbach

Nonpartisan

Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District, Position 4

Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

1

Report an officeholder change

Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 7, 2023

Education

Other

Champions School of Real Estate, 2018

Personal

Birthplace

Monroe, Mich.

Religion

Christian

Profession

Realtor

Contact

Personal LinkedIn

Christine Kalmbach is a member of the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District in Texas, representing Position 4. She assumed office on December 7, 2023. Her current term ends in 2027.

Kalmbach ran for election to the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District to represent Position 4 in Texas. She won in the general election on November 7, 2023.

Biography

Christine Kalmbach was born in Monroe, Michigan. She graduated from Champions School of Real Estate in 2018. She pursued an associate degree from Lone Star College. Kalmbach's career experience includes working as a REALTOR, small business owner, recruiter, in personnel, administration, and accounting. She has been affiliated with the Hearthstone Garden Club, H3Helpline, New Heart of Texas, Houston's First Baptist Church Cypress, Bible Study Fellowship, Gun Owners of America, and the Texas State Rifle Association.

Elections

2023

See also: Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District, Texas, elections (2023)

General election

General election for Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District, Position 4

Christine Kalmbach defeated Frances Ramirez Romero in the general election for Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District, Position 4 on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Christine Kalmbach (Nonpartisan)	51.1	28,024
		Frances Ramirez Romero (Nonpartisan)	48.9	26,856

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 54,880
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 138

Incumbent Lacey Hull defeated Stephanie Morales in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 138 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lacey Hull (R)	57.1	32,395
		Stephanie Morales (D)	42.9	24,353

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 56,748
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 138

Stephanie Morales advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 138 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Stephanie Morales	100.0	5,422

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 138

Incumbent Lacey Hull defeated Josh Flynn and Christine Kalmbach in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 138 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lacey Hull	64.4	7,942
		Josh Flynn	19.4	2,390
		Christine Kalmbach	16.2	1,992

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,324
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Campaign themes

2023

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Christine Kalmbach completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kalmbach's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Christine Kalmbach has lived in northwest Houston since the late 1970s. She has attended Alief, Spring Branch, and Cy-Fair Schools. She is married to Steve Kalmbach, a CPA, and had 3 adult children (one serving active duty in the military + one Son-in-love), and has two grandchildren she adores! She is a small business owner and award-winning full-time Licensed Professional Realtor (ABR, e-Pro, RENE, SRES, VA Certified) and previously owned part of a Personnel Service (CTS certification). She has completed general coursework at Lone Star College. She is a member of Houston's First Baptist Church, Bible Study Fellowship, Gun Owners of America & the Texas State Rifle Association. Her children have attended public, private, and homeschool. She is a community volunteer with charitable organizations like H3 Helpline, New Heart of Texas, Cy-Fair Chamber of Commerce, Hearthstone Garden Club, and Harris County GOP, previously CFISD (1992-2018), Cy-Fair Women's Club, Moms In Touch Intl, Boy Scouts of America, Impact a Hero and others. She has been a grassroots volunteer in the Northwest Houston/Cypress area since the 1990s by supporting and voting for conservative causes and candidates. She has block walked, phone banked, attended campaign events, and donated to the Republican conservative movement in Texas! Christine believes in being effective, excellent, and essential with integrity, vision, and transparency and that is why she is running for Texas House District 138!

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Protecting our 2nd Amendment Rights and our Texas border and reducing crime while supporting LEOs and the Military.
• Abolishing Property Taxes thus allowing Texans to truly own their homes, and eliminating waste, fraud and abuse in Government. Flood Mitigation in Harris County.
• Protecting Life, Liberty, Parental Rights, School Choice, Religious Freedom, and limiting Government control.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

As a Born Again Believer & Constitutional Conservative Texan, I believe our rights come from God and His Word, and that the Declaration of Independence & Constitution and Texas Constitution are the bedrock of our nation and state. I believe in protecting our 2nd Amendment Rights, our Texas border, and reducing crime while supporting LEOs and not letting criminals run amok! As a military daughter and mom, I support our veterans and active-duty members and their families because when one serves, their family serves. They deserve our respect. Texans should truly own their homes and that means abolishing property taxes we can move to a consumption tax to eliminate over 60+ taxes! As a small business owner, I care about excessive taxation and am for complete transparency, auditing our laws, departments, and government to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse, and limiting government control. We should be protecting life from conception to grave, our freedoms and liberty, Parental Rights, Families, School Choice, Vaccine Choice, and Religious Freedom, and eliminating lockdowns, CRT, Comprehensive Sex Ed, and special classes. We need to tap into our faith community and free-market solutions to help our neighbors and make our communities better. Let's work together to make Houston and Texas the best it can be! Let's let Texans run Texas!

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

Ronald Reagan - I love his love of our country, his passion, his eloquence, his sense of humor, as well as his grit and determination! He could dress up or be comfortable in boots and jeans. He was a common sense leader that had a great faith and principles and he was unashamed about it! I believe he recognized the value of life, the experiences one can go through and the endurance of the human spirit! He worked to bring people together and find common ground. Under his presidency, we saw tax cuts, Reaganomics, America first, Military Might, the end of the Cold War, Technology increase, he held people accountable. and he was an outsider - not a lifelong politician. He was a great President!

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

I am a Reagan Conservative - Reagan's approach towards people and our country was one of grit, grace and tenacity - respecting individuals and honoring freedom and liberty.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Honesty, Fairness, Integrity, Hard Working, Loyal, and Compassionate.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

Honesty - I believe in being honest and true, it is imperative in my line of work as Realtor - we swear an oath to treat all parties to a transaction fairly and honestly. Honesty even when it's hard is the best policy. Hardworking - I believe hard work is an ethic that can not be emphasized enough. It means doing whatever it takes to get the job done - extra hours, more research, learning a new skill, showing up, being teachable, learning from mistakes, utilizing resources to help, etc.

Integrity - having values and ethics as a person will show up no matter which job you hold. Be the same person no matter where you are or who you are with.
Learner - be voracious in reading, studying, consulting with experts on a matter. Learn what you don't know - become an expert to do the best job possible.
Negotiator - being able to work with various people to effect change and bring a desirable outcome. My job is a Realtor requires strong negotiation skills.

Being a Christian is the underpinning of all of the qualities for me.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

The Elected Official in office should operate with the highest integrity, listening to their neighbors and representing them in the State House to ensure freedoms and liberty are not hampered. A servant leader who will do the research and work necessary to be excellent, effective, and essential to their District by knowing the challenges and needs of their district, also auditing and assessing current laws and only writing minimally necessary new laws. This is why we meet Biennially - to limit the role of government in our lives in Texas!

What legacy would you like to leave?

I would like to make a difference in my neighbors' lives being a servant leader - GIVE. SERVE. LEAD. As a role model that will serve others and not only looking after my own interests but to the interest of others (Phil. 2:4) by being available, understanding the needs of my neighbors, and ensuring that neighbors have the freedom to raise their family as they see fit, with less government intrusion, and with more of their own money in their pockets. Families thriving with parents as the sole decision-makers for their children in their upbringing, with great choices of public, private, and homeschool. Ultimately, my hope is that our community comes together to solve problems, become safer, and with more opportunities to make House District 138 the best it can be!

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

The Bicentennial of 1976. I remember making a Betsy Ross Plaque in third grade in Mrs. Smith's class at the age of 8!

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

Pizza Hut - I worked as a waitress in the restaurant for around $2 an hour plus tips for about a year.

What is your favorite book? Why?

The Bible first, then books on learning and biographies.

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

Wonder Woman because I would have superpowers and my own airplane!

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

A Christmas song.

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

As a youth, I was sexually abused and ended up pregnant at 15 and was coerced into an abortion - truly it the biggest REGRET of my life and I became pro-life in an instant. It was traumatizing physically, emotionally, and spiritually. I tried to numb myself from the pain and pretend it didn't happen. It didn't work. When I ended up pregnant again at 19, I knew without a doubt that I would have my baby. I am proud to say that my daughter has been one of the greatest joys in my life and I give all honor and glory to God for helping our family. She is grown, married, and serving our Country and is the proud mother of my two grandchildren! I have received help, hope, and healing from these traumas through New Heart of Texas. And for the last six years I have the honor to help women and men in crisis pregnancy situations and those suffering from post-abortion trauma with resources and to get help. It has been incredibly humbling to help others after receiving help myself.

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between the governor and state legislature?

In layman's terms, I believe the Governor is like the Chief Executive who brings about vision and policies that should protect and benefit the sovereignty of Texas and Texans. The legislature's job is to represent their neighbors and to maintain a balanced budget, review laws on the books, assess them to remain, be abolished or reworked, and write new laws as necessary. Ideally, the state legislature should do the business of the people and hold the Governor accountable to the people.

What do you perceive to be your state's greatest challenges over the next decade?

The influx of illegal border crossings and the impact on our state and communities are some of our state's greatest challenges. Social services, border and law enforcement, housing, schooling, and healthcare are being stretched to the limit as we try to help our communities deal with the sheer volume of this crisis which has brought human trafficking, crime, disease, and death to both illegal immigrants and Texans.

What are the benefits and drawbacks of a unicameral state legislature, in your opinion?

One benefit is that it may be easier to pass legislation. One house or legislative body though, it does not seem very accountable.

Do you believe that it’s beneficial for state legislators to have previous experience in government or politics?

It can be, I think what is really helpful is to have hardworking people with strong drive, determination, and willingness to learn and to be teachable. Anyone with those attributes and a great attitude and perseverance can learn what they don't know! And who you surround yourself with matters, it's been said with many advisors, one succeeds!

Do you believe it’s beneficial to build relationships with other legislators? Please explain your answer.

Yes, it is important to learn from other legislators about them, the part of Texas they are from and their interests and issues, and to find where there is common ground and work together with common goals, if possible.

What process do you favor for redistricting?

The current one -- the State Legislature is tasked with the drawing of districts in Texas.

If you are not a current legislator, are there certain committees that you would want to be a part of?

Business & Industry, Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee, and Ways & Means.

Is there a particular legislator, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after?

Ted Cruz, Jonathan Stickland, Matthew Krause, Konni Burton

Are you interested in running for a different political office (for example, the U.S. Congress or governor) in the future?

I am focusing on my Texas House District - nothing else.

Both sitting legislators and candidates for office hear many personal stories from the residents of their district. Is there a story that you’ve heard that you found particularly touching, memorable, or impactful?

People are tired of politics as usual, many good people do not run for office because of how slimy politics are today. Many end up hating politicians because they forget where they came from and who they are supposed to represent. They want less government intrusion, overreach, and control. I had people ask me to run because they want a person of integrity and fairness and decency to be in office as their representative. It's truly humbling to be asked to do such a thing! I will never forget where I have come from and I will always be available to my neighbors.

Tell us your favorite joke.

How does NASA organize a party?
They planet.

Should the legislature oversee or grant the use of emergency powers?

Yes, it should be able to in the event that a governor wants to implement something that would hinder the freedom of Texans.

Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?

Yes, it is desirable as I seek to find common ground and win-win solutions on policymaking, yet never shirk on values or principles.

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