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Progressive Views: Statewide Offices: Agriculture Commissioner
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Progressive Views: Statewide Offices: Agriculture Commissioner

The Texas Department of Agriculture’s mission is to partner with all Texans to make Texas the nation's leader in agriculture, fortify our economy, empower rural communities, promote healthy lifestyles, and cultivate winning strategies for rural, suburban, and urban Texas through exceptional service and the common threads of agriculture in our daily lives. TDA is also the agency leading the charge against the New World screwworm outbreak. The agriculture commissioner oversees the agency and is elected every four years. 

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August 29, 2026
Progressive Views Plus: The Patriarchy is Alive and Well
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Action / Culture Wars / Issues / National / Project 2025 / Women's Rights

Progressive Views Plus: The Patriarchy is Alive and Well

Newly released by the Heritage Foundation is a report that asserts that the promotion of competitive sports for girls and women “formed a core element of a broader project to remake female character itself — producing a new woman who would be more aggressive, assertive, dominant, and less deferential, less graceful, and less oriented toward motherhood and traditional feminine graces.” Reports like this show our progress in women’s rights is not set in stone. We must fight the battle every day. 

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August 14, 2026
Progressive Views: Hit the Brakes on Data Centers
Abuse of Power / Conservation / Data Centers / Issues / National / State

Progressive Views: Hit the Brakes on Data Centers

Although a majority of Texans oppose construction of data centers in their communities, data centers, with Governor Abbott's full support, are taking advantage of Texas’ weak regulatory structure to vastly expand their plans. Call your reps to demand that data center construction ceases until more guidelines are put in place.

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July 19, 2026
Progressive Views: Dysfunction at the Top
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Progressive Views: Dysfunction at the Top

Under Jane Nelson's leadership, the TxSoS Elections Division, previously a very efficient and responsive agency, has become much more difficult to work with. Issues run from inaccurate and late voter file updates and voter history files to not sending out voter registration cards. It’s clear that our Republican leadership wants the Texas election system to fail. It’s long past time to elect statewide leadership that works in the interests of voters, not against them. Time to elect Democratic leadership.

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May 9, 2026
Progressive Views: Sowing Confusion, Trampling Rights  
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Progressive Views: Sowing Confusion, Trampling Rights  

Our political leaders have spent years trying to convince you that your vote doesn’t matter and that the election system is corrupt; they’ve enacted unnecessary steps to make it harder to vote. All so you’ll give up and not cast your ballot. There’s plenty you can do to fight these efforts.

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April 13, 2026
Progressive Views: Early Voting Starts Tuesday for the March Primary 
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Progressive Views: Early Voting Starts Tuesday for the March Primary 

Early voting begins on Tuesday and runs through February 27. Early voting is held at the KCEO office on Fawn Valley. (Unfortunately, due to changes passed by the Texas Legislature, Comfort will not have an early voting location.) Election Day is Tuesday, March 3. Kendall County will have eleven polling locations, and you can vote at any one of them.

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February 17, 2026
Progressive Views: Make Voting Easier and Upcoming Deadline
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Progressive Views: Make Voting Easier and Upcoming Deadline

Texas ranks 46th in “ease of voting,” according to a 2022 study in the “Election Law Journal.” The study states, “voting still is not easy in Texas [as compared to 2020]. Implement these 4 steps to make voting easier in Texas: implement online voter registration, allow anyone to cast an absentee ballot, simplify the process for a mail-in ballot, and broaden the range of acceptable photo IDs.

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January 28, 2026
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