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Chuck eanred a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Texas A&M. He lives in Baytown.

Chuck currently works as a chemical engineer.

Chuck Crews ran for state representative in 2022, but he did not win.

Supports legalizing and taxing marijuana to increase state revenue.

- Supports legalizing and taxing marijuana to increase state revenue.

Economy

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Believes cannabis use is consistent across all demographics and that laws prohibiting cannabis use are "disproportionately enforced against minorities."

Believes that marijuana use is consistent across demographics and that laws prohibiting marijuana use are "disproportionately enforced against minorities."

- Believes that marijuana use is consistent across demographics and that laws prohibiting marijuana use are "disproportionately enforced against minorities."

Public Safety

Supports abortion and believes the right to abortion should be codified into law.

Believes improved access to preventative healthcare will help Texans live longer, healthier lives.

Wants to improve access to preventative health care, especially for cancer and heart disease.

- Supports expanding access to Medicaid.
- Supports access to abortion.
- Wants to improve access to preventative health care, especially for cancer and heart disease.

Healthcare

Believes in fully funding public schools and reducing local property tax burdens.

Wants to ensure that state funding goes to schools and that public schools are fully funded.

Supports codifying an annual cost of living adjustment for retired teachers and protecting the Teacher Retirement System.

Supports an annual cost of living adjustment to benefits for retired teachers.

- Wants to ensure that state funding goes to schools and that public schools are fully funded.
- Supports an annual cost of living adjustment to benefits for retired teachers.

Education

Supports transitioning to sustainable energy and improving the energy grid.

Supports transitioning to renewable energy and improving the power grid.

Supports stronger enforcement of petrochemical regulations, saying that "paltry fines" aren't enough.

Wants to make power generation plants safer and lower the pollution they create.

- Supports transitioning to renewable energy and improving the power grid.
- Supports stronger enforcement of petrochemical regulations, saying that "paltry fines" aren't enough.
- Wants to make power generation plants safer and lower the pollution they create.

Energy & the Environment

Supports efforts to make ballot access more accessible and remove recent voting by mail barriers.

Opposes recent laws making it harder to vote by mail.

Supports modernizing voter registration by implementing online voter registration.

Supports implementing online voter registration.

Believes redistricting should be managed by a non-partisan commission that must *prove* new maps are non-discriminatory, saying "Republicans have shown, time and again, that they cannot be trusted to act in the interest of ALL citizens of Texas."

Opposes partisan and racial gerrymandering, drawing electoral district lines to favor one party or disfavor a minority group.

Believes the residents of House District 128 deserve "actual representation" and opposes the election of candidates who "tried to overthrow the 2020 election."

Opposes efforts to "overthrow the 2020 election."

Wants redistricting to be managed by a non-partisan commission that would need to prove that new maps aren't discriminatory.

- Opposes recent laws making it harder to vote by mail.
- Supports implementing online voter registration.
- Opposes partisan and racial gerrymandering, drawing electoral district lines to favor one party or disfavor a minority group.
- Opposes efforts to "overthrow the 2020 election."
- Wants redistricting to be managed by a non-partisan commission that would need to prove that new maps aren't discriminatory.

Voting & Elections

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Chuck Crews

Chuck holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Texas A&M. He lives in Baytown.

Chuck Crews ran for state representative in 2022 but did not win.

Supports the Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation.

Believes cannabis laws were enacted to be "selectively enforced."

Believes in the importance of a lawmaker who writes their own bills and works for the community.

Supports the complete decriminalization and legalization of all drugs.

Believes enforcement of cannabis prohibition is "even less effective and considerably more harmful than the ill-conceived and short-lived laws regarding alcohol Prohibition."

Believes "Healthy Texans are Happy Texans" and supports policies that promote public health and access to quality healthcare.

Believes early detection of heart disease and cancer is crucial for improving public health.

Supports the legalization and taxation of cannabis, believing it would generate "billions in new revenue."

- Supports expanding access to Medicaid.
- Supports access to abortion.
- Wants to improve access to preventative health care, especially for cancer and heart disease.
- Supports legalizing marijuana

Supports policies that honor commitments made to retired teachers.

Believes cannabis tax revenue should be used to improve school funding and expand healthcare across Texas.

Believes in "real enforcement" of existing regulations and increasing reporting requirements for mechanical integrity inspections.

Believes in creating safer and cleaner plants for workers and nearby communities.

Wants to make power generation plants safer and lower 

Believes Texas can lead in clean, renewable energy with the right legislation.

Supports the petrochemical industry but believes leaders prioritize profit over employee health and community safety.

Believes in improving energy efficiency and reducing pollution in industrial plants.

Believes Texas needs a robust power grid fueled by a "sustainable, endless supply of energy."

Supports the development of renewable energy sources in Texas.

Supports enforcing stricter regulations and punishments for the petrochemical industry.

Believes industrial negligence causing injury or death should result in criminal penalties for those responsible.

Believes petrochemical negligence causing injury should result in criminal penalties for those responsible.

- Supports transitioning to renewable energy and improving the power grid.
- Supports stronger enforcement of petrochemical regulations, saying that "paltry fines" aren't enough.
- Believes petrochemical negligence causing injury should result in criminal penalties for those responsible.
- Wants to make power generation plants safer and lower the pollution they create.

Believes in "equal rights under the law."

Believes Texas's history of "evil voting laws" justified decades under preclearance rules to ensure equal voting access.

Supports reversing "blatantly discriminatory legislation & maps."

Called his opponent a "traitor" and said they "tried to overthrow the 2020 election."

- Opposes recent laws making it harder to vote by mail.
- Supports implementing online voter registration.
- Opposes partisan and racial gerrymandering, drawing electoral district lines to favor one party or disfavor a minority group.
- Called his opponent a "traitor" and said they "tried to overthrow the 2020 election."
- Wants redistricting to be managed by a non-partisan commission that would need to prove that new maps aren't discriminatory.

As of September 12, 2024, Chuck Crews’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Chuck Crews has over a decade of experience in the petrochemical industry as a Chemical Engineer.

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