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Tony has been living in North Texas for over 30 years. He earned a master's degree in information technology from the University of North Texas in Denton. He has a daughter.

Tony is a small business owner in Texas with experience in real estate and technology. He has also worked on building businesses and teams in various industries including technology, banking/mortgage, finance, auto and home insurance, manufacturing, and healthcare.

Tony Adams's campaign for state representative is his first run for public office.

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Supports small business growth and startups.

Supports legalizing gambling in Texas, believing it could generate $8 billion annually and create over 100,000 jobs.

Believes surrounding states' lobbying efforts have harmed Texas job opportunities.

Supports continuing efforts to create over 15 million jobs, including 800,000 manufacturing jobs.

Opposes measures that promote fair hiring practices and ensure fair treatment of applicants and employees.

Supports affordable rent and home ownership.

- Supports small business growth and startups.
- Supports legalizing gambling in Texas, believing it could generate $8 billion annually and create over 100,000 jobs.
- Believes surrounding states' lobbying efforts have harmed Texas job opportunities.
- Supports continuing efforts to create over 15 million jobs, including 800,000 manufacturing jobs.
- Opposes measures that promote fair hiring practices and ensure fair treatment of applicants and employees.
- Supports affordable rent and home ownership.

Economy

Supports preventing veteran suicides and homelessness.

Supports securing the Texas-Mexico border.

- Supports legal immigration.
- Supports preventing veteran suicides and homelessness.
- Supports police officers.
- Supports gun control.
- Supports securing the Texas-Mexico border.

Public Safety

Supports affordable, high-quality home care services for seniors and people with disabilities and ensuring working families can afford high-quality child care.

Supports capping seniors' out-of-pocket drug costs at $2,000 per year.

Supports expanding the Affordable Care Act to cover all uninsured Texans.

Supports insulin for seniors capped at $35 per month.

Supports making inhalers available for $35 a month.

Supports improving healthcare for women in Texas, noting the state ranks poorly in uninsured rates, poverty, and hospital quality.

Believes Texas should participate in federal programs to support child nutrition, noting that 3.8 million families could benefit from $120 per child for summer lunches.

- Supports affordable, high-quality home care services for seniors and people with disabilities and ensuring working families can afford high-quality child care.
- Supports capping seniors' out-of-pocket drug costs at $2,000 per year.
- Supports expanding the Affordable Care Act to cover all uninsured Texans.
- Supports insulin for seniors capped at $35 per month.
- Supports making inhalers available for $35 a month.
- Supports improving healthcare for women in Texas, noting the state ranks poorly in uninsured rates, poverty, and hospital quality.
- Supports access to abortion.
- Believes Texas should participate in federal programs to support child nutrition, noting that 3.8 million families could benefit from $120 per child for summer lunches.

Healthcare

Opposes school vouchers, believing they create inequality and segregation, benefiting affluent families and allowing private schools to discriminate based on academic ability, special needs, religion, gender, and sexual orientation.

Believes universities should not ensure faculty are equipped with the knowledge and resources to teach a diverse student body.

Believes universities should ensure faculty are equipped with the knowledge and resources to teach a diverse student body.

- Opposes school vouchers, believing they create inequality and segregation, benefiting affluent families and allowing private schools to discriminate based on academic ability, special needs, religion, gender, and sexual orientation.
- Supports neighborhood public schools.
- Believes universities should ensure faculty are equipped with the knowledge and resources to teach a diverse student body.

Education

Supports oil and gas and all energy sources.

Energy & the Environment

Believes billionaire mega donors and PACs influence political campaigns, saying, "the governor needs the money for his rid and replace campaign."

Opposes high income-earning donors and PACs donating to political campaigns.

- Opposes high income-earning donors and PACs donating to political campaigns.

Voting & Elections

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Keresa earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Texas A&M. She lives in McKinney with her husband, J.R.

Keresa currently works as the CEO of the Lawton Group, which manages construction projects and mechanical companies. She also works as the owner of a plumbing company.

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Keresa Richardson's campaign for state representative is her first run for public office.

Wants to lower taxes, especially property taxes.

- Promises to be fiscally responsible.
- Wants to lower taxes, especially property taxes.

Supports establishing a Texas Border Unit to combat transnational criminal activity and increase penalties for illegal border crossing.

Supports creating a new ranger unit to conduct border security operations.

Supports deploying state law enforcement and military forces to "seal the border" and prevent illegal entry and trafficking. Supports using physical force if necessary and deporting undocumented immigrants to their nations of origin.

Supports deploying state law enforcement and military forces to the border to prevent undocumented immigration.

Opposes gun control and supports preserving the Second Amendment.

- Supports creating a new ranger unit to conduct border security operations.
- Supports deploying state law enforcement and military forces to the border to prevent undocumented immigration.
- Opposes gun control.

Believes in supporting cancer patients and working towards eradicating cancer.

- Opposes access to abortion.
- Wants to "eradicate" cancer.

Believes education should be "free from any social theories."

Said education should be "free from any social theories."

Opposes providing public services, including in-state college tuition and public school enrollment, for undocumented immigrants.

Opposes providing in-state college tuition rates and public school enrollment for undocumented immigrants.

Supports allowing parents to select public or private schools for their children and wants funding to follow the student without restrictions.

- Said education should be "free from any social theories."
- Opposes providing in-state college tuition rates and public school enrollment for undocumented immigrants.
- Supports funding private schools.

Believes Texas should protect its oil and gas industry.

Wants to protect the state's oil and gas industry.

- Wants to protect the state's oil and gas industry.

Supports amending the Texas Constitution to allow the Texas Attorney General to prosecute election crimes.

Supports amending the state constitution to give the attorney general more power to prosecute election-related crimes.

Supports amending the Texas Constitution to require proof of citizenship for voter registration.

Supports amending the state constitution to require proof of citizenship for voter registration.

Supports increasing the criminal penalty for illegal voting.

Wants to increase the penalty for voting illegally.

Wants stronger cybersecurity for voter registration databases and election infrastructure.

- Supports amending the state constitution to give the attorney general more power to prosecute election-related crimes.
- Supports amending the state constitution to require proof of citizenship for voter registration.
- Wants to increase the penalty for voting illegally.
- Wants stronger cybersecurity for voter registration databases and election infrastructure.

Keresa Richardson

- Your state representative represents the interests of your local district in the Texas House of Representatives. The State House of Representatives, along with the State Senate, makes up your state lawmaking body: the Texas State Legislature
- Your state representative can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws. 
- There are 150 members of the Texas House of Representatives, each representing a single district. Representatives must be at least 21 years old and reside in the state for at least two years before their election. 
- State representatives are elected to two-year terms during even-numbered years. There are no term limits. 
- State representatives make $7,200 annually in addition to a $221 payment per day during legislative sessions and mileage reimbursements.