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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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Tony Adams

Tony Adams has been living in North Texas for over 30 years. He attended the University of North Texas in Denton, obtaining an MBA in 1998. He is a father of a daughter who graduated from Frisco ISD and is now attending college in Michigan.

Tony Adams is a small business owner in Texas with experience in real estate and technology. He has also worked in Corporate America for over 25 years, building businesses and teams in various industries including technology, banking/mortgage, finance, auto and home insurance, manufacturing, and healthcare. He holds an MBA from the University of North Texas in Denton.

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

Believes that the economy will "negatively impact job security for DEI employees."

Supports the establishment of casinos in Texas, believing it will benefit all Texans regardless of political affiliation.

Supports the casino industry, believing it contributes significantly to the economy, with casino tax revenue estimated at "$700 million annually."

Supports the continuation of riverboat casinos, racetrack slot facilities, and land-based casinos, saying they "generate over $2.5 billion in annual revenue" and "significant growth in tourism."

Supports the casino industry, saying it "contribute[s] approximately $4.5 billion annually to the state’s economy" and supports "around 75,000 jobs, significantly reducing unemployment and boosting local businesses."

Believes in leveraging corporate experience to build businesses, leaders, and teams, ultimately aiming to create quality jobs.

Supports the casino industry, saying it "generates nearly $1 billion in annual revenue...benefiting state and local governments through taxes and revenue-sharing agreements...employs over 19,000 people...and has been reinvested into community projects."

Believes there is corruption in public safety policies and practices, but does not provide specific details or examples.

Supports lowering prices for the first ten drugs selected for Medicare price negotiation.

Believes in protecting access to abortion, supporting legal cases like Zurawski v. State of Texas to highlight the risks to women's health and lives from restrictive abortion laws.

Believes the "War against Women" must stop, saying "Red or Blue, I need your vote! I have a daughter whom I love and I am fighting for ALL WOMEN !"

Believes Texas should participate in federal programs like the $450 million summer lunch initiative.

Believes the state ranks poorly in female uninsured healthcare, saying "51st – Female Uninsured Rate."

Believes in providing healthcare access to low-income families.

Supports lowering prescription drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries, saying "New prices are expected to save millions of seniors and other Medicare beneficiaries $1.5 billion in out-of-pocket costs in the first year of the program alone."

Opposes school vouchers, believing they are unconstitutional in Texas and violate the state's obligation to provide public education.

Believes schools are "one of our greatest public assets" and supports efforts to save and support local schools.

Believes neighborhood public schools unite communities across party lines.

Believes the U.S. should continue to produce more crude oil.

Believes in the importance of crude oil production, noting that it averaged 12.9 million barrels per day in the U.S. in 2023.

Believes in protecting voting rights, as evidenced by supporting policies that ensure fair elections and access to voting for all citizens.

Believes citizens, including educators, have a First Amendment right to support or oppose candidates through free speech.

Believes countering lies and misinformation is crucial to winning elections.

Promises to be "transparent and proud of my entire voting record."

Believes billionaire mega donors and PACs (Political Action Committees) influence elections, citing that Texas Governor Greg Abbott received millions in campaign contributions from them even though he’s not running for election this year.

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