Ballotpedia, Lea Simmons

Community Impact, Q&A: Meet the Republican primary candidates running to represent State House District 76

Lea lives in Sugar Land, Texas. She graduated from John Foster Dulles High School

Lea has worked as a Republican precinct chair.

Lea C.S. Simmons's campaign for state representative is her first run for public office.

As of September 7, 2024, Lea C.S. Simmons’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Economy

Supports addressing human and drug trafficking.

Prioritizes providing police officers and firefighters with equal pay.

- Supports addressing human and drug trafficking.
- Prioritizes providing police officers and firefighters with equal pay.

Public Safety

Supports introducing a debit health insurance card system to help "cover medical debts by covering payment installments through self-funding monthly medical payments without interest rates."

- Supports introducing a debit health insurance card system to help "cover medical debts by covering payment installments through self-funding monthly medical payments without interest rates."

Healthcare

Wants to allocate funding towards hiring more teachers and security.

- Wants to allocate funding towards hiring more teachers and security.

Education

Supports the use of solar and wind energy.

- Supports the use of solar and wind energy.

Energy & the Environment

- Supports addressing election integrity.

Voting & Elections

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Lea C.S. Simmons

As of September 23, 2024, Lea C.S. Simmons’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Lea C.S. Simmons recently moved to New Orleans to study law and work at a newspaper. He previously assumed a U.S. Navy post in Washington, D.C.

Supports the Texas Economic Bill of Rights for HD 76, which includes provisions such as lowering property taxes, eliminating the franchise tax, and supporting the oil and gas industry.

Supports fair housing practices and community protectionism, as demonstrated by Kempner's sale of homes and support for Sugar Land's incorporation to maintain community values and avoid external encroachment.

Believes in providing housing for all Texans, including the homeless, veterans, and disabled citizens.

Believes investing in amenities, schools, and hospitals is essential for community and economic success.

Believes Sugar Land's economy was "born" as a master-planned community, thanks to the visions of Kempner and Eldridge.

Supports community involvement in public safety, highlighting how refinery employees and local volunteers contributed to wartime efforts during World War II by producing sugar and making bandages.

Supports public safety through military service, highlighting the bravery of Staff Sergeant Marcario Garcia in World War II.

Supports honoring and recognizing military service members, including Medal of Honor recipients like Staff Sergeant Marcario Garcia.

Supports the recognition of local veterans through organizations like the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Fort Bend Salutes America.

Believes good, affordable medical care should be accessible to all.

Supports the addition of Dr. W.G.L. Blackwell and Registered Nurse Nema Sheppard to Deatheridge's medical practice at Laura Eldridge Memorial Hospital.

Believes in creating modern, community-oriented school complexes that serve both educational and social purposes.

Supports investing in infrastructure improvements to mitigate the impacts of severe weather events on refinery operations.

As a U.S. Congressman, connected Oyster Creek to lakes and reservoirs via canals, providing water for continuous refinery operations and irrigation for farmlands.

Believes a modern way of living includes improved infrastructure for cleaner water and less flooding.

Believes in the importance of completing town and refinery maintenance and improvement projects, as delays occurred during the Depression and continued through the war years.

Supports community self-determination, as seen in the mid-1950s when Kempner sought to incorporate Sugar Land to protect local values against neighboring towns that permitted gambling and saloons.

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