Bob is from Dallas and now lives in New Braunfels. He earned bachelor’s degrees in economics and finance from Southern Methodist University. Bob and his wife Julie have 2 adult sons, and he is a member of St. John’s Episcopal Church in New Braunfels.

Bob previously worked as a banker, an oil and gas financial executive, and a nonprofit executive. 

Bob King's campaign for US representative is his first run for public office. 

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Believes in addressing poverty by empowering the private sector and reducing government redistribution. Supports tax credits for safety net contributions to redirect funds towards poverty alleviation.

Wants to replace tax deductions with tax credits for donations to "safety net" charitable organizations.

Believes the current economic situation is "unsustainable" and requires "radical accountability" to preserve currency value, which is essential for protecting "lifetime savings and investments."

Believes the major parties and their allies in big business, big media, and big academia are "bound together to preserve their power at the expense of the people, who are being marginalized economically and politically."

Wants to shift regulatory focus away from small businesses and increase anti-trust enforcement to break up monopolies and discourage anti-competitive practices.

- Wants to replace tax deductions with tax credits for donations to "safety net" charitable organizations.
- Believes the current economic situation is "unsustainable" and requires "radical accountability" to preserve currency value, which is essential for protecting "lifetime savings and investments."
- Believes the major parties and their allies in big business, big media, and big academia are "bound together to preserve their power at the expense of the people, who are being marginalized economically and politically."
- Wants to shift regulatory focus away from small businesses and increase anti-trust enforcement to break up monopolies and discourage anti-competitive practices.

Economy

Believes drug abuse should be addressed as an "educational and health care problem, not a criminal problem."

Believes in balancing the need for law enforcement to stop and detain suspicious persons with due process protections in the Bill of Rights.

Believes in balancing the need for law enforcement to stop and detain suspicious persons with due process protections.

Believes a just society must provide basic social safety nets, including food, housing, medical care, education, and disaster relief.

Opposes incarcerating drug users who do not commit violent crimes.

- Believes drug abuse should be addressed as an "educational and health care problem, not a criminal problem."
- Believes in balancing the need for law enforcement to stop and detain suspicious persons with due process protections.
- Believes a just society must provide basic social safety nets, including food, housing, medical care, education, and disaster relief.
- Opposes incarcerating drug users who do not commit violent crimes.

Public Safety

Wants to establish a constitutional right to privacy that prohibits government involvement in personal matters such as sexual activity, parenting decisions of law-abiding parents, and reproductive choices when a fetus is not viable outside the womb.

Wants to establish a constitutional right to privacy that prohibits government involvement in personal matters such as sexual activity, parenting decisions of law-abiding parents, and reproductive choices.

Believes healthcare costs are so high that "entire generations are finding it impossible to save, and why many have to choose between food and medicines."

Believes in preserving a retirement plan benefit system to prevent its collapse in the coming years and supports creating "ownership" in individually-owned plans.

Wants to transition the Social Security program from a defined benefit system to a defined contribution plan to ensure its long-term sustainability for younger generations.

Believes in reducing the government's role in healthcare by shifting the social safety net from government to private charity.

- Wants to establish a constitutional right to privacy that prohibits government involvement in personal matters such as sexual activity, parenting decisions of law-abiding parents, and reproductive choices.
- Believes healthcare costs are so high that "entire generations are finding it impossible to save, and why many have to choose between food and medicines."
- Wants to transition the Social Security program from a defined benefit system to a defined contribution plan to ensure its long-term sustainability for younger generations.
- Believes in reducing the government's role in healthcare by shifting the social safety net from government to private charity.

Healthcare

Believes universities should use their endowments to backstop student loans.

Believes subsidies for medical and higher education costs are ineffective.

Opposes federal student loan forgiveness.

- Believes universities should use their endowments to backstop student loans.
- Believes subsidies for medical and higher education costs are ineffective.
- Opposes federal student loan forgiveness.

Education

Believes that losing energy independence is a "self-inflicted wound" that fuels unnecessary global conflicts.

Believes Congress should regulate toxic emissions that cross state lines.

- Believes that losing energy independence is a "self-inflicted wound" that fuels unnecessary global conflicts.
- Believes Congress should regulate toxic emissions that cross state lines.

Energy & the Environment

Supports campaign finance reform, including a constitutional amendment that supersedes the Citizens United ruling, believing it is necessary to stop "crony capitalism" but opposes reforms that violate individual free speech rights.

Supports breaking up "massive, entrenched and often redundant DC bureaucracies" to improve efficiency.

Promises to support policies that expand personal freedom.

- Supports campaign finance reform, including a constitutional amendment that supersedes the Citizens United ruling, believing it is necessary to stop "crony capitalism" but opposes reforms that violate individual free speech rights.
- Supports breaking up "massive, entrenched and often redundant DC bureaucracies" to improve efficiency.
- Promises to support policies that expand personal freedom.

Voting & Elections

Supports "speaking softly and carrying a big stick" by maintaining strong defense, promoting free trade, and avoiding unnecessary provocation.

Supports the U.S "speaking softly and carrying a big stick" by maintaining strong defense, promoting free trade, and avoiding unnecessary conflict.

Believes in "easier legal immigration" and supports the idea that the US is a "nation of immigrants."

Supports negotiating to expand and simplify legal immigration, contingent upon securing the border and processing the backlog of 2+ million provisional asylum cases.

Believes in ending the provisional asylum program until border enforcement is strengthened, and plans to address the "unaccounted for millions" who have arrived under this program.

Wants to pause the provisional asylum program until border enforcement is improved and wants to address the "unaccounted for millions" who have entered under the program.

Supports changing the mission of forward-deployed US Army units to a defensive one and opposes subsidizing the defense of other nations, instigating regime change wars, and occupying foreign lands.

Supports shifting U.S. Army units stationed abroad to a defensive role and opposes funding other countries' defense, starting regime change wars, and occupying foreign nations.

Believes in providing diplomatic support, selling defensive armaments, sharing military intelligence, and offering air and naval support to allies.

Supports offering foreign allies diplomatic help, defense equipment, intelligence sharing, and military support but believes we should limit the amount of arms given

Believes that cooperation with Mexico to secure their southern border and invest in Central American economies will be more cost-effective than addressing the U.S. border crisis alone.

Believes in collaborating with allies such as Japan, Korea, and Australia to establish a balance of power in the western Pacific, ensuring the free flow of vital goods in Asian shipping lanes.

- Supports the U.S "speaking softly and carrying a big stick" by maintaining strong defense, promoting free trade, and avoiding unnecessary conflict.
- Supports negotiating to expand and simplify legal immigration, contingent upon securing the border and processing the backlog of 2+ million provisional asylum cases.
- Wants to pause the provisional asylum program until border enforcement is improved and wants to address the "unaccounted for millions" who have entered under the program.
- Supports shifting U.S. Army units stationed abroad to a defensive role and opposes funding other countries' defense, starting regime change wars, and occupying foreign nations.
- Supports offering foreign allies diplomatic help, defense equipment, intelligence sharing, and military support but believes we should limit the amount of arms given
- Believes that cooperation with Mexico to secure their southern border and invest in Central American economies will be more cost-effective than addressing the U.S. border crisis alone.
- Believes in collaborating with allies such as Japan, Korea, and Australia to establish a balance of power in the western Pacific, ensuring the free flow of vital goods in Asian shipping lanes.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

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Bob is from Dallas and now lives in New Braunfels. He earned bachelor’s degrees in economics and finance from Southern Methodist University. Bob and his wife Julie have two adult sons, and he is a member of St. John’s Episcopal Church in New Braunfels.

Bob King's campaign for U.S. Representative in the 21st Congressional District in Texas is his first run for public office. 

Believes both parties since the 1960s have irresponsibly increased national debt, now $114 trillion, by spending beyond tax revenues and borrowing from future generations.

Believes economic power should not be centralized in Washington, D.C.

Believes both Democrats and Republicans have failed to control deficits since the late 1990s, with annual federal spending outpacing revenues and adding $1.7 trillion to government debt in the last fiscal year.

Believes in providing a "third choice" for voters, distinct from traditional political options.

Believes the wealth disparity between Washington DC suburbs and other areas is unjust and "should make you angry."

Believes in running a campaign funded by grassroots support rather than "special-interest money," saying "We will be outspent, but our message will resonate with everyone who sees it."

Opposes politicians, saying they "create nothing, except taxes to keep them employed and wealthy, and regulations to keep us under their thumbs."

Opposes "confiscatory taxation and spending by a behemoth central government."

Believes "constitutional libertarian principles" are essential to prevent future economic and political "slavery" for children and grandchildren.

Believes failing to correct economic issues will lead to an economic calamity worse than the Great Depression and will result in "more authoritarian control than we would have ever imagined."

Believes in "maximum freedom to earn a living and enjoy the fruits of your labor, free from unnecessary government interference or excessive taxation."

Believes in trusting God and local Christian families for public safety.

Believes loving God means serving others and fostering grace and tolerance.

Believes in breaking up the "massive and entrenched DC bureaucracy."

Believes that once a police department is established, it cannot be disbanded, regardless of its performance.

Believes in following the teachings of the Gospel of Matthew regarding public safety.

Believes in the importance of faith in public service.

Supports socializing and community building as a way to enhance public safety.

Believes joining the police force is an opportunity to "get in the fight" for public safety.

Encourages community involvement in public safety efforts.

Supports community engagement and socializing as a means to enhance public safety.

Believes in alternative health care funding methods, as evidenced by his membership in a Christian health care sharing ministry with his wife.

Supports parental authority in educational and healthcare decisions for minors.

Believes the Right to Privacy extends beyond abortion.

Believes the majority of Americans support a right to privacy and that there should be one if there isn't already.

Believes "extremists on both sides of the abortion debate" hinder finding a solution.

Believes a constitutional right to privacy would benefit all political sides and supports its definition.

Believes America operated under a constitutional "right to privacy" in sexual, procreation, and family matters from 1973 to 2022, due to Roe v. Wade.

Supports the right to abortion and believes a privacy amendment would satisfy "all but the extremes on both sides of the abortion issue."

Believes government should not regulate private behavior among consenting adults and opposes government involvement in reproductive decisions, except for states protecting the lives of unborn children capable of living independently.

Believes the government should not regulate private behavior among consenting adults and opposes government involvement in reproductive decisions, except for states protecting the lives of unborn children capable of living independently.

Wants to transition the Social Security program from a defined benefit system to a defined contribution plan to ensure its long-term sustainability for younger generations.


Believes in defining sexual, reproductive, and parental rights through a constitutional amendment.

Plans to introduce a constitutional amendment that defines sexual, reproductive, and parental rights.

- Wants to establish a constitutional right to privacy that prohibits government involvement in personal matters such as sexual activity, parenting decisions of law-abiding parents, and reproductive choices.
- Believes the government should not regulate private behavior among consenting adults and opposes government involvement in reproductive decisions, except for states protecting the lives of unborn children capable of living independently.
- Believes healthcare costs are so high that "entire generations are finding it impossible to save, and why many have to choose between food and medicines."
- Wants to transition the Social Security program from a defined benefit system to a defined contribution plan to ensure its long-term sustainability for younger generations.

- Plans to introduce a constitutional amendment that defines sexual, reproductive, and parental rights.
- Believes in reducing the government's role in healthcare by shifting the social safety net from government to private charity.

Supports education policies that benefit local communities and families.

Supports parental involvement in education.

Believes in supporting local education and opposes federal intervention in school curriculums.

Supports transparency and open communication on educational issues.

Believes that Texas's exit from the United States could lead to a second civil war.

Believes there is a need to "re-awaken" the education system.

Believes that universities with large endowments should use their funds to reduce tuition costs.

Said, "He once played golf to an 11 handicap, but that was before his dermatologist took away his golf clubs."

Supports increasing funding for universities, noting that 4.2 million students are educated by universities with a collective endowment of over $700 billion.

Believes universities oppose certain policies or regulations, but does not specify which ones.

Supports the Department of Energy (DOE) and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in regulating interstate natural gas and electricity transmission.

Supports the development of renewable energy sources.

Opposes the current organizational structure of the Department of Energy.

Believes cities like Dallas, Houston, Tulsa, and New Orleans, with expertise in energy issues, should compete to relocate the Department of Energy.

Believes the Energy Department's "one critical function" is managing nuclear waste from the military's nuclear weapons program.

Said, "I'm flexible: I can talk football as well as politics or economics."

Said, "In my lifetime, Republicans generally haven't known how to speak softly, and Democrats haven't known how to carry a big stick."

Believes both Republicans and Democrats are "not fit to solve this problem" of dysfunction in politics due to their partisan conflicts.

Believes elections should be managed by the government.

Believes that the political landscape is influenced by localities such as Loudoun County, Virginia, where his Republican opponent resides, suggesting that regional factors play a significant role in shaping political dynamics.

Supports voting rights and fair elections.

Believes "Neither major party has the moral courage to address this," referring to the need for comprehensive election reform.

Believes "excessively partisan Republicans and Democrats" have divided Americans and fueled unnecessary government growth.

Believes an independent option exists in TX-21 and that financial support is crucial for voters to learn about it.

Believes money is essential for candidates to amplify their voices and become relevant in the political system.

Believes Congress has "extremists on both sides" who prefer to maintain "the unsolved problem" of voting rights and elections in order to deny the other party credit, inflame Americans, and raise money, rather than arriving at "an obvious and simple solution."

Believes the Pentagon's planning scenario of fighting three simultaneous wars in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East is unnecessary.

Believes the "hyper-partisan direction in Washington" is causing fears of a second Civil War and leading some Texans to consider secession.

Believes the "border calamity" is due to partisanship between the two major political parties.

Believes the U.S. should avoid seeking an empire and instead engage in diplomacy and free trade.

Believes the only way to resolve national disunity without violence is through a "negotiated national divorce," similar to the peaceful split of Czechoslovakia in the 1990s.

Believes the goal with China should be "peaceful cooperation and trade."

Believes in ending ground troop deployments, requiring congressional declarations for such actions, and supporting defense through a "nuclear umbrella" and strong Navy and Air Force.

Believes both parties misuse the term "vital US interests" to justify military action.

Believes countries must develop greater self-sufficiency in national defense.

- Opposes foreign intervention.
- Supports the U.S "speaking softly and carrying a big stick" by maintaining strong defense, promoting free trade, and avoiding unnecessary conflict.
- Supports negotiating to expand and simplify legal immigration, contingent upon securing the border and processing the backlog of 2+ million provisional asylum cases.
- Wants to pause the provisional asylum program until border enforcement is improved and wants to address the "unaccounted for millions" who have entered under the program.
- Supports shifting U.S. Army units stationed abroad to a defensive role and opposes funding other countries' defense, starting regime change wars, and occupying foreign nations.
- Supports offering foreign allies diplomatic help, defense equipment, intelligence sharing, and military support but believes we should limit the amount of arms given
- Believes that cooperation with Mexico to secure their southern border and invest in Central American economies will be more cost-effective than addressing the U.S. border crisis alone.
- Believes in collaborating with allies such as Japan, Korea, and Australia to establish a balance of power in the western Pacific, ensuring the free flow of vital goods in Asian shipping lanes.

Bob King is a native Texan, born in Dallas, and currently resides in New Braunfels. He has degrees in economics and finance from Southern Methodist University. Bob has been married to his wife Julie for 38 years, and together they have two grown sons. He is a member of St. John’s Episcopal Church in New Braunfels.

Bob King is a retired nonprofit leader and energy financial executive. He worked most of his career in Houston and has degrees in economics and finance from Southern Methodist University.

As of September 13, 2024, Bob King’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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