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Kevin earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of North Texas. 

Kevin currently works for the Libertarian Party of Texas. He has previously worked in sales. 

Kevin Hale previously ran for the US House in 2020 and 2022, but he did not win. 

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Supports repealing requirements to join or pay union dues as a condition of government employment.

Supports repealing requirements to pay union dues as a condition of government employment.

Supports a "Balanced Budget Amendment" to the U.S. Constitution, as long as it is balanced by cutting expenditures and not raising taxes.

Supports a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as long as it is balanced by cutting expenditures, not by raising taxes.

Opposes all forms of government subsidies and bailouts.

Opposes government-mandated benefits for private employment contracts. Supports the right to choose whether to engage in labor union bargaining without government interference.

Supports the right to choose whether to engage in labor union bargaining without government interference.

Supports phasing out government-sponsored Social Security in favor of a private voluntary system.

Supports phasing out Social Security in favor of a private voluntary system.

Supports the Taxpayer Choice Act, which would allow taxpayers to voluntarily fund specific government spending projects through an online system.

- Supports repealing requirements to pay union dues as a condition of government employment.
- Supports a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as long as it is balanced by cutting expenditures, not by raising taxes.
- Opposes all forms of government subsidies and bailouts.
- Supports the right to choose whether to engage in labor union bargaining without government interference.
- Supports phasing out Social Security in favor of a private voluntary system.
- Supports the Taxpayer Choice Act, which would allow taxpayers to voluntarily fund specific government spending projects through an online system.

Economy

Supports repealing "victimless" crimes laws, such as those criminalizing gambling, drug use, and consensual sex work.

Believes in preserving the constitutional rights of the criminally accused, including due process, a speedy trial, legal counsel, trial by jury, and the presumption of innocence.

Supports preserving the constitutional rights of the criminally accused, including due process, a speedy trial, legal counsel, trial by jury, and the presumption of innocence.

Opposes the use of torture and other "cruel and unusual punishments, without exception."

Supports the freedom to engage in or abstain from any religious activities as long as they do not violate the rights of others.

- Supports repealing "victimless" crimes laws, such as those criminalizing gambling, drug use, and consensual sex work.
- Supports preserving the constitutional rights of the criminally accused, including due process, a speedy trial, legal counsel, trial by jury, and the presumption of innocence.
- Opposes the use of torture.
- Supports the freedom to engage in or abstain from any religious activities as long as they do not violate the rights of others.
- Opposes gun control.

Public Safety

Supports a free market healthcare system, allowing individuals to choose their insurance, care providers, and treatments.

Supports a free-market healthcare system, allowing individuals to choose their insurance, care providers, and treatments.

Believes abortion is a sensitive issue with valid good-faith views on all sides and supports keeping government out of the matter, allowing individuals to make their own decisions.

- Supports a free-market healthcare system, allowing individuals to choose their insurance, care providers, and treatments.
- Believes abortion is a sensitive issue with valid good-faith views on all sides and supports keeping government out of the matter, allowing individuals to make their own decisions.

Healthcare

Supports ending federal student loan guarantees and special treatment of student loan debt in bankruptcy proceedings.

Opposes government censorship, regulation, or control of communications media and technology.

Opposes government censorship, regulation, or control of media and technology.

Believes parents should have full authority over their children's education without government interference.

Supports parental control over education without government interference.

Supports the Federal Sunset Act, which would create a commission to audit and close unnecessary federal agencies and departments.

- Supports ending federal student loan guarantees and special treatment of student loan debt in bankruptcy proceedings.
- Opposes government censorship, regulation, or control of media and technology.
- Supports parental control over education without government interference.
- Supports the Federal Sunset Act, which would create a commission to audit and close unnecessary federal agencies and departments.

Education

Opposes government subsidies for any energy form and all control of energy pricing, allocation, and production.

Opposes government subsidies for all sources of energy, as well as any government control of energy pricing, allocation, and production.

Believes competitive free markets and property rights drive the innovations and changes needed to protect the environment.

Advocates for competitive free markets and property rights to drive the innovations and changes needed to protect the environment.

Supports the Sunlight Act, which aims to help rehabilitated felons reintegrate into society.

- Opposes government subsidies for all sources of energy, as well as any government control of energy pricing, allocation, and production.
- Advocates for competitive free markets and property rights to drive the innovations and changes needed to protect the environment.
- Supports the Sunlight Act, which aims to help rehabilitated felons reintegrate into society.

Energy & the Environment

Supports ending tax-financed subsidies to candidates and parties and repealing laws that restrict voluntary campaign financing.

Supports ending tax-financed subsidies to candidates and parties. 

Supports repealing laws that restrict voluntary campaign financing.

- Supports ending tax-financed subsidies to candidates and parties. 
- Supports repealing laws that restrict voluntary campaign financing.

Voting & Elections

Supports maintaining a sufficient military for defense. Believes the U.S. should avoid "entangling alliances" and stop acting as "policeman for the world."

Supports maintaining a sufficient military for defense. 

Believes foreign policy should focus on defense and avoiding "foreign entanglements." Supports ending all forms of foreign intervention, including military and economic aid.

Supports ending all forms of foreign intervention, including military and economic aid.

- Supports maintaining a sufficient military for defense. 
- Supports ending all forms of foreign intervention, including military and economic aid.
- Opposes mandatory national service.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

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Kevin A. Hale

Kevin Hale previously ran for the US House in 2020 and 2022. 

Supports the regulation of financial markets to ensure stability and prevent fraud.

Supports policies that ensure financial stability for retirees.

Believes the government should allow individuals to engage in free trade, resulting in a free market economy that protects individual rights.

Supports allowing taxpayers to voluntarily contribute to the appropriated fundraising campaigns of their personal preference and receive a 100% tax credit for those contributions.

Believes in leveraging votes to gain support for legislation, saying "I have already leveraged the votes I received in 2020 and 2022 (2.1%) to get an incumbent to co-sponsor a bill I ran on! (The Federal Sunset Act)"

Opposes government restrictions on property owners, including eminent domain, civil asset forfeiture, and controls on prices and profits.

Opposes laws like eminent domain, civil asset forfeiture, and controls on prices and profits.

- Supports repealing requirements to pay union dues as a condition of government employment.
- Supports free markets.
- Supports a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as long as it is balanced by cutting expenditures, not by raising taxes.
- Opposes all forms of government subsidies and bailouts.
- Supports the right to choose whether to engage in labor union bargaining without government interference.
- Supports phasing out Social Security in favor of a private voluntary system.
- Supports the Taxpayer Choice Act, which would allow taxpayers to voluntarily fund specific government spending projects through an online system.

Believes in condemning the use of force and terrorism against innocent people, regardless of whether acts are committed by governments or political or revolutionary groups.

Believes that restitution should be required for damages proven in court.

Believes intelligence agencies must be overseen and transparent.

Believes government should not deny any individual's human right based on characteristics such as sex, wealth, ethnicity, creed, age, national origin, personal habits, political preference, or sexual orientation.

Opposes government surveillance and supports Fourth Amendment rights, including protection from unreasonable search and seizure of third-party records.

Opposes all laws restricting, registering, or monitoring firearms and ammunition.

Believes in addressing crime and justice issues to enhance public safety.

Supports the common-law right of juries to judge both the facts and the justice of the law.

Believes in donating to local, state, and national Libertarian parties.

Believes consenting adults should be free to choose their own sexual practices and personal relationships.

Believes in advocating for legislation that improves healthcare outcomes for all and has a track record of persuading incumbents to co-sponsor beneficial bills.

Believes retirement planning is the individual's responsibility, not the government's.

Says, "retirement planning is the individual's responsibility, not the government."

Believes individuals have the right to make their own healthcare decisions without external interference.

Supports the right of individuals to make their own healthcare decisions without external interference.

Supports the right of individuals to form corporations, cooperatives, and other entities based on voluntary association.

Supports certifications by voluntary associations of professionals.

Believes education is best provided by the free market, saying it will achieve "greater quality, accountability, and efficiency with more diversity of choice."

Believes parents should control and be responsible for all funds spent for their children's education.

Supports Believes parents should control and be responsible for all funds spent for their children's education.

Believes in setting broad educational goals rather than focusing on specific policies.

Believes society will be more charitable and civil society will be strengthened as government activity in education decreases.

Believes in community involvement and plans to volunteer in local schools.

Supports education policies that benefit the children of Texas.

Believes in giving back to the community through volunteer work.

Believes in community involvement and has volunteered for outreach programs.

Believes that governments have historically claimed the right to control individual lives and labor.

Supports the use of renewable energy sources.

Believes a free and competitive market allocates resources most efficiently.

Believes people have the right to change or remove a government that destroys individual liberty.

Believes in neutrality towards all religions, opposing government actions that either support or attack any religion.

Believes parties in private dealings should be free to choose with whom they trade and set mutually agreeable terms.

Opposes actions that violate the Constitution.

Opposes government interference in voluntary and contractual relations among individuals.

Believes in the "right of all people to resist tyranny and defend themselves and their rights."

Believes government force should only protect individual rights to life, liberty, and property, and opposes any violation of these rights.

Supports fair representation in the U.S. House.

Believes that 13.5% of the population needs to be delegates.

Believes in increasing voter participation, noting that in the last election only 29.88% of Voting Age People in CD32 (177,499 voters /593,970 VAP in CD32) decided to cast a vote in this race.

Believes "apathy is our number one opponent" when it comes to voting.

Believes every vote earned gives leverage.

Believes voter apathy is a significant issue, noting that only 29.88% of voting age people in Congressional District 32 (CD32) participated in the last election.

- Supports ending tax-financed subsidies to candidates and parties. 
- Opposes mandatory national service.
- Supports repealing laws that restrict voluntary campaign financing.

Opposes suspending the Constitution and Bill of Rights during wartime.

Supports removing "governmental impediments to free trade."

Supports removing governmental impediments to free trade.

Believes adequate intelligence is necessary to detect and counter domestic security threats.

Believes Congress should vote on a "Declaration of War" before the "Commander in Chief" can send troops into battle.

Supports Congress should vote on a "Declaration of War" before the "Commander in Chief" can send troops into battle.

Believes in striving for a "world set free" by taking specific, unnamed actions to achieve this goal.

Believes American foreign policy should aim for "an America at peace with the world."

Opposes the use of the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) to send troops into battle.

- Supports maintaining a sufficient military for defense. 
- Supports ending all forms of foreign intervention, including military and economic aid.

As of September 13, 2024, Kevin A. Hale’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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