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As of November 1, 2024, Steven Wright’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Steven worked for the Kern County Sheriff’s Office in California for 30 years.

Steven Wright's campaign for US representative is his first run for public office.

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Supports implementing state and federal deficit reduction plans.

Supports special programs for veterans, including eliminating property taxes, especially for families of deceased service members.

- Supports implementing state and federal deficit reduction plans.
- Supports special programs for veterans, including eliminating property taxes, especially for families of deceased service members.

Economy

Supports armed security or law enforcement on school campuses to protect children.

Supports armed security or law enforcement on school campuses.

Plans to enact bipartisan policies to combat human trafficking and criminal organizations.

Advocates for bipartisan policies to combat human trafficking.

Opposes defunding the police, believing it compromises public safety and undermines law enforcement morale and staffing.

Believes criminals and the mentally ill, not law-abiding gun owners, are responsible for mass shootings. Supports closing loopholes to prevent those who shouldn't possess firearms from obtaining them, while preserving the right to bear arms.

Opposes gun control but supports closing loopholes to prevent those who shouldn't possess firearms from obtaining them.

- Supports armed security or law enforcement on school campuses.
- Advocates for bipartisan policies to combat human trafficking.
- Supports funding law enforcement.
- Opposes gun control but supports closing loopholes to prevent those who shouldn't possess firearms from obtaining them.

Public Safety

Supports expanding healthcare access and eliminating property taxes for disabled military and emergency personnel.

Supports expanding healthcare access for veterans.

- Supports expanding healthcare access for veterans.

Healthcare

Believes basic education is foundational and plans to draft a constitutional amendment to support comprehensive education policies.

Believes basic education is foundational and plans to draft a constitutional amendment to support that education should prepare students for life.

- Believes basic education is foundational and plans to draft a constitutional amendment to support that education should prepare students for life.

Education

Believes all 50 states should submit a 5-10 year infrastructure plan to Congress each congressional session.

Advocates for Congress to require that all 50 states submit a 5-10 year infrastructure plan each congressional session.

- Advocates for Congress to require that all 50 states submit a 5-10 year infrastructure plan each congressional session.

Energy & the Environment

As of September 7, 2024, Steven Wright’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Voting & Elections

Supports policies that uphold laws while expediting citizenship for legal residents and enhancing border infrastructure.

Supports expediting citizenship for legal residents and enhancing border infrastructure.

- Supports expediting citizenship for legal residents and enhancing border infrastructure.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

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As of September 19, 2024, Steven Wright’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Plans to support families, encourage entrepreneurship, and protect small businesses.

Believes small business owners are essential for community support.

Supports installing new Congressional protocols to ensure fiscal responsibility, assess infrastructure, and promote bipartisan cooperation.

Believes in "fiscal responsibility and government accountability."

Supports policies aimed at enhancing education, economic development, and justice to benefit current families and future generations.

Believes fentanyl poses a "deadly threat" and supports overcoming the "epidemic of illegal importation" of drugs.

Believes "misguided 'progressive' policies" harm communities by enabling crime and degrading quality of life.

Believes "law and order" are essential for families and businesses to thrive.

Supports a "strong stance on safe communities."

Believes Democratic policies have failed by encouraging criminal activities and leaving victims without closure.

Believes in "keeping Texas safe & sane." Supports measures to enhance public safety and address crime.

Supports implementing Safe Community Acts and school protections to enhance child safety and preserve "American rights."

Believes in creating "outside-the-box" plans to prevent criminals and the mentally ill from obtaining guns, while also ensuring "the right of the People to keep and bear arms."

Believes progressive ideologies foster unsafe communities and a divided society, saying "Politicians and local governments who embrace these dangerous policies create distrust of law-enforcement and our fellow citizens..."

Supports amending the Constitution to guarantee accessible, quality K-12 schooling.

Believes in coordinating rotating state infrastructure evaluations at both state and local levels to reinforce innovations and security.

Believes in reviewing fuel regulations and taxes.

Believes in expanding support for veterans and first responders.

Supports policies that benefit veterans and first responders.

Supports facilitating clear processes for immigrants utilizing lawful channels toward citizenship and securing borders with strategic infrastructure.

Supports expediting citizenship for those who respect U.S. immigration laws.

Steven Wright has not previously run for office.

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

Steven Wright spent a 30-year law enforcement career working for the Kern County Sheriff’s Office.

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