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Ruth lives in Dallas, Texas. She earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Dallas Baptist University and a master's degree in international human resources management from Florida International University. She has 5 children.

Ruth is a business owner and former business professor. She was an executive with a grocery retailer and an HR Consultant for businesses.

Ruth "Truth" Torres's campaign for US representative is her first run for public office.

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Supports tax breaks for businesses that provide tuition reimbursement with increased wages upon program completion.

Supports allowing student loans to be discharged in bankruptcy.

Plans to address banking requirements to support homeownership.

Supports small and medium businesses and farms to ensure fair competition and reasonable regulations.

Supports removing the cap on Social Security taxes.

Supports economic policy that requires "big business and 1%" to pay their "fair share" and aims to reduce wage gaps.

Believes in addressing gender disparities in the workforce and leadership positions.

Supports budget and tax policies that aim to create and retain jobs in the U.S.

Supports responsible federal spending to promote economic growth, including helping District 5 communities access federal funds from the Infrastructure Bill for internet access.

Believes District 5 residents are adversely affected by high grocery prices, housing costs, insurance, and debt, while businesses profit and CEO pay exceeds front-line worker pay by over 324 times.

- Supports tax breaks for businesses that provide tuition reimbursement with increased wages upon program completion.
- Supports allowing student loans to be discharged in bankruptcy.
- Plans to address banking requirements to support homeownership.
- Supports small and medium businesses and farms to ensure fair competition and reasonable regulations.
- Supports removing the cap on Social Security taxes.
- Supports economic policy that requires "big business and 1%" to pay their "fair share" and aims to reduce wage gaps.
- Believes in addressing gender disparities in the workforce and leadership positions.
- Supports budget and tax policies that aim to create and retain jobs in the U.S.
- Supports responsible federal spending to promote economic growth, including helping District 5 communities access federal funds from the Infrastructure Bill for internet access.
- Believes District 5 residents are adversely affected by high grocery prices, housing costs, insurance, and debt, while businesses profit and CEO pay exceeds front-line worker pay by over 324 times.

Economy

Supports equal sentences for crack and powder cocaine, with automatic sentence reductions.

Supports the Second Chance Initiatives for mental health and substance abuse programs, juvenile prevention, and the Safer America Plan.

Supports the Smart Sentencing Adjustments Act, which reduces the three-strike penalty and allows judges to sentence below mandatory minimums.

Supports reviewing and strengthening accountability standards for prisons and jails.

Believes gun violence is a critical public safety issue, highlighting that "on average 200 people are shot and 118 people die every day in the US, with over 40,000 killed in 2023."

Plans to address crime by tackling poverty, improving education, and using restorative justice to reduce repeat offenses.

Supports gun control and wants to immediately eliminate the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act.

Supports equitable funding distribution for drug rehabilitation and recovery programs.

- Supports equal sentences for crack and powder cocaine, with automatic sentence reductions.
- Supports the Second Chance Initiatives for mental health and substance abuse programs, juvenile prevention, and the Safer America Plan.
- Supports the Smart Sentencing Adjustments Act, which reduces the three-strike penalty and allows judges to sentence below mandatory minimums.
- Supports reviewing and strengthening accountability standards for prisons and jails.
- Supports community police oversight.
- Believes gun violence is a critical public safety issue, highlighting that "on average 200 people are shot and 118 people die every day in the US, with over 40,000 killed in 2023."
- Plans to address crime by tackling poverty, improving education, and using restorative justice to reduce repeat offenses.
- Supports gun control and wants to immediately eliminate the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act.
- Supports equitable funding distribution for drug rehabilitation and recovery programs.

Public Safety

Believes abortion bans endanger women by forcing them to continue high-risk pregnancies.

Believes District 5 residents deserve affordable and accessible healthcare with more consumer controls and education.

Supports abortion and wants to "codify Roe v. Wade with limits" allowing abortion up to viability.

Supports access to abortion and wants to "codify Roe v. Wade with limits" allowing abortion up to viability.

Supports automatic enrollment and evaluations for veteran healthcare. Believes veterans eligible for Social Security or VA disability benefits should have no medical coverage costs.

Supports automatic enrollment and evaluations for veteran healthcare and believes veterans eligible for Social Security or VA disability benefits should have no medical coverage costs.

Supports affordable medical care during and after pregnancy.

Supports affordable access to birth control, domestic abuse resources, and mental health resources.

Believes in using mobile care units and the internet to improve healthcare access, supporting President Biden’s infrastructure bill to achieve this goal.

- Believes abortion bans endanger women by forcing them to continue high-risk pregnancies.
- Believes District 5 residents deserve affordable and accessible healthcare with more consumer controls and education.
- Supports access to abortion and wants to "codify Roe v. Wade with limits" allowing abortion up to viability.
- Supports automatic enrollment and evaluations for veteran healthcare and believes veterans eligible for Social Security or VA disability benefits should have no medical coverage costs.
- Supports affordable medical care during and after pregnancy.
- Supports affordable access to birth control, domestic abuse resources, and mental health resources.
- Believes in using mobile care units and the internet to improve healthcare access, supporting President Biden’s infrastructure bill to achieve this goal.

Healthcare

Believes in limited testing to tailor educational approaches to individual learning needs.

Opposes the idea of students being viewed as "backpacks full of cash," suggesting a belief in prioritizing student welfare and education quality over financial incentives or funding models.

Said "Our kids are more than 'backpacks full of cash.'"

Opposes school vouchers, saying they are "tax-payer dollars for private businesses giving welfare to the wealthy" and "robbing our children of their future."

Believes the state is failing in education, ranking 42nd in attainment and 44th in funding, with only 3.45% of economic capacity spent on K-12 public schools.

Opposes policies reversing integration efforts from *Brown v. Board of Education*.

Believes foster children are vulnerable and deserve protection.

Supports efforts to recover and allocate funds for district development, such as helping to recover $32 million in district bond funds to build a new high school in Seagoville.

- Believes in limited testing to tailor educational approaches to individual learning needs.
- Said "Our kids are more than 'backpacks full of cash.'"
- Opposes school vouchers, saying they are "tax-payer dollars for private businesses giving welfare to the wealthy" and "robbing our children of their future."
- Believes the state is failing in education, ranking 42nd in attainment and 44th in funding, with only 3.45% of economic capacity spent on K-12 public schools.
- Opposes policies reversing integration efforts from *Brown v. Board of Education*.
- Believes foster children are vulnerable and deserve protection.
- Supports efforts to recover and allocate funds for district development, such as helping to recover $32 million in district bond funds to build a new high school in Seagoville.

Education

Believes in harnessing solar energy to fuel a commitment to a better future.

Supports harnessing solar energy to fuel a commitment to a better future.

Believes District 5's rapid growth necessitates infrastructure development for streets, water, sewer, first responders, parks, and public transportation, emphasizing the need for future-oriented and environmentally conscious planning.

- Supports harnessing solar energy to fuel a commitment to a better future.
- Believes District 5's rapid growth necessitates infrastructure development for streets, water, sewer, first responders, parks, and public transportation, emphasizing the need for future-oriented and environmentally conscious planning.

Energy & the Environment

Supports the Freedom to Vote/John R. Lewis Act and the For the People Act to protect voting rights.

Supports restoring voting rights after incarceration without financial barriers.

Believes Texas has "some of the WORST gerrymandered maps in the country?"

Believes the Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United allowed "corporate dark money" into elections and supports election reform to prevent the wealthy from influencing politics.

Believes the Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United allowed "corporate dark money" into elections and supports election reform to prevent high-income entities from influencing politics.

Supports term limits for Congress members, including a maximum of 12 years in office.

- Supports the Freedom to Vote/John R. Lewis Act and the For the People Act to protect voting rights.
- Supports restoring voting rights after incarceration without financial barriers.
- Opposes "gerrymandering."
- Believes the Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United allowed "corporate dark money" into elections and supports election reform to prevent high-income entities from influencing politics.
- Supports term limits for Congress members, including a maximum of 12 years in office.

Voting & Elections

Supports reinstating deported honorably discharged veterans.

Supports bringin back deported honorably discharged veterans.

Supports providing comprehensive mental health support for military personnel and their families before, during, and after service.

Supports issuing immediate temporary work visas at the point of entry to promote financial independence and allow for obtaining a driver's license and car insurance, which he believes will enhance road safety.

Supports issuing immediate temporary work visas at the point of entry to promote financial independence and allow for obtaining a driver's license and car insurance.

Believes in changing US foreign aid to focus on job creation and crime reduction, rather than addressing poverty-based migration.

Believes in changing US foreign aid to focus on job creation and crime reduction.

Supports an efficient refugee and asylum system that allows applications to be made at the country of origin and aims to reduce processing times to 90 days or less.

- Supports bringin back deported honorably discharged veterans.
- Supports providing comprehensive mental health support for military personnel and their families before, during, and after service.
- Supports issuing immediate temporary work visas at the point of entry to promote financial independence and allow for obtaining a driver's license and car insurance.
- Believes in changing US foreign aid to focus on job creation and crime reduction.
- Supports an efficient refugee and asylum system that allows applications to be made at the country of origin and aims to reduce processing times to 90 days or less.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

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Ruth "Truth" Torres

Ruth "Truth" Torres lives in Dallas, Texas. She attended Dallas College, Dallas Baptist University, and Florida International University. Ruth has five children and is a woman of faith.

Ruth "Truth" Torres is a business owner and former business professor. She was an executive with a grocery retailer and an HR Consultant for businesses.

As of September 12, 2024, Ruth "Truth" Torres’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Believes individual state laws complicate federal guidelines on homeowner foreclosures.

Supports Small Business Administration programs and government contracts for small and medium businesses.

Believes 2023 saw significant gains for worker rights, but acknowledges "there is still much to be done."

Believes that despite the 1963 Equal Pay Act, working women have lost $61 trillion in wages due to ongoing pay disparities.

Supports equal pay for women and minority women, stating that "women are paid .83 on the dollar compared to men with minority women paid .57 to the dollar."

Believes in voting out politicians who "sell laws to the 1%" and make the "99% poorer, sicker."

Believes public safety is paramount, especially with the rise in mass shootings.

Believes in addressing public safety through litigation against government corruption.

Believes in advocating for equity, justice, and constitutional due process rights.

Believes Insurrectionist Lance Gooden has failed in office for 6 years, saying he "has done no good" and "has violated his oath to God & country."

Believes the current representative has failed to act in the best interests of District 5 residents.

Believes the gun industry is negatively impacting public safety by funding politicians and increasing gun sales, which he claims are driving up profits and arming gangs.

Believes the US has a gun death rate that is "almost triple the next closest rate" among high-income countries, indicating a need for improved public safety measures.

Believes no one should be forced to carry a child conceived from rape.

Supports abortion with exceptions for rape, incest, and medical necessity.

Believes current healthcare policies are detrimental, stating "women are being forced to carry stillborn babies to term, denied cancer treatments, are facing criminal charges, family and friends face lawsuits and medical providers are threatened with loss of license leading to a loss of OB/GYN doctors in Texas."

Believes in addressing the "drivers of abortion" such as poverty and abuse by ensuring affordable access to birth control, medical care, and support for maternal/child health and affordable childcare.

Supports access to birth control and in vitro fertilization.

Supports maternal and child healthcare from conception and affordable childcare.

Believes the increase in child and teen deaths by 50% in 2 years is alarming.

Supports providing evaluation and resources for domestic violence, incest, and human trafficking.

Believes Republicans have been "controlling everything taught in schools and how schools operate for 30 years in Texas."

Opposes charter schools and voucher programs, believing they harm small towns and family-owned businesses.

Opposes charter schools and vouchers, believing they dismantle public school systems, sell off school properties, and could reduce voting locations.

Believes that if the local military base were to close, it would create a food and services desert that would be difficult to reestablish.

Opposes charter schools and voucher programs, believing they are not truly about "parental choice" but rather lack informed decision-making regarding teacher certification and performance accountability.

Believes "our children deserve quality of life."

Believes privatizing and dismantling the education system harms children and increases crime rates.

Opposes the Texas Governor spending taxpayer dollars on buses.

Believes the Biden Administration’s Infrastructure Law, which provides over $770 million for rural high-speed internet, is crucial for combating misinformation.

Believes there should be no process or infrastructure for "people they don’t like to workcamps?"

Believes in voting to "protect Democracy and the American Dream."

Believes voters are misled by "false messages in snappy one-liners" that manipulate facts.

Believes that voting or not voting has "very real consequences."

Believes failing to vote makes us "part of the problem" and is detrimental to ourselves.

Believes voting is essential to changing the "status quo."

Believes that if "99% VOTE, the 1% can't control US."

Believes Super PACs and outside groups raising and spending unlimited money on federal elections undermine election integrity, noting they have already spent nearly $318 million on presidential and congressional races as of January 14, 2024, which is more than six times the amount spent at this point in 2020.

Believes that if elections were truly secure, "there wouldn’t be so many lies about the integrity of elections, defamation lawsuits with $787 Million settlement and Billion $ lawsuit pending."

Believes that the amount of money spent on elections is excessive and suggests that if certain measures were taken, there would not have been "$14,000,000,000 BILLION spent on the 2020 election."

Believes migrants are 60% less likely to be convicted of crimes than US born citizens.

Believes migrant deaths at the border are unacceptable.

Supports eliminating benefits unavailable to US citizens.

Believes the government facilitates bloodshed and opposes policies that allow people to die rather than exercise their constitutional right to apply for asylum.

Supports a new quota method for sponsorship based on a data-driven formula, allowing immediate work permits and sending workers to areas with job shortages.

Opposes "Christian Nationalism" and supports immigration policies that align with Biblical principles of kindness and equality.

Believes in securing the border and implementing immigration reform.

Believes migrants are not "driving up crime rates" and that "lies" are being told to make Americans afraid and see migrants as "enemies."

Believes re-electing the prior administration will lead to "migrant murders" being "applauded" and promises of "the greatest deportation in history" will be fulfilled starting on inauguration day.

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