Ted is originally from Steubenville, Ohio. He has a bachelor's degree from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Ted lives with his wife, Laura, and their daughter in Austin, Texas.

Ted currently works as an independent insurance adjuster, specializing in auto, property, and general liability cases.

Ted Brown previously ran for Texas House of Representatives District 50 in 2022, but he did not win. He also previously ran for U.S. House of Representatives for Texas District 17 in 2020, but he did not win.

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Supports massive spending cuts and the "largest tax cut in American history" by repealing the federal income tax.

Believes free trade benefits consumers, farmers, and businesses.

Opposes tariffs, believing they are "just taxes on foreign products that must be paid by American consumers."

Supports repealing the income tax and abolishing the IRS.

Supports abolishing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Believes the federal government collects "too much money" and spends "much more than it collects," leading to unsustainable budget deficits. Supports cutting spending and the deficit.

Supports cutting government spending, arguing that the federal government collects "too much money" and spends "much more than it collects," which leads to unsustainable budget deficits.

Supports eliminating the estate tax, capital gains tax, and Social Security tax in addition to repealing the income tax.

- Supports massive spending cuts and the "largest tax cut in American history" by repealing the federal income tax.
- Believes free trade benefits consumers, farmers, and businesses.
- Opposes tariffs, believing they are "just taxes on foreign products that must be paid by American consumers."
- Supports abolishing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
- Supports cutting government spending, arguing that the federal government collects "too much money" and spends "much more than it collects," which leads to unsustainable budget deficits.
- Supports eliminating the estate tax, capital gains tax, and Social Security tax in addition to repealing the income tax.

Economy

Opposes gun control, believing disarming law-abiding citizens does not reduce crime.

Believes in ending mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses to address racial disparities in arrest and sentencing.

Advocates for ending mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses.

Supports ending the "War on Drugs," particularly marijuana prohibition, saying "Drug laws give police excuse to search peoples’ homes, cars, and bodies...This is a violation of the 4th Amendment and must end."

Supports ending the "War on Drugs," particularly the criminalization of marijuana, saying, "Drug laws give police [an] excuse to search peoples’ homes, cars, and bodies...This is a violation of the 4th Amendment and must end."

Opposes the death penalty, believing it is a "fundamental human rights violation" to execute innocent people and supports life imprisonment without parole for premeditated murderers.

Supports ending the militarization of police, arguing that surplus military equipment supplied to local police departments make "the average citizen seem like an 'enemy' to be fought instead of a neighbor to be protected."

Opposes no-knock warrants, which are search warrants served by police without knocking, waiting, and properly identifying themselves to residents.

Supports police being trained in de-escalating tense situations to resolve conflicts without violent force, saying, "Too often, police encounters lead to needless death or injury because officers are told to 'control' every situation, even ones they should just walk away from."

Supports ending qualified immunity for police officers and other government officials, such as prosecutors, who violate people's constitutional rights. Qualified immunity protects government officials from lawsuits if they act reasonably within their official capacity. 

Supports moving investigations of police misconduct away from the local police and prosecutors and instead to the state Attorney General’s office to ensure police accountability.

Advocates for requiring police officers to buy liability insurance in order to work as an officer, meaning that if their record fails to pass the test of an objective insurance company due to instances of misconduct, they may not work as an officer.

Supports calling on unarmed community service agents or mental health professionals for "situations that don’t involve dangerous criminals," and advocates for eliminating traffic stops by the police.

Supports limiting police unions to collective bargaining for wages and financial benefits only, saying, "There should be no contracts that limit investigation and discipline of officers who engage in misconduct."

Opposes “red flag” laws, which prevent people deemed dangerous from obtaining guns, saying, "Such laws are open to abuse and violation of due process."

Opposes civil asset forfeiture, which allows police to seize and keep any property deemed suspicious of involvement in criminal activity.

Plans to introduce a law to "require judges to tell jurors that they can judge the law as well as the facts of a case; and to permit defense attorneys to defend their clients by saying that the law is wrong."

- Opposes gun control, believing disarming law-abiding citizens does not reduce crime.
- Advocates for ending mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses.
- Supports ending the "War on Drugs," particularly the criminalization of marijuana, saying, "Drug laws give police [an] excuse to search peoples’ homes, cars, and bodies...This is a violation of the 4th Amendment and must end."
- Opposes the death penalty, believing it is a "fundamental human rights violation" to execute innocent people and supports life imprisonment without parole for premeditated murderers.
- Supports ending the militarization of police, arguing that surplus military equipment supplied to local police departments make "the average citizen seem like an 'enemy' to be fought instead of a neighbor to be protected."
- Opposes no-knock warrants, which are search warrants served by police without knocking, waiting, and properly identifying themselves to residents.
- Supports police being trained in de-escalating tense situations to resolve conflicts without violent force, saying, "Too often, police encounters lead to needless death or injury because officers are told to 'control' every situation, even ones they should just walk away from."
- Supports ending qualified immunity for police officers and other government officials, such as prosecutors, who violate people's constitutional rights. Qualified immunity protects government officials from lawsuits if they act reasonably within their official capacity. 
- Supports moving investigations of police misconduct away from the local police and prosecutors and instead to the state Attorney General’s office to ensure police accountability.
- Advocates for requiring police officers to buy liability insurance in order to work as an officer, meaning that if their record fails to pass the test of an objective insurance company due to instances of misconduct, they may not work as an officer.
- Supports calling on unarmed community service agents or mental health professionals for "situations that don’t involve dangerous criminals," and advocates for eliminating traffic stops by the police.
- Supports limiting police unions to collective bargaining for wages and financial benefits only, saying, "There should be no contracts that limit investigation and discipline of officers who engage in misconduct."
- Opposes “red flag” laws, which prevent people deemed dangerous from obtaining guns, saying, "Such laws are open to abuse and violation of due process."
- Opposes civil asset forfeiture, which allows police to seize and keep any property deemed suspicious of involvement in criminal activity.
- Plans to introduce a law to "require judges to tell jurors that they can judge the law as well as the facts of a case; and to permit defense attorneys to defend their clients by saying that the law is wrong."

Public Safety

Believes federal intervention, including Medicare and Medicaid, occupational licensing, complex regulations, and FDA certification, distorts the healthcare industry and increases costs.

Believes federal intervention, including Medicare and Medicaid, occupational licensing, complex regulations, and Food & Drug Administration (FDA) certification, distorts the healthcare industry and increases costs.

Said, "Health care is not a right or a privilege. It’s a service, and like other goods and services, it should be provided by free-market competition."

Opposes pandemic restrictions and supports limiting officials' power to impose such rules in the future.

Promotes Medical Savings Accounts, which are accounts into which tax-deferred income can be deposited and funds can be used to pay for medical expenses.

Supports making healthcare expenses tax-deductible and permitting people to buy health insurance across state lines.

Supports allowing health insurance companies to offer limited, catastrophic policies, replacing the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) with a private sector drug certification, and decriminalizing the purchase of drugs from other countries.

- Believes federal intervention, including Medicare and Medicaid, occupational licensing, complex regulations, and Food & Drug Administration (FDA) certification, distorts the healthcare industry and increases costs.
- Said, "Health care is not a right or a privilege. It’s a service, and like other goods and services, it should be provided by free-market competition."
- Opposes pandemic restrictions and supports limiting officials' power to impose such rules in the future.
- Promotes Medical Savings Accounts, which are accounts into which tax-deferred income can be deposited and funds can be used to pay for medical expenses.
- Supports making healthcare expenses tax-deductible and permitting people to buy health insurance across state lines.
- Supports allowing health insurance companies to offer limited, catastrophic policies, replacing the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) with a private sector drug certification, and decriminalizing the purchase of drugs from other countries.

Healthcare

Opposes the federal Department of Education, believing it fails to educate and only imposes regulations and mandates on local schools.

Plans to abolish the federal Department of Education, believing it fails to educate and only imposes regulations and mandates on local schools.

Believes in the "complete separation of school and state" to ensure quality education for future generations.

Supports tuition tax credits for parents who send their children to private school.

- Plans to abolish the federal Department of Education, believing it fails to educate and only imposes regulations and mandates on local schools.
- Believes in the "complete separation of school and state" to ensure quality education for future generations.
- Supports tuition tax credits for parents who send their children to private school.

Education

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

Energy & the Environment

Voting & Elections

Supports allowing immigration at any international port of entry to reduce traffic in Texas border towns and eliminate the need for a border wall.

Supports an Ellis Island-style immigration system allowing free movement of people across borders, with checks for criminal records and communicable diseases.

Believes the U.S. should embrace its history as a "melting pot" of immigrants and oppose "ill-informed xenophobia."

Believes Congress has failed in reforming immigration policy, leading to "untold suffering" and the creation of an "immigration police state," particularly in southwestern states like Texas.

Believes U.S. immigration policy is flawed, citing examples of abuse and misconduct such as warrantless searches, forced deportations, and child separation.

Supports non-interventionism and opposes foreign military presence, advocating for troop withdrawal and self-defense by other nations.

Supports non-interventionism and opposes foreign military presence, advocating for troop withdrawal and the elimination of alliances like the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO).

Opposes military appropriations that sustain foreign troop deployments.

Opposes foreign aid, saying it is "primarily the transfer of wealth from American taxpayers to the elite of other countries" and plans to end all foreign aid payments.

Supports immigrants being allowed to work starting the day they arrive in the U.S., "instead of being placed on welfare programs and told to wait for a work permit."

Said, "Our troops, our bombs, our drone strikes, and our meddling have created more terrorists every year."

- Supports allowing immigration at any international port of entry to reduce traffic in Texas border towns and eliminate the need for a border wall.
- Supports an Ellis Island-style immigration system allowing free movement of people across borders, with checks for criminal records and communicable diseases.
- Believes the U.S. should embrace its history as a "melting pot" of immigrants and oppose "ill-informed xenophobia."
- Believes Congress has failed in reforming immigration policy, leading to "untold suffering" and the creation of an "immigration police state," particularly in southwestern states like Texas.
- Believes U.S. immigration policy is flawed, citing examples of abuse and misconduct such as warrantless searches, forced deportations, and child separation.
- Supports non-interventionism and opposes foreign military presence, advocating for troop withdrawal and the elimination of alliances like the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO).
- Opposes military appropriations that sustain foreign troop deployments.
- Opposes foreign aid, saying it is "primarily the transfer of wealth from American taxpayers to the elite of other countries" and plans to end all foreign aid payments.
- Supports immigrants being allowed to work starting the day they arrive in the U.S., "instead of being placed on welfare programs and told to wait for a work permit."
- Said, "Our troops, our bombs, our drone strikes, and our meddling have created more terrorists every year."

Foreign Policy and Immigration

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Ted Brown

Believes the federal government could operate on 12-year-old revenue levels, supporting a minimal role limited to national defense, the post office, and patents and copyrights.

Believes there are "too many laws" and that politicians and bureaucrats want "power over our lives" regardless of whether their plans are effective, as long as they have "good intentions."

Believes the national debt is a significant issue, saying it "doubled under President George W. Bush, doubled again under President Barack Obama, and went up $7 trillion under President Donald Trump, and has risen $8 trillion since President Joe Biden was elected."

Believes in no tax increases, citing Libertarian success in repealing the Alaska state income tax.

Believes in free trade and that tariffs from countries like China harm U.S. farmers and businesses.

Opposes tariffs, arguing that they are paid by American consumers and producers.

Opposes high taxes, excessive government spending, and increasing the national debt.

Believes there is "no danger in having a trade deficit with another country."

Believes in strict law enforcement, stating, "There are 137,000 armed federal agents from 83 different agencies who are prepared to enforce all of these laws and regulations."

Believes in ending the "militarization of police."

Believes police have transitioned from "peace officers" to "warriors," viewing citizens as "enemies" rather than "neighbors" and supports reevaluating police culture and community relations.

Believes crimes such as murder, rape, robbery, and fraud should be illegal.

Believes there are "thousands of pages of laws" that criminalize non-violent personal behavior and create unnecessary bureaucratic offenses, saying "Americans commit three felonies a day without even knowing it."

Opposes gun control and "red flag" laws, believing that strict gun control correlates with high murder rates and that criminals will obtain guns regardless of laws.

Opposes "red flag" laws, believing that strict gun control correlates with high murder rates and that criminals will obtain guns regardless of laws.

Believes citizens should have the discretion to use arms for national defense, personal self-defense, and to "overthrow tyranny."

Believes in reforming the justice system and opposes the death penalty.

Opposes all forms of bureaucratic control, including police and military.

Has worked in the insurance industry and is currently self-employed as an independent insurance adjuster, specializing in auto, property, and general liability cases.

Believes the President issues Executive Orders regularly, not just for COVID regulations, citing 10,481 Executive Orders issued by presidents from both parties in the last 100 years.

Opposes "arbitrary lockdown rules" and the designation of "essential" and "non-essential" businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, arguing it violated the 14th Amendment due process rights.

Opposes government officials imposing rules and regulations without due process.

Supports reforms such as promoting Medical Savings Accounts, making healthcare expenses tax-deductible, allowing insurance purchase across state lines, offering limited catastrophic policies, replacing the FDA with private sector drug certification, and permitting drug purchases from other countries and over-the-counter without prescriptions.

Believes adults should be allowed to use any substances they choose.

Believes America has been experiencing a healthcare crisis since the 1960s, leading to skyrocketing costs and doctors retiring early.

Supports the legalization of medical marijuana.

Supports the decriminalization of marijuana.

Believes the U.S. once had the "finest health care system" with affordable care, voluntary support for the poor, and doctor satisfaction, and aims to restore these standards.

Believes charter schools are effective but vulnerable to closure by school boards and government officials.

Believes parents and children have limited options to oppose ineffective educational methods and criticized the requirement for parents who choose private schooling to continue paying taxes for public education.

Believes competition among schools will benefit parents and children.

Supports school choice, including charter schools and private schools, and opposes the use of public funds for private school tuition.

Believes the government education system has failed, saying "kids are not learning what they need to know to compete in a global economy."

Believes "innovators and creative geniuses cannot be reared in school" and are "men who defy what the school has taught them."

Believes in advocating for personal freedom, economic freedom, and a peaceful foreign policy.

Supports regulating political contributions, stating they are not tax-deductible and have a maximum contribution limit of $3,300 per person.

Believes that voting for the "lesser of two evils" is still "voting for evil."

Believes immigrants, both legal and undocumented, commit fewer crimes than native-born Americans.

Believes in fostering "peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none."

Supports anti-war policies and opposes foreign intervention.

Believes in strong international alliances and strategic diplomacy to address global challenges.

Believes in rejecting "theory by which they would limit migratory rights, or any other essential human rights to themselves," opposing exclusive ownership of the continent by any one race.

Believes the U.S. should be a "beacon of freedom and liberty" and opposes its role as the "world’s policeman."

Ted is originally from Steubenville, Ohio, and later moved to Wheeling, West Virginia. He has a bachelor's degree from UCLA. Ted lives with his wife, Laura, and their daughter in Austin, Texas.

- Supports massive spending cuts and the "largest tax cut in American history" by repealing the federal income tax.
- Believes there is "no danger in having a trade deficit with another country."
- Believes free trade benefits consumers, farmers, and businesses.
- Opposes tariffs, believing they are "just taxes on foreign products that must be paid by American consumers."
- Supports abolishing the IRS.
- Supports cutting government spending, arguing that the federal government collects "too much money" and spends "much more than it collects," which leads to unsustainable budget deficits.
- Supports eliminating the estate tax, capital gains tax, and Social Security tax in addition to repealing the income tax.

Supports ending qualified immunity for police officers and other government officials, such as prosecutors, who violate people's constitutional rights.

Plans to repeal existing gun control laws.

- Opposes gun control, believing disarming law-abiding citizens does not reduce crime.
- Advocates for ending mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses.
- Supports ending the "War on Drugs," particularly the criminalization of marijuana, saying, "Drug laws give police [an] excuse to search peoples’ homes, cars, and bodies...This is a violation of the 4th Amendment and must end."
- Opposes the death penalty, believing it is a "fundamental human rights violation" to execute innocent people and supports life imprisonment without parole for premeditated murderers.
- Supports ending the militarization of police, arguing that surplus military equipment supplied to local police departments make "the average citizen seem like an 'enemy' to be fought instead of a neighbor to be protected."
- Opposes no-knock warrants, which are search warrants served by police without knocking, waiting, and properly identifying themselves to residents.
- Supports police being trained in de-escalating tense situations to resolve conflicts without violent force, saying, "Too often, police encounters lead to needless death or injury because officers are told to 'control' every situation, even ones they should just walk away from."
- Supports ending qualified immunity for police officers and other government officials, such as prosecutors, who violate people's constitutional rights.
- Supports moving investigations of police misconduct away from the local police and prosecutors and instead to the state Attorney General’s office to ensure police accountability.
- Advocates for requiring police officers to buy liability insurance in order to work as an officer, meaning that if their record fails to pass the test of an objective insurance company due to instances of misconduct, they may not work as an officer.
- Supports calling on unarmed community service agents or mental health professionals for "situations that don’t involve dangerous criminals," and advocates for eliminating traffic stops by the police.
- Supports limiting police unions to collective bargaining for wages and financial benefits only, saying, "There should be no contracts that limit investigation and discipline of officers who engage in misconduct."
- Opposes “red flag” laws, which prevent people deemed dangerous from obtaining guns, saying, "Such laws are open to abuse and violation of due process."
- Plans to repeal existing gun control laws.
- Opposes civil asset forfeiture, which allows police to seize and keep any property deemed suspicious of involvement in criminal activity.
- Plans to introduce a law to "require judges to tell jurors that they can judge the law as well as the facts of a case; and to permit defense attorneys to defend their clients by saying that the law is wrong."

Supports allowing health insurance companies to offer limited, catastrophic policies, replacing the FDA with a private sector drug certification, and decriminalizing the purchase of drugs from other countries.

- Supports the decriminalization of marijuana.
- Believes federal intervention, including Medicare and Medicaid, occupational licensing, complex regulations, and FDA certification, distorts the healthcare industry and increases costs.
- Said, "Health care is not a right or a privilege. It’s a service, and like other goods and services, it should be provided by free-market competition."
- Opposes pandemic restrictions and supports limiting officials' power to impose such rules in the future.
- Believes the U.S. once had the "finest health care system" with affordable care, voluntary support for the poor, and doctor satisfaction, and aims to restore these standards.
- Promotes Medical Savings Accounts, which are accounts into which tax-deferred income can be deposited and funds can be used to pay for medical expenses.
- Supports making healthcare expenses tax-deductible and permitting people to buy health insurance across state lines.
- Supports allowing health insurance companies to offer limited, catastrophic policies, replacing the FDA with a private sector drug certification, and decriminalizing the purchase of drugs from other countries.

- Believes that voting for the "lesser of two evils" is still "voting for evil."

Supports non-interventionism and opposes foreign military presence, advocating for troop withdrawal and the elimination of alliances like NATO.

- Supports allowing immigration at any international port of entry to reduce traffic in Texas border towns and eliminate the need for a border wall.
- Supports an Ellis Island-style immigration system allowing free movement of people across borders, with checks for criminal records and communicable diseases.
- Believes the U.S. should embrace its history as a "melting pot" of immigrants and oppose "ill-informed xenophobia."
- Believes Congress has failed in reforming immigration policy, leading to "untold suffering" and the creation of an "immigration police state," particularly in southwestern states like Texas.
- Believes U.S. immigration policy is flawed, citing examples of abuse and misconduct such as warrantless searches, forced deportations, and child separation.
- Supports non-interventionism and opposes foreign military presence, advocating for troop withdrawal and the elimination of alliances like NATO.
- Opposes military appropriations that sustain foreign troop deployments.
- Believes the U.S. should be a "beacon of freedom and liberty" and opposes its role as the "world’s policeman."
- Opposes foreign aid, saying it is "primarily the transfer of wealth from American taxpayers to the elite of other countries" and plans to end all foreign aid payments.
- Supports immigrants being allowed to work starting the day they arrive in the U.S., "instead of being placed on welfare programs and told to wait for a work permit."
- Said, "Our troops, our bombs, our drone strikes, and our meddling have created more terrorists every year."

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Ted Brown was born in 1960 in Steubenville, Ohio, and later moved to Wheeling, West Virginia. He attended Wesleyan University in Connecticut for one year and graduated from UCLA in 1984. Ted and his wife Laura have been married since 1984, and they have one adult daughter named Katie. They currently reside in Austin, Texas.

Ted Brown has worked in the insurance industry and is currently self-employed as an independent insurance adjuster, specializing in auto, property, and general liability cases.

Ted Brown joined the Libertarian Party in 1979 and has served as Chairman of the Libertarian Party of California and as a member of the Libertarian National Committee. He is currently Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Travis County, Candidate Coordinator for the Libertarian Party of Texas, and a member of the Texas State Libertarian Executive Committee (SLEC). He previously ran for U.S. Senator from Texas.

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One of two federal lawmakers representing Texas in the US Senate