EDUCATION

University of Texas, Tyler, MS, 1990

University of Texas, Tyler TX, BS, 1988

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Phil Gray earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from the University of Texas, Tyler.

Voter Guide Profile for TX U.S. Rep., Dist.26 candidate - Phil Gray

WORK & MILITARY

property management, owner, 29

Phil owns a property-management business.

2026 Texas General Election

What actions would you take that would allow Americans to retain more of their income and wealth?

Pay down the national debt

Student loan forgiveness unfairly shifts the financial burden to those not responsible for student debt.

Strongly Agree

Pay down the national debt

Student loan forgiveness unfairly shifts the financial burden to those not responsible for student debt.

Strongly Agree

We can allow students to borrow from the fund that accrues as we reduce the debt. Interest can be as low as 3% fixed, and anything they pay will reduce their debt as well as the national debt.

Student loan forgiveness unfairly shifts the financial burden to those not responsible for student debt.

Strongly Agree

We can allow students to borrow from the fund that accrues as we reduce the debt. Interest can be as low as 3% fixed, and anything they pay will reduce their debt as well as the national debt.

How would you guarantee Social Security benefits for future generations?

As we pay down the national debt, the funds that accrue will be adequate to loan, invest, and cover the shortfalls in Social Security and Medicare, monthly, preventing those additions to the national debt. Then we can start to privatize, with teens today paying all of their 12.4% to their own private account, 20 somethings paying 20% to Social Security, and 80% to their private account. 30 somethings pay 40% to Social Security, 40 somethings pay 60% to SS 50s pay 80% to Social Security and us old folks pay our entire 100% of that 12.4% to Social Security.

Prioritizes paying down the national debt.

Opposes student-loan forgiveness and proposes loans funded through debt reduction, with fixed interest rates as low as three percent.

Proposes gradually shifting younger workers' Social Security payroll-tax contributions into private accounts.

- Prioritizes paying down the national debt.
- Opposes student-loan forgiveness and proposes loans funded through debt reduction, with fixed interest rates as low as three percent.
- Proposes gradually shifting younger workers' Social Security payroll-tax contributions into private accounts.

Economy

Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?

We are on the cusp of a bright future, with universal liberty and prosperity. Debt reduction is key, as is drug use decriminalization and immigration reform. We will end the poverty that holds so many back, not with gifts, but with enabling loans, that will benefit all, as they are repaid.

- Advocates for decriminalizing drug use.

Public Safety

Under what circumstances (if any) should a government, school, or employer be allowed to require vaccinations?

They should not unless it is for access to some compulsory government agency.

How would you promote healthcare coverage that is adequate, affordable and accessible for all?

Let's allow organizations to negotiate healthcare coverage for their members. Let all insurers state publicly on their website what they will pay for a service. Let providers state publicly what they will charge for a service. Let the consumer choose between membership insurance, employer coverage, or ACA, let them choose their provider, and the level of service they need. Let's restore complete competition to healthcare., and watch the prices fall. There is no need for the US to have the most expensive healthcare in the world.

Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?

When the moher chooses

Does the federal government have a role to play in limiting abortion, and if so what federal steps and/or federal legislation would you support?

No

Does the federal government have a role to play in limiting abortion, and if so what federal steps and/or federal legislation would you support?

No

Opposes vaccination requirements except for access to a compulsory government agency.

Proposes allowing organizations to negotiate members' coverage and requiring insurers and providers to post prices publicly.

Supports allowing elective abortion at the mother's discretion and opposes federal limits on abortion.

- Opposes vaccination requirements except for access to a compulsory government agency.
- Proposes allowing organizations to negotiate members' coverage and requiring insurers and providers to post prices publicly.
- Supports allowing elective abortion at the mother's discretion and opposes federal limits on abortion.

Healthcare

I support school choice, including voucher programs, tax credits, charter schools, private schools, and home schools.

Strongly Disagree

Vouchers are simply handouts for the wealthy. Recipient schools can simply raise their tuition and fees beyond what the public school family can afford.

Opposes school voucher programs, saying recipient schools can raise costs beyond what public-school families can afford.

- Opposes school voucher programs, saying recipient schools can raise costs beyond what public-school families can afford.

Education

Should environmental and social issues, like ESG (environmental, social, and governance) ratings, be used as criteria in deciding where to invest public monies?

Yes

Supports using environmental and social criteria, including environmental, social, and governance ratings, for public investments.

- Supports using environmental and social criteria, including environmental, social, and governance ratings, for public investments.

Energy & the Environment

As of September 11, 2026, Phil Gray did not have a website or any information online.

Voting & Elections

Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?

Israel has become our staunchest ally in the Mideast. That does not give them the right to subjugate others.

What should the United States do to help eradicate the threat of radical Islamic terrorism?

Terrorism finds its adherents in poverty and ignorance. To eradicate terrorists, we must help those they rely on for cannon fodder prosperous, and to do that, we must help them to get an education. My debt reduction plan will supplant foreign aid with loans, so that governments can help their people build infrastructure, and more loans to entrepreneurs in their countries, so they can build factories to make goods for domestic consumption, and in the process, create a middle class that can afford to buy from us, and prosper, so their own people have a future of peace, without which they might fall into the clutches of the terrorist gangs.

The U.S. should do more to physically secure the southern border.

Disagree

We should allow the immigrant to pay for entry and pay to stay. All funds they pay should go specifically to reduce our debt. Let them live and work freely and invest in America. They should sign a waiver acknowledging they are not eligible for federal benefits.

Who should be allowed to immigrate to the U.S. and under what circumstances?

Any who want to enter our nation should be able to. Let them pay for entry, and sign an affidavit stating that they are not eligible for federal benefits. Issue them an ITIN and let their tax return become their renewable Green Card, if they will include an extra 10% of income as an investment in the America they love so much that they will pay for the opportunity to live here. We can readily do a background check with their initial info.

Said Israel's alliance with the United States does not give it the right to "subjugate others."

Proposes replacing foreign aid with loans to governments and entrepreneurs for infrastructure, education, and domestic manufacturing.

Proposes allowing immigrants to enter and work after paying entry fees, waiving federal benefits, passing background checks, and making an additional income contribution.

- Said Israel's alliance with the United States does not give it the right to "subjugate others."
- Proposes replacing foreign aid with loans to governments and entrepreneurs for infrastructure, education, and domestic manufacturing.
- Proposes allowing immigrants to enter and work after paying entry fees, waiving federal benefits, passing background checks, and making an additional income contribution.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

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