Andrew White (Texas) - Ballotpedia

Andrew is president of Sweat Equity Partners, where he leads an entrepreneur-led group of companies. He previously worked at businesses dealing with fire and water damage restoration, founded Allied Warranty and Lone Star Repair to provide home warranty coverage to Texans, launched an industrial cleaning firm that removed thousands of tons of CO2, and developed a human-detection technology adopted by prisons, border agencies, and military bases.

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Families First

Believes private equity ownership of single-family homes should be limited to 100 homes per company.

Wants to raise the Texas minimum wage to match inflation at $11 an hour.

Supports providing two years of free vocational education at Texas community colleges to train students for high-demand, well-paying trades like electrical, plumbing, and mechanical work.

As of January 22, 2026, Andrew White’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Economy

Supports access to contraceptives and in vitro fertilization (IVF).

Supports access to contraceptives and in vitro fertilization (IVF) and investing in perimenopause research.

Proposes creating a Texas-based healthcare co-op that eliminates traditional insurance and caps out-of-pocket healthcare costs as a percentage of income.

Supports a Parental Algorithm Transparency Act requiring social media platforms to show what types of content are being promoted and allow parents to control categories, with the goal of improving mental health and reducing suicide.

Healthcare

Supports drilling and investing in clean technology to ensure energy independence and a sustainable future.

Supports drilling for oil and gas and investing in renewable technology.

Energy & the Environment

Supports gun control, saying "I’m a proud 2A supporter who believes in common-sense gun safety. Seat belt laws save lives – and so can keeping guns from dangerous hands with background checks, age limits (except for military and police), short waiting periods, and red flag laws. Protect rights. Protect families."

Supports gun control, including policies such as "keeping guns from dangerous hands with background checks, age limits (except for military and police), short waiting periods, and red flag laws."

Public Safety

Supports allowing legal immigration for "well-qualified candidates" and "well-documented asylum seekers."

Opposes separating children from their families due to immigration status and believes undocumented children should be protected.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Supports creating a plan to improve school quality and requiring the Legislature to vote on it.

Supports creating a plan to improve school quality using an independent commission and requiring the Legislature to vote on it.

Supports ending private school voucher programs and redirecting that funding to provide universal pre-K for all four-year-olds.

Supports raising teacher salaries by $10,000 by funding the increase through legalized sports betting and casinos.

Education

Supports independent redistricting, ranked choice voting, term limits, age limits for politicians, and proportional allocation of electoral votes.

Voting & Elections

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Andrew White

Andrew has previously worked as the president of Sweat Equity Partners. He has also worked at businesses dealing with fire and water damage restoration, founded Allied Warranty and Lone Star Repair, launched an industrial cleaning firm, and developed a human-detection technology.

- Advocates for simplifying the tax code.
- Believes private equity ownership of single-family homes should be limited to 100 homes per company.
- Wants to raise the Texas minimum wage to match inflation at $11 an hour.
- Supports providing two years of free vocational education at Texas community colleges to train students for high-demand, well-paying trades like electrical, plumbing, and mechanical work.

- Supports access to contraceptives and in vitro fertilization (IVF) and investing in perimenopause research.
- Supports expanding Medicaid in Texas.
- Proposes creating a Texas-based healthcare co-op that eliminates traditional insurance and caps out-of-pocket healthcare costs as a percentage of income.
- Supports a Parental Algorithm Transparency Act requiring social media platforms to show what types of content are being promoted and allow parents to control categories, with the goal of improving mental health and reducing suicide.

- Supports drilling for oil and gas and investing in renewable technology.

- Supports gun control, including policies such as "keeping guns from dangerous hands with background checks, age limits (except for military and police), short waiting periods, and red flag laws."

- Supports allowing legal immigration for "well-qualified candidates" and "well-documented asylum seekers."
- Opposes separating children from their families due to immigration status and believes undocumented children should be protected.

Supports having an independent commission led by Admiral William McRaven to develop a plan to improve schools.

Supports an independent commission developing a plan to improve schools, and the legislature voting to approve it. 

Supports having an independent commission, led by Admiral William McRaven, create a plan to improve schools.

Supports having an independent commission led by someone like Admiral William McRaven to develop a plan to improve schools.

- Supports creating a plan to improve school quality using an independent commission and requiring the Legislature to vote on it.
- Supports ending private school voucher programs and redirecting that funding to provide universal pre-K for all four-year-olds.
- Supports raising teacher salaries by $10,000 by funding the increase through legalized sports betting and casinos.

- Supports independent redistricting, ranked choice voting, term limits, age limits for politicians, and proportional allocation of electoral votes.

- Advocates for simplifying the tax code.

- Supports access to contraceptives and in vitro fertilization (IVF) and investing in perimenopause research.
- Supports expanding Medicaid in Texas.

Supports ending private school voucher programs to fund pre-K for every 4 old.

- Supports creating a plan to improve school quality using an independent commission and requiring the Legislature to vote on it.
- Supports ending private school voucher programs to fund pre-K for every 4 old.

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- The governor leads Texas’ executive branch and oversees enforcement of state laws and policies.
- They appoint agency leaders, boards, and commissions, shaping how state government operates.
- They can sign bills into law, veto bills, or allow them to become law without action, and exercise a line-item veto on spending bills.
- They serve a four-year term, elected by popular (plurality) vote, and there are no term limits.
- As of 2025, the governor’s annual salary is about $153,750.
- The governor commands the state’s military forces (Texas Military Forces) when not federalized.
- The governor may grant pardons, reprieves, and commutations with the recommendation of the Board of Pardons and Paroles.