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State Senator, District 3

Bobby Tillman

Candidate for State Senator, District 3

Democratic

Background

Occupation
Cattle rancher; retired commercial flooring businessman
Campaign website
tillman4texas.com

A sixth-generation Texan who spent more than 40 years in the commercial flooring business and the last 15 years raising beef cattle in East Texas.

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Documented positions

Taxes & budget

  • Proposes eliminating school property taxes on homesteads.

    His "Schools First & Homes First" plan would replace the school district property tax on single-family primary residences with state funding.

    Bobby Tillman for Texas Senate District 3

    Campaign website · Bobby Tillman campaign · tillman4texas.com

    “I want to eliminate property taxes on residential homes and fully fund our schools with state money instead.”
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Education

  • Opposes school vouchers; supports raising the student allotment.

    Bobby Tillman for Texas Senate District 3

    Campaign website · Bobby Tillman campaign · tillman4texas.com

    “I'll fight to stop school vouchers, which drain money from the public schools most of our families depend on … to raise the student allotment so every district gets its fair share”
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Economy & jobs

  • Supports a higher minimum wage and limits on corporate home-buying.

    Bobby Tillman for Texas Senate District 3

    Campaign website · Bobby Tillman campaign · tillman4texas.com

    “A minimum wage people can actually live on. … Limits on corporations buying up houses, so homes stay in the hands of families instead of investment portfolios.”
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Roads & infrastructure

  • Supports repairing rural roads and expanding broadband statewide.

    Bobby Tillman for Texas Senate District 3

    Campaign website · Bobby Tillman campaign · tillman4texas.com

    “the crumbling roads and bridges across Senate District 3 need to be repaired or replaced … Broadband needs to reach every corner of East Texas.”
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Environment & parks

  • Proposes buffer zones and no tax incentives for data centers.

    Bobby Tillman for Texas Senate District 3

    Campaign website · Bobby Tillman campaign · tillman4texas.com

    “five-mile buffer zones from any home or livestock operation, no tax abatements or incentives, no NDAs hiding the deals from the public”
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  • Proposes two new water districts and updating groundwater rules.

    Bobby Tillman for Texas Senate District 3

    Campaign website · Bobby Tillman campaign · tillman4texas.com

    “I'll work to create two Water Districts covering the areas where counties can't afford their own, East and West … modernize the Rule of Capture to reflect that”
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Health & human services

  • Supports expanding Medicaid and keeping rural hospitals open.

    Bobby Tillman for Texas Senate District 3

    Campaign website · Bobby Tillman campaign · tillman4texas.com

    “I support expanding Medicaid and Medicare, keeping our rural hospitals open, and growing telehealth”
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  • Supports abortion access as a private medical decision.

    Bobby Tillman for Texas Senate District 3

    Campaign website · Bobby Tillman campaign · tillman4texas.com

    “Reproductive healthcare is a private matter between a woman and her doctor.”
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Other issues in this race

Other candidates in this race addressed these topics. We found no documented position from Bobby Tillman on them.

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