The right choice for Texas and HD83

After starting my campaign for Texas State House HD83 in July of 2019, A lot has happened, some bad, but a lot of good. I won my Primary with 54% of the votes on March 3rd, 2020 with 2893 total votes. My primary Opponent was vying to get the primary win, which I luckily won, with a lot of canvassing, hard work and supporters voting for me to go to November.

Going forward, I will continue doing what I did for the primary election, I will not spend thousands on unneeded marketing, and ads blasting my opponent, I will continue to block walk along with volunteers, covering every house in District 83, I will stay positive, and I will, in turn, WIN November. But, I can only do this with the help of my supporters, along with my team getting voters to the polls, canvassing every neighborhood, and getting out the word that I am the right candidate for district 83 and Texas. I need everyone involved to get your friends to vote, get my campaign known by your friends, and best of all, Vote Blue!

I am running to be your representative for not only HD83 but of all of Texas. We need a representative that not only worries about the constituents in their home town but all constituents in HD83 and all of Texas. I will be that representative. My Policies and issue that I want to bring to the Texas House when elected in November, are what are important to everyday people all over the state.

Low-cost insurance options;
stopping high deductibles, and high premiums, along with expanding Texas Medicaid for all low-income families and individuals. People ask how I plan to fund this when elected. Well, if we expand Medicaid, we would get the Federal funding for a Federal program, instead of getting partial funding and the state having to fund the majority of it. Without Rural hospital districts having multiple unpaid medical bills from people that cannot afford care and that use the Emergency room as a doctors office, this, in turn, will cut down the amount of taxes needed by the hospital district, thus, in turn, lowering taxes brought to you by the hospital district.

Higher, livable minimum wage;
We should not as citizens in Texas have to work multiple jobs just to be able to afford our housing cost, rent, utilities, etc. Almost every person has to work at least 2 jobs just to pay monthly housing costs, while not having enough for medical, car payments, groceries, or whatever it may be. This is where we need a higher minimum wage for all workers in the state of Texas. With a higher minimum wage, yes some business might go up a little on their products, like restaurants, etc. but Most tell me they would have to go up an average of $1.25 on a dinner plate. I think we can manage this if we are making enough, with housing costs, and food cost now and the minimum wage staying the same for going on 11 years, we can barely afford anything but our housing costs.

Better School Funding for the long term;
With HB3, we gave school districts more funding, but along with this we also cut funding from other areas of the schools, we cut certain funding just to give more for HB3, and this is only for the 2019-2020 period, School district are worrying where the money will come from next session as the House has to pass funding for the schools again. We can do better than this, HB3 helped school districts a lot, but we must add to it, fully fund for the long term, without cutting funds from other programs. Equal teacher pay across the state, thus in turn keeping the teachers in the district, instead of teachers moving to a larger district to get more pay. We need to provide the resources needed for teachers to teach their classes. And now let's talk about our retired teachers, They need a cost of living increase, which they haven't received in years, lower insurance premiums, lower deductibles, lower co-pays. We need to keep the retirement system that we have in place but add to it to make it better, switching to a 401K system as some representatives have said, will make the retirement unstable, and make teachers worry if they will receive a retirement fund, etc.

Local Governments;
Local Governments exist for that reason to run the city or county, we elect officials at a city and county level, if we are unhappy with the job they are doing, make your voice heard, petition them, show up at meetings, and be a voice for change. If that doesn't work, we elect new people at every election. This is what local government is for, We as a state should not control what a Local Government wants to do with their city or county, Representatives have been angry because the federal government is trying to control Texas, but at the same time, these same representatives are trying to control local cities and counties.


These are not all the issues that I want to cover When I win 2020, if you want to find out more about my policies and wants for the constituents in HD83 and Texas, you can check out my issue page on my website: https://addison4tx.com/issues or my Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/addisonfortx you can also reach me at 806-319-9103 or via email at addy@addison4tx.com. I am always open to any questions you have, and will always answer any question presented to me.

Addison Perry-Franks
Democratic Candidate for Texas Hd83
Election 11/3/2020