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ELLIS COUNTY – The Republican Party of Texas’ 10 GOP propositions easily passed setting the stage as possibly priorities for the 2027 legislative session as determined at the Republican Party of Texas convention in June 2026.

The items were approved as of September 6 by the State Republican Executive Committee in a 59-3 vote with two members absent from voting.


Proposition 1: passed with 89.46% of the vote

Texas property taxes should be assessed at the purchase price and phased out entirely over the next six years through spending reductions.


Proposition 2: passed with 94.07% of the vote

Texas should require any local government budget that raises property taxes to be approved by voters at a November general election.


Proposition 3: passed with 74.18% of the vote

Texas should prohibit denial of healthcare or any medical service based solely on the patient’s vaccination status.


Proposition 4: passed with 86.40% of the vote

Texas should require its public schools to teach that life begins at fertilization.


Proposition 5: passed with 90.86% of the vote

Texas should ban gender, sexuality, and reproductive clinics and services in K-12 schools.


Proposition 6: passed with 90.95% of the vote

Texas should enact term limits on all elected officials.


Proposition 7: passed with 93.61% of the vote

Texas should ban the large-scale export or sale of our groundwater and surface water to any single private or public entity.


Proposition 8: passed with 92.64% of the vote

The Texas Legislature should reduce the burden of illegal immigration on taxpayers by ending public services for illegal aliens.


Proposition 9: passed with 78.75% of the vote

The Republican-controlled Texas Legislature should stop awarding leadership positions, including committee and subcommittee chairmanships and vice chairmanships, to Democrats.


Proposition 10: passed with 95.24% of the vote

Texas should prohibit Sharia Law.