Former business owner and charter school board president

Cheryl Bean is a Republican and the founder of a Fort Worth home-building company, B Smart Builders, who earlier worked at a national defense company and has served as a public charter school board chairman¹². She ran for Texas House District 97 in 2024 and lost the Republican primary runoff to John McQueeney². Her stated priorities are business success, affordability and law enforcement².

Where they stand 4 issues · tap any issue for the evidence

• Property taxesEliminate school property taxes and replace them with sales tax or state moneymedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her campaign website says she will work toward significantly reducing and ultimately eliminating property taxes for good. (2026) source
• Energy and climateAll of the above: oil, gas, nuclear and renewables, and let markets pickmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her campaign website says she supports an all-of-the-above energy strategy that strengthens the grid and prioritizes natural gas. (2026) source
• Kids onlineRequire age checks only for adult content sitesmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her campaign website says she supports real safeguards around adult content online, cracking down on gaming and betting websites aimed at young adults, and tools to stop online predators. (2026) source
• ImmigrationSecure the border first; deport those with criminal records; keep legal immigration steadylow

  Said · low confidence

  • At a February 2026 Fort Worth Report forum she said the last four years were 'an overrun, and a political decision,' referring to federal policies that allowed an influx of immigrants, while recognizing the importance of making legal immigration easier. (2026-02-11) source
  • Her campaign website says she will use her national defense background to stop human trafficking and stop cartels from trafficking people and drugs. (2026) source

No public position found on: Safety net programs, Minimum wage, Business regulation, Healthcare, Abortion, Guns, Texas power grid, AI data centers, School choice, Curriculum and books, Housing and growth, Policing and crime, Election rules, Judges, Politicians trading stocks, Marijuana, Gender care for minors, Redistricting, Term limits, Campaign finance, Electoral College, Ranked-choice voting, Death penalty, Qualified immunity, Mandatory minimums, Drug prices, Childcare and pre-K, Paid leave, Student loans, AI regulation, School vaccines, Nuclear power, E-Verify mandate, Transgender athletes, DEI programs, Religion in schools, China policy.