Former Clear Creek ISD trustee

Scott Bowen is a Republican chemical engineer from Clear Lake with an engineering degree from Texas A&M University and an MBA from Rice University¹. He served on the Clear Creek ISD Board of Trustees from 2019 to 2025 and has held Republican Party posts including State Republican Executive Committee member and Resolutions Committee chairman¹². He won the March 2026 Republican primary for House District 129, an open seat because Rep. Dennis Paul is running for the state Senate³⁴.

Where they stand 9 issues · tap any issue for the evidence

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

  Said · medium confidence

  • His campaign says the state should use surpluses to buy down local property taxes, cap appraisal growth, and over time drive school maintenance and operations tax rates down to zero. (2026) source
  • Proposed lowering school property taxes and using the state sales tax surplus to replace the lost revenue, limiting appraisal growth to 3 percent a year, and reappraising only every five years. (2026-01) source
• AI data centersPause new approvals until the state finishes studying power and water impactsmedium

  Questionnaire answer · medium confidence

  • Said data centers should be allowed only if they benefit nearby communities, should pay local taxes without incentives and generate all their own power, and that he supports Gov. Abbott's temporary moratorium on new data center construction until those rules are in law. (2026-09) source
• E-Verify mandateRequire it for all employersmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • His campaign says he supports mandatory E-Verify to keep people here illegally from taking jobs. (2026) source
• Policing and crimeTougher sentences, more police funding, and stricter bailmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • His campaign says he supports Gov. Abbott's bail reform plan and will fight for judicial and prosecutorial accountability. (2026) source
  • Said judges in Harris County routinely release violent defendants on bail and that prosecutors and judges must put criminals in prison. (2026-01) source
• AbortionIllegal, except to save the mother's life or in cases of rape or incestmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • His campaign says he is 100 percent pro-life and supports Texas' ban on abortion, along with funding for crisis pregnancy centers and adoption services. (2026) source
• Election rulesStrict photo ID, paper ballots, cleaner voter rolls and fewer mail ballotsmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • His campaign says he supports strict voter ID, secure voter rolls and moving every election to the uniform November ballot. (2026) source
• School choiceYes, universal school choice for every familylow

  Questionnaire answer · low confidence

  • Said parents have the right to decide how their children are educated, whether public, private or homeschooled. (2026-09) source
• ImmigrationDeport everyone here illegally, as quickly as possiblelow

  Said · low confidence

  • His campaign says he supports the border actions of President Trump and Gov. Abbott, ending in-state tuition for people here illegally, and that Texas must now enforce immigration laws internally. (2026) source
• Curriculum and booksParents, including the right to remove material they object tolow

  Said · low confidence

  • His campaign says he has fought for parents' rights and traditional values in education and will work to keep pornography and what it calls woke ideology out of classrooms. (2026) source

No public position found on: Safety net programs, Minimum wage, Business regulation, Healthcare, Guns, Energy and climate, Texas power grid, Housing and growth, 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, Kids online, School vaccines, Nuclear power, Transgender athletes, DEI programs, Religion in schools, China policy.