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Ted Brown is a retired insurance adjuster from the Austin area and longtime Libertarian Party activist³⁴. He was the party's 2024 U.S. Senate nominee and won the 2026 nomination at the Libertarian state convention³².

Where they stand 17 issues · tap any issue for the evidence

• Income taxesCut taxes across the board, including for top earners and corporationsmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Said he wants to repeal the federal income tax, abolish the IRS and never vote to raise taxes. (2024) source
• National debtCut spending sharply, including popular programs, to balance the budgetmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Said stopping deficit spending requires massive cuts in every federal program and department. (2024) source
• HealthcareMostly private market; roll back the government's rolemedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Called for a separation of health care and state, including repeal of Medicare, Medicaid and health care regulations. (2024) source
• Business regulationCut regulations broadly and let the market sort it outmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Said he believes in a free market where people trade without government regulations and controls. (2024) source
• GunsRemove most restrictions; bearing arms is a rightmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Said he will work to repeal existing gun control laws and opposes red-flag laws. (2024) source
• ImmigrationMuch more open immigration with less enforcementmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Called for an Ellis Island-style system, no more border wall, ending deportations except for violent criminals, and immediate citizenship for Dreamers. (2024) source
• E-Verify mandateNo, and scale back worksite raids in favor of legal work visasmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Listed E-Verify requirements to find work as an infringement on Americans' liberty and privacy. (2024) source
• Trade and tariffsFree trade with minimal tariffs across the boardmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Said he believes in free trade, that tariffs are taxes on consumers, and that the Trump trade wars must end. (2024) source
• Foreign policyPull back from foreign conflicts and aid (often called America First)medium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Supports non-intervention, bringing all troops home, leaving alliances like NATO and ending all foreign aid. (2024) source
  • Described his approach as including a non-interventionist foreign policy. (2026-06-02) source
• Aid to IsraelEnd itmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Said he will work to end all foreign aid payments, military and humanitarian. (2024) source
• Aid to UkraineStop sending aid and stay out of itmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Said he will work to end all foreign aid payments and warned against sleepwalking into war with Russia or China. (2024) source
• MarijuanaLegalize it and clear past convictionsmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Called for removing marijuana from the controlled substances list, repealing marijuana laws, and releasing and expunging records of nonviolent drug offenders. (2024) source
• Death penaltyAbolish it and use life without parole insteadmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Said premeditated murderers should face life in prison without possibility of parole rather than execution, citing the risk of executing innocent people. (2024) source
• Mandatory minimumsRepeal them and let judges set each sentencemedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Said he opposes mandatory minimum sentences and supports letting jurors set sentences. (2024) source
• Qualified immunityNo, end it for police so officers or departments can be sued for rights violationsmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Called for ending qualified immunity for police officers and other officials who violate people's rights. (2024) source
• AbortionLegal in most cases up to viability (about 24 weeks)low

  Questionnaire answer · low confidence

  • In a 2022 state House race survey, said government should not interfere with doctors and patients deciding on medical care, including termination of pregnancy. (2022) source
• Term limitsNo single answer fitsmedium

  Questionnaire answer · medium confidence

  • Said he believes in limiting senators to two six-year terms. (2024) source

No public position found on: Social Security, Safety net programs, Minimum wage, Energy and climate, Judges, Politicians trading stocks, Redistricting, Campaign finance, Electoral College, Supreme Court reform, Drug prices, Childcare and pre-K, Paid leave, Student loans, AI regulation, Kids online, School vaccines, Nuclear power, Birthright citizenship, Transgender athletes, DEI programs, Religion in schools, China policy.