Dawn Buckingham
Republican Incumbent
Dawn Buckingham
Republican Incumbent
Candidate for Texas Land Commissioner
About
Texas Land Commissioner (2023 – 2026), first woman in the role. Texas State Senator (Dist. 24, 2017 – 2023). Vice Chair of the Texas State Board for Educator Certification (2017). Board-certified oculoplastic and reconstructive surgeon since 2002.
Conservative Endorsements
Candidate Videos
Survey Responses
Notable Quotes
“Texas is NOT for sale. We will stand up to radical Islamist extremism. We will stand up to any foreign entity. We will defend our land, our values, and our way of life without apology.”
“As a strong pro-life champion in the Texas Senate and co-author of the strongest piece of pro-life legislation in the nation, the Texas Heartbeat Act, I believe that abortion should never be allowed unless the life of the mother is in jeopardy.”
“Employers, schools, and governments should never have the right to mandate vaccinations, which are a personal medical choice constrained by the Constitution and federalism.”
Positions on Texas Eagle Forum Legislative Priorities
Border Security & Immigration
- ACQUIRED BORDER LAND FOR WALL CONSTRUCTION and offered 1,400+ acres for Trump Administration deportation facilities as Land Commissioner. [1, 2]
- DIRECTED SURVEYS FOR CARTEL TUNNELS on Texas General Land Office border lands. [1, 2, 3]
- CO-AUTHORED AN ANTI-SANCTUARY CITY BILL (Senate Bill 4, 2017) and supported $1.8 billion in funding to secure the border as a Texas Senator. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Secure Our Elections
Education Issues
- SUPPORTS PARENTAL EMPOWERMENT, classroom funding over bureaucracy, and oil/gas revenue for schools via the Permanent School Fund, which is partially managed by the Land Commissioner. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
- STATED, “Radical Islam has no place in Texas classrooms. Any consideration of inserting radical, revisionist narratives into Texas history lessons should be halted!” [1]
Protect Childhood Innocence
Gender Issues
Government-Sanctioned Addiction
Protect Life
- CO-AUTHORED THE TEXAS HEARTBEAT ACT (Senate Bill 8, 2021). [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
- 100% TEXAS RIGHT TO LIFE SCORECARDS in relevant Texas Senate sessions. [1, 2, 3]
- SAYS THAT LIFE BEGINS AT CONCEPTION with abortion exceptions only for life of the mother and no taxpayer funding for abortions. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Islamification of Texas
National Security
- DESCRIBED BIDEN-ERA OPEN BORDER POLICIES as “a direct threat to our national security.” [1]
- STATED THAT BORDER SECURITY INVOLVES PEOPLE ON TERRORIST WATCHLISTS, from terrorism-sponsoring countries, and cartels, making it a major concern. [1, 2]
- SUPPORTED THE ADVERSARIAL NATIONS LAND BAN to prevent adversarial nations and terrorist organizations named by the Governor, including the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), from owning Texas real estate, timber, water, oil and gas, water rights, rare earth minerals, and other natural resources (Senate Bill 17, 2025). Stated that Chinese purchases of land near U.S. military sites are “a mechanism for destabilizing our grid, causing problems for our bases.” [1, 2]
Other Constitutional Issues
- VOTED FOR CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY (permitless carry) and served on the Senate Special Committee on Constitutional Issues that handled the bill (House Bill 1927, 2021). [1, 2, 3]
- CALLED FOR A SPECIAL TEXAS SESSION to prohibit Biden’s COVID vaccine mandate Executive Order. [1, 2, 3, 4]
- AS A TEXAS SENATE HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE MEMBER AND PHYSICIAN, signed the interim report (2022) recommending prohibiting future mask mandates and any/all COVID-19 vaccine mandates. [1, 2, 3]